So I just watched both Macross Frontier movies in the past couple days.
Here are some theoretical events that I would need to know your reaction to seeing in anime.
1) When a plane transforms into a robot and fires off hundreds of missiles to attack a single target, all of which have their own unique flight path, to destroy a single enemy unit.
2) An idol singer stands in the middle of a giant conflict and has her performance projected across the entire battleground in order to give hope to the people.
3) The power of culture(embodied in Japanese pop music) is so mighty that nothing can defeat it.
If your reaction to the following is that it sounds kind of dumb and cheesy, I probably should never talk to you.
If your reaction to the following is that it sound LIKE THE BEST THING YOU'VE EVER HEARD OF, then Macross may be the finest franchise for you.
I recently got into Macross early this year via the newest series, Macross Frontier, though at the time I didn't quite get what Macross meant. I thought it was a very good show that I could watch, greatly enjoy, then mostly be done with. Sure, I was maybe a little interested in the fact there were several previous series that would share some things with it, but I mostly viewed Frontier as a stand-alone experience. Upon hearing a pretty moving review of Macross: Do You Remember Love?, however, I decided to investigate the franchise beyond just Frontier, and what did I find out?
Macross is frigging amazing.
Like the idol singers the show features, Macross knows that it is entertainment, and it does it in the best kind of spectacle it can. Valkyries firing off hundreds of missiles in the most beautiful dogfights imaginable, singers doing their concerts amidst this war to bring love and peace. A love story set to the backdrop of great battles. A universe where a single song can bear strength greater than the power of a hundred thousand warships. Step aside, Gundam, step aside, Votoms. Macross went for a real robot series that rather than gritty is delightful, and the kind of optimism this franchise has can only be described as beautiful.
Go watch Macross. Go watch Frontier(and then DEFINITELY THE MOVIES), go watch Plus, go watch the original(actually I might just make a Let's Watch for it), and then you may just remember love.
As a final note, if this picture inspires you, then you are a good person.