Welcome to the club Wastegate13. You've made a very wise decision watching DYRL! For it is the greatest film ever, EVER made. And yes, that includes Live action film as well. To give you an example, if you'd ask me what I thought was better between any of the Matrix movies, any of the Star Wars movies, any of the Lord of the Rings movies, and of the Indiana Jones movies, any of the Bruce Lee movies, or any film by say, Speilberg or Martin Scorcese, I would laugh in YOUR FACE at such a ridiculous question and tell you that Macross DYRL beats any of those movies by an VERY LARGE margin! It's THAT freakin good!
The scene at the end where Hikaru flies through that tunnel and blasts his way through, then proceeds to raise his Valkarie cannon and unloads on Badolza while they show Minmay in the background, is the greatest scene in the history of movies. It's nothing short of orgasmic!
I have purposely avoided watching DYRL for the past three years, because I don't want to ware out the experience and want it to seem fresh and be blown away when I finally watch it again on a 100" screen courtesy of the new front projector I plan on buying in the next couple months! It's gonna RAWK!