Macross Frontier: How to RENEW a Franchise (the Correct Way) | Macross F Exploration
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- MACROSS FRONTIER was a show that celebrated the 25th anniversary of the original Super Dimension Fortress Macross. Set over a decade after the what happened in Macross 7, Macross Frontier tells the story of the 25th New Macross-class Colonial Fleet, the Macross Frontier, who's moving towards the galactic center... yet, it encounters a new enemy: the insectoid biomechanical alien known as the Vajra. With a simple story and a complex background... is Macross F the best Macross Saga yet?
My name is Absa, and in this video I'll try to explore how Macross Frontier brought a new level of intrigue to the plot and subverted the Zentradi's "yack deculture" element with the Vajra. That and also, show us one of the best looking valkyries ever with the VF-25 Messiah.
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It’s honestly amazing how Macross Frontier still looks amazing visually even after 15 years
Frontier was, and still is in my opinion, the best modernization of the Macross franchise. It's the one anime I mention to others when they ask about something similar to Gundam, and the one series I'd be totally okay with it being made into a live action movie.
Frontier, frontier movie, plus, zero, macross novelisations, VERY drunk delta, SDF, do you remember love, southern cross, macross 2, genesis climber. Sentinels then dynamite 7 (on fast forward/mute).
I don’t think I missed any.
Frontier was the Macross sequel I've always wanted. It delivered a great story in just 25 episodes. I just wish it got more respect.
Agree, the use of music in the finale was… * *chef’s kiss* * perfect
#team Sheryl!
The series did really hit in my hearth as an anime/Macross fan.
All the references really put me a smile into he face, but the song at start of the final battle... Boy, that put a tear in my both my eyes.
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I've alway been a Macross fan ever since I came across it as Robotech, watching random episodes on the afternoon cartoons on TV. I was hooked on the mech designs even more than Transformers or Go-Bots. When the internet era came along, and Ebay was a thing, at which time I started acquiring bootleg DVDs, I started to learn about the polemic story between Big West and Harmony Gold. I got even more intrigued with the franchise and quickly became my favorite anime as I bought original figures from Takatoku and Bandai as well as the more recent ones from Yamato, I loved everything from DYRL to Macross Plus. But when I came across Frontier I was going through a rough time in my life, and it literally kept me sane and gave me something to look forward to; so, I savored it, bought the figures, I even have the Macross Quarter, and, aside from the excellent story, It really holds a special place in my heart I hope to share with my baby girl some day in hopes she would share the feeling. So, what I'm trying to say is thank you so much for taking the time! Keep it up!
I'll always love Macross 7 for basically being a super robot show, but man frontier is just so wonderful.
That's exactly why I didn't like it initially because going full super robot on Macross was too strong a departure for me. But I went back to it and learned to appreciate it.
@@alekesam Yeah, 7 is an acquired taste. I love it now, but the first time I watched it I just didn't "get" it. These days I rock out to Firebomber on the regular.
To me, Frontier's the greatest Macross entry yet.
Macross Delta's best trait was reminding everyone how good they had it with F.
Fully Agree, you know when Delta hasn't quite got there when your more excited to see the Labyrinth of Time over the Delta movie itself.
Delta was a reverse F.
F had big budget, D had a small one.
F had a poor opening act, D's opening was the strongest in the series.
F picked up nicely in the middle act, D floundered and ran in circles.
F was a blockbuster production, D was whimsical but thematic.
Delta is deeply flawed, but i appreciate that it tried to something different and imo sort of succeeded
@@buglepong true, killing off Freya was bold and sets up a possible partner for Ranka in the form of Hayate. Other than that, and the possible Megaroad tease, it was pretty forgettable (music, characters, mecha). I remember most of Macross F.
Im convinced Freya is Kawamori looking back on Macross. Delta released just after Macross 30th anniversary, Freya lives to 30. She fulfils her destiny, like kawamori did with macross.
@@buglepong Man I hope so. Kawamori got screwed when it came to mecha design royalties from harmony gold for that legalized pirated product in the form of Robotech. (His words).
Thank you for making this. We Remember Love.
Frontier has been and is still my favorite. Glad there are so many people who enjoy it.
Frontier has always been and probably will always be my favorite.
Hahah totally, it's almost better than the original SDF Macross... just a tad below it.
Same
It's GOAT in my opinion. Both series and movies has best plot.
How is this possible. Its the worst entry of the franchise.
My favorite will always be Macross Plus. Plus had the greatest story line and everything meshes very well with the original.. I would have enjoyed frontier a bit more if the main protagonist was a bit more likeable and they get rid of the whole psychic "one mind" sharing insects. Honestly fighting rogue zentraedi was never an issue with me. My opinion, the classification of best to worst Macross series would be: Macross Plus (Isamu is just too cool with his jet and all, with great story), Original Macross (I could watch DYRL over and over, love how Minmei was portrayed in there, she was a bit spoiled, but super loveable). After that is really a toss between Macross7 and Frontier (I would give 7 the edge just because it has Max and Mira in it?) Falling behind would be Macross 0 (the floating stones and psychic powered aliens just did not mesh with me) and finally Macross Delta (which is by far the worst Macross of all time, flying idols on the wings of fighter jets while they combat? seriously???). I did not include Macross 2, because it is not truly a macross series.
One thing that speaks to how well-structured Frontier is as well is the constant escalation of threat and response - the first few episodes you only see Valkyries fighting individual Vajra. But then when the rescue mission kicks off, Macross Quarter launches and is pretty consistently in combat. Battle Frontier doesn't even fire its' Macross Cannon until episode 18 or so, let alone separate from island One. They don't break out the reaction missiles until late in the show, and then escalate to the MDE ones. It makes the larger ships and weapons feel weighty and important in a way that Macross 7 didn't try to do with Battle 7.
They also learned valuable lessons from 7 because instead of beating you over the head by repeating the same song chorus 3-4 times in every episode the frontier OST is one of my favourite soundtracks ever not just anime. Everything from upbeat to office pomp to even aimo getting 2-3 remixes.
And while I live macross plus the songs are far more backing tracks than the belters in frontier.
@@IRMentat I think 7's music likely suffered as much from the advertisers "double the episode count" edict as the rest of the show, and as a result they had to space out the songs. It doesn't help that Planet Dance is far from fire Bomber's best song.
And 100% agreed on Frontier's soundtrack overall. It still gets a lot of spins here, especially now that all the Macross music is on Spotify.
This is an amazingly detailed rundown. Well done.
Hearing your feed back is refreshing I feel Macross will finnaly get it's spot to shine
Thanks to great soundtrack and songs composed by music genius Yoko Kanno make this Macross series became my favorite Macross series
Definitely my favorite entry in the Macross. Great video. Cheers
The fact that the second story is actually a direct sequel from the tv series version because it follows the events that happens after macross 30 where they sent back to their word in the image of the protagonist of the character so there’s some changes in the story instead of the usual thing happening in the tv series it’s actually mind blowing
Macross F is the best. I waited for 30yrs. Finally, there is another Macross that’s better than or at least as good as the original Macross.
#TeamRanka
Shes pretty cute and you watch her grow from a timid fledgling into a strong character.
Though the love triangle bits did drag on a little too long, would have liked more Vajra intrigue, politicking and the SMS Battle Frontier and her crews.
I'm late for this.
Frontier is pretty good, a definite return to form for Macross in many ways. The singers, and the fact that they even have their own catalogue of songs to contrast with each other give the triangle some actual force.
Some spoilers!
I do have a few problems with it, and it really has to do with Kawamori. The Vajra make a pretty easy to kill villain/misunderstood race. Alien enough to not care too much what they may be thinking and pretty much a thing to make the fighters do something. The Macross Galaxy with a completely different world and worldview was far more interesting, and in my opinion...we didn't get enough of it besides Grace being a typical "last villain". I think Kawamori feels a strong need to run from human conflict in a realistic way. When he is pushed, like in Plus or the original, it comes out pretty good, but I think on his own, he doesn't want to think about it.
Even here the Macross Galaxy comes across as mechanical and lifeless, bothering to explore their actual motivations and culture would have pushed Frontier to bigger heights. Instead they are a convenient excuse to rehab the vajra and be a faceless enemy. They probably die by the thousands in the last episode of the show, and thinking about their population of humans is an afterthought.
You might be on to something there. If Frontier had a proper series length, like SDF Macross and 7 had, they could have explored Galaxy more thoroughly and played more with the alienness of the Vajra. But only limited to a half-length season like it was makes it hard.
*One song* is the reason I will never recommend Macross Frontier without recommending DYRL to be watched first, despite Frontier being (in my opinion) a better story on all fronts.
I saw Frontier first, without any other Macross context, and I felt genuine grief when I realised the poetic punch-in-the-gut that I'd missed in that scene after finally watching the original series and DYRL. The masterfully re-toned arrangement aligning with the dark reflection of the corresponding moment in the earlier movie paints one the most powerful scenes in modern media, at least to me. Even hundreds of listens later, those savage opening piano stabs give me whole-body shivers every time.
Agreed. A person absolutely *can* watch Frontier without having seen DYRL, but they *shouldn't*. Understanding the context of Oboete Imasuka adds so much to the scene.
When it comes to the love triangle, one reason that Alto and Sheryl like each other is because Alto sees Sheryl as just a regular girl and Sheryl appreciates that. As for Ranka, she and Alto are just very good friends who grew up together and naturally that's another form of friendship and love.
Never even grew up together, she delivered someone else’s lunch and saw him flying with the power-armour.
Ranka was just being actively pushed towards alto by almost everyone around her while sheryl had a far more natural relationship growth plus a similar experience of fame.
Alas the ranka fans were so pained over her inevitable rejection that delta was sunk to have an annoying brat and his of-comparable-age rune-girl pushed HARD such that the overall story suffered because of it (will admit that the song axia gets me real good), upside mirage never got past the puppy love state so actual best girl gets a chance with someone not mentally deficient. Downside,most of the other cast were never around long enough to develop more than a mild attachment to making a W with their fingers while being a bit sassy.
@@IRMentat They spent time together after Ozma brought her aboard The Frontier and they knew each other enough. When she kissed him, he didn't exactly fight it off. As for the rest of your reply, so that's why "Delta" wasn't so great.
Great video, happy to have found your channel Absa. Still a bigger fan of 7 Nekki Basara’s music just slap, but frontier is great.
My first macross series when i was 10 even made a VF-25 model with my block toys, still the best series in my opinion now.
I was exceedingly into it. It is really good and knock dead funny ,the very best so far. I will watch it again, sometime.
team Sheryl for me, definitively... The one of the most prefered Macross for me, with plus and zero. but, the last movie from delta is really great too!!!!!!!!
And, for me ( and only for me), I took the labirynth of time like a teaser, I will be so happy if it was really true!!!!
Thank your for this nice throwback to a fond childhood memory of mine.
I really like the 2 movies, their animation quality, mechanics and music are awesome, but they tried too hard to get over the top.
I love the YF-29 Durandall design, but at the same time I see the VF-25 more down to the earth and deserving to be the Canon path.
It's a shame Delta could not keep up, but can't blame it, it was just too high of a bar for it to reach.
Nothing tops Macross Plus, but Frontier did try its hardest to be as good as it 👍
I love Frontier. Its my favorite Macross series. I'm completely shocked they were finally able to surpass Macross Plus.
Havent seen the movies yet. I knew about them but never sought them out because I was totally happy with the series. Its been years though so I think I will check them out finally.
If you liked the ending of the tv series I don’t recommend the movies(I have the movies above the series) but the movies end in a really depressing note
@@xcutioner5537 No worries, they gave an epilogue that gave it the happy ending...
Macross F overtook my love for Original Macross as it was airing in 2012 (I think that was the year). Wait its a decade old now? So many homages to the series that came before it including DYRL. I had missed the Generation reference to Zero and now Im going to have to watch Zero and F again all the way through to see it properly.
#teamsheryl shes an interesting mix of both minmay and misa
It's rife with references to previous series but still manages to be a stand alone anime that anybody can enjoy... that's why I think it's become a fan favorite even surpassing the original SDF Macross.
Frontier was so great, when Delta came out I had hope, but was let down tremendously. Also, the final battle in the series is better than the movie just because of the tag team of the Quarter and Battle Frontier.
Frontier set the tone that Delta would follow and did it well, it honored what came before with out needing it to be watched as you said. It also brought Macross to modern levels.. without the compressed timeline that Zero had to work with.. 25 episodes gives you a lot more time then 5 or 6.
Frontier set a good tone, they could have done it better but it was understandably light in it's tone. Delta "should" have stepped it up an followed up with a maturation tone. The original Macross was an incredible series regarding maturation, from youthful bliss to hard realities an choices as an adult. Along with all growing pains that come with it. Finding your way in the dark, making friends, dealing with new emotions from adolescence to becoming an adult, experiencing gut wrenching hardship an deep emotional situations (war/death/lost love/family etc) while overcoming adversity while fighting to survive against insurmountable odds.
Delta spat in the face of the mech aspect by demoting the planes to floating stages for idols
No guitar playing mecha pilots and band (Macross 7). No little girls singing and dancing around a mecha in flight and battle (Macross Delta). A nod to the original Macross and some fan service, great music playing an important role on STAGE and BROADCASt and not inside mecha, and those mecha were awesome. Macross Frontier is everything I wanted in a Macross series.
I only just (finally) watched Frontier this year, mostly because I just couldn't find it anywhere and it really didn't feel dated at all for a show that's... what about 15- years old now... I thought it was great, it had everything that makes a Macross series so good... this (to me) is the only Mecha Anime that's right at the top of my list along with Gundam. Alto Saotome's and Ozuma Lee's Messiah Valkyrie (VF-25F/S) (to me) take the Mecha designs back to what they should be... I just love these designs especially Fighter Mode because they feel like the true successor to Hikaru Ichijo"s and Roy Focker's (love that last name... lol) original Valkyries (VF-1A/S)... the show also has the same feel as SDF Macross, just a lot better animation. I have also just watched Macross Delta, which has a bit more of a direct tie to the original cast of SDF and even though it amps up the songstress side with the Walkure and the Siegfried Valkyrie has a bit of a reverse wing style, I totally enjoyed it but I think Frontier is better... I would definitely wouldn't mind if you made a video on Macross Delta
This series was indeed, superb. No Macross Fans would need to be convinced. DEFINITELY don't miss the The Witch from Mercury. It is oh-so-good and has killing character development and we're only on ep 04! I think it's made by the same production staff?
Macross Frontier was my first Macross serie, I watched it pretty much when it was new, and for a long time it also had my favorite ost in anime (now is the second), sometimes I used to annoy a friend of mine that is a picked eater and happens to dislike carrots with the carrot song XD
And for this series, be sure to cover the third Flontire theatrical movie which is the cross-over Frontier x Fire Bomber. which also explains the homage of the band in the prison breakout of the 2nd Frontier movie, which includes the Zentradi drummer....
You should always consider the Macross movies as the proper timeline. All the series run through continuing from the previous movie, and then a finalized polished movie will be made for that which will be the timeline used for the next one.
macross frontier is my favourite series, over the first, over zero, over plus... but sadly it relaunched the franchise only to see it killed by delta few years later
I like how authors do not retcon questionable elements like for example Song Power from Macross 7. They try to explain in-Universe what it is through their science. And I like the brick joke that events are different in TV series and movies because... They are artistic depiction of the conflict and not documentary.
Thanks for making these videos on Macross, i'm thinking of maybe getting into it.
you should
Glad you like it, and yes, definitely get into Macross, you're missing out on one of the best franchises of the mecha genre.
Amazing Frontier is my favorite
The reason the frontier mecha were so gangly is that the earlier series' mechs were supposed to be plausible, their transformations were physically possible, while in frontier they don't have that constraint anymore.
Also, the varga didn't create the v-type infection to communicate with humans, humans were just dumb animals to them. Its why they attacked v-type infected singer's areas, because they were trying to protect the little queen from the agressive and dangerous animals surrounding them. surrounding them. The varga are the v-type infection but it was spread to humans by human experiments.
Macross f is by far the best entry in the franchise. Also Sheryl is one of the best female character in anime
Did any one else in the US see the Frontier movies in theaters?! It was a Dream come true! Seeing it on the big screen and singing in the theaters! (Swoon).
Macross Forever!
I still think this is one of my favourite shows ever.
Ok, you convinced me I will take a look at Macross Frontier. I am still disappointed they do not have Cyclones😤
Why the Hell would it? Unlike Macross, and Southern Cross. Genesis Climber Mospeeda was not a Studio Nur production, and has nothing to do with the Macross Universe. That the Vajra resemble the Invid is just far enough over the horizon, to be coincidence, than say homage.
If you want a better example of where your going with that, give Mac. II (Lovers Again), a watch. At least calling the Mardook the shows (Robo) Masters is made much plainer, than this.
My fav was macross plus as i just turned 40 this year but frontier is just as hype to me
Liked the series a lot. So much I purchased the Bandai Alto fighter. I am surprised this has not been streamed in Netflix or Hulu yet
Maybe we’ll see it on streaming sites once the Blu-Rays come out next year.
The music from frontier was amazing.
Commentary 158, I love Macross!!!!!
Macross Frontier was utterly fantastic!!!
one thing you didn't mention about Brera and his VF being a nod to Gundam is Brera va. the guy voice Jesus Yamato which make the remake of a nod to Gundam even more fitting
The MACROSS franchise has always been one of my favorite
Is it possible that the differences between Alto's Messiah and Brera's Lucifer is a shoutout to Macross Plus's Isamu YF-19 and Guld's YF-21? One that maintains human functionality but still pushing the limits of what normal humans can do while the other ignores human limits by either changing how it is done or in Frontier's case forcing the human to change to be able to control the system.
Liked and subbed but you didnt even mention koning monster! I have a yamato vf1a forest camo with the forest camo missile pack armor which came to like 675$ usd in sexy plastic
My favourite mecha in the entire franchise. It deserves its name.
Macross F is a Master piece. You should make a video about all the macross music and their evolution
PD: no has pensado en sacar estos videos en español? Saludos desde Chile
Plus and Isamu are still by far my favourite. I'm gonna try frontier again, the movies. Couldn't finish it when it originally aired cause I didn't like it.
and today is 15th anniversary of Macross Frontier.
Frontier was such a well done series
I would love to see a continuación after Labyrinth of Time and see when Sheryl wake up!!!!
She’s confirmed to wake up alto also returns there’s an official illustration on one of the books of Sheryl illustrations
#TeamSheryl
#TeamSheryl forever!
#TeamSheryl for life!!!!!
Ahh Macross Frontier, my favorite Macross. I hate what the story writer do with the romance in the TV series . Glad the producer fix it in the movie.
N00b question what/where is the footage of The Macross Saga from?
Fly space jets fly! Is it just me, or is it harder to watch after B5?
The flying hands upon the sun is a reference to Macross Plus’ scene with Isamu Dyson
Thanks Captain Obvious!
I wish I get the complete series on Blu Ray with subtitles … many one day
i enjoyed the macross plus series
Movies are my fav. I went from cosplaying Supergirl to Sheryl.
3 most important things on a macross series
-love triangle
-idols singing
-epic universal war occuring while the idols sing
#teamSheryl
The reason why Sheryl likes Alto is because he isn't impressed by the fact that she's a celebrity, and their dedication to their dreams is the same, and even comes from a similar source. Their love for their parents.
For Ranka it's because she thinks of Alto as her Prince Charming that always saves her.
Macross Plus, Macross 7, Macross Frontier, and Macross Delta all follow the timeline set by the movie "Macross Do You Remember Love?", and not the original SDF Macross TV series.
Probably more to do with IRW consequences of the legal disputes between BigWest, and Tatsunoko having "sold" the rights (Which were never grated to them), to this outfit called Harmony Gold.
So that's why the TV exists, but isn't the 'canon'.
I grew up watching the original run of the original US release of Robotech... So this video was great to see! Thank you...
Love the TV show. The movies were good and I like that they didn't kill of one of the characters, but other than that, don't like the changes. Which one is the right one? And why not both😜
Yeah frontier was really great. Music absolutely slaps
Watched Frontier after Delta, and I have to say, much prefer Frontier. Much better music, and having a couple less characters really helps with character development. I also liked the better look into how the Zentradi integrated with humanity, that was a nice touch. The Delta VF-31 Siegfried Is my favorite design (more dakka and the wings), but the VF-25 is a close second, and all look gorgeous in Frontier. Also loved the Konig Monster and the screentime it got.
Honestly, Team Throuple or Team Platonic. Alto seemed more enamored with an open sky to fly in than romance with either of the songstresses. Not that he hasn't demonstrated a strong desire to protect them, but he would have gotten into that downed Messiah at the start regardless of who needed protecting, Ranka was just there in the moment.
this is one of my fedorite series, amazing waifus, amazing music, and amazing action.
I LOVE the TV series better than the Movies
I think you should look deeper into Alto's backstory. The romance plotline has a different flavor the Haise/Hunter/Minmei triangle. The connection is that they all see the entertainers performing and Alto is running away from the Kubuuki and his father. Also I really wasn't a fan of sterotype of oblivious protagonist in Alto.
I still think the coolest variable fighter was the Quarter xD Goosebumps when the captain pushed her forward in that first battle, verry Yamato xD I really should rewatch it all xD
I'll have to disagree on that. The Quarter is a cool *robot*, but it is the worst "transforming warship" out of all the "Macross" designs.
The SDF-1 and the New Macross Class both looked like proper, solid warships with no obvious hints as to how they would transform (or even *that* they would transform, since they kept that out of the respective opening animations for both SDF Macross and Macross 7.) The New Macross Class was especially good since the shape was effectively just a bigger Uraga-class space carrier, and those *didn't* transform. In each show, going into them blind would make the transformation sequences a *massive* surprise.
The Battle Frontier is a refinement of the New Macross class from Macross 7, so if you'd seen one you knew it would transform, but then they changed things up with the quad muzzles for the main gun being fake and the real gun being something that swung down from behind them, and it didn't transform until the very end either.
Macross Quarter? Was entirely obvious that "this is an only slightly folded up robot that gains no advantage from pretending to be a ship. There's no solidity in the ship design, the arms and legs don't connect to each other at all and it's all still just a core with four limbs sticking out, just folded up. There's no sense of "this is a contiguous surface " anywhere like there was with the New Macross class' giant flight deck. It looks really cool when its doing flips and capoeira kicks and surfing on a piece of wreckage or sniping from behind an asteroid and is easily the most expressive *robot* out of the entire lineup, but it is a sucky *ship*.
And then Macross Elysion, finally, is *presented* to us in robot form, and while it was obvious that it would transform into a ship at *some* point, the end result of the transformation was a lot more solid-looking that most of us watching had thought it would be until we saw the model kit (which kind of spoiled it) - not quite as monolithic as the SDF-1 or the New Macross class, but definitely way more solid than the Quarter, with big long flight decks that run nearly the length of the ship on either side of the center chunk where the bridge is, and the elbows and legs lock together to form those flight decks. I don't see the robot when I look at the Elysion in ship form, unless I look for it knowing that there *is* a robot in there. With the Quarter, the robot was unbearably obvious when we first saw the ship form.
Hence why the quarter is Worst Macross, and Worst Variable Anything. It's the coolest *Destroid* ever built tho.
Frontier was amazing. Remember waiting every week and watching the espisodes the next day they came out in Japan. The movies while visually impressive, lacked the story quality of the series tough. And Delta just went south from there IMO.
Can anyone tell me which macross series the ruined macross is from at 7:22 ??
Where can these be streamed in Australia
I what i never got, is why there are so many humans, remember that the only survivors on earth were the people living inside the original macross, whch is a ship 1km long. How fast did they repopulate enough to have those massive cities in a space fleet?
As I understand it, it's not just humans in the fleet, there's Zentran and Meltrans as well. And depending on whether you go by DYRL or the original TV series, the latter established that there were pocket survivors around the world.
They pulled a trick out of the Zentraedi playbook, and possibly straight out of their factories even, and basically cloned themselves a new population and then sent them off on colony ships, with a fleet every year until 2030. They stopped the cloning after that because of problems with epidemics among the clone population. The whole thing IIRC comes up in one of the games - the protagonist of the VF-X and VF-X2 games is Aegis Focker, who is IIRC a clone of Roy Focker, and one of the last batch made. Or something like that.
Also, Max and Milia were not the only people who went for a large family. One of the bridge bunnies from the original series canonically has twelve kids, and was still living on the moon as of the last update of her status (2059).
Alto got nothing on Hikaru's coma bicycle riding skills
I absolutely love Macross Frontier. In fact, more than the original Macross series. But too bad, it was followed by a rather lackluster Delta
MF e Mzero sao os meus favoritos
my only problem with Frontier is that in some of the action sequences, the "weight" of the mechs are sort of gone, and just zooming all over the place with nice light effects. might be a CG problem at times i suppose. Compare to Plus where you really feel the weight/mass of the craft.
Well just remember have way superior technology compared to plus(you can see they even added anti-Gforce cages due to Guld's death)...
@@Tamachii12 well yeah, but that still makes the animation feel off at times, in-lore technology be damned. =)
My take on Frontier: Satelight sucks at writing so much that they needed Yoko Kanno to write them a few musicals. This way, the backstory (which they reminded us at the beginning of the first 5 episodes or so) and the music can carry the show. And it worked, just as it did with Aquarion. I can't say no to a good old Yoko Kanno spectacle.
The problem: by the time the 3rd Macross film is in theaters, Kanno is an international star composer, having written music for Japan's biggest broadcaster NHK and known to top orchestras worldwide, so she can demand a ton of money (and so can Naoki Sato (Eureka Seven), Hiroyuki Sawano (Gundam UC), Yuki Kajiura, etc.). This is great for Kanno, but not so much for Satelight.
Aquarion series 1 and Macross Frontier were a new high for Satelight and Kawamori largely because of Kanno's amazing soundtracks and songs. Remove her from the picture and you get shows like Aquarion Logos and Macross Delta-- even when the soundtrack is good enough to not make me throw my headphones, the bad, even amateurish, writing and direction just stuck out to me. Imagine the first 2 Star Wars trilogies without John Williams, and you get my drift.
I just want to say that the writing sucked so bad on the last Star Wars trilogy that even John Williams couldn’t save it.
Where is this available to watch ?
Need more like macross zero, not in space, human vs human, maintenance crew, and something kind like that
Personally I would love a Prequel Story about the Protoculture vs Supervision Army.
If ya know.... You know....
One word harmony gold..get there but off those license law suits
VF is great, but i pick Monster anyday. ahh the beautiful Monster.
Fucking lit!
Where can this be streamed?
I love Macross Frontier. In some ways I like it better than the original. I don't have a problem with the movie I just like the series better.
Great video!!!! Is there an English dub for Macross frontier? Also where can I watch this?
No dub. All the songs are in Japanese and play an integral part of the story. Can't imagine any other actresses in those roles...
Skip the Music brother, but I would love a dub of the dialog just the same.
I don't know where your at as in Makin it a real series or a T.V. movie. But please, please make it happen. I'm a fan of Robotech both seasons. MAKE IT HAPPEN!🤨🤔
The Veritech fighters are awesome but sexiest sci-fi fighter jet is the FRX-00 Yukikaze