It is A.D. 2009 and the human race is caught in a war between giant humanoids, male Zentrans and female Meltrans. Returning from the edge of our solar system after making a space fold, the SDF-1 Macross makes the long journey back to Earth with survivors of South Ataria Island.
Direction
Kawamori's kinetic space battles still shame modern CGI.
Score
Iijima's 'Ai Oboete Imasu ka' is cultural weaponry.
Director
Shoji Kawamori
Mari Iijima
Lynn Minmay (voice)
Arihiro Hase
Hikaru Ichijyo (voice)
Mika Doi
Misa Hayase (voice)
Akira Kamiya
Roy Focker (voice)
Michio Hazama
Bruno J. Global (voice)
Osamu Ichikawa
Golg BoddoleZer (voice)
Ryusuke Ohbayashi
Exsedol 4970 (voice)
Hirotaka Suzuoki
Lynn Kaihun (voice)
Katsumi Suzuki
Hayao Kakizaki (voice)
Hiromi Tsuru
Kim Kaviroff (voice)
Noriko Ohara
Claudia LaSalle (voice)
Sanae Miyuki
Shammy Milliome (voice)
Show Hayami
Maīmillian Jenius (voice)
Run Sasaki
Vanessa Laird (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film was rushed into production to recap the TV series while it was still airing—resulting in two competing canons that fans still argue about.
Minmay's concert scene invented the 'idol singer saves the world' trope that dominates anime to this day; without this film, there is no Evangelion, no Macross Frontier, no Symphogear.
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