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Macross Frontier Movie (2009): The False Songstress
劇場版 マクロスF 虚空歌姫 〜イツワリノウタヒメ〜 (Gekijōban Makurosu Furontia Itsuwari no Utahime)
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Macross Frontier the Movie: The False Songstress is essentially a retelling of the first half of the Macross Frontier TV show, with some edits to remove entire arc altogether.
The animation is great and fluid, with the help of 3D CGI for the complex aerial combat.
The music is also superb as it is a Macross movie after all. It reused the music from the TV show.
The first half of the movie focuses so much on the love triangle, you think you are watching a romance drama. I guess they remembered this was a Macross movie, so they threw all the combat scenes near the end.
If you haven’t seen the TV show first, the movie introduction to these characters will feel a bit disjointed, while other characters are completely brushed over as nothing more than some NPC.
I would suggest skipping this movie altogether and watch the TV show instead. The movie is rather boring, being so heavily focused on the love story. I guess it was trying to recapture the “Do You Remember Love?” original Macross movie maybe?
If you need a movie to introduce your friend to Macross, show them the Macross Plus movie instead.
This anime contains graphic violence, some sexual suggestive themes/dialogs, and nudity. Intended for young adults.
Macross Plus is a four-episode anime OVA and a theatrical movie.
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