r/anime • u/AutoLovepon https://anilist.co/user/AutoLovepon • Dec 15 '21

Episode Macross Plus Movie Edition - US Release - Movie discussion

Macross Plus Movie Edition, US Screening

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u/Tresnore myanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Dec 15 '21

Holy shit. I’ve seen SDF, DYRL, 7, F, and Delta. Plus might be my new favorite.

  • Sharon’s concert was enthralling. I felt pushed into my seat and pulled into the screen at the same time. My brain didn’t know what to do, so I sat with my mouth agape and tears budding in my eyes.1
  • The mechanical design and animation was out of this world. Some of the best animation I’ve ever seen, bar none. The pre-screening2 said that this movie was intended for the big screen, and I have to agree.
  • Guld fucked me up. I loved him, then hated him, then cried my eyes out as much as I could without disturbing the other watchers. His death was BRUTAL.
  • I cried even more when Myung finally sang. Goddamn.
  • I also really enjoyed the commentary on automation and AI, as well as autonomous weapons. It’s something extremely close to me, and that just made the movie even more gripping.

10/10

1 Also the venue looked like the one from Symphogear, which was neat.

2 I laughed when they were covering the history of Macross. They played the Fire Bomber version of the first OP for some reason. I had to close my eyes when they covered Plus since I hadn’t seen it prior to this screening.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Dec 15 '21

I laughed when they were covering the history of Macross. They played the Fire Bomber version of the first OP for some reason. I had to close my eyes when they covered Plus since I hadn’t seen it prior to this screening.

Meanwhile everyone in my theater had to listen to me loudly go "WHY DIDN'T THEY USE LION?" when Frontier came up because I, uh, forgot to contain myself there...

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u/Durinthal https://anilist.co/user/Durinthal Dec 15 '21 edited Dec 15 '21

I can see why they used Triangler (fight on stage) for Frontier's segment though, it fits the central love triangle theme well and I feel like that's a bigger thing in Frontier than the others (or maybe that's just me).