Series Information
Year of release: 21.06.1987
Categories: Idol, Mecha, Music, Piloted Robots, SciFi, Transforming Robots
Director: Kawamori Shouji
Production: Studio Nue, Kawamori Shouji, Mikimoto Haruhiko, Haneda Kentarou, Big West
File Information
Group: A-C & FLF & L-E
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264), 640x480, 29.97fps, (1444 kBit/s)
Audio: AAC, 48000Hz, stereo, (129 kBit/s)
Subtitles: English Styled Subs (ASS)
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Description
This half hour music video was released two years after the movie Macross: Do You Remember Love? Though it is an OVA, it's not one in a traditional sense. There is a very brief story here, but for the most part it's all clips from the movie and TV series set to various Minmay songs. As far as the story goes, nine months have passed since the end of the TV series and the final battle with Kamjin. In those nine months the Macross has been repaired and is nearly fully restored. In the meantime, construction has finished on the new SDF-2 Megaroad-01. Serving as the captain is Misa, who has married Hikaru. As the fleet prepares to launch, Minmay gives her last concert in Macross City. Hikaru tests the new VF-4 Lightning III variable fighter, and Minmay packs for her trip. After having one last look at the concert hall, she boards the Megaroad-01, which takes off from Earth and heads out into space to spread out the human race.
Some people might have preferred a real OVA instead of a music video, but since this is the last time we will ever see any of the classic characters, I'm satisfied. It is good to see Hikaru, Misa and Minmay after the end of the TV series, and it's good to see they've aged a little bit. We also get to see the Macross redesigned and looking very much like the movie version. The reason for this is that the new footage from this OVA was originally meant to be the ending for the movie, but it wasn't quite ready. Using the footage here convienently updates the old TV designs and makes them fit with what we see later in Macross Plus. This OVA is worth a viewing just to see everyone one last time. (ANIDB)