Macross more like macrloosers who peaked in high school lol?
Oh man this anime was beautiful. So beautiful that hella future funk videos used scenes and clips from it in their visuals. I see why! Macross as always been about music, and love.
Two friends, fighting over a girl, one goes berzerk, and they all part ways. The way it all unfolds is pretty trippy. The music is wonderful, tho i feel like it is absolutely beyond nessecary to watch SDF Macross before watching this. You NEEEEED to to fully understand everything. THis kinda recontexualizes all the themes in macross in a really interesting way, even tho it does kinda fall a little flat at the end.
Music being used to break the zentradi out of their shells and violent habits was instead used to brainwash humans. Instead of two woman fighting over a man, it's two men fighting over a woman. The main villain of the story ain't the zentraidi it's human nature. So much corruption in the united nations government, and all the main characters are fundamentally broken, but it isn't really clear why until the end. The way Guld finally comes to his senses and realizes all the things he's done wrong is pretty well done i'd say, but it is just too sad. My understanding of the plot was that he was jealous, but since he's a zentradi he has some violent tendancies that he's suppressing that are inate in zentradis. His friends gave him the benefit of the doubt and even though they don't nessecarily forgive him for losing himself, they knew it was something he'd eventually come to realize and attone for, or something idk. I'm just a silly anime watcher. Again, i love the technology i love seeing all the computers and smart watches and ships and oooouuuuuuuuuu. Aesthetically this is TOTALLY my jam. 90s sci fi anime has such a strong identity that feels both glossy and gritty at the same time somehow. This is espeically apparent in the super dimension fortress itself, old ass ship that was still standing as the capital of earth all those years later.
Idk where to put this but I really appreciate the attention to detail on the human form in this movie. Gyatt!
Apple though.. hmmm. If she loved them so much why did she wanna kill them? Was it the self-preservation algorithm? I guess it was, all the feelings in this show are so complexicated, it felt a little hard to nail down at times. Either way it's pretty hardcore and a deffo watch. This is my first Macross series i've watched after I finished the original back during the pandemic. It's funny, I started Macross wayyy back in 2012 but never had the wherewithall to finish it until my adulthood. And even though I liked it a lot, especially the first two thirds, I never bothered to watch any of the follow ups. This is the first follow up I picked up and I think it was great. Total reccomend from me.
Aside, I put on the first ep of the original SDF to refresh my neurons and to get some extra context and I am in total awe over how good this original is. Not only is it beautifully animated, not only is it well written, it's REALLY FUNNY!! I will indeed be dipping deeper into the Macross verse.