This tends to differentiate Macross from other mecha anime as well. As in the original Macross, music is used more as a means to invoke a type of culture shock on the invading Zentradi.

Macross is a series that helped the Mecha genre evolve and has remained one of the best classic anime of all time.

The Macross crew weaponized Lynn Minmay’s singing by broadcasting it to the enemies’ screens, overwhelming the Zentradi fleet and giving the Macross an advantage.

Macross is a lot more musical than many mecha anime, and this could be a vital marketing tool that separates it from competitors such as Gundam.

The Macross Saga told the tale of a race of alien giants called the Zentraedi and their attempts to take back a derelict spaceship that had crash-landed on Earth some 10 years prior.

They all look gorgeous; from the debris-filled space battle opening to fighting out inside the Macross on stage four and the nearly derelict Zentradi battleship in the last stage.

Choosing to move on with a new story rather than that of the Macross anime, the creators of Macross 2036 brought in the original character designer, Haruhiko Mikimoto, for this horizontal shoot ...

Quamzin Kravshera, a brilliant but unstable Zentradi commander, attacks the Macross. Meanwhile, Misa requests permission to investigate an emergency signal from within the base.

Similar to other vintage anime, Macross is hard to find in English. However, Macross is easily accessible on a popular anime streaming app.

Of course, Macross has a heralded history with anime and the mecha genre, but you may know it by another name. Robotech was hugely popular in the United States, and the animated series was created ...

The previous Macross movie, Do You Remember Love?, though not set in the same continuity as Plus, touches on how the Zentradi had lost touch with their feelings because they stopped creating art.