Love mechas? Love-Triangles? Dog-fights? Memorable soundtracks? Jaw-droping CG?
If you answered yes to 2 or more of the above then you'll find Macross Frontier and anime worth your time and heck it might even end up being on your top favorite animes.
[story]:
To start the story itself does a pretty good job to start by explaining everything that has happened to mankind in this version of reality, so I much give this anime props for not being one that simply throws its viewers into a sea of information and drama for us to sort out ourselves.
To put it simply the story revolves around a galaxy-known singer named
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"Sheryl Nome" who has come to be also known as the "Galactic Fairy", a pilot named "Alto Saotome" who left his prestigious family of actors and he's also known as "Princess" due to his long hair and the fact that he played such an excellent role as a princess in a past play, and finally there is the rising star "Ranka Lee" who through the help and encouragement from Sheryl and Alto is able to reach goals she once thought impossible for her.
This group of three then coincidentally meet up on a space colony known as "The Frontier" and soon become friends, obviously. Through this friendship the story continues to progress as a new threat to mankind appears in the form of the "Vajra." The "Vajra" are insect-mech like creatures that appeared out of the blue and have the potential to bring man to the brink of extinction once again, but will our three heroes be able to do anything before mankind becomes another distant memory in the vast universe?
[Art:]
I'm pretty sure that if you already watched this anime then I don't need to cover this part of the review since if anyone who watched this show would know that the CG animated battles scenes are easily one the biggest highlights of the show, with the other being the soundtrack but I'll go into more detail about the Soundtrack later in the review.
I must also bring up that not only was the CG animation fluid and brilliantly done but the mechanical and overall art designs of the anime were excellent, so you get 2 thumbs up from me Design Staff d(0w0)b
I mean seriously when I was watching this I felt like Macross Frontier was causing me Eye Orgasms, which may explain why I couldn't take my eyes off the screen XP
The only problem I had with the animation was the repeated use of specific scenes in the space battles with the Vajra. Closer to the end of the series I noticed an increase use of past scenes such as when one specific Vajra would spin and launch its missiles, please excuse my vague description.
Hopefully I'm not the only one that noticed this, but other than that the animation was basically flawless ;D
[Sound]:
This anime isn't also known as a Space Opera for nothing. It has got epic battle scenes and emotional music to accompany it, so who wouldn't love this soundtrack. In fact, I recommend that you go and find the soundtrack and listen to a few of your favorite songs because some of them are just that good.
I'd also like to give a big around of applause for Megumi Nakajima and May Nakabayashi for their exquisite vocal performances as Ranka Lee and Sheryl Nome.
Let us not forget about the one that brought them all together and produced these masterful works of music for our ears, Masafumi Mima.
The only con that I could possibly find in the Sound department of this anime would be the tad bit overuse of certain songs such as "Aimo." I understand that the song "Aimo" plays an important role in overall story but I quite confident that I'm not the only one who thinks it was being used a bit too much. Hey don't get me wrong I seriously love the song "Aimo" heck it's one of my favorite musical pieces in this whole anime what I'm just trying to say is that some of the soundtrack would be been better enjoyed if they weren't sung so often throughout the show.
[Character]:
This is one of those animes that thanks to it having a longer run-time (more episodes), it was able to establish a close bond between the audience and the characters. Which is usually the main fault in nearly any anime I've watch these days.
For the most part this anime will allow you to grow closer to the characters but maybe not as much as other animes or make you as depressed... *cough* "Clannad" *cough*
Overall you'll be able to come to understand Sheryl Nome as someone who is not arrogant diva but someone who has, through her own will, climbed the ladder to the top. We'll also learn of the latent potential and strength of Ranka Lee and her powerful voice. Finally we will bear witness to our main male protagonist, Alto Saotome, grow from naive boy who seeks only his dream to fly through an endless sky to someone who learns what he needs to protect and fight for, but most importantly that though reaching one's dreams brings satisfaction, reaching one's dreams with the ones you love is that much sweeter.
[Enjoyment]:
Through and through I enjoyed this anime greatly, but maybe not to the point of it making it to my list of favorites unfortunately. However, I will say that this anime does deserve the spot for my favorite anime OST since who wouldn't find a song or 2 they like in an anime that has like what 49 songs in its soundtrack? xD
Oh and don't get me started with the eye-gasmic CG animation and designs!! I mean WOW I haven't seen that level of visual beauty since I saw something like "Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children" or maybe even the "Mona Lisa?" xD
I just loved everything about this anime and though it wasn't perfect it had just so much going for it that I could actually ignore the faults it had.
In the end, I will definitely recommend this anime for anyone who answered yes to most of the questions I posted at the beginning of this review.
Or even to those who just want to watch something fun and action packed since Macross Frontier definitely fits that bill.
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