Macross Plus - Movie Edition
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Actor: Anne Sherman, Bryan Cranston, Richard Epcar, Takumi Yamazaki, Unshô IshizukaDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Japanese (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 115 minutes
Published: 2002-05-01
DVD Release Date: 2002-05-28
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Manga Video
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Movie Review: Pales next to Macross Zero
Summary: 5 Stars
Macross Plus--the OVA -- is still one of my favorite anime titles. If you haven't seen it, I envy you. Buy it today. Everything about Macross Plus shouts QUALITY. Shoji Kawamori (Escaflowne and Macross Zero) and Shinichiro Watanabe (Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo) co-directed Macross Plus. Yoko Kanno (Escaflowne, Cowboy Bebop, Macross Zero) along with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra scored the movie. So how can you lose? You have a collaboration of two of the best anime directors. Plus, you have Yoko Kanno, the hottest composer in anime.
The premise of Macross Plus is straight out of Top Gun. On a planet called Eden, at the New Edwards Air Base, The Ministry of Defense is testing two prototype-transforming jets to determine which jet will replace the Department's main fighter jet, the VF-Thunderbolt. Maverick and hot-head Isamu Dyson pilots the YF-19 manufactured by Industry; Isamu's Rival, Guld Goa Bowman, pilots the YF-21 manufactured by General Galaxy. Their jets are distinctive. Isamu's YF-19 is light and athletic, and its wings sweep forward like those of NASA's X-29. Guld's YF-21 is broad and stealthy with muscular diamond-shaped wings reminiscent of the U.S. Air Force's YF-23. Both pilots fight for more than air supremacy; they fight for the affections of beautiful Myung Fang Lone, the producer and puppeteer of virtual singing Idol Sharon Apple. Isamu and Guld clash in a series of exciting aerial brawls. Wings morph themselves into hands, tail flaps morph themselves into legs and feet, and canopies morph themselves into faces. They kick the living crap out of each other until the appearance of the Ghost X-9--the prototype unmanned fighter--threatens to knock them both out of the competition. I like the way the movie shows the succession of technology through the YF-19, the YF-21, and the Ghost-X9: the YF-19 jet is manually operated by Isamu; the YF-21jet is operated by the brain waves of Guld Goa Bowman; and the Ghost X-9 jet is completely autonomous.
I've seen this OVA many times, and I never tire of seeing it. Supposedly, Macross Plus was the most expensive anime of its era and paved the way for the integration of traditional cell animation and computer animation. The colors are saturated and the lines are razor-sharp. The frame rate is epileptic and the background elements are flat; however, the gung-ho mecha sequences and Yoko Kanno's rousing musical score make up for these shortcomings. Today's animation may be more sophisticated, but you won't find too many action animes that are better than Macross Plus.
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Studio: Starz/sphe Release Date: 05/28/2002 Run time: 120 minutes Rating: UrSimilar DVD Movies
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