During this month of macross reviews some may notice the lack of certain OVA's and films in my review schedule.
There is a reason for this.
The OVA's i've included (ZERO and PLUS) are there because they're stand-alone OVA's that add to the overal story, while things like the movies from SDF and 7, and the OVA's from 7, do not.
For example, the Macross Flashback 2012 OVA, while the only place to show the launch of the "Megaroad 1" ship, captained by Misa that had Hikaru and Minmay onboard, is 30 minutes of mostly re-used footage that mixes up the storyline of the series and the movie ("Do you remember love?") who's story's contradict each other massively, and is more a fluff piece for the fans of both rather than a serious story.
The macross movie is also skipped because it utterly changes so many things about the series storyline it may as well be robotech.. Minmay starts as an idol, the capture sequence has Minmay and her manager/cousin captured along with the soldiers and shows an earth destroyed long before the Macross returns near it. Also has Misa and Hikaru's love story begin with them trapped on the desolate earth and finding an ancient protoculture city, something NEVER mentioned ever again in any of the other stories.
When it comes to Macross 7, the OVA's and movie add little to the overal macross saga, and are mostly about putting out more "FireBomber" material, as the albums sell like hotcakes in japan for some reason I dont understand.
That said, The sharp-eyed among you will notice that I've listed both the Frontier series and its two movies for review.. why have i done this?
Despite the movies re-telling and re-working the storyline from the series, the overal plot doesnt change, its only at the very end, the final fates of the three main points of the frontier love-triangle, that there's a major difference. Many fans felt the series ending was a "cop out" or "lacking" as the triangle was never actually resolved, and while the movie DOES have a choice made by the male lead between the two female leads, the events basically negate that.
My main reason for reviewing both the series and the film is due to the series having probably the continuity the saga will follow, while the films have a better story and some ABSOFUCKINGLUTLEY STUNNING visual and musical work. I can pick-and-choose what OVA's and films to watch/not watch among the later series because I know for sure which version is held as "canon" and which isnt, as there has been no follow on to Frontier yet, I dont know which one will be taken as that yet.
thats all
Contradiction here: you reviewed the 2 Macross Frontier movies, which have been stated are not canon and follow the same playbook as DYRL, yet you refuse to review DYRL for this reason?
ReplyDeleteI do believe I address that in my last few paragraphs.
ReplyDeleteat the time of starting and choosing my review subjects, I had yet to see any confirmation on the status of which story was definately canon for Frontier, and also as the storyline changes in the movies is not as heavily pronounced as it is in DYRL (which is basically a different story with the same conclusion written with the same characters)
There's also the fact that DYRL and any/all MACROSS 7 OVAs would have been a little too much "old-school" animation for me to take! as it is I'm still feeling burned out on Anime after marathon'ing the saga, almost 9 months later!