Chôjikû yôsai Macross II Lovers, Again (1992) (V)

Director:

Kenichi Yatagai

Writer:

Sukehiro Tomita (writer)

Release Date:

4 June 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Sci-Fi

Plot:

A new splinter race of the Zentraedi show up: the Marduk. While the Zentraedi were defeated by Lynn Minmay's music...

Plot Keywords:

Anime | Sequel

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: English version)
Steve Blum	...	Lord Feff / Maj. Nexx (English version) (voice: English version)
Violet Bronte	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Sonny Byrkett	...	UN Spacy Commander / Additional voices (voice: English version)
Susan Byrkett	...	Silvie Gena (English version)
Isshin Chiba	...	Mesena
Hal Cleaveland	...	Exxegran (voice: English version)
Dorothy Elias-Fahn	...	Elensh (voice: English version) (as Dorothy Melendrez)
Jonathan Fahn	...	Hibiki (English version) (as Jonathan Charles)
Melissa Fahn	...	Amy (voice: English version) (as Melissa Charles)
Tom Fahn	...	Marduk Commander (voice: English version) (as Tom Charles)
Martin Ferguson	...	Additional voices (voice: English version)
Tôru Furuya	...	Feff
Raymond Garcia	...	Marduk / Announcer
Victor Garcia	...	Mesena (voice: English version)
Víctor García	...	Mesena (voice: English version)
Gloria Gines	...	Additional voices (voice: English version)
Dougary Grant	...	Marduk interrogator / Additional voices (voice: English version)
Lisa Gratton	...	Saori (voice: English version)
David Hart	...	Additional voices (voice: English version)
Yoko Iyadomi	...	Additional voices (voice: English version)
Shôzô Îzuka	...	Volf
Bill Kestin	...	Lord Emperor Ingues (voice: English version)
Mariko Kouda	...	Amy
Takeshi Kusao	...	Mash
Trish Ledoux	...	Wendy Ryder / Additional voices (voice: English version)
Jake Martin	...	Additional voices (voice: English version) (as Dan Martin)
Yutaka Maseba	...	Additional voices (voice: English version)
Gary Michaels	...	Matsui (voice: English version)
Ryôtarô Okiayu	...	Ingus
Andy Osbourne	...	Additional voices (voice: English version)
Ryûzaburô Ôtomo	...	Dennis
Debra Rogers	...	Ishtar (voice: English version) (as Debbie Rogers)
Bin Shimada	...	Nexx
Adam Sholder	...	Additional voices (voice: English version)
Steve Wang	...	Additional voices (voice: English version)
Takeshi Watabe	...	Balser
Lee West	...	Additional voices (voice: English version)
King Wilder	...	Additional voices (voice: English version)
Mimi Woods	...	Nastasha / PA System voice / Commercial voice / Newscaster (voice: English version) (as Mimi Davies)

Also Known As:

Macross II: Lovers Again
Superdimensional Fortress Macross II: Lovers Again

Runtime:

Japan:30 min (6 episodes) (V) | USA:150 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:15

Trivia:

At the time, Shoji Kawamori had no interest in doing any more followups to SDF Macross, although Big West and Bandai pressed him to. In the end, they decided to do it themselves. Studio Nue was not involved, and of the original staff, only Haruhiko Mikimoto (the character designer) and one of the original screenwriters actually signed onto the project.

Movie Connections:

Followed by "Makurosu furontia" (2008)

Dull Boring and Pointless

For those of us raised in a western society, our first experience with the Macross Saga was more than likely with Robotech, the 1980's animation produced by Harmony Gold, linking 3 separate Anime from Japan into 1 long saga.

The Best of the three stories was the fist part "The Macross Saga". For those of you hoping that this would be a continuation in some way of "The Macross Saga", forget it. You wont find out any further information on what happened to any of the previous characters from the original Macross Saga what so ever. What we have here is nothing more than a pathetic love story set in space with a lot of unnecessary singing. I forced myself to watch it all, even though I had to take regular breaks to relieve my boredom.

For those of you who loved Robotech but have never taken the time to view "The Macross Saga" in its original form from Japan, I strongly recommend you take the time to try and watch it. Although it wont make Macross II any more enjoyable.