Summary:
After getting owned up by some giants called Zentradi, mankind fled on various colony ships across the universe. The story takes place in 2059 AD on the 25th Emigration Fleet (Macross Frontier), and we see Lee Ranka hearing from her brother Ozma that he’s gotten her a ticket to Nome Sheryl’s concert. Backstage, we briefly meet shota Angelloni Luca, wannabe-pilot Saotome Alto, and the smooth Buran Mikhail. These 3 are part of the winged-spandex opening act that the students will be putting on during Sheryl’s concert. Mikhail teases “Alto-hime” about his kabuki background and feminine features, but Alto longs to fly higher than his spandex will let him.
When Ranka gets off from her part-time job at Nyan-Nyan (a Chinese restaurant), she quickly gets lost, and ends up meeting Alto. The show is pretty awesome, thanks to Alto’s quick thinking, but unfortunately the show has to be ended prematurely on account of alien beetles invading Macross Frontier. Special SMS team’s Skull Squadron intercepts, and Ozma orders Henry Gilliam to protect the city. When the VF-25 jet-mecha has little success against the alien beetle, however, Gilliam ejects and is quickly juiced, leaving Alto to jump in the abandoned VF-25 and distract the alien beetle away from the helpless Ranka.
Reaction:
First off, the production values for this show are amazing. It’s better than many movies, and even the CG looks outstanding. The chase scenes were very well done, and the director gets the mood just right during the action sequences. I was amazed how in the future, people use rocket packs to dry their clothes. I also liked the Nyan-Nyan jingle that we got in the eye-catch.
I have to say that Gilliam was willing to abandon his VF-25 a little too early. I know it was in the name of plot development, but surely the advanced machine can do something even if the arms are restrained! With the power of opposable thumbs, Gilliam should have been able to turn the rifle around to shoot the beetle off his back, right? There’s no way mankind can lose to a species without opposable thumbs!
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I haven’t seen this yet LOL! But I love the green loli, kawaii~
And just for fun:
Kabitzin is
LOL!
Ah more Kamraden for Macross.
Alto-hime can give any female lead this season a good run for her money. That Kabuki girl in the OP? Its Alto…
In any case missile spam is glorious. As is the almost yuri.
So any proposed names for the VF-25, I propose Flanker but what say ye seaslug?
Glad to see you’re doing this too Kabitzin. I’m such a friggin nut for Macross. :P
The future’s so made convenient. Holes in the dome get filled quickly, illusions of changing clothes (or actually changing clothes), deculture, whatever the hell that is. :P
I haven’t ever watched any of the Macross series, but I thought this episode was great. From what I’ve read about vintage Macross, they are really setting up Ranka, what with having her sing the jingle and work in a Chinese restaurant.
Crusader: I like Juice for the VF-25, in honor of the fallen Gilliam. Missile spammage was very nice, and I can really appreciate how hard it is to hit a moving target in the Macross universe.
TheBigN: I have no idea what deculture is, nyan. The costume change illusion is sweet, though.
something even less likely happens in the name of plot development concerning altoh’s wild valkyrie ride in episode 2, but I always say get that crap out of the way early so you don’t have to toss in the old deus ex machina later on.
On a completely off-topic note, how hard do you think it would be to hack someone else’s costume illusion device?
This show is awesome! And I would just like to add that ur new Green Haired Loli/Best Cellphone design wielder is mad G! NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN NIHAO NYAN! GORGEOUSU DELICIOUSU DE-CULTURAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!
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