KEV18999

Wow, I haven't been back here since 2005 or so but want to reply to this topic since I've watched all of Macross pretty much when it was fresh. I think Delta series is absolutely fresh air and has huge potential but they cut it way too short as opposed to stretching it beyond 1 season. I love every Macross series, with 7 being my favorite. I don't consider Zero and Plus being TV series, they are OAVs which are traditionally side stories similar to Gundam's Char's Counterattack or 0083 Stardust Memories. Many people like Plus over 7, but they are not the same not even close. Just about every long running TV anime series have OAV featured films which strays away from the original. It can be very good or it could be very bad just like the recent Han Solo movie which is a side story. Enjoy them for what they are, good fillers while you wait for a new series. And Macross 7 blew me away after years of waiting since Plus. Now the reason I think 7 is better than original Macross because I never really liked Hikaru. He has zero personality and no idea why Minmay or Misa likes his kind of bland personality. 7 has a bit of everything but most importantly was the music and finally gets into the origins of protoculture. Basara is definitely a rebel with a cause and he can be a pain in the butt and one of the strangest characters out there but once you get to know him he is an idealist. The whole show pits Basara who is anti-war against the military that is pro war and how through Basara's music he was able to stop the destruction. Another series that deserve praise is Orguss, definitely has a better story than Macross especially the romance between Kei and Mimsay. But Macross has the better mecha designs and longer story. Frontier was good, I liked the series especially the mecha designs and Sheryl. But I didn't like Alto very much, again no idea why Ranka or Sheryl would like someone who is so hot headed with zero sense of humor. Now onto Delta, I think Kawamori is a genius with this series. He understands that anime is not a money making business, selling toys was traditionally his way of making some money back. But now, he was able to develop 4 singing talents from the series and they're all pretty good together as Walkure or as solo artists. Outside of Japan, most people don't care much about Delta but in Japan, Junna and even Minori Suzuki is getting popular being solo artists. I like to see what they do with Walkure if a new series comes out without them because Walkure is generating money for them and would be sad if they drop the group or discontinue it... That's all I have to say about the topic.