Gekijouban Choujikuu Yousai Macross: Ai, Oboete Imasu ka
超時空要塞マクロス -愛・おぼえていますか-
Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love?
Plot Summary:
A.D. 2009 – The human race is in the middle of a three-way war with a race of giant humanoid aliens called the Zentraedi (male) and Meltrandi (female). After executing a space fold that sent it and part of South Atalia Island to the edge of the Solar System, the space fortress Macross is on its way back to Earth. During a small skirmish with Zentraedi forces, young pilot Hikaru Ichijo rescues idol singer Lynn Minmay and their relationship develops as they’re stranded somewhere within the ship. But shortly after returning to Macross City, Minmay is captured by the Zentraedi, and Hikaru and female officer Misa Hayase end up back on Earth – only to view the aftermath of the destruction of their civilization. Only a song discovered eons ago – along with Minmay’s voice – can determine the outcome of the war.
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mecha, Military, Romance, Science-Fiction, Space-Opera
Age Rating: Teenage and above (may contain bloody violence / bad language / nudity)
No. of Episodes: 1 Movie
Story
4years ago, I was told by someone that “Macross: Do You Remember Love?” is a great anime movie. Until today, after finished the movie, I only know it is an amazing movie.
The story is basically don’t have any relation with the TV series at all. I’ll say it is a spinoff or parallel world story. Many events are different between the movie version and TV version. For example, in TV version, Ichijou and MinMay already know each other before boarding the Macross, while in the movie version, they only know each other after boarding the Macross. There’s still a lot of differences other than that.
To fully enjoy this movie, it’s best to complete the original series of Macross, so you’ll have better idea about what the story is about. Although the plot differs with the TV series, they still based on a same idea, which the characters’ relationship conflict are the same.
The story might be a bit rush as it tries to cover as much events as possible – Ichijou and MinMay & Hayase’s relationship, the conflict between mankinds and aliens, and more. Still I enjoyed the show, as it rush with a pace that everyone could catch up. Which they done a really good job at the screenplay.
A great movie, I completed the TV series, impressed. Then finished this movie… Touched…
I’ll have it rated: 36.5/40
Animation
Studio: Studio Nue, Artland, Tatsunoko Production, Shogakukan
Year: 1984
Type: Movie
The animation is top notch. The movie version has lots of changes and improvement, such as the updated character looks and more precise mech details. All these improvements are still based on the original design. For example, the Zentraedi characters are drawn in a way that looks more alien and dark; the mechs details are more precise and looks more realistic.
Although I can’t say how great the animation quality is, but after I complete the movie version, I can’t believe that the 80s anime has such great animation production ability. Even though nowadays we have all those extremely CGI-ed anime movies, but none of them can create the feeling of the 80s anime movie.
I’ll have it rated: 27/30
Audio
Opening Theme(s):
- “Prologue” by Haneda Kentarou
Ending Theme(s):
- “Tenshi no Enogu” by Iijima Mari
Insert Theme(s):
- “Ai Oboete Imasuka” by Iijima Mari
- and much more
Excellent work done on the sound of this movie. Most of the music of this movie are the same as the TV-series with a new theme song specially for this movie, “Ai Oboete Imasuka” (Do You Remember Love?). The theme song is superbly great, it made this movie a great success
Other than that, I should mention about the Zentraedi’s language. In TV series, their language is automatically being translated to Japanese. However, in the movie version, they got a special treatment. They got their own language. Splendid!! It is subbed with Japanese originally with additional English depends on which version you get.
I’ll have it rated: 18/20
Personal Rating
Absolutely a great movie. If you want to know how wonderful it is, first complete the Macross TV series first then watch this.
9.5/10
OVERALL POINTS
36.5 + 27 + 18 + 9.5 = 91points
91points, MASTERPIECE anime [18/10/2009]
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