The Super Dimension Fortress Macross. Super Dimension Fortress Macross(Japanese: . According to story creator Shoji Kawamori.
It is the first part of two franchises: The Super Dimension series and Macross series. Macross (, not ) is a science fiction series that combines transformable mecha, apocalyptic battles, wartime romance, and music. It features mechanical designs by Kazutaka Miyatake and Shoji Kawamori (both of Studio Nue) and character designs by Haruhiko Mikimoto of Artland. Most of its animation (with edited content and revised dialogue) was adapted in the USA for the first saga of Robotech.
Over the course of 1. U. N. Spacy reverse- engineers its technology and rebuilds the spacecraft, naming it the SDF- 1 Macross. In 2. 00. 9 at the launch ceremony of the Macross, a young civilian pilot, Hikaru Ichijyo, comes to visit the Macross upon U. N. Spacy pilot Roy Focker's request. During the launch ceremony, a space war fleet from an alien race of humanoid giants arrives into the solar system and identifies the Macross as a former battleship used by their enemies, the Supervision Army. As the aliens, known as the Zentradi, approach the Macross, the original systems override the crew's commands and fire its main cannon, wiping out the advance alien scouts and starting a war.
While Hikaru takes the new VF- 1 Valkyrie on a test flight the aliens retaliate. He then encounters Lynn Minmay and rescues her from the aliens.
The Macross crew attempts to use the experimental . The people from the Macross salvage everything they can, including the city surrounding the ship and its civilians (who have survived in special safety shelters, which were transported along intact), and attach two aircraft carriers to the ship. Since the fold systems have vanished after the jump, the Macross is forced to make its way back to Earth by conventional power.
The Zentradi suspect the humans might be their creators, the Protoculture. Under the command of Britai Kridanik and Exsedol Folmo, they plot ways to understand them. Fearful of their old combat directives of not interfering with Protoculture, the Zentradi perform attacks to test their theories about the people on board the Macross, and even have their Zentradi soldiers . The Zentradi capture several Macross personnel including Officer Misa Hayase and Hikaru to study. Boddole Zer, Supreme Commander of the Zentradi, is puzzled over things such as relationships amongst males and females. He confirms that the Miclones . After escaping, Hikaru and the others report their findings to their superiors, who have trouble accepting the reasons behind the Zentradi attacks as well as the huge forces the aliens possess.
After much difficulty returning to Earth, the UN Spacy refuses to allow the Macross and the civilian passengers to return to land. Minmay's cousin, Lynn Kaifun, decides to join the Macross to see his parents and also look after Minmay. Because of Kaifun's relationship and constant contact with Minmay, the pair eventually enter a romantic relationship. After deliberation, the UN Spacy orders the Macross to leave Earth as a means to get the Zentradi away from them.
During all these events, a female Zentradi ace fighter pilot, Milia Fallyna, is micloned and attempts to assassinate Maximilian Jenius, an ace UN Spacy pilot. Attempting to kill him during a knife duel, Milia is defeated and falls in love with Max, and the two are subsequently married. Their wedding aboard the Macross is broadcast to the Zentradi as a message that aliens and humans can co- exist. Since the Zentradi's exposure to culture and to Lynn Minmay's songs, some of them become eager to join the humans.
Because Britai Kridanik was . After Boddole Zer is killed and his armada defeated, the surviving humans and their Zentradi allies 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. Quamzin Kravshera constantly incites conflicts towards the civilians.
The SDF-1 Macross (SDF-1 . The original name for the Macross project was Battle City Megaroad (or Battle City Megaload. The original name for the Macross project was Battle City Megarodo. Megaload, referring to the spacecraft containing an entire city of people.
He repairs a damaged Zentradi warship to return to his old ways and attacks the new Macross City built around the SDF- 1. Moments before the final Zentradi attack, Misa Hayase tells Hikaru Ichijyo of her feelings for him and her decision to leave to space in a colonization mission to preserve human culture across the galaxy. Lynn Minmay, who was left by Kaifun and now loves Hikaru, doesn't want him to leave to join the fight.
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However, Hikaru still goes to defend the city anyway. Eventually Quamzin is destroyed. After a long emotional conflict Hikaru finally decides to be with Misa and join the colonization mission, but the two remain good friends with Minmay in the end. Episode list. Original Japanese.
Air Date. The Super Dimensional Fortress Macross. Episode. Robotech: The Macross Saga. Episode. 3 October 1. Boobytrap. 10 October 1. Countdown. 17 October 1. Space Fold. 24 October 1.
The Long Wait. 31 October 1. Transformation. 14 November 1. Blitzkrieg. 21 November 1. Bye- Bye Mars. 28 November 1. Sweet Sixteen. 5 December 1. Miss Macross. 12 December 1.
Blind Game. 19 December 1. First Contact. 26 December 1. The Big Escape. 9 January 1.
Blue Wind. 16 January 1. Gloval's Report. 23 January 1. Homecoming. 30 January 1. Battle Cry. 13 February 1. Phantasm. 20 February 1. Farewell, Big Brother. February 1. 98. 31.
Bursting Point. 6 March 1. Paradise Lost. 13 March 1. A New Dawn. 20 March 1. Battle Hymn. 27 March 1. Reckless. 3 April 1. Showdown. 10 April 1.
Wedding Bells. 17 April 1. The Messenger. 24 April 1.
Force of Arms. 1 May 1. Reconstruction Blues.
May 1. 98. 32. 9. The Robotech Masters. May 1. 98. 33. 0. Viva Miriya. 22 May 1. Khyron's Revenge. May 1. 98. 33. 2.
Broken Heart. 5 June 1. A Rainy Night. 12 June 1. Private Time. 19 June 1. Season's Greetings.
June 1. 98. 33. 6. Farewell To Tenderness (. To the Stars. Note: Back when . The original name for the Macross project was Battle City Megaload (or Battle City Megaroad, as the Japanese transliteration to either .
A compromise was made with the title Macross (Makurosu(. The resulting animosity between both companies made the initial pre- production of the series very difficult and full of delays.
Studio Nue bought the rights of the show from . Big West, an advertising agency looking to branch out into animation sponsorship, approached Studio Nue about the project and agreed to sponsor it. Eventually they found the reel, and so disaster was averted. However, due to fan demand this sequence was later used in the Macross Flashback 2. OVA released in 1. It was followed by The Super Dimension Century Orguss (1.
The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross (1. These shows were related in name only. In 1. 98. 5, Harmony Gold edited and rewrote the series with The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross and Genesis Climber Mospeada into Robotech, to syndicate on weekday television and to promote a Revell model line. Robotech's credits listed only the English adaptation's production crew and two Tatsunoko producers.
In 1. 99. 9, Harmony Gold asserted it had exclusive rights to the . During production, Big West entered into a partnership with Tatsunoko to assist in the production of the series in a deal where it acquired the license to distribute the show worldwide (i. Japan), as well as earning some royalties to the merchandise. Tatsunoko then sub- licensed Macross to Harmony Gold USA in 1.
In 2. 00. 2, the Tokyo District Court ruled that Big West/Studio Nue is the sole owner of the original character and mecha designs for the first series. This release was canceled after one volume when production of the Robotech adaptation began. The first episode of this 1.
English dubbing was later released as an extra in the Robotech Legacy Collection 5 and Robotech Protoculture Collection DVD releases, and is also included in the first volume of ADV Films' 2. Macross. Streamline Pictures then released Robotech Perfect Collection: Macross on VHS in the summer of 1. English subtitled episodes of Macross and the corresponding dubbed episodes of the Robotech adaptation in each volume. This was the first English subtitling for Macross, but it contained unedited video footage with incomplete and mistranslated English subtitles and was cancelled after eight volumes and 1. The series was originally licensed in North America by Anim. Eigo, who restored the series and released it unedited on DVD with Japanese audio and English subtitles.
Preorders were available on Anim. Eigo's web store. Three smaller boxsets, each comprising three discs, were released from 1. September 2. 00. 2. In 2. 00. 3 Madman Entertainment released a six- disc PAL format version of this edition entitled Macross Ultimate Collection. In the summer of 2. ADV Films announced that it would be releasing an English dub of Macross on 1.
January 2. 00. 6. This is the first complete, unedited English dub for Macross, and featured Mari Iijima returning to reprise the role of Lynn Minmay. Volume 1 contains the first 1. Robotech: The Macross Saga as it was originally broadcast, and the first 1.
Macross, completely uncut and presented in both Japanese with English subtitles and the ADV English dub. It is a comic format alternate telling of the events in The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (with modern character and mecha designs) that was being serialized in the Macross Ace manga magazine until its cancellation, being moved to . The artist for the new manga series is Haruhiko Mikimoto, who was the character designer for the original Macross.
This game had levels based in both the TV series and its movie adaptation. More recently, a new 3. D shooting game called Macross Ace Frontier included several elements from the original series. It was developed by Artdink for the Sony PSP and was released in 2. Reception. In the Anime Encyclopedia, authors Jonathan Clements and Helen Mc.
Carthy called the series .