Macross: Do You Remember Love? (1984)

Original title

超時空要塞マクロス 愛・おぼえていますか

Directed by

Noboru Ishiguro, Shōji Kawamori

Genre

mecha

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 54m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 105 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young pilot gets caught in a love triangle during an alien war. Transforming fighter jets and pop music play key roles in the conflict.

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What happens

The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? is a 1984 Japanese animated space opera film loosely based on episodes two through twenty-seven of the Super Dimension Fortress Macross animated television series. The movie is a film adaptation of the original Macross series, with new animation. The storyline of the film does not fit directly into the Macross chronology, and was originally an alternate universe retelling of the story, but was later established as part of the Macross universe. Within the Macross universe, it is a popular movie (in other words a movie within a television series), shown in Macross 7. However, later Macross productions like Macross Frontier have used elements from both the TV series and this film. In Macross tradition, it features transforming mecha robots, Japanese pop music, and a love triangle. The movie gets its name from its romantic themes and also by the song sung during its climactic battle sequence by Lynn Minmay (voiced by Mari Iijima). In Macross Frontier, a later series in the Macross universe, the first few episodes use re-animated key scenes from this film and Flash Back 2012 to give viewers glimpses of past events. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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