Amazon.com: A recut version of the four-part OAV (1994), the Macross Plus movie plays like a mixture of Top Gun, Gundam Wing, and Key the Metal Idol. It's 2040 on the planet Eden: former high school rivals Isamu Dyson and half-human/half-Zentraedi Guld Goa Bowman have become rival mecha test pilots. They're also still competing for the affection of Myung Lone, the producer for cybernetic singing sensation Sharon Apple. When an illegal "bio-neural" chip is implanted into the computer that generates Sharon, she becomes sentient, attacking Myung and attempting to lure Isamu to his death. Wild and crazy Isamu and serious Guld defeat the plot with their hotshot piloting. The film boasts elaborate computer-animated special effects and exceptionally well choreographed aerial battles, but director Shoji Kawamori correctly summed up Macross Plus as "a serious story with a silly plot." Unrated; suitable for ages 16 and up: Nudity, violence, sexual situations. --Charles Solomon
Description: In 2040, on the colonial planet Eden, the Ministry of Defense is developing a transforming super-stealth aircraft, a new advanced defense vehicle to counter alien attacks. An extrovert jet fighter maverick is assigned as the new test pilot on the project but competition heats up when he discovers that his old rival is a test pilot for a competing aircraft. The arrival of a mutal ex-girlfriend adds more tension to their conflict. This dramatic, visuallly superb and critically acclaimed 4 part anime series is now available in one complete box set and specially priced for its 10th Anniversary re-release.
Awesome, but only as a supplement to the OVA. Macross Plus is Robotech at it's best: cool mechs, love triangles, ultimate sacrifice, and fantastic music.
This version, however, cuts much of the OVA's great story and as a result it's not as good.....BUT-- the movie edition also has new footage and new story archs, most of which are very enjoyable. The movie edition is worth it if for nothing more then the final battle (longer and better then the OVA).
Bottom line: until they make a new version with all the movie edition changes and additions plus the longer story of the OVA (obviously some story elements wouldn't work perfectly), the fan has no choice but to own them both.
Worst DVD transfer ever! What were Manga thinking releasing this? Hands down this is the grainiest, spottiest, mind-shatteringly terrible transfer I have ever seen. Read the review over at AnimeOnDVD to see what I'm talking about, wish I had read that first before purchasing. As for the movie? Going by some of the reviews here I expected this to be a classic anime the likes of Ghost In The Shell et al. Talk about Robotech/Macross fans seeing things through rose colored glasses. This film is all over the place, granted it was culled from a four part OVA, but even so, it truly is bad. I love mecha anime as much as the next guy, but there is little to recommend here. Go ahead and purchase based on the glowing reviews, but don't say you weren't warned.
A supposed sequel to the original Macross series This DVD is the North American release of the six-volume OVA release; this film edits the six episodes into a compilation movie. Since the creators of the original Macross series had no involvement with this project, this sequel series is usually considered an "alternate timeline" story. By the time I finished watching this film, I had a hard time believing it was an actual sequel to Macross. Even though the story is set 80 years into the future, there was very little that I saw or heard in the movie that tied this back to the original Macross series.
This DVD is also rather skimpy when it comes to special features. It felt like more of this area was devoted to trailers and advertisements for Manga Entertainment (the company that released this DVD) than on providing actual special features for the movie.
If you're a Macross fan that wants everything Macross-related, then this DVD would be for you. However, if you're a Macross fan that's not interested in seeing an "alternate timeline" story for the franchise, then you're probably better off not watching this DVD.
Don't Speak Japanese I have seen this movie spoken in english, and it rocks, Just be careful you order in english, I just thought because it was sold in the US, a ENGLISH speeking nation that it would come in english. Not the case. Do your self a favor an make sure, unless you speak Japanese. or your out $$
a visual feast An experience of sight and sound of tremendous caliber, Macross Plus comes highly recommended for fans of animation paired with an awe inspiring musical score.
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