Hehehehe........
This also rare & hard to find.....
Macross (japan) & Robotech (english) is the same anime
I like Robotech music opening......
But, original version much better to wacth.....
hehehehe........
This article is about the original Japanese animated series. For the first Robotech series that adapted it, see
First Robotech War. For the ship which shares the same name, see
SDF-1 Macross. For the
Famicom game, see
Super Dimension Fortress Macross (Famicom game).
The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (超時空要塞マクロス ,Chō Jikū Yōsai Makurosu?, lit. "Super Spacetime Fortress Macross") is an anime television series. According to story creator Shoji Kawamori, it depicts "a small love triangle against the backdrop of great battles" during the first Human-alien war.
Macross (pronounced muh-CROSS in the English dub, as opposed to MA-cross) is a science fiction series that combines giant transforming robots, apocalyptic battles, wartime romance, and victory through the use of various unconventional means, including bubblegum pop music. It features mechanical designs by Kazutaka Miyatake and Shoji Kawamori (both of Studio Nue) and character designs by Haruhiko Mikimoto. Macross also created one of the first anime idols Lynn Minmay, turning her voice actress Mari Iijima into an instant celebrity, and launching her musical career. Most of its animation (with edited content and revised dialogue) was adapted outside of Japan for the first saga of Robotech.
Plot
In 1999, a city-sized alien spacecraft crashed in South Ataria Island on Earth and over the course of 10 years an organization called the U.N. Spacy reverse-engineered the technology and rebuilt the spacecraft calling it the SDF-1 Macross. It is completed just before a fleet of alien warships arrive on the hunt for the rebuilt spacecraft which belongs to their enemy. Meanwhile a young civilian pilot, Hikaru Ichijyo, comes to visit the Macross upon Roy Focker's (his flight instructor/friend) request. When the aliens appear, the Macross's original systems override the crew's commands and fire its main energy cannon, wiping out the advance alien scouts. While taking the new VF-1 Valkyrie on a test flight in celebration of the Macross's maiden voyage, the aliens attack again. The extraterrestrials are a race of humanoid giants called the Zentradi who at first believe that the Macross is still commanded by their enemy, The Supervision Army, but eventually realize that Miclones (humans) now command the ship. Hikaru engages the Zentradi and encounters Lynn Minmay after crashing on her family's Chinese restaurant. After rescuing her, Focker takes them both back to the Macross for safety. Captain Global decides to launch the ship away from the civilians, but suffers more technical issues from the Macross's original systems. After a difficult fight, the Macross attempts to execute the experimental "Fold System" (FTL drives) to escape the battle. Then the fold system accidentally encompasses the Macross and South Ataria and takes them away from Earth.
Due to the crew's inexperience operating the ship, they end up stranded at the edge of the solar system, with refugees from the city that grew around the restored space craft living now within the ship. The malfunctioning fold system vanishes, causing the crew to take about a year to return to Earth using conventional engines. The Macross crew salvages everything they can, including South Ataria as well as two aircraft carriers that end up incorporated as the Macross's "arms".
Hikaru and Minmay were enroute back to South Ataria in his plane when the Macross folded along with them. When they realized they were in space, Hikaru crash lands into the Macross, where they are stranded for days in a sealed section. They nearly die after exhausting all their supplies before the Macross crew rescues them. They resumed civilian life on board, but Hikaru eventually joins the military and quickly becomes a decorated fighter pilot. Minmay rises to fame as model/singer/movie star to the people on board Macross. Hikaru is made leader to Maximilian Jenius and Hayao Kakizaki of Vermilion Squadron.
The Zentradi suspect the Miclones might be their progenitors, the Protoculture. Under the command of Britai Kridanik and Exsedol Folmo, they plot ways to understand the alleged Protoculture. Fearful of their own myths of getting too close to Miclones, the Zentradi perform attacks to test their theories about the people on board the Macross and even have their Zentradi soldiers "micloned" (miniaturized) to learn more of their culture. The Zentradi manage to capture Misa Hayase and Hikaru during a mission and question their ways. Supreme Commander of the Zentradi, Boddole Zer, is puzzled over simple things such as socializing and romance amongst males/females. He confirms that the Miclones "are" protoculture during a demonstrated kiss between Hayase and Hikaru. After escaping, Hikaru and the others report their findings to their superiors, who have trouble accepting the simplicity and "ridiculous explanation" behind the Zentradi attacks as well as the huge forces the Zentradi possess.
After much difficulty returning back to Earth, the UN Spacy refuses to allow the Macross and the civilian passengers to return back to land. As far as the world is concerned, those on board the Macross and South Ataria were dead after an Anti-U.N. attack. However their security over the matter is lax, allowing Hikaru to bring Minmay back to Yokohama to reunite with her parents. It is there that Minmay's cousin, Lynn Kaifun, decides to join the Macross to see his parents and also look after Minmay. After deliberation, the UN Spacy treats the Macross as if it was a plague and orders them to leave Earth as a means to maintain planetary peace and get the Zentradi away from them. They are resupplied and sent off.
Both Kaifun and Minmay eventually rise to stardom in their first Kung-fu movie, Shao Pai Long ("Little White Dragon"). Because of Kaifun's relationship and constant contact with Minmay, it isn't long before Minmay enters a romantic relationship with Kaifun. Throughout this time, Hikaru is often distracted as he thinks about Minmay or witnesses to their romance. This often leads to disputes between Hayase as he doesn't respond well while his feelings wander and so is reminded of reality by Hayase over the com.
Since the Zentradi's exposure to culture and to Lynn Minmay's songs, the Zentradi forces have less desire to fight and even wish to live with the Miclones. Because the "miclone contamination" becomes a threat to the main Zentradi forces, Boddole Zer orders the destruction of Earth. The people of Earth and U.N. Spacy (stationed on Earth) are all destroyed, and those from the Macross become the sole surviving remnants of humanity. Because Britai Kridanik was "contaminated" as well, he has no choice but to side with the Macross and help defeat Boddole Zer and his armada. After Boddole Zer is killed, the surviving Zentradi and Humans/Miclones begin rebuilding the Earth.
Two years after the end of the first Space War the transition into the Human ways becomes difficult to some Zentradi who can't stand the idea of a pacified life. They randomly cause violence, simply to satisfy their long adopted warlike habits. The Macross removes all civilian aspects from within the ship and rebuilds the South Ataria structures as part of "Macross City." In between this time, Hayase develops feelings for Hikaru. Minmay was with Kaifun, but has a change of heart after she can't tolerate Kaifun anymore. Because of his feelings for both women, Hikaru often feels conflicted about who to choose. Minmay makes the initiative to be with Hikaru while Hayase often hesitates or walks in on Hikaru at the least convenient moment. Hayase wants to resign from the military, but reconsiders when Global offers her a command position. Global tells her about the strong odds of another alien attack and the importance for humanity to spread across the galaxy to spread human culture. In order to preserve humanity, Hayase accepts the new command.
Meanwhile, Quamzin Kravshera can't stand life without combat and constantly incites conflicts towards the civilians. He repairs a damaged Zentradi warship to return to his old ways and attacks Macross City. Moments before the final Zentradi attack, Hayase tells Hikaru of her feelings and her decision to leave to space, helping spread humanity and culture throughout the galaxy. Minmay doesn't want Hikaru to leave to fight, but he does go to help defend the city. Quamzin Kravshera is destroyed by the Macross's main cannon. In the aftermath of a long emotional conflict choosing between Minmay and Hayase, Hikaru finally decides to be with Hayase, but Minmay and the couple remain good friends in the end.
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