Plot Summary:
35 years have passed since Lynn Minmay had brought peace between the Zentraedi and the humans in the events of Macross. Nekki Basara is a guitarist and a vocalist of the band Fire Bomber. Living in a less-developed part of the flying colony City 7 which is looking for a habitable planet, he composes and sings songs in the belief that music holds a greater power. During its flight, an unknown alien race appeared and started laying siege upon City 7. However, its attacks are not conventional — instead of trying to destroy them, they steal what is known as “spiritia”, rendering victims unresponsive and zombie-like. During these battles, Basara always goes out into the middle of the war zone, singing his songs and expecting friend and foe to listen and be moved by his music. (Source: ANN)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mecha, Music, Romance, Science-Fiction, Space
Age Rating: PG-13 – Teens 13 or older
No. of Episodes: 49 episodes
Story
Pros: Various and balanced story arcs | Character development | Story Development |
Cons: Too draggy – waste of episodes |
Some might think that, “Isn’t Macross another ordinary mecha anime, with transforming planes and robots.” However, I think that Macross 7 isn’t like our daily diet of anime. You’ll either love it or hate it, it’s kinda hard to put it in the middle. The main reason is because Macross series are proud of their out-of-mind storyline.
I’ve watched the first series – “Macross” and was shocked by the storyline – fighting aliens and the aliens are scared of music. And now, “Macross 7″ is taking that reckless to the next level – a rock band performing. It might be a test of your patient of common-sense-belief (what is this?) If you could take it, it means you enjoyed every part of this anime or at least some part of it.
What’s great of this anime is that you could actually see the changes throughout the whole series. How the characters changed, the development of the story.
I’ll have it rated: 33/40
Animation
Studio: Studio Nue
Year: 1994
Type: Series
Pros: Improvements on the artwork | Satisfying level of animation quality
Cons: Heavy recycled scenes | 1994’s production should be better…
What I could say is the production studio try to cut down the cost… and the outcome is limited and heavily recycled… After completing the whole series containing repeated and repeated and repeated scenes, I’m get used to it already…
I’ll have it rated: 23/30
Audio
Opening Theme(s):
- “Seventh Moon” by Fire Bomber featuring Nekki Basara
Ending Theme(s):
- “My Friends” by Fire Bomber featuring Mylene Jenius (eps 1-34)
- “・・・だけど ベイビー！！(…Dakedo Baby!!)” by Kajiura Chie (eps 35-48)
- “Totsugeki Love Heart (Acoustic Version)” by Fukuyama Yoshiki (ep 49)
Insert Theme(s):
- “My Friends” by Fire Bomber
- “Sweet Fantasy” by Fire Bomber
- “Remember 16″ by Fire Bomber
- “Totsugeki Love Heart” by Fire Bomber
- “My Soul for You” by Fire Bomber
- “Holy Lonely Night” by Fire Bomber
- “Light the Light” by Fire Bomber
- “Try Again” by Fire Bomber
- “Diamond Calling” by Fire Bomber
- “Love It” by Fire Bomber
- “1-2-3-4-5-6-7 Nights” by Fire Bomber
- and lots more…..
Pros: Lots of songs | The strength of this anime | Fits the anime | 100% approved
Cons: none I think
Macross 7 existed because of its music!!!
I’ll have it rated: 18.5/20
Personal Rating
The starting of this anime (10episodes+) are quite boring, and somehow a bit tormenting…
But once I get into the story, I found that I’m enjoying it already.
8.5/10
OVERALL POINTS
33 + 23 + 18.5 + 8.5 = 83points
83points, EXCELLENT anime [09/02/2010]
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