Audience reviews
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JoeStraatmann
I gave Macross 7 as fair of a shot as I could give. I love Macross and have a fair stomach for an all-cheese diet, but this is essentially one cour of a show that combines Sailor Moon and Kidd Video while stretching it to FORTY-NINE episodes (Plus character-vital special episodes they apparently had no time for)... and Kidd Video still has more songs. Only the last ten episodes move at what I would call an acceptable pace, and even then, it's paying off tween-level material where the audience would be better served watching things like... Sailor Moon.
It starts with the main character. Basara, bro, you only wear the tiny, round glasses AS glasses if you're some sort of information broker. Kafka from Star Rail, show him how it's done. Anyway, he's brick-headed, pure of heart, and writes ly…
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Boy oh boy where do I even begin. Kawamori... I have loved you ever since I first watched Escaflowne. The way you drew mechas and created characters that felt real, that acted with emotion. The way you handled personal character development, and the impact of every movement a mech would make, the fluidity of a valkyrie switching to flight mode, gerwalk, or battroid. I would do anything for you. I wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you pass. You had a rough childhood but you never gave up hope. You are amazing, even void of the anime world, I have no doubt that you are a great husband/father. I forever fear and dread the day that comes when you and I will both no longer be part of this world at the same time. I would sacrifice my own life if it were the only…
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This is terrible, just terrible.
One may wonder what were they thinking or is this some kind of joke? How could a classic series with great story, brilliant writing and fantastic design turn into such a major lack of taste show for 9 year olds? The quality is so poor it makes me wonder why they even called “Lovers Again” filler, when the supposed canon material is just as bad or worse.
It is almost surprising that Shoji Kawamori himself partook in the story and designs of these characters when they turned out to be so uninventive and stupid. Mechanical designs seem more appropriate for Digimon, while character designs are the work of a 12-year old. The story is childish and absurd leaving us lost. I cannot help but facepalm during every episode. This nightmare continues for 50+ episodes,…
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As many, I grew up in the early-90s watching re-runs of Robotech, which eventually led me to now the original source of it's first generation: Super Dimension Fortress Macross. I watched (on pirated VHSs, of course) Macross Plus, II, DYRL and Flashback 2012, but I never got into myself to watch Macross 7. Why? Easy. I found it too cheesy for my liking, too "Super Robot". The first image I had from 7 was the robotic humanoid face of Basara's Valkyrie after transforming which inspired me to NOT watch this series until this day, twenty years later.
And what can I say about Macross 7? Well, it's a solid... 7. It's enjoyable if silly. The characters can be funny, even if they're also very flat. And the story is...well, passable. Honestly, don't watch Macross 7 waiting for something as serious…
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It has but the best protagonist of the macross saga of the best makes you want to make an altar to the incredible protagonist. Taking that out, I feel that the plot takes many turns on itself, I mean that it never closes anything until the end. I still want to know who the fuck the blonde with the flowers was. The soundtrack as always in macross is very good, incredible. The truth is I saw the anime in 2 days and it has 49 chapters that says it all more or less. See it, you will not regret it
En español:
Tiene sino el mejor protagonista de la saga macross de los mejores te dan unas ganas de hacerle un altar al protagonista increíble. Sacando eso siento que la trama da muchos giros sobre si mismo, me refiero a que nunca cierra nada hasta el final. Sigo queriendo saber quien mierda era la…
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Fanatic pacifist hippy mc who doesn't care how many innocent people and "asshole" soldiers have to die so he can keep forcing people to listen to his singing in the middle of battle. He repeatedly intereferes with the elimination of the enemy because he is convinced his singing will make everyone buddy buddy. One of the most annoying MCs, he is right and everyone else is wrong, he does whatever he wants, no one can tell him what to do, such a rebel!
And it doesn't help that they made like 4 songs for him for 49 episiodes and he keeps repeating the same one for the first 20 or so episodes. While the scenes are also repeated, they reused a lot of scenes to the point that sometimes you can't tell if it's a flashback or not.
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I'm going to try to remain as objective as possible in this review, but it's fair to mention beforehand that this IS my favourite show, however I am well aware of it's flaws. This review contains no spoilers.
Macross 7 is absolutely nothing like it's predecessors, Super Dimensional Fortress Macross or Macross Plus. That is most likely why it gets such a bad rep - people went in expecting what is basically the opposite of what they got. Macross 7 is a heavily character-driven show and it takes it's time away from the plot to really develop it's characters, which is something I personally thought SDF and Plus criminally lacked.
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The premise of Macross 7 is that an unknown alien species tries to take what's essentially life energy from people, and while the military tries to find a…
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After seeing almost all of the Macross series, I’m here to say that Macross 7 is maybe the best one? I’m being completely serious, and I’ll try to explain some of why I found it so special.
BOMBER!! Let’s start with the music. SDF Macross was made to sell toys, and Macross 7 was made to sell CDs. To accomplish this, the show focuses on the band Fire Bomber, who have about a dozen insert songs in the show. At first these songs may seem tacky or repetitive, and it doesn’t help that the early episodes keep using the same two songs, but the soundtrack seriously grows on you to the point where it’s hard not to sing along. The song lyrics can feel nonsensical at times, but by a certain point in the show, everything clicks and suddenly all the song themes directly correlate with what’s happening…
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A direct sequel to the original 1982 Super Dimensional Fortress Macross, comes twelve years later in the form of Marcross 7. Studio Nue (Macross, Macross Plus, Dirty Pair) with the help of director Tetsuro Amino (Iria Zeiram the Animation) and music by Yoko Kanno (Macross Plus) set the tone perfectly for the anime. Yoko Kanno must be given so much credit because music is so key to Macross 7, without it, this anime would downright fail.
Taking place about 35 years after the events of the original, in 2045 a colony spacecraft and its’ fleet sets off into space for colonization. During said journey, the fleet encounters an alien race that sucks the spirit out of life, but the anime tends to focus more on a rock band called Fire Bomber. In the band are the main characters of Nekki Basara, Myl…
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Macross 7 was one of the first sequels to the Macross franchise made around the same time that Macross Plus came about. This chapter of the franchise focuses on the human and Zentradi members aboard the spacecraft Macross 7 dealing with a new enemy alien threat called the Protodevlin and a guitarist named Basara Nekki cutting in during heated fights in a Valkyrie unit between the forces to try singing to the enemy for seemingly unknown reasons. Continuity wise, the series takes place 35 years after the events of the original Macross series, clearly evident with the appearances of Maximillian and Milia, the first human-Zentradi coupling to come about from the original series.
This particular entry in the Macross franchise has a good deal of infamy among its fans as such where many consider…
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Overall: Macross 7 has to be the most polarizing macross series of all time. I defiantly give this show a 10 out of 10, but I understand that this is highly subjective. I will explain what the show has to offer and point out parts that you will love or hate.
Story: Macross 7 takes place some time after the origonal super dimensional fortress macross. For those of you that watched the original there is a fun surprise character wise in this for you. Macross 7 takes the spirit of the show, as in "Music can stop war" and makes it a literal effect. Nekki Basara is a singer/songwriter/martial artist/ace macross pilot. He wants to push his music as far as it will go. As the show moves on the enemy this time wants to suck out human spirita. Basara possess the strongest spirita and can fend off at…
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Macross 7 is so far the most different installment of the Macross franchise. While it retains the three main story elements of all Macross series (Love Triangles, Music and Variable Fighters), for everything else it tries to push the envelope of strangeness while trying to keep it within the confines of the Macross universe. For that reason, it may rub viewers, especially older fans of the franchise with certain expectations, the wrong way. As a result, Macross 7 is truly an anime that you either love it or hate it, no in between, and the only way one can tell which camp you fall in is to watch the whole thing for yourself. Make no mistake, I for one am glad I did complete the show as I found myself enjoying it greatly.
At its core, the story of Macross 7 is about a rock singer (Basara) t…
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I'm one of what is probably the most rare breed of western anime fans, those who will defend Macross 7. While not masterpiece of the anime art form, there is a lot to like about Macross 7. Since the series is so polarizing among fans, I'll take a pros vs. cons approach.
Pros:
1. Music. While obviously a matter of taste, I find most of Fire Bomber's songs quite enjoyable. They're one of the few anime soundtracks I will listen to on their own merits.
2. Fun factor. Basara is genuinely entertaining to watch.
3. Nostalgia. There are numerous ties to the original series, and it's interesting to see how things developed. Most notably, it's great to see Max and Milia again. Also, it continues the concept of the colony fleets introduced in Macross Flashback 2012.
4. Focus on characters. While ost…
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So, since I'm hell bent on watching all the macross series I thought I'd start on Macross 7. For a while I thought I'd made a big mistake.
Story
It took a LONG time to finish this series which already indicates at first glance it's not all that exciting. It's all about Nekki Basara, guitarist and lead singer of the band Fire Bomber (what a great band name). The band starts unknown, living and practicing in a hovel on City 7, joined to Battle seven. They're the mainstay of the colony fleet Macross 7, searching for a habitable planet to live on.
First part deals with character development (boring) then the protodeviln appear. Instead of getting exciting it's a wash-rinse-repeat of Nekki using his songs to save the day. There are a few plot twists but overall this series though keeping wi…
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