Macross II The Movie

Starring:Takumi Yamazaki, Bryan Cranston, UnshÃ´ Ishizuka, Richard Epcar, Anne Sherman, Rica Fukami, Mako HyÃ´dÃ´, Melora Harte, Beau Billingslea, Kenji Utsumi, Dan Woren, Bambi Darro, Megumi Hayashibara, Steven Jay Blum, ShÃ´ Hayami, Bob Papenbrook, BanjÃ´ Ginga, Richard Barnes, KÃ´ichi Kitamura, George C. Cole
Director: ShÃ´ji Kawamori, ShinichirÃ´ Watanabe
Studio: Manga Video
Product Type: DVD

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Despite its title, Macross II: The Movie is not a feature but the six-part 1992 OAV without the title sequences. One of several sequels to Superdimensional Fortress Macross (known in the U.S. as a component series of Robotech), Macross II is set 80 years after the initial adventure. For decades, alien invaders have been kept from Earth by holograms of teen-age singers performing pop songs. Then the Marduk, who controls their Zentraedi warriors with the songs of "emulators," appear. The nature of the Marduk threat is discovered by brash journalist Hibiki Kanzaki and ace mecha pilot Silvie Gena, who form an odd romantic triangle with the emulator Ishtar. Fans of the Macross continuity tend to love or hate Macross II with little middle ground. Unrated; suitable for ages 12 and older; contains violence, minor profanity. --Charles Solomon

Customer Reviews:

Not up to the standard set by the first movie.......2006-11-03

I loved the Macross film "Do you remember love" very much, so I thought I'd give this 2nd film a try, hoping it would extend the splendid journey set out by the original Marcoss. But I was utterly disappointed. The storyline copies so much from the first film, basically you have a love triangle again between the male lead and two female leads, and this time again the alien invaders are defeated by a love song. This plot worked out very good and very effective in Do You Remember Love, but here it's just weak, so weak that it seems the makers of the film didn't really bother with it, that all they wanted is to capitalize on the success of the previous film. The quality of the animation is at best acceptible. Like a reviewer commented earlier, the characters are like cardboard cutout, very cliche, with absolutely no depth and no development. However, the songs in the film are very good, especially the theme Love Song. When the female lead, Ishtar, sings the song in front of the huge alien fleet near the end of the film, it is very beautiful, so beautifully done that I thought it was the only part that's worth watching repeatedly. So in my opinion the music really saves this film from oblivion.

My favorite Macross OAV........2005-10-10

The 3 main characters go through the same end-fate as Lynn Minmei, Rick Hunter, & Lisa Hayse. (Does that make Kyle like Marduk?) It's basically the original Robotech crossed over with Audrey Hepburn's Roman Holiday (the similarities are outstanding). The English music bites the big one, so I highly reccomend watching it subed.

Also reccomend Gall Force: Eternal Story & Wind of Amnisia.

Not bad, but could be better. Not at "Macross" Level........2005-06-28

It's not a bad anime.
But the story lacks the 'soul' and the connection with characters that you have with the original macross. Another story that uses the macross name and have no direct relation with the original story.

Good for what it is...........2005-01-08

First off, I want to say that this work is nowhere near as good as the rest of the Macross sequel offerings (Macross Plus, Macross Zero, Macross 7, etc).

That being said, I think that this series is unfairly being compared to it's siblings, that are paradigms of the genre (kinda like Alien 3, which in and of itself, was a good movie, but paled in comparison to it's predecessors). But if you look at it by itself, you'll find that it's a pretty fun story with really good animation. Again, not up to par with the rest of the family, but still able to knock the socks off of a lot of other anime offerings out there.

Ridiculously Childish.......2004-07-09

I had fond memories of Macross (the American TV version), so I thought I'd take a look at Macross II. As my title suggests, the story and writing is ridiculously childish. The characters are cardboard cutouts. The censorship storyline is incredibly simpleminded. The action, as I should have known from watching the Robotech TV series, is just a confusion of missiles and smashing metal.

Perhaps younger sci-fi fans would enjoy this movie. If you're older you might want to check out something else.

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