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SDF Macross: So You Think You Remember Love
Not having watched SDF-Macross for at least 2 years, save for single-episode rewatches, I grabbed the opportunity to watch the show with a bunch of people who haven’t seen it before, along with a...
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Cho Jikuu Yosai Macross: Remembering the Killer Episodes (05-08)
How easy it is to forget how good this show actually is, even without apologizing for animation, illustrations, datedness, and what have you. These four episodes (and beyond) just smashed my...
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Cho Jikuu Yosai Macross (09-12) Everything is in Place
The pendulum swings wildly in these four episodes, both in terms of mood and of production quality. SDFM has always had major problems with character designs going off-model (something that happens in...
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Cho Jikuu Yosai Macross (13-16) Unwelcome Home
There is an interesting set of parallels that takes place in these episodes. The episodes themselves give both a feel of winding down (a set of stories) and setting up the next big events. The...
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Cho Jikuu Yosai Macross (17-20) “Paradise Lost”
I’ve marveled at how human beings across many cultures have accounts of Paradise – an otherworldly ideal, a place beyond what is implicit: the present world is filled with imperfection, which then...
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Cho Jikuu Yosai Macross (21-24) Crouching Giant, Little White Dragon
Misa goes back to Earth, while Minmay goes deeper into the Kaifun Dimension. Thankfully, this storyline isn’t what makes this arc a great watch. More Zentraedi are now struck with Macross pop...
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Cho Jikuu Yosai Macross 25-28: Where Kawamori Put His Money Where His Mouth Is
This arc is the answer to the question: “What is Macross?” Kawamori Shoji, series creator described the show as a “love triangle set against the backdrop of great battles.” While this is only the...
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A Dichotomy of Protagonists: Kawamori Shoji Presents Something to Chew On
[SPOILERS FOR MACROSS] Kawamori Shoji, creator of the Macross franchise said that in Super Dimension Fortress Macross/Macross: Do You Remember Love? “(Hikaru is the hero) Misa is the heroine, Minmay...
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The Race For Fail: Cho Jikuu Yosai Macross Eps 29-32
The show is deservedly praised for being one of the few narratives to boldly depict a post-war story where the war actually happened in the beginning of the narrative. But why? What’s really inside...
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Cho Jikuu Yosai Macross 33-36: The End of The Triangle
I will end this post on a rather dark note, because having finished this rewatch I’ve seen more of this understated darkness than ever. It is dark, but not grim, and so it escapes the viewers too...
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The Legacy of Robotech in Macross
Pssst ghostlighting, don’t you have it backwards? Do I, really? Of course, strictly speaking Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross, and Genesis Climber Mospaeda all...
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