The moment when I hear love triangle I can only think about two things : either its going to be garbage or a piece of art.
Romance between multiple characters is often hard to represent and in an action mecha? Oh my God this is interesting.
Macross Frontier was something different from any other Mecha Ive ever watched if not from any other anime Ive ever watched because its not just about love and robots. There is a true universe behind it and the execution of it is truly beautiful maybe I can describe it as the perfect triangle : everything from the start leads to a smooth ending straight to the point.
The Love Trianglehttps://www..com/watch?v=Qw1Dhg69i8w
The story starts after Macross Dynamite 7 an OVA of Macross 7 as a sequel and tells us the story of Saotome Alto a young guy with no dreams and Ranka Lee a little girl whos affected by amnesia they meet randomly as they were going to the same event : the Sheryl Nomes live. Whos Sheryl Nome? A rising singer whos famous all around the galaxy and shes indeed the third main protagonist of this anime. Its a pretty interesting plot so far : one guy with no dream a girl whos living her dream and an another girl who cannot have a dream for the moment but is the dream real or just a real dream? Ill let you find out because I dont want to spoil anything. Going back to the story in this anime humanity now is all around the universe as they are looking for a new home and they are all divided in various fleets and our main protagonist of today is the colony of the Battle Frontier which is comprised of six ships: two stealth medium space carriers which function as the arms in attack mode one Combat Command Carrier central block two medium assault battleships functioning as the leg engine blocks and one heavy bombardment warship Gunship. When separated each ship is fold capable combat capable and otherwise possesses all capabilities of a battleship.
This colony is actually trying to escape and avoid an alien form of existence called Vajra a weird type of alien which is attacking every ship causing deaths and destruction and yeah they gave me nightmares no joking. Vajras have a quite interesting and unique look since its not your average alien but a thing similar to insects more or less and if the goal was to be scary yes it was a success.
As the danger shows up the military do it too and the Skull Team shows what its capable of. Alto is amazed by them and by their jets the VF25 and how they fight and so his very first desire is born :
I want to fly
The first attack from the Vajras is during Sheryls live and there was Ranka there and by watching her and listening to her beautiful songs her very first dream is here :
I want to sing
Two dreams are born but one is in danger Sheryls dream is in danger now thanks to the enemy.
The story keeps a pacing which is almost perfect : there are very few boring or cringey moments and few few plot holes the suspense is always at the peak and the cliffhangers at the end of important episodes are crazy especially the penultimate one I cannot forget about the ending of the show because its actually my all time favourite ending ever completely full of action and surprises.
The Music is the power of the showhttps://www..com/watch?v=raos5cz4Fgct=48s
Ah the music something Im very careful to because its one of the things I care the most about an anime and OH MY OH MY WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE.
Macross is kinda known for producing monsters of the music industry in Delta we literally have JUNNA but here in frontier we have Mayn and Megumi Nakajima can these two sound well together despite the fact Megumi has a light and sunny voice while Mayn has a fucking insane voice full of any vocal range? Y E S.
https://youtu.be/2CnvZOs8TWM
Seikan Hikou from Megumi Nakajima
https://www..com/watch?v=qmCHZNyava8
Diamond Crevasse by Mayn
Their voices are absolutely outstanding in this show and even better when they are together Macross Frontier is truly one of those few anime where you can see the artist reaching the absolute peak.
https://www..com/watch?v=5fCmOa8vwlU
Sayonara no Tsubasa from the second movie of the anime
The animations are outstanding for the timehttps://www..com/watch?v=HT7TgvuIe50
Macross Frontier is from 2008 and the CGI from this date is used beyond the beautiful.
https://www..com/watch?v=gtUCAT3HTfA
Smooth movements not too many poor animations and drawings the ambient often looks awesome and yes its incredibly nice to look at.
Also the character design of every character is really sweet.
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Just watch ithttps://www..com/watch?v=CRiaIyiAGRo
As its said just watch it because its a truly unique experience and hardly it will disappoint you. Macross Frontier was a once in a lifetime experience everything is masterfully executed and easily the best executed anime Ive ever watched.
Story : 9.5/10
Characters : 9.5/10
Arts : 9/10
Personal Enjoyment : 10/10
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