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Macross
is a Japanese science fiction mecha anime media franchise/media mix, created by Studio Nue (most prominently mecha designer, writer and producer Shōji Kawamori) and Artland in 1982. The franchise features a fictional history of Earth and the human race after the year 1999, as well as the history of humanoid civilization in the Milky Way. It consists of four TV series, four movies, six OVAs, one light novel, and five manga series, all sponsored by Big West Advertising, in addition to 40 video games set in the Macross universe, two crossover games, and a wide variety of physical merchandise. Within the series, the term ''Macross'' is used to denote the main capital ship. This theme began in the original ''Macross'', the SDF-1 ''Macross''. ''Overtechnology'' refers to the scientific advances discovered in an alien starship ASS-1 (''Alien Star Ship - One'' later renamed ''Super Dimension Fortress - One Macross'') that crashed on ''South Ataria'' island. Humans were able to re ...
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is a Japanese science fiction mecha anime media franchise/media mix, created by Studio Nue (most prominently mecha designer, writer and producer Shōji Kawamori) and Artland in 1982. The franchise features a fictional history of Earth and the human race after the year 1999, as well as the history of humanoid civilization in the Milky Way. It consists of four TV series, four movies, six OVAs, one light novel, and five manga series, all sponsored by Big West Advertising, in addition to 40 video games set in the Macross universe, two crossover games, and a wide variety of physical merchandise. Within the series, the term ''Macross'' is used to denote the main capital ship. This theme began in the original ''Macross'', the SDF-1 ''Macross''. ''Overtechnology'' refers to the scientific advances discovered in an alien starship ASS-1 (''Alien Star Ship - One'' later renamed ''Super Dimension Fortress - One Macross'') that crashed on ''South Ataria'' island. Humans were able to rev ...
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is a Japanese science fiction mecha anime media franchise/media mix, created by Studio Nue (most prominently mecha designer, writer and producer Shōji Kawamori) and Artland (company), Artland in 1982. The franchise features a fictional history of Earth and the human race after the year 1999, as well as the history of humanoid civilization in the Milky Way. It consists of four TV series, four movies, six Original video animation, OVAs, one light novel, and five manga series, all sponsored by Big West Advertising, in addition to 40 List of Macross video games, video games set in the Macross universe, two Crossovers in video games, crossover games, and a wide variety of physical merchandise. Within the series, the term ''Macross'' is used to denote the main capital ship. This theme began in the original ''Macross'', the SDF-1 Macross, SDF-1 ''Macross''. ''Overtechnology'' refers to the scientific advances discovered in an alien starship ASS-1 (''Alien Star Ship - One'' later ren ...
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The Super Dimension Fortress Macross
is an anime television series from 1982. According to story creator Shoji Kawamori, it depicts "a love triangle against the backdrop of great battles" during the first Human-alien war. It is the first part of two franchises: The ''Super Dimension'' trilogy and ''Macross'' series. ''Macross'' () features mechanical designs by Kazutaka Miyatake and Shoji Kawamori (both of Studio Nue) and character designs by Haruhiko Mikimoto of Artland.Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Staff. Pages 248–253. ''Macross Perfect Memory''. Reference Book. 260 A4 pages. Minori Library, Japan. Y2800. 1983, 10 October. ''Macross'' also created one of the first anime idols Lynn Minmay, turning her voice actress Mari IijimaSuper Dimension Fortress Macross: Cast. Page 254. ''Macross Perfect Memory''. Reference Book. 260 A4 pages. Minori Library, Japan. Y2800. 1983, 10 October. into an instant celebrity, and launching her musical career. Most of its animation (with edited content and revised dialo ...
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Macross Dynamite 7
is an anime television series. It is a sequel to the show ''The Super Dimension Fortress Macross'' that takes place many years after the events of the first series following a cast of mostly new characters. The show ran from October 16, 1994, to September 24, 1995, at 11:00 a.m., and 49 episodes were aired. Although it has been distributed in the other parts of the world, for the longest amount of time it remained unlicensed in North America until July 2022 when Right Stuf along with Nozomi Entertainment announced that they would be releasing the series on home video. ''Macross 7'' is best known for its music, and since the show began airing over a dozen albums have been released by the fictional band Fire Bomber that stars in the show. ''Macross 7'' exists in the official Studio Nue chronology and canon, with story concept by Shoji Kawamori, who also handled mechanical designs along with Kazutaka Miyatake. A theatrical episode, ''Macross 7: Ginga ga Ore wo Yondeiru! ...
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Macross 7
is an anime television series. It is a sequel to the show ''The Super Dimension Fortress Macross'' that takes place many years after the events of the first series following a cast of mostly new characters. The show ran from October 16, 1994, to September 24, 1995, at 11:00 a.m., and 49 episodes were aired. Although it has been distributed in the other parts of the world, for the longest amount of time it remained unlicensed in North America until July 2022 when Right Stuf along with Nozomi Entertainment announced that they would be releasing the series on home video. ''Macross 7'' is best known for its music, and since the show began airing over a dozen albums have been released by the fictional band Fire Bomber that stars in the show. ''Macross 7'' exists in the official Studio Nue chronology and canon, with story concept by Shoji Kawamori, who also handled mechanical designs along with Kazutaka Miyatake. A theatrical episode, ''Macross 7: Ginga ga Ore wo Yondeiru! ...
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Macross Frontier
is a Japanese anime television series and the third Japanese anime television series set in the ''Macross'' universe. It was broadcast on MBS from April 4, 2008 to September 26, 2008. ''Macross Frontier'' is the story of a human space colony fleet trying to find a habitable planet near the center of the Milky Way. The story focuses on three young adults (a famed pop singer, a private military pilot, and a rising pop singer) and the events that occur around them as the fleet faces a crisis of alien origin. Plot The series features the 25th New Macross-class Colonial Fleet, dubbed the ''Macross Frontier'', en route to the galactic center. This heavily populated interstellar fleet (consisting of numerous civilian vessels and their military escorts) contains a makeup of both human occupants and their Zentradi allies. As such, many of the ''Macross Frontier'''s companion vessels appear to merge more metallic Human designs with organic Zentradi aesthetics. ''Macross Fron ...
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Macross Plus
is a four-episode anime OVA and theatrical movie in the ''Macross'' series. It was the first sequel to the original ''Macross'' television series that took place in the official timeline (''Macross II'' was quickly retconned by series creator Shōji Kawamori as a parallel world story in the ''Macross'' universe). ''Plus'' was a groundbreaking combination of traditional cel and computer-generated animation at the time of its release, paving the way for the incorporation of more computer-generated imagery in Japanese animation. Both the OVA series and movie were released in Japan by Bandai Visual and in North America and Europe by Manga Entertainment. The Australian VHS version was released by Manga Entertainment and the DVD version by Madman Entertainment under sub-license from Manga Entertainment. It features several new mecha designs inspired by the original series. Plot Three decades after the great war between the humans and the Zentradi, in January 2040, the U.N. govern ...
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Macross Delta
is a science fiction anime television series that aired on Tokyo MX in Japan from April 3, 2016, to September 25, 2016. The fourth television series set in the ''Macross'' universe, it is directed by Kenji Yasuda and written by Toshizo Nemoto with Shōji Kawamori being the chief director and mechanical designer, whith Chisato Mita (Capcom) handling the original character design. Kawamori is also credited as the original creator along Studio Nue. Summary ''Macross Delta'' is set in the year 2067, eight years after the events of ''Macross Frontier'' in a remote part of the Milky Way Galaxy called the , which is plagued by the , a mysterious phenomenon which turns people berserk without any apparent cause. A team of talented idols, the ''Walküre'', uses the power of their songs to calm down the infected by the Vár Syndrome, assisted by the Delta Flight, a team of experienced Valkyrie pilots, while facing the interference from the Aerial Knights of the Windermere Kingdom, w ...
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Macross Zero
is an anime prequel OVA to ''The Super Dimension Fortress Macross'' released for the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the ''Macross'' franchise during 2002 in Japan. It was created and directed by Shoji Kawamori and produced by Satelight. Premise ''Macross Zero'' is set in 2008 A.D., one year before the events of the original ''Macross'' series, depicting the final battles of the U.N. Wars between the U.N. Spacy and the Anti-UN forces, and is also set in the South Pacific, where a gigantic alien spaceship crash landed 9 years earlier. Amidst the violence, a U.N. Spacy F-14 ''KAI'' pilot named Shin Kudo is attacked by a strange enemy aircraft that can transform itself into a robot. Crash landing on Mayan Island he learns that this remote island and its peaceful native inhabitants hold a great secret linking them to the alien space ship and would become the focus of the war, whether they like it or not. Shin eventually returns to his carrier fleet and joins the Skull ...
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Shōji Kawamori
is a Japanese anime creator and producer, screenwriter, visual artist, and mecha designer. He is best known for creating the ''Macross'' mecha anime franchise and the ''Diaclone'' toyline, which were in turn the basis for the ''Robotech'' and ''Transformers'' franchises, respectively. He is also known for creating ''The Vision of Escaflowne'' anime series. He pioneered several innovative concepts in his works, such as transforming mecha (including the VF-1 Valkyrie in ''Macross'' and Optimus Prime in ''Transformers'') and virtual idols (including Lynn Minmay and Sharon Apple in the ''Macross'' franchise). His work has had a significant impact on popular culture, both in Japan and internationally. Personal life Shoji Kawamori was born in Toyama, Japan in 1960. Later in his youth he attended Keio University in the late seventies and in the same years as ''Macross'' screenwriter Hiroshi Ōnogi and character designer Haruhiko Mikimoto, where they became friends and founded a ''Mob ...
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Macross Ace Frontier
is a shooting game developed by Artdink for the PlayStation Portable. The game is based on Studio Nue's popular ''Macross'' series, one of which is known in the West as the first generation of ''Robotech''. It features original elements as well as characters, mechanics, episode plots and BGM borrowed from 1982's ''The Super Dimension Fortress Macross'' original TV series, the 1994 ''Macross Plus'' OVA series, the 1994 ''Macross 7'' TV series and the 2008 ''Macross Frontier'' TV series, as well as incorporating more elements from the 1984 '' Macross: Do You Remember Love?'' feature film and the 2002 prequel OVA series ''Macross Zero''. Gameplay It is a 3D shooter action game with multiplayer capability (1 - 4 Players) over the PSP ''ad hoc'' feature. It features various characters and mecha from the last 25 years of the series, ranging from the VF-1 Valkyrie up to the most recent variable fighter craft in the ''Macross'' universe, including the VF-25 Messiah and also featuring the ...
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Ai Oboete Imasu Ka
is the third single by Japanese singer/songwriter Mari Iijima, released on June 5, 1984 by Victor Entertainment. Written by Kazumi Yasui and Kazuhiko Katō, it was used as the theme song of the 1984 mecha anime film '' Macross: Do You Remember Love?'', which also featured Iijima as the voice of Lynn Minmay. The B-side is , which was written by Iijima and used as the film's ending theme. The single peaked at No. 7 on Oricon's singles charts and landed at No. 38 on Oricon's 1984 year-ending chart while selling over 270,000 copies, making it Iijima's best-selling single. "Ai Oboete Imasu ka" won the ''Animage'' 1984 Anime Grand Prix in the song category and the Theme Song Award at the 2nd Japan Anime Grand Prix. The song also ranked No. 1 on NHK's in 2019. Iijima re-recorded both "Ai Oboete Imasu ka" and "Tenshi no Enogu" in her 2002 self-cover album ''Mari Iijima Sings Lynn Minmay'' to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the ''Macross'' franchise. Track listing All music is arr ...
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