The closest thing was in Macross 7, the "PinPoint Barrier Punch!" yelled by Basara.
Yeah, I was talking only about the first series. Although then, I thought about the "Daedalus Attack!!" by Misa....
Good god, that "Pinpoint Barrier Punch!" crap got on my nerves. Especially when you consider that Basara is the character who would be LEAST likely to say crap like that. Macross 7 did have its fair share of Super Robot Stupidity though, in other areas such as the "strike a pose", stock footage transformation sequences. Jesus.
The first series seemed to have gone out of its way to avoid all of that rubbish back in 1982, so why the hell is it coming back? Seems like these days Kon Satoshi is the only person you can rely on to get cliche-free anime...
IMO "Deadlus attack" is an order, just like "fold!" or "valkyrie scramble!"
Btw I'm whatching macross 7 right now, I'm really impressed by the animation cheesiness, never thought of see such crap in Macross.
Let's see at least some episodes of aquarion before judge it aniways.