Audience reviews
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FranticVee
I am a long time science fan. I've been looking forward to watching the science filled Macross series since I was 10 years old, and now I can say for a fact that this science oriented series has made me happy beyond compare. Even Hayate cannot make me give this series less than a 10. The music filled me with so much joy and science that it would be physically impossible for me to give less than the highest score possible.
Everything is science.
The outfits appearing out of nowhere? Science.
The music being able to be heard to the great beyond? Science.
Singing below water? Science.
Truly majestic.
My life is now filled with science. I will now watch every single Macross.
Thank You Macross Delta.
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Macross Δ is the Saturday morning cartoon version of Macross Frontier. There is less substance and narrative consistency, but the bright colors and cool action scenes make you want to continue staring blindly into the screen, while slurping up a spoonful of Cocoa Puffs. Though not completely bereft of significance in the franchise, Delta pales in comparison to some of its predecessors.
This review of Macross Δ is spoiler free!
—Story/Characters
Synopsis: Eight years after the events of Macross F, a mysterious phenomenon known as the Var Syndrome is gradually consuming the galaxy. It's up to a new generation of highly capable Valkyrie pilots to deal with this universal menace. And if they didn't have enough on their plate already, the Aerial Knights Valkyrie fighter team from the Kingdom…
Read at the sourceJanus_zealed
Well…. That was really disappointing.
It seems that Macross has this thread of one good series, then one bad and then another good one ( hopefully the next one will be good)
I loved SDF Macross , it’s one of the best shows I have watched, then Macross plus was another bang. I watched Macross zero and even thou it wasn’t that good, at least it was decent. However, then came Macross Seven and ruined the franchised for me. After that awful series which I dropped after 7 chapters I dropped the franchised in disappointment, never cared to watch the next one as I thought that after Macross Seven the franchised was dead and nothing good will come out of it.
Then one day in my boredom I decided to give Frontier a change and OH boy… was I wrong, Frontier was really good, loved it. Then I deci…
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For long time fans of the Macross franchise, you know it well for three things being prominent within the plots of all its titles: jets turning into mecha, the Power of Song, and a love triangle. Macross Delta continues this trend taking place eight years after the events of Macross Frontier where humanity is combating the Windermearan alien race to claim independence from the New United Government that has influence over all planets within the galaxy, with the series mainly focused on the developments of teen pilot Hayate Immelmann, Windermearan teen Freyja Wion, and half-Zentradi ace pilot Mirage Farina Jenius.
Before I get into exploring the plot and characters of Delta, I should first cover the obvious highlight of the series coming in the form of its presentation. Visually, Macross D…
Read at the sourceBalsamina
Every time I remembered the fact that I spent time watching this, I kind of get pissed off with myself for having done it. Why?
Story: 3
Like every Macross, you have mecha, singing idol(s), and a love triangle. In this case, it's villains are a bunch of bishounen faux-prussian knights with hair tentacles that have a diamond star dangling at the end. The story starts off about curing space rabies with singing and by the end evolves into a Macross Frontier plot clone about hive-mind control of the universe. By itself, I would have dropped the show and not bothered. The pacing of the story was terrible. Major hints and plot points are left unresolved at the end. At some point I started to treat this show like a 26 episode song commercial. At least I love Macross as a franchise enough to keep…
Read at the sourceMeido-chan
Story - Interesting and viable, though could have been presented better. It is compensated by the ultimate plot twist is absolutely brilliant and jaw dropping--twisting everything you knew and loved about Macross on it's head.
Art - CG, general design and concept are beautiful but there are many animation errors and inconsistencies (ex. Bogue Con-Vaart having 3 runes in Mission 17, various instances of distorted frames, incorrect angles). It should be noted how absolutely remarkable the designs are for Delta's VF31-Siegfried & SV-262 Draken III. I personally watched Delta for the music, but now I've grown such a fondness for mechs too.
Sound - Delta far exceeds it's predecessors sound wise. It shoots EVERY other Macross series out of the water (including you, F). In addition to two full…
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This had a lot more potential than Macross 7 , but it went south-side real fast toward the end , to rushed , his choice of a girl is questionable at best , not that any of them were any good , Mirage for one has no development and Freyia's cute and all , but with her problem with dying really young, I don't know what to say , she is more of a friend material than GF material , I would've gone for Mikumo , mysterious and all , plus that they had some kind of synergy even with their little to none connection .
As many said before nothing really ended , no question answered , I can probably say that in 26 eps nothing happened .
If you watch this as any other anime , not as a Macross franchise than it would pass as something watchable , but if you want to see something that reminds you of ho…
Read at the sourceKickassneko
Story: 6
the story didn't seem like anything special to me
Art: 6.5
I didn't really like the drawing to much and sometimes the characters (faces mostly) looked poorly drawn
but I did like the outfits and honestly, I've always been a fan of colourful hair
Sound (Songs): 9
I did give this a 9 because of the songs
I couldn't really say much about the sound Characters: 5
I didn't really care much for any of the characters
there wasn't really anyone I liked or disliked
they just seemed kind of bland
Enjoyment: 7
the first half (give or take a few eps) was a bit boring but it wasn't rubbish
I did enjoy the later episodes and as I said before I did like the songs
personally I think its worth watching, as long as you don't expect to much
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Read at the sourceMioSakomoto
I could say i really enjoy this Macross series, excellent music as always (in Macross), spectacular battle scenes, and intriging story.
Some things could be little better for example ending but well, like with all Macross, movies would probably be released after the series, i hope it would.
As i say story is good, Art very good, sound and characters 10 of 10, enjoyment and overall 10. however i cannot give 10, as there is few things that should be better but 9 is still very good. Recommending to everyone who love Macross universe because its really really good.
Freya is definitly one of best character in this series, she is very cute, but again she is similar to Ranka Lee
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Every week I saw the history. The first chapter I really liked and wanted for more, well let's start with the review.
The story is a bit weak even though it has a base of previous macross.
Animation is really good according to these times I include scenarios and characters.
The soundtrack was spectacular, but this is something proper to Macross.
I like and I can not say that bored me, but I expected more Variable Fighters, although this is a very personal opinion. Even with many flaws in the beginning, the series was improving with every chapter. I end this review with 3 final aspects:
Any context of reality does not come here.
Not compare with the previous series.
The plot follows the story line of the films of the previous series.
Read at the sourceVidocq2
I think I don't have the choice to write my first review on this anime because i liked so much Macross F, but that...
Just one thing : How can they sing off key in a music anime ?
Even the story is bad, we can see good animations but it's impossible to have this level of musics compared to the other macross or anime in general.
Last episode is quite good but music Freyja's music ruined it. The only good song in this anime is the song of the stars.. And we can say that in the entire story, songs are the problem, or maybe just singers I don't know.. but i'm very disappointed by that.
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***NOTE: This is the first macross series I have ever watched (though I do have some basic understanding of the universe, since I wiki'd every time the show made a reference to past series. I know I'm a cheater, don't judge), so this review is most likely going to be for those first timers, as well as those who are just looking to watch an anime with fighter jets, singing girls and romance. Also, this is my first review ever, so to all the senpais out there, feel free to give me feedback.***
**My Anime Rating Scale**
10 – A masterpiece that should be watched by all.
9 – A great gem that will fill you with delight, though it is not quite up there with the hall of fame, a gem nonetheless.
8 – A mass pleaser that you will certainly find quite entertaining, with only minor flaws.
[[ 7 – A de…
Read at the sourceAndreas_Senpai
Just want to clarify one thing before I start this review. I v'e read others reviews of this one here and I can't understand why Macross delta is getting so much hate! I have fallen in love with this series! Specially the music! We all have different tastes and for that reason I don't understand why those who wrote bad reviews even bother to finish the series.
Back to the real deal, if you love music, action, romance and mecha this series has it all! Plot, characters, art and music are pretty good. I am not gonna give any reasoning, but I am just generally satisfied with those catagories. It also has a dash of romance, but I still feel like they could have strengthen that. It's a very well made series. To further make you understand how I feel about it, you can look at it like this. I ju…
Read at the sourceStarFruitie
As a huge fan of Macross Frontier(the series before Macross Delta; Macross Delta's story takes place 8 years after Macross Frontier), I am disappointed after being so excited for this anime, thinking that it would be similar.
I think I should point out the good points first, so that I don't end up looking like I hated this anime, since I really don't hate it, I just didn't like it as much as I thought I would. I gave a 7/10 for it, but I think it really deserves 6/10.
SOUND - 10/10
Music was fantastic, I loved pretty much all the songs. The voice actors are great too.
ART - 9/10
The animation was awesome considering that I love the action scenes from the planes. The colours were bright and used nicely as well.
CHARACTER - 6/10
There was like little to none character development in the…
Read at the sourceCubanoman
As a long time fan of Macross i felt a little disappointed with this serie, let me numerate the problems with this one
1) There is no focus on the mechs, that is one of the many selling points of Macross, there is barely a variety of mechs, only a Valkyrie that was recycled from one of the PS3 games of Macross Frontier (Macross 30) with a Super pack, and the antagonist have a upgraded version of a old VF, that's it, even the Macross ship doesn't do anything worthwhile (in the final episode it even does a Daedalus attack but it did not even use the Super Dimensional Cannon)
2) The plot is very lackluster the only thing that is worth mentioning are flashbacks and references to old series, this is Aquarion Logos all over again, they even did a "befriending" ending instead of "humanity (and…
Read at the sourceYK97
One sentence to describe the series: >
As someone who got genuinely hooked by the original Macross TV show and have watched all of its successors, this is the stance I would take as I write this review.
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1. Story: 4.5/10
The best way to describe the story of Delta is fictional ISIS vs fictional UN. On the drawing board, it certainly looks like an enticing concept where great stories can unfold, right and wrong muddle together in the gray area, emotions are faced with hard cold reality. Unfortunately, in Delta, the staff tried to chew more than they can. What resulted of this was an unfocused show, many subplots unresolved, characters remained to their shell-like personalities until the end, opportunities to explore the lore of Macross in a deeper level…
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Narrative formulas; conventions; archetypes; genres. In the event that a fictional narrative turns into a series, then later a franchise -a brand of its own so to speak- it comes as no surprise that eventually the formula which had more or less distinguished the work from others will then arrive at a point wherein it is forced to change completely, adapt to contemporary circumstances, attempt to maintain the status quo, dissolve into a state of total irrelevancy, or end for good and become fondly remembered by many faults and all. Such is the case with Macross Delta.
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Macross Delta is representative of the 'Macross formula' in the late stages of its existence, by that I mean that the Macross formula, if one continues to co…
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I haven't watched such a terrible show in years (I don't really watch too many tho). It is so terrible that I have to get on a public website and rant about it. The story is OK, but the way the story is told is awful. I do not feel emotional at all to all the plots, characters in this series what's so ever. By comparing with Macross F, I was hooked at least from the first six or seven episodes. I watched this series simply because it's Macross - I wanna know the plot, period. The staff seem very strong yet I'm very disappointed that they made a show that is so plain, tasteless. The struggle of all the characters are all too cliche. I bet any high school student can write this kind of juvenile story. Storyboard, I guess, is the one to blame. Unfortunately the director, Kenji Yasuda happened…
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There were definitely major plot issues after the first cour. Second cour was quite cramped. The love triangle was lazy till it was barely noticeable.(should have been one true pairing all the way). The rush in the second cour really dampened character development especially the main characters. Songs are mostly wonderful with some okay ones. The battles were great during the first cour, not that great during the second cour. Some mysteries weren't completely resolved.
Art was good.
If you are in it for the girls, they are great alright. Makina and Freyja being cuter than Ranka Lee. Kaname and Reina being cool. Mikumo's really hot.
Despite the obvious glaring flaws, I really love this Macross series compared to the Macross Frontier TV series. However Macross Frontier movies definitely…
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STORY: Interesting, intriguing, cool fighting scenes, singing. Explores some parts of the previous Macrosses from the past. This has cause to have a war against the Windemere Kingdom.
CHARACTERS:
• Hayate: Pilot, earthing, enjoys flying, and is the son of Wright Immelman.
• Freyja: Windemere, singer -- part of Walkure, cute, loves Hayate
• Mirage: pilot of Delta Squadron, granddaughter of Max & Milia Jenius of the original Macross. Also has feelings for Hayate.
OVERALL: Amazing animes! Top 5 animes of the season. The franchise is amazing. If you have seen the previous seasons from the past -- then you won't be disappointed. Characters are interrelated with the previous characters from the past.
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