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Super Dimension Fortress Macross (or just
Macross) is an
anime
television series. An English-dubbed version became the first part of
Robotech.
Macross is widely regarded as a classic of the genre,
combining the tropes of
giant transforming robots, apocalyptic battles, wartime romance and
victory through
bubblegum pop music. It featured character designs by
Haruhiko Mikimoto.
The story concerns a city-sized alien spacecraft that crashes to Earth
in the early 21st century. Humans rebuild the spacecraft just before a
fleet of alien warships arrive (the Zentraedi), determined to recover the
first ship. Meanwhile, a young pilot comes of age and struggles with a
love triangle between a bubbly pop singer and a dedicated bridge officer.
The name of the series is same as the name with which the feature
spacecraft was given, though it is typically shortened to
SDF-1 Macross, since it was the first Super Dimension
Fortress. The word Macross comes from a combination of the words Macro
Space Ship in reference to its relatively massive size (though when
compared with the alien ships in the series it appears like a tug boat).
A feature film, subtitled Ai Oboete Imasu Ka? (Macross
'84: Do You Remember Love?), was released in
1984, with a condensed version of the storyline and cutting-edge
animation. (A shortened, English-dubbed version of the feature was also
released to video as Clash of the Bionoids, though this is
largely lambasted.)
The primary characters of this series are:
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Hikaru Ichijyo
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Misa Hayase
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Lynn Minmay
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Roy Focker
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Claudia LaSalle
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Bruno Global
Several sequel series and one prequel have followed, following two
different timelines - a "real" one and a fictional one within the main
sequence. The main sequence consists of (in chronological order):
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Macross Zero
- Superdimensional Fortress Macross
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Macross Flashback 2012
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Macross Plus
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Macross 7
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Macross 7 Dynamite
The Macross movie and
Macross II were declared an alternate universe, and in
Macross 7 it is revealed that they were actually a movie and
mini-series produced after Space War I (the original Earth-Zentraedi
conflict).
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