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I watched this ova as a recommendation to catching up quickly on the macross series without watching every episode. Seemed decent to me but the premise of bringing together three warring races with an ancient pop song seemed a little corny to me.

While this can be watched to "catch up" with the story so far as of the end of the original Macross TV series it is not quite the same story. Macross - DYRL was written as a movie within the Macross universe. It was releases to the residents of Mactoss city, Earth in 2024, 10 years after the 1st despora to the stars, to remind the people of where it all started. It is "hollywood-ized" to make it more interesting. In the original series the Zentradi and Meltrandi were all one race, the genders being different divisions in the army. Not seperate peoples. In the original series Minmay's song caused confusion in the zentradi not revolution. It's something to be said though that the "non-canon" storyline built in DYRL became canon for all future series though, as reflected in Macross 7, Macross Plus and Macross II. I would suggest watching the original series as well as DYRL as they are different in some ways and both are magnificent in and of themselves.

Pretty cool movie to get ready for the series.

Officially, the main Macross canon according to Kawamori Shoji is:

Zero
Original TV series
Flashback 2012's original sequences
Plus
7, its movie and OVAs
Frontier

Thrown out of continuity entirely was Macross II, which has little to do with the original creators. As Cpt_Gloval mentions, DYRL is included as a metafictional movie within the Macross universe. The film itself is referenced in the Macross 7 episode "Minmay Video" where a new film based on the events of Space War I is produced aboard Macross 7.

Where things get a bit confusing is that some of the design changes from DYRL were retconned into canon as of Macross 7. Some of the stranger Zentradi physiology, especially Exedol's pulsing brain and weird "hands" being the most obvious example. The DYRL version of the UN Spacy flight suits also seemed to be retconned in.

This movie, as its name implies, is a full-length movie released on Japanese theaters at the time ;) You can easily see it's not an OVA by the perfect graphics and animation for the time, and the indecent budget that has been put on it. For me (and a lot of fans) it's by far the best Macross ever released and the absolute masterpiece of the saga. Though I love Macross Plus and the first Macross series from which "Do You Remember Love" is taken. The rest of the series/movies, including Frontier, is pretty average...

It was more of an Alternative Ending, but yes, some of the stuff did happen during the macross saga. I thought it was pretty cool, and quite ironic.

A damn good movie. Animation was fantastic for it's time, and still is.

Agreed. Actually, with perspective and context in a comparison, the animation is probably some of the best anime has to offer, the art as well. Even movies these days can't manage to look at good as this did 25 years ago.

One of most beautiful anime movies I've ever watched.

OST, animation, story...
Perfect.

Lynn Minmay >>>>>>>>> all anime female characters

Loved it of course. I have watched it some15 years ago and it had left a huge impression on me and it was also my first contact with the Macross world. It remained one of my favourite movies ever.

Decided to re-watch this tonight since it has been a while since I originally saw it. Absolutely amazing film in terms of directing, art, and action (so much delicious Itano Circus). Really well animated too considering how detailed the art is. Plus it doesn't derail Minmay's character like the TV series did while still making Hikaru and Misa seem like the logical couple choice. Second only to Encounters in Space in terms of great mecha films and easily the best thing the Macross franchise has ever produced.

The movie was OK, what I didn't like was that it was just a retelling of the original story, a very rushed and boring one... the character's personalities changed too much and most didn't get any development, I didn't feel any emotion in this film, doesn't do the series justice. What was very good was the animation considering its age.

Well I thought the TV show had a better story obviously, the flaw with this movie is the pace as usual, however Hikaru's relationship with both women importantly isnt rushed and we get plenty of time to buy his romance with both of them, so that was nice.

The attention to detail was STUNNING, what an amazing production. I loved the montages. Definitely worth a watch for fans of the franchise, but as is the problem with these kinds of movies, it's not as accessible to casual viewers, unless they're open minded anyway.

Minmay definitely gets the best treatment, she felt much more tragic and less teen idol-ish this time round, and also hot.

Or maybe Kaifun got the best treatment, trying to fool us into thinking he's not the biggest scumbag in the universe. WE WILL NEVER FORGET KAIFUN, WE KNOW WHAT YOU'RE REALLY LIKE.

Story was definitely not as strong as the original series, as it only has two hours to cover what was told in 30+ episodes of the TV series.

But the animation for this film is AMAZING. Some of the best I've ever seen, impressive that this is 25 years old. My favorites are any of the dogfight scenes featuring either Max or Miriya.

I would give my left nut to watch this on Blu-Ray.

Beautiful... this is what Macross could have been, what it should have been, this movie was just beautiful.
It had all the things I liked from Macross and none of the things I hated, no stupid fillers, no overblown silliness, no ludicrous portrayals of characters and reactions to events, nothing like that... unlike in Macross the war was epic, bloody and grim, the panic and despair that acompany him were conveyed correctly and all the characters were believable. Though in the series I disliked Minmay mostly, I loved her here, she felt so human, even her faults were a plus. Then it was the way that the love triangle was resolved, no childish crap, it was resolved in a way that felt real and made me feel for all the characters involved... hell even Kaifun wasn't such a jerk in the movie, I could tolerate even him, perhaps because they were wise enough not to have him in that many scenes but still... and then there were the visuals, absolutely stunning...
Again this movie was beautiful, this movie is what Macross should have been...

And btw I wouldn't recommend this movie as an intro to the series, as some have mentioned, this is meant to be watched after the series, it doubt it will do you much good otherwise.

I can't believe it..



Perhaps, I should watch the entire Macross 7 series now as that it is the biggest Macross series and also the most popular one. However, there are just too many episodes and side-stories. I don't have the time to spend on it. On a second thought, I guess I should spend some time on it.

If you had watched the original series you could believe it.

I loved this movie. Very entertaining with a good, interesting story and characters. Great music and soundtrack and the animation is wonderful, especially considering how old it is.

So, this time the Zentraedi have their own language. I didn't need to see Minmay naked but okay, a little fanservice doesn't hurt.
Folk' dead was good, in both versions he doesn't get to eat the pineapple salad.
44:00 lol
56:40 Delicious.
1:08:48 :)
1:29:49 :)
1:34:58 It reminded me of a boss from a NES game.
1:36:28 Yay!, I just don't like Minmay.
O_O Kaifun wasn't annoying.

Hikaru ends up with Misa that's what I called a happy ending.
☺ 6-7/10 The music was good, the animation was well done, they kept the nonsensical ambient. Overall a good adaptation.

somebody should do something bout the synopsis it literally gives away the entire movie.