Macross: Do You Remember Love? (1984) Chôjikû yôsai Macross: Ai oboeteimasuka (original title)

Directors:

Noboru Ishiguro
Shôji Kawamori

Writers:

Shôji Kawamori (story)
Sukehiro Tomita (screenplay)

Release Date:

21 July 1984 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Romance | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Explore the outer limits of imagination where humans battle a race of giant bionoids.

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Refugee | Genocide | Mecha | Alien Technology | Jet Fighter

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
Eri Takeda	...	Milia 639
Yoshino Ôtori	...	Moruk LapLamiz
Kôsuke Meguro	...	Quamzin 03350 (as Yûichi Meguro)
Tsutomu Fujii	...	Loli 28356
Jeffrey Smith	...	Warera 25258
Yôko Ogai	...	Tewanton 3565 (as Yôko Ogai)
Tomomichi Nishimura	...	Master of Ceremonies
Ikuya Sawaki	...	Senior Statesman
Ken'yû Horiuchi	...	TV Reporter
Yoshio Kawai	...	Guest A
Shigeru Nakahara	...	Guest B
Nobuo Tobita	...	Boy
Nagisa Andô	...	Meltran Soldier
Kent Gilbert	...	Conda 88333
Junko Hino
Saki Takimoto
Natsumi Sasaki
Eriko Chihara
Sanae Mihara
Yasushi Sugihara
Kosuke Tomita
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yuriko J. Takahashi

Directed by
Noboru Ishiguro
Shôji Kawamori

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Shôji Kawamori		story
Sukehiro Tomita		screenplay

Produced by
Tsuneyuki Enomoto	....	producer
Akira Inoue	....	producer
Hiroshi Iwata	....	producer

Original Music by
Kentaro Haneda

Cinematography by
Kazunori Hashimoto

Production Design by
Kazutaka Miyatake

Production Management
Toshihiro Hirano	....	production director
Ichirô Itano	....	production director
Haruhiko Mikimoto	....	production director

Art Department
Osamu Honda	....	assistant art director
Hiroaki Satô	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Yasunori Honda	....	sound director

Animation Department
Hideaki Anno	....	animator
Kiyotoshi Aoi	....	animator
Eikô Fujitaka	....	animator
Yoshiharu Fukushima	....	animator
Toshiharu Go	....	animator
Hiroaki Gôda	....	animator
Hiroshi Hamazaki	....	animator
Toyoko Hashimoto	....	animator
Toshihiro Hirano	....	animation director
Chûichi Iguchi	....	animator
Fumio Iida	....	assistant animation director
Yoshinobu Ineno	....	animator
Ichirô Itano	....	animation director
Yoko Kadokami	....	animator
Narumi Kakinouchi	....	assistant animation director
Yoshinori Kanemori	....	animator
Hiroshi Kawamata	....	animator
Yoshiji Kigami	....	animator
Ichimatsu Kikuchi	....	animator
Hiroyuki Kitakubo	....	animator
Hidemi Kubo	....	animator
Tsuguyuki Kubo	....	animator
Mahiro Maeda	....	animator
Masaji Maruyama	....	animator
Shôichi Masuo	....	assistant animation director
Mitsunori Matsuda	....	animator
Haruhiko Mikimoto	....	animation director
Haruhiko Mikimoto	....	character designer
Tôru Misaka	....	animator
Kazutaka Miyatake	....	mechanical designer
Yoshio Mizumura	....	animator
Sadami Morikawa	....	animator
Kôji Morimoto	....	director: opening animation (as Kouji Morimoto)
Kôji Morimoto	....	key animator
Hiroaki Motoigi	....	animator
Takashi Nakamura	....	animator
Hiroshi Oikawa	....	animator
Takashi Saijô	....	animator
Itaru Saitô	....	animator
Sanae Sawada	....	animator
Shinji Seya	....	animator
Hideaki Shimada	....	assistant animation director
Toshikatsu Shinozaki	....	animator
Kazuhiro Taga	....	animator
Motosuke Takahashi	....	animator
Kazuhiko Utagawa	....	animator
Ayumi Yabuki	....	animator
Hiroshi Yamagishi	....	animator
Tadakatsu Yoshida	....	animator
Nobuteru Yuuki	....	animator

Other crew
Katsuhito Akiyama	....	technical director
Norihiko Harada	....	additional mechanical designer
Yasushi Ishizu	....	additional mechanical designer
Yutaka Izubuchi	....	additional mechanical designer
Akira Kagami	....	additional mechanical designer
Tatsuya Kasahara	....	technical director
Shôji Kawamori	....	additional mechanical designer
Shôji Kawamori	....	story supervisor
Meusaku Satsuki	....	technical director
Kenji Yoshida	....	project planner
Yoshimasa Ônishi	....	project planner

Production Companies

• Big West
• Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS)
• Shogakukan
• Tatsunoko Productions Company

Distributors

• Toho Company (1984) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Bandai Visual Company (1984) (Japan) (VHS)
• Bandai Visual Company (2007) (Japan) (DVD) (HD remaster)
• Shogakukan (1984) (Japan) (video) (laserdisc)

Other Companies

• Arts Pro  post-production sound services
• Avaco Creative Studio  post-production sound services
• Fizz Sound Creation Co.  foley design studio
• Imagica  film processing
• Maki Productions  titles
• Sunrise  in-between animation
• Topcraft  animation cooperation
• Topcraft  finishing
• Topcraft  in-between animation
• Topcraft  photography
• Victor Entertainment  music production

Also Known As:

"Chôjikû yôsai Macross: Ai oboeteimasuka" - Japan (original title)
"Macross '84" - International (English title) (alternative title)
"Macross in Clash of the Bionoids" - International (English title) (short version)
"Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love?" - Japan (English title)
"Super Space Fortress Macross" - Japan (English title) (dubbed version)
"Superdimensional Fortress Macross" - USA (video title)

Runtime:

114 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

UK:PG | Japan:G

Company:

Big West

Trivia:

Look closely at the missiles Hikaru fires en route to Bodolzaa. One is a Budweiser can, another is a sake flask.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Purojekuto A-ko (1986)

After 20 years, still the greatest Sf animated film ever made

I first saw this film in the late 80s. Like most anime in the US at the time, it was solely available in a grainy, much-duplicated VHS. Still, the film drew me in. Okay, I was a little confused when I finally saw the American adaptation of the Macross TV series, but what the heck....

It was very disappointing that for years the sole legit commercial copy in English was the bastardized Australian production, ATTACK OF THE BIOROIDS. Suffice it to say, if you want a good example of how NOT to adapt a foreign film, that is the example to study. I used to watch it with the sound mostly turned off.

When I got on the internet, an online acquaintance gave me a VCD of DO YOU REMEMBER LOVE. It was pretty nice, at least until the viewer program failed.

But now I FINALLY have a DVD of the film. I just finished watching it and.....oooooooooooooooooooooooh bliss!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As I said in my title, this is still the greatest SF animated film ever made!

And the DVD includes the final concert! This was originally planned for the film but cut due to budget constraints. It was finally made for the MACROSS FLASHBACK 2012 music compilation. But now it is where it belongs, backing up the closing credits.

happy, happy, joy, joy.....