Macross

Macross (マクロス, Makurosu) is a long-running series of science fiction Mecha anime, created by Shōji Kawamori of Studio Nue in 1982. The franchise features a fictional History of Earth/Humanity after the year 1999. The franchise title features three TV series, three movies, six OVAs, and two manga series, all sponsored by Big West Advertising. Within the series, the term Macross is used to denote the main capital ship. This theme began in the origi... more

Macross (マクロス, Makurosu) is a long-running series of science fiction Mecha anime, created by Shōji Kawamori of Studio Nue in 1982. The franchise features a fictional History of Earth/Humanity after the year 1999. The franchise title features three TV series, three movies, six OVAs, and two manga series, all sponsored by Big West Advertising. Within the series, the term Macross is used to denote the main capital ship. This theme began in the original Macross, the SDF-1 Macross. Overtechnology refers to the scientific advances discovered in an alien starship (Alien Star Ship - One later renamed Super Dimension Fortress - One Macross) that crashed on South Ataria island. With this technology, Earth was able to reverse engineer the technology to create mechas (variable fighters and destroids), a faster-than-light drive Space Fold for starships and other advanced technologies, which show up throughout the series. The series title comes from the name of the main human spacecraft (which is... less