Chôjikû yôsai Macross: Ai oboeteimasuka (1984)

Directors:

Noboru Ishiguro
Shôji Kawamori

Writers:

Shôji Kawamori (story)
Sukehiro Tomita (screenplay)

Release Date:

21 July 1984 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Romance | Sci-Fi

Plot:

In the next century, a reconfiguring ship (think "Transformer" with a pilot) called Macross carries...

Plot Keywords:

Refugee | Jet Fighter | Love Triangle | Fighter Pilot | Female Soldier

Cast

Mari Iijima	...	Lynn Minmay
Arihiro Hase	...	Hikaru Ichijyo
Mika Doi	...	Misa Hayase
Michio Hazama	...	Bruno J. Global
Noriko Ohara	...	Claudia LaSalle
Akira Kamiya	...	Roy Focker
Osamu Ichikawa	...	Golg BoddoleZer
Eiji Kanie	...	Vrlitwhai 7018
Ryûnosuke Ôbayashi	...	Exsedol 4970 (as Ryûsuke Ôbayashi)
Hirotaka Suzuoki	...	Lynn Kaihun
Shô Hayami	...	Maximillian Jenius
Katsumi Suzuki	...	Hayao Kakizaki
Hiromi Tsuru	...	Kim Kaviroff
Sanae Miyuki	...	Shammy Milliome (as Miyuki Muroi)
Run Sasaki	...	Vanessa Laird

Also Known As:

Macross
Macross - maailman isoin
Macross in Clash of the Bionoids (International: English title) (short version)
SDF-1 Macross: Do You Remember Love?
Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? (Japan: English title)
Super Space Fortress Macross (Japan: English title) (dubbed version)

Runtime:

114 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

UK:PG

Company:

Big West

Trivia:

This movie has become caught up in numerous legal disputes on both sides of the Pacific (the most prominent, although by no means only one being the copyright dispute between Big West/Studio Nue and Tatsunoko/Harmony Gold), and it has been said because of this, there might never be a legitimate United States release of the film on DVD.

Quotes:

[last lines]
Misa Hayase: Just an old love song...

Movie Connections:

Version of "Chôjikû yôsai Macross" (1982)

First off this film came before Robotech and it is better

The Macross purist who said this is an encore of Robotech,didnt do his homework. Any japanese person who is familiar with Anime will tell you that this movie came out before Robotech. This review should be Number 1 since it will give you almost all the details of the film.

It takes the Robotech theme to the limit. I like Robotech, but since Robotech was targeted at a young audience, the violence and intensity of the fighting wasnt shown in its entirety. Also in Robotech you had the soap opera mentality to it, which kinda made me bored in some episodes. Finally Robotech has a lot of loose ends , the awful Robotech 2 Sentinels movie only made matters worse.

This movie tells the real tale of MACROSS (Robotech was the English name for Macross) and its real conclusions to the characters involved like Max and Miria. Whereas in the tv series they fall in love , in this movie they fight to the death (who falls in love during combat anyway) and its the REAL ending between them.

The mecha designs were and are revolutionary (Tatsunuko Productons and Bandai), and the character development done here is excellent done brilliantly by Shoji Kawamori and NOT Carl Macek. There is absolutely no flaw in this film and thats why 15 yrs to 18 yrs later it still beats the c**p out of American cartoons and bad cartoons in general.

It has never been commercially released except in its birthplace Japan. Luckily several auction sellers sold off copies to lucky buyers.

Dont get me wrong, Robotech is great but the watchful and greedy eyes of corporate people (Harmony Gold) prevented fans from seeing it to the limit. Watch this film, you wont regret it.