“In Macross Plus, it was a background mecha that Isamu flew in the first episode before getting replaced by the YF-19. “
Ya but he flew the Sh*t outta that thing!
”In Macross 7, it was a resident cannon fodder unit that mostly existed to get blown up outside of two brief moments of awesome where ace pilots who normally used better fighters used them in a pinch (Kinryu's blaze of glory and Gamlin's one brief outing.)“
We love our cannon fodder, don’t we!
”It's only in the video games and light novels that it got its due. Macross the Ride gave it lots of love, albeit after its service life in New UN Forces hands had basically ended, and Macross 30 finally made it a proper main character mecha for the resident idol singer no less.“
Well , it’s getting some more love again now, and with a few characteristics of the VF-11 not being covered, I’m hoping for more