Audience reviews
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JoeStraatmann
It's a good sampling about what is great about Macross in 00's clothing, even if it doesn't explain the universe itself super well (You're supposed to laugh when they bring up Sharon Apple as one of the great songstresses, by the way). The soft reset of the characters gives the clearest, most sympathetic view of the leads, and the movie lets them have half the screentime to exist and marinate in their circumstances. It still is a shallow, flashy action melodrama, and the lack of work to solidify the rest of the cast does hurt the second movie, but it's so much fun.
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I was thoroughly confused by Macross before sinking my teeth into the series. You’re telling me that these aliens, who are giant humanoid creatures, are usually, there’s exceptions, tamed and turned vulnerable through the power of Japanese pop idols and mechs that resemble a fighter jet with human limbs? Frankly, I was sold because that sounds like the sickest shit ever. My first exposure to this franchise was watching the original series, SDF-Macross from 1982. It’s one of my all time favorite mecha series, and I loved everything about it. The larger than life robot fights, aliens (zentradi), personalities, drama, and the music. The song “My Boyfriend’s a pilot” is a song I never grew tired of. In fact, it still pops up in my music rotation to this day. When I heard that they were airing…
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Available officially in America for the first time, I went to see it without having seen anything "Macross" aside from vague memories of "Macross Plus" and "Robotech".
I liked it quite a bit as a faux-jukebox musical. It's not my favorite example of any of my favorite genres, but it is an example OF a fuckton of my favorite genres all at once. Songs, cute girls, mechas, a little romance, some intrigue, some comedy, a side-hustle montage... That's the good stuff.
It's kind of a shame that it's held back by its obsession with one-sided, increasingly obnoxious objectification of all the girls. Even the side-cast girls who have no characterization at all in this version of events. It's all the more apparent when they "try" to be equal-opportunity by giving the main dude, Alto, a shower scene…
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Macross Frontier: The False Songstress
This is Macross. It’s a space opera about music, missiles, and a love triangle. And a pretty good one at that. It covers the first half of the TV series with some changes. I watched the TV series a while ago and don’t have a great memory of what happened. That said, this movie introduces everything you need to know to get into the universe. Some of the parts feel a little rushed but it does a good enough job with the characters and the story.
Story 7/10
The story could get a little confusing if you are not paying attention to the subtitles or you haven’t seen the TV show. The background story is standard fare for Macross: there is a space colonization fleet, insect aliens that fly through space and shoot machine guns from their antennae, our good…
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This retelling of Macross Frontier is reminiscent of the treatment that Escaflowne received in its theatrical release, and less like the Zeta Gundam films, where it is basically a recap with some refurbished scenes of animation. No disrespect to A New Translation! Though I had been meaning to write this review a week ago, it's really hard to say goodbye to Frontier. But, I suppose I should give it the send-off it deserves, or as Sheryl would say, "a long, long goodbye."
This review of Macross F Movie 1: Itsuwari no Utahime and Macross F Movie 2: Sayonara no Tsubasa contains spoilers! You have been warned!
—Story/Characters
Synopsis: Half retelling of the original Frontier series, half new story. Conspiracies arise within the Frontier government when Sheryl Nome arrives to the colonial f…
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*VERY MILD SPOILERS AHEAD*
Huh.This is the first positive review I`ve given on MAL... and this is review #3... OK then... I apologize for the comparisons to the parent anime known as Frontier, but this is essential to reviewing this movie in particular.
Anecdotes are fun.
Have you ever heard of Evangelion? If so, you may have heard of the rebuild films: films that are an alternate setting to the original. The beginning ones retell the original story with some tweaks, while the later ones branch out to tell a whole new story, like with movie three, and the upcoming movie four. Why am I telling you this seemingly irrelevant trivia? Because Macross Frontier had a similar deal. This movie, Macross F Movie 1: Itsuwari no Utahime, retells the first 10 episodes of the show, with many tweaks,…
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You should definitely watch the anime series first. These films have so many points that were clearly made not for a new audience but for fans of the anime. A lot of character stories were revamped and this is almost like an AU where tons of awesome stuff you wish happened in the anime happens. Also, if you don't watch the anime first, a lot of things are not explained fully in the films and would probably not make much sense at all. Some characters are also kind of skipped over. If you've watched the anime, you know who they are and why they matter and why changes to their characters for the film matter, but if you have not seen the anime, it's like the creators throw a giant cast at you and expect you to care about people you barely know for no reason.
Story: This is not just the first…
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In similar fashion to "Do You Remember Love?", and several other anime movie adaptations, they ramped certain things up to 11; but in the shorter format, lost a lot of the plot and character development. All the subtlety is gone, and I'm not wild about the changes to the story.
It's cool on its own, but I think the original is much better.
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After watching the whole season of Macross Frontier, the movie came about about 2 weeks after I finished it. This movie has pretty much the same story, but a different concept and ending. I was pleased with the outcome, and I would definitely watch it again. You will enjoy the anime and the movie and see how much they relate/change the story. A very good alternate ending indeed. I would recommend this to anyone that has seen the full season and wants a more happier story.
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“The animations … the insert songs … this movie is simply amazing.”
Macross Frontier: The False Songstress is an excellent example of bringing a two season long TV series to the movie theater. Unlike many recent TV-to-theater adaptation in which a large portion of the movie is nothing but recycled scenes from the TV original, the staffs behind this Macross movie has dedicated their time in rewriting the story, revising the character relations, composing new songs and OST, and most of all, using completely new animation and scenes on ~90% of the movie. In other words, there are no more than a couple of minutes of reused materials from the TV series in this 120 minutes movie! So don’t be fooled if you are told this movie is nothing but a retell/summary of the original because that is far fr…
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Those who have seen Macross Frontier would expect more of the same of this top quality movie. The movie although has a near identical plot to the animated series has in fact some very specialised moments exclusive to the movie. Much of the story again revolves around the main protagonist Alto however has less of an emphasis to a RankaXAlto relationship but an all round SherylXAlto one.
The music itself is once again top notched, with notable additions to the original music which stayed true to the theme of a 'Galactic Superstar'. Personally, I hoped for a bit more on characterisation as some felt like card board cut outs to be stationed around the plot. But then again, you only have near 2 hours to achieve something so that is expected.
The art itself is epic in proportions for a mecha…
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This anime is outstanding, If you have seen the TV Series this is a must watch, however the plot is the same but the storyline is completely different because of new script and new scenes, a true fan will notice the similiarities.Re-used scenes were updated beautifully, the scenery of Frontier is amazing. The cell shading of the mecha is awesome, the battles are awesome (not too many), there will be some nostalagic mecha movements (a true fan will easily spot them) and qoutes. New Vajra creatures and Motherships can been seen. While you are watching the movie, take note of every little detail. you willl be suprised, the shadow quality is amazing. Attention to detail: amazing, Even the cars are legit copies of the real deal in japan such as the toyotas (4mins in) and amazing Rx-8 that drive…
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Okay, I'm not really a part of this website's community, I really just use it as an anime database. I also am not that good at writing reviews, but it's been weeks since this movie has been out on dvd and no one has written a review, so as a fan of the series and this movie I am going to have to do that. First of all, I can see why there are no reviews on MAL yet, this movie still isn't subbed. My Japanese skills are limited, since I'm not a fluent speaker yet, but I have been learning legitimately for about a year and some months (I don't speak super kawaii desu), which means I can catch on to a lot of individual words and small sentences which helps me get an idea of what's going on. I also saw the series, which helped out. Well, anyway, to sum up, I am writing a review based on what I s…
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