Chôjikû yôsai Macross: Ai oboeteimasuka (1984)

Directors:

Noboru Ishiguro
Shôji Kawamori

Writers:

Shôji Kawamori (story)
Sukehiro Tomita (screenplay)

Release Date:

21 July 1984 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Romance | Sci-Fi

Plot:

In the next century, a reconfiguring ship (think "Transformer" with a pilot) called Macross carries...

Plot Keywords:

Refugee | Jet Fighter | Love Triangle | Fighter Pilot | Female Soldier

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Mari Iijima	...	Lynn Minmay
Arihiro Hase	...	Hikaru Ichijyo
Mika Doi	...	Misa Hayase
Michio Hazama	...	Bruno J. Global
Noriko Ohara	...	Claudia LaSalle
Akira Kamiya	...	Roy Focker
Osamu Ichikawa	...	Golg BoddoleZer
Eiji Kanie	...	Vrlitwhai 7018
Ryûnosuke Ôbayashi	...	Exsedol 4970 (as Ryûsuke Ôbayashi)
Hirotaka Suzuoki	...	Lynn Kaihun
Shô Hayami	...	Maximillian Jenius
Katsumi Suzuki	...	Hayao Kakizaki
Hiromi Tsuru	...	Kim Kaviroff
Sanae Miyuki	...	Shammy Milliome (as Miyuki Muroi)
Run Sasaki	...	Vanessa Laird

Also Known As:

Macross
Macross - maailman isoin
Macross in Clash of the Bionoids (International: English title) (short version)
SDF-1 Macross: Do You Remember Love?
Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? (Japan: English title)
Super Space Fortress Macross (Japan: English title) (dubbed version)

Runtime:

114 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

UK:PG | Japan:G

Company:

Big West

Trivia:

Kawamori and Matsuzaki had originally designed an elaborate ending sequence for the film, which would have featured Minmay singing "Angel's Paints" while we caught glimpses of the other characters watching the concert. This sequence (and a storyboarded sequence featuring Max and Millia's wedding) were scrapped due to the budget running out. The concert sequence was later animated in Chôjikû yôsai makurosu furasshubakku 2012 (1987) (V) and the concert sequence was finally appended to the end of Macross DYRL to complete the film as the creators had intended.

Quotes:

[Hikaru tries to convince Minmay to sing to defeat the Zentradi]
Lynn Minmay: You can't win a war by singing! Stay with me, if we're going to die anyway...
Hikaru Ichijo: It's not just for us. It's for everyone onboard Macross.
Lynn Minmay: That has nothing to do with us! Why aren't we the only two in the universe? I wish everyone would die except you and me!
[Hikaru slaps Minmay, as a panoply of war's destruction plays across the screen.]
Hikaru Ichijo: Sempai died. Kakizaki died. So many have died. They had plans for peace. You can still sing, can't you?
[...]

Movie Connections:

Version of "Chôjikû yôsai Macross" (1982)

Get hold of the Perfect Version, subtitled.

If you get your hands on a decently-subtitled version, this movie plain rocks. Great animation, music, voice acting. The plot has a few flat spots, as expected in a movie that came as the summary of a series, but it's still one of anime's finest.

And to think that it was all drawn by hand. Excellent work.

Avoid "Clash of the Bionoids" at all costs. The dubbing is horrible.