The Superdimensional Fortress Macross II: Lovers Again (Video 1992)
"Chôjikû yôsai Macross II Lovers, Again" (original title)

A new splinter race of the Zentraedi show up: the Marduk. While the Zentraedi were defeated by Lynn Minmay's music, the Marduk have their own singers (emulators), spur their soldiers into ... See full summary »

Director:

Ken'ichi Yatagai

Writer:

Sukehiro Tomita

Stars:

Tsutomu Takayama, Hiroko Kasahara, Yumi Tôma

Cast

Credited cast:
Tsutomu Takayama	...	Hibiki (voice)
Hiroko Kasahara	...	Ishtar (voice)
Yumi Tôma	...	Sylvie (voice)
Yoshisada Sakaguchi	...	Exegran (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Steve Areno	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Steve Blum	...	Lord Feff / Maj. Nexx (English version) (voice)
Violet Bronte	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Sonny Byrkett	...	UN Spacy Commander / Additional voices (voice)
Susan Byrkett	...	Silvie Gena (English version)
Isshin Chiba	...	Mesena
Hal Cleaveland	...	Exxegran (voice)
Dorothy Elias-Fahn	...	Elensh (voice) (as Dorothy Melendrez)
Jonathan Fahn	...	Hibiki (English version) (as Jonathan Charles)
Melissa Fahn	...	Amy (voice) (as Melissa Charles)
Tom Fahn	...	Marduk Commander (voice) (as Tom Charles)

Storyline

A new splinter race of the Zentraedi show up: the Marduk. While the Zentraedi were defeated by Lynn Minmay's music, the Marduk have their own singers (emulators), spur their soldiers into battle. A reporter name Hibiki Kanzaki captures a Marduk emulator, Ishtar, while reporting on a battle, and proceeds to teach her of the happy-happy fun-fun nature of peace & love, which she shares with the rest of her people.

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Plot Keywords:

anime | sequel

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Genres:

Animation | Short | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

4 June 1993 (USA)

Also Known As:

Macross II

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

150 min 30 min (6 episodes) (V)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

A Marduk-English dictionary was commissioned by LA Hero before production began with Marduk, Zentraedi and English words.

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Goofs

The English sign on the Information kiosk at Culture Park Plaza is misspelled 'Infomation'.

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Connections

Follows Macross: Do You Remember Love? (1984)

User Reviews

Perhaps it should be Macross 2: DYRL again

Sequels are supposed to build upon what was left behind by the original, not re-do it. Originally made to be a sequel to both the Macross series and Macross: Do You Remember Love?, Macross II lacks insight and originality. Macross II takes the key themes of the previous Macross' (love, song, and war) and replicates them under the guise of new characters and settings. To make matters worse, the execution of the themes is rather poor. The good news for Macross fans is that Macross II is not an "official" event in the Macross timeline. The premise wasn't entirely bad, but sloppy execution and repetition make this movie/OVA a bust.