39 minSeason 1 • Episode 4
LatestAngered by the news that the Stealth Valkyrie trials have been abruptly stopped, Isamu and Yang head toward Earth to get even with the pilot-less Valkyrie, "Ghost X-9." Guld, also hearing the same news goes after them for a final battle. The two fighters clash amidst interceptor missiles being fired from Earth. During this fight to the death, Guld recalls a fateful event that had been sealed in his memory. Meanwhile, in Macross City, Sharon Apple absorbs Myung's thoughts and twists them in a terrifying fashion. She now has full control over the city as well as the minds of its citizens. Sharon sends the "Ghost X-9" after Isamu and Guld.
The year is 2040 and the galaxy is flourishing with several colonies and advanced technology. AI is near perfection and the current top idol is the near-completed Virturoid Idol Sharon Apple. All that is missing are her actual feelings, which instead are supplied by Myung Fang Lone. Sharon's debut concert is on planet Eden, where at the same time, fighter pilots Isamu Dyson and Guld Bowman battle over air superiority for the Supernova Project. Isamu, Guld and Myung were once childhood friends, but after an accident seven years ago, they went their own separate ways. With Myung back in the picture, the old disputes are once again awakened. And when an unstable and illegal AI technique is installed in Sharon, the situation is worsened.
Score
Yoko Kanno's genre-hopping soundtrack, including the legendary 'Information High'
Direction
Kawamori's kinetic aerial combat mixed with intimate character drama
Creator
Shoji Kawamori
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sharon Apple's concert sequences were groundbreaking for digital compositing in cel animation, blending 3D CGI with hand-drawn art in 1994.
The 'super idol' concept predicted virtual influencers like Hatsune Miku and the parasocial dynamics of modern stan culture by decades.
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