Macross Zero

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Alternative Titles

Japanese: マクロス ゼロ
English: Macross Zero
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Type: OVA
Episodes: 5
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Dec 21, 2002 to Oct 20, 2004
Producers: Bandai Visual, Big West
Licensors: None found, add some
Studios: Satelight
Source: Original
Genres: ActionAction, AdventureAdventure, Sci-FiSci-Fi
Themes: MechaMecha, MilitaryMilitary
Duration: 30 min. per ep.
Rating: R+ - Mild Nudity

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Score: 7.491 (scored by 2007720,077 users)
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Ranked: #19382
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Popularity: #3657
Members: 40,545
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Synopsis

Taking place one year before the Zentraedi arrive on Earth, Macross Zero chronicles the final days of the war between the U.N. Spacy and anti-U.N. factions. After being shot down by the anti-U.N.'s newest fighter plane, ace pilot Shin Kudo finds himself on the remote island of Mayan, where technology is almost non-existent. While Shin stays on the island to heal his wounds, the tranqulity of the island is shattered by a battle that involves the UN's newest fighter - the VF-0.

(Source: ANN)

Characters & Voice Actors

Polyansky, Nora

Supporting
Takayama, Minami
Japanese

Nutouk

Supporting
Ooki, Tamio
Japanese

LaSalle, Edgar

Supporting
Komori, Sousuke
Japanese

Katie

Supporting
Park, Romi
Japanese

Turner, Aries

Supporting
Shindo, Naomi
Japanese

Staff

Satou, Michiaki
Producer
Kawamori, Shouji
Director, Storyboard, Original Creator, Mechanical Design


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Ending Theme

1: "Arkan" by Holy Raz (Eps 1,5)
2: "Life Song" by Yen Chang with Holy Raz (Ep 2)
3: "Yanyan" by Yuuka Nanri (Ep 3)
4: "Forest Song" by Kuniaki Haishima (Ep 4)




Reviews

Oct 9, 2021
Tonally very different to its predecessor as it leaves the comedy and idols behind to become a much more serious military drama, whilst that might remove an aspect of what made Macross unique it does fit the story rather well.

Its a pretty good entry, the story was engaging, the themes whilst not unique were still there and handled well and the characters were good. I do think this series could have benefitted from a bit more fleshing out both in terms of its characters and stories but they still did a pretty good job.
It was a bit sad to see the jets in CG as ...
Feb 25, 2022
Mixed Feelings
This is not your typical Macross. There is music, missiles, and a love triangle, but the saccharine taste and the glitz has been toned way down. The characters have realistic proportions, the music is not cheery, and we're not getting a beach episode. This is the grounded Macross.

Story
I liked the story. It's the Macross take on the natives-meet-civilization tale that we've seen many times before: Dances with Wolves, Pocahontas, Avatar, . . .

The setting is before the events of the first Macross. There is an alien ship/artifact on a Pacific island and the natives have a mystic relationship with it. The UN ...
Sep 16, 2024
Horribly dated CGI and photoshop animation ruins what could have been a good show. This is like the worst nightmare for 2000's CGI. Yes, the dogfights are cool, but that's only because so much stuff is happening on screen you can't focus on the terrible CGI. It constantly flips between blurry character models, super low quality models (they almost look like sprites from a 2D game), and 3D that looks worse than the original Initial D. If the original Macross movies are 10/10 then this is 0/10. Without question, this is the worst entry in the entire Macross franchise. It's quite sad that so many ...

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