Macross Plus

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Macross Plus
DVD cover of Macross Plus: The Collection
マクロスプラス
Genre Drama, Mecha, Military, Science Fiction, Shounen
OVA
Directed by Shoji Kawamori
Studio Studio Nue
Triangle Staff
Bandai Visual
No. of episodes 4
Released August 25, 1994
Movie
Directed by Shoji Kawamori
Studio Studio Nue
Triangle Staff
Bandai Visual
Shochiku Film
Released August 27, 1995
Runtime 115 minutes

Macross Plus (マクロスプラス Makurosu Purasu?) is a four-episode anime OVA and theatrical movie in the Macross series. At the time of its creation, it was a groundbreaking and budget-shattering (the largest budget for an anime at the time) combination of cel and CG animation, and was considered a pinnacle of anime.

The OVA version consists of four episodes, each approximately 37-40 minutes in length. The movie version consists of the footage from the OVA and about 20 minutes of new footage, reedited from the original script outline. The scriptwriter Keiko Nobumoto originally wrote Macross Plus as a feature-length work before the script evolved into a four-volume video series. The movie edition returns the story to the initially-planned feature length.

Notable staff include:

Contents

[edit] Cast, Japan

[edit] Cast, English

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Macross PLUS symbol

Three decades after the great war between the humans and the Zentraedi, the U.N. government is developing new technologies to use in their transforming fighter aircraft. Two great pilots, the loose cannon Isamu Alva Dyson and the Zentradi half-breed Guld Goa Bowman, are selected to each test a new aircraft (Shinsei Industries' YF-19 & General Galaxy's YF-21) for Project Super Nova, to choose the newest successor to the VF-11 Thunderbolt variable fighter. Their own personal grudges end up disrupting the tests, and wreak havoc on the program.

Their rivalry heats up when a mutual friend, Myung Fang Lone, shows up. Myung was a childhood friend of both pilots, but the three of them had a falling out, and quickly grew apart. This is alluded to throughout the story, and evidence of the strained relationship between Myung and either of the two men is apparent, while their distaste for one another is obvious. Now when they meet again, Myung is the producer of Sharon Apple, the hottest entertainer in the galaxy, who just happens to be an AI hologram.

The YF-21(left) and YF-19
The YF-21(left) and YF-19

The X-9 Ghost is a highly advanced unmanned combat fighter, which was secretly being produced while two other prototypes (YF-19 and YF-21) were simultaneously being tested for Project Super Nova. Once the X-9 is completed, testing on the YF-19 and YF-21 is halted indefinitely, since the higher-ups believe that their new unmanned fighter is superior in every way.

However, the X-9 is hijacked by the AI, Sharon Apple, and they lose control of it, which ultimately leads to its destruction.

When Myung's life is in danger, Isamu and Guld have to set aside their differences and overcome the events from their childhood that drove them apart, and which caused them to hate each other.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] External links

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Macross anime series and films

The Super Dimension Fortress Macross | Macross Zero | The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Flash Back 2012 | The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? | Macross Plus | Macross 7 | Macross Dynamite 7 | The Super Dimension Fortress Macross II: Lovers, Again
The Works of Shinichiro Watanabe
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TV series: Macross Plus | Cowboy Bebop | Samurai Champloo
Films: Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Short films: A Detective Story | Kid's Story | Baby Blue
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