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! colspan="2" style="text-align:center; font-size: larger;" bgcolor="#ccccff"  | Super Dimension Fortress Macross
 
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; font-size: smaller; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa;" |[[Image:Macross.jpg]]<br>
 
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! Director/Artist
 
| Noboru Ishiguro
 
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! Format
 
| [[:Category:Anime (TV)|Anime (TV)]]
 
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! Made By
 
| Tatsunoko/Big West/MBS
 
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! Episode Length
 
| 25 minutes
 
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! # of Episodes
 
| 36
 
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==Genre==
 
[[:Category:Mecha|Mecha]], [[:Category:Sci-Fi|Sci-Fi]], [[:Category:Action|Action]], [[:Category:Romance|Romance]]
 
==Sum it up in a Sentence==
 
Girl learns what it means to become an adult and in the process, saves humanity from an ancient race of highly-advanced giant warrior aliens through her unique talents and personal bravery - robots help.
 
 
 
Or more accurately: guy becomes robot-fighter pilot, aliens invade, shit hits the fan, has relationship troubles, LOVE TRIANGLE.
 
 
 
==Main Description==
 
 
 
==If You Liked This, You Might Like...==
 
*[[Macross: Do You Remember Love?]]
 
*[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]
 
*[[Zeta Gundam]]
 
*[[Macross Frontier]]
 
*[[Macross Plus]]
 
*[[Macross 7]]
 
*[[Macross Zero]]
 
*[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]
 
 
 
==Personal Opinions==
 
===TenementFunster===
 
This series is one of my favorites, and in many ways superior to the [[Macross: Do You Remember Love?]] movie based on this series. After watching a few episodes back in the early 1990s with my old school nerd uncle, when I rewatched as an adult I went into SDF expecting a fun, brainless robot punch-up nostalgia fest. However, after about 15 episodes I realized that while the robot punching is excellent, it takes a backseat to the quality of the unconventional, ''shockingly competent'' plot, story pacing and above all the stunning character development. The show featured notoriously shoddy animation, even for the day, and age has not sweetened the current appreciation for Misa Hayase's character sheet. However, this show stands the test of time simply because of the complex characterization and a romantic subplot that is actually compelling. The last nine episodes are far and away my favorite simply because they undermine the stereotypical triumphant 'victory' over the enemy, which less interesting shows would have felt satisfied to end on.  SDF Macross deftly subverts the happily-ever-after victory by showing us what happens when the characters are left to pick up the pieces of their lives in the aftermath of the battle. One thing this show suffers from is "Seinfeld Syndrome," in that the originality and complexity that wowed audiences in 1982 has been so frequently emulated in later shows in the Space Opera genre that they can seem worn out to the less sophisticated viewer (i.e. any individual who didn't waste tens of thousands of dollars on a literature degree).
 
 
 
So basically if you liked [[Macross Plus]] and want to watch more of something like Macross Plus, do yourself a favor and just rewatch Macross Plus. Non-stop high definition action this is not. Not to say that many action sequences didn't feature top-flight animation for the time, but have you played ''Doom'' lately?
 
 
 
I see this series and [[Zeta Gundam]] to be sterling examples of two different antithetical types of storytelling in a genre which largely revolves around people slapping other people to impart wisdom or insight. While ''Zeta'' excels at creating an interesting and entertaining world focused greater political conflict, and is a more "serious" show, ''SDF'' provides an engrossing character-driven look at issues of conflict, fame, personal growth, human nature, and inter-personal relationships as well as their interplay (i.e. less robots and politics, more character development)
 
 
 
p.s. fuck robotech
 
 
 
===[http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3109256&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=2#post359425549 Bob Smith]===
 
SDF Macross was a bit of a chore to get through at times due to the very dated animation and the obnoxious nature of all the main characters (seriously, Kaifun, Misa, Hikaru AND Minmay were all varying degrees of intolerable for much of the series) but the high points made up for the lows. Especially the epilogue arc, which had some great scenes and episodes in it. 3/5 because while good, I didn't rate it as highly as other shows I've seen.
 
 
 
==Links==
 
<Link the ADTRW thread if there is one>
 
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