27 minSeason 1 • Episode 25
LatestAfter arriving at the planet of origin of the Vajra, the Frontier fleet commences an all-out attack and Battle Frontier manages to charge directly into the center of the enemy forces. However, Island One (the main residential area of the fleet) receives a fierce counterattack from the Vajra and becomes endangered. During that time of crisis, the silhouette of a person starts projecting on the stage at the Battle 25 bridge.
A human space colony fleet is trying to find a habitable planet near the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. The story focuses on three young adults and the events that occur around them as the fleet faces a crisis of alien origin.
Score
Yoko Kanno's songs ARE the narrative—Sheryl and Ranka's tracks hit devastating.
Direction
Kawamori blends concert spectacle with mecha chaos seamlessly.
Visual Effects
2008 CGI that still slaps; those Itano circuses remain immaculate.
Kenta Miyake
Bobby Margo (voice)
Katsuyuki Konishi
Ozma Lee (voice)
Sanae Kobayashi
Catherine Glass (voice)
Tomomichi Nishimura
Howard Glass (voice)
Hiroshi Kamiya
Michael Blanc (voice)
Rie Tanaka
Monica Lang (voice)
Megumi Nakajima
Ranka Lee (voice)
Houko Kuwashima
Nanase Matsuura (voice)
Kikuko Inoue
Grace O'Connor (voice)
Aya Hirano
Meena Roshan (voice)
Aya Endo
Sheryl Nome (voice)
Kaori Fukuhara
Ramu Hoare (voice)
Yuichi Nakamura
Alto Saotome (voice)
Hirofumi Nojima
Yasaburo Saotome (voice)
Jun Fukuyama
Luca Angeloni (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sheryl Nome was designed as a deliberate contrast to previous Macross idols—older, established, and carrying explicit sexuality that the franchise had shied from.
The 'Itano Circus'—those iconic missile swarm sequences—are named after animator Ichirō Itano, who pioneered the technique in the original 1982 Macross. Frontier's version uses modern CGI to extend what hand-drawn limits made legendary.
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