Upon completing the yf21 stage, you play again as isamu dyson. Although it has been distributed in the other parts. Macross was originally going to be called macbeth, due to one of the creators love for the play. The movie is that it doesnt have one exceptional feature to speak of. Theyre also still competing for the affection of myung. Two test pilots, isamu dyson and guld goa bowman, both compete for a fighter jet project on the planet eden, and reunite with female friend myung fon lone, who is in town to promote sharon apple, and artificial intelligence pop star. In fact, in macross all of the bridge crew, including the captain, survived the final attack by kamjin. The movie was previously released in the us on a subtitled vhs tape. It was the first sequel to the original macross television series that took place in the official timeline. This is macross plus ova 1 by marty ikaruss on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
Macross plus is a fourepisode anime ova and theatrical movie in the macross series. Watch macross plus 1994 full movie free online streaming. After the success of macross 7s theatrical movies, the ova was edited into a movie that also featured newlyanimated scenes. A recut version of the fourpart oav 1994, the macross plus movie plays like a mixture of top gun, gundam wing, and key the metal idol. Macross plus ova action, drama, science fiction, artificial intelligence, mecha, military, music, real robot, space. Isamu dyson, a hotshot valkyrie pilot, finally got the job of his dreams being the test pilot for a highly experimental aircraft to compete against another companys design. Isamu dyson the seemingly brash pilot of the yf19, guld bowman the half zentradi and. However, several factors including possible licensing fees forced them to come up with some other name. Kawamori described the relation between the two depictions of space.
As with all macross series, macross plus also has a love triangle in play between the three main characters. Just to put things into perspective, i thought macross 71,2 was better. The other creators had other names they wanted to use, hence they decided to compromise. Macross plus is the story of two rival test pilots competing to see whose transforming plane prototype will be picked. Macross plus dub, macross fb7 film offered on bd in japan dec 19, 2012 eirtakon in dublin from friday to sunday nov 5, 2012 mvm to release kids on the slope in 20 sep 6, 2012.
You first pilot the yf21 to battle your way against the yf19 and other mecha until you square off against the unmanned x9 ghost. I would reccomend this film to any lovers of japanese anime as it has a healthy mix of everything, comedy, romance, action, sadness and a musical score that will leave you breathless. You can contribute information to this page, but first you must login or register. Both the ova series and movie were released in japan by bandai visual and in north america and. The movie polishes the visual and emotional feast of the oav series into something even better.
This entry was posted in movie and tagged 1995, bandai visual, keiko nobumoto, macross, masayuki, shinichiro watanabe, shochiku film, shoji kawamori, studio nue, triangle staff. Three decades after the great war between the humans and the zentradi, the u. As a contrast, i do scratch my head a little at some events in the frontier movies, and the macross 7 movie isnt really a movie, its a 30minute ova. It was scripted first as a film, and then rewritten as a fourpart video project, which was released from august 1994 to june 1995. Working my way through the junji ito collection now. Competition heats up when he discovers his former childhood friend turned bitter rival, guld, is a test pilot for a competing fighter project. Also in the macross line is a macross plus movie, a combination of the entire series. Macross plus is,in my opinion, the best of the macross sequals easily outclassing macross ii.
With beau billingslea, richard epcar, melora harte, riva spier. The macross plus movie is a recut version of the four episode oav series with new footage presented in such a as to tell the story of the oav series with some large differences, both subtle and noticeable. Isamu dyson is assigned as a test pilot for project super nova. It was released in 1994, with an exceptional standard of production for its time, then oft considered the pinnacle of anime. Macross 7 encore 3 additional television episodes, 1995 macross plus movie edition film, 1995 macross dynamite 7 4 episode ova, 1997 macross zero 5 episode ova, 20022004 macross frontier television series, 2008 timeline macross zero ad 2008 the super dimension fortress macross ad 19992012 the super dimension fortress macross. I suggest buying either macross plus part 1 or the movie.
As such, it is the first sequel series to the original series, the super dimension fortress macross, with the original story creators. It has 30% less retarded filleryes, a lot of it is filler, and 300% more guld kicking the ghosts cybernetic ass. Its the exact same story as the macross plus oav series, but here it is anyway. In addition, both the ova and movie edition have english language options, with a dub for the former and subtitles for the latter. Seven years after its release, macross plus remains one of animes pinnacles of production, and of story.
Plus was a groundbreaking combination of traditional cel and computergenerated animation at the time of its release, paving the way for the incorporation of more computergenerated imagery in japanese animation. Along with the rerelease of the appleseed oav, macross plus was manga entertainments. This is why you still see the sdf1 in macross sequels, like macross plus and macross ii. Macross plus full concert scene ova film mix duration.
Originally the feature was presented as a four episode oav direct to video series. Macross plus macross plus original video animation series. Air forces advanced tactical fighter atf project 19811991, which pitted two prototypes lockheedmartins yf22 and northropmcdonnelldouglas yf23. The macross plus coinoperated videogame by banpresto circa 1996, and its history and background, photos, repair help, manuals, for sale and wanted lists, and census survey is brought to you by the international arcade museum at the museum fo the game. The movie is an alternate version of the macross plus oavs. You should buy this tape or any of the other macross plus products. Macross plus game edition is a thirdperson shooter that follows the story of the oav series. It is a sequel to the show the super dimension fortress macross that takes place many years after the events of the first series following a cast of mostly new characters. Theres some sweet scenes in the ova version, but in my opinion the movie version is the one to watch, if you have to choose. The movie is significantly different from the 4 part series and although some of it crosses over, having both is not a waste. While its great seeing his work animated, most of the stories so far have fallen into the wow, thats neatinteresting side rather than the wow, thats horrifying side. The show ran from october 16, 1994 to september 24, 1995 at 11.
The reason is that the movie edition has a different feeling than the ova. Find out more with myanimelist, the worlds most active online anime and manga community and database. Movie edition 1995 10061995 jp action, adventure, animation, science fiction 1h 55m user score. Robotech is a cult anime series about three wars fought by earth with alien technology, against alien enemies, over control of a powerful energy source. The physical copy of plus that i own is for the ova, so i have more access to that not including copies obtained by arrrrrrr mateys, but the movie was a really good way to spend two hours. If you want to give it a try and 26 episodes seem too long, the two movies macross frontier the movie. Which macross frontier events are fact and fiction within. Ai is near perfection and the current top idol is the nearcompleted virturoid idol sharon apple. A compilation movie, macross plus movie edition, was released inaugust 27, 1995.
What this boils down to is that every story in every medium is canon, and when two mediums tell the same event in different ways ie, guld vs ghost in macross plus oav or macross plus movie or alto vs vajra queen in macross frontier tv or movies, you go with the telling you enjoy more. There are also parts of the ova that arent in the movie, such as isamu and gulds battle on the practice range at the end of the 2nd ova ep. The false songstress and macross frontier the movie. All that is missing are her actual feelings, which instead are supplied by myung fang lone. Whether the events of the ova or the events of the movie are canonical is up. You must try to remember that macross sequels, like macross plus or macross ii, have nothing to do with the robotech universe. I have to give this movie a lower rating compared to the ova. Released 1995 directed by shoji kawamori, shinichiro watanabe macross era. In macross plus and macross 7, it is revealed that there was a movie produced after space war i the original earthzentradi conflict. Without those, this ova may be a visual masterpiece, but feels empty overall. Macross plus is a 4episode ova series, produced by studio nue.