Macross II: Lovers Again

Super Dimensional Fortress Macross II: Lovers Again

超時空要塞マクロスII -Lovers Again-

AdventureSci-Fi
6.36 episodesFinished Airing

Studio: AIC, ONIRO

Synopsis

A.D. 2089 - 80 years have passed since Space War I changed the lives of both human and Zentraedi races. Both races are at peace on Earth when a new alien race called the "Marduk" appear within the Solar System. While covering the first battle between the U.N. Spacy and the Marduk fleet, SNN rookie reporter Hibiki Kanzaki discovers Ishtar, an "Emulator" that enhances the Marduk's combat abilities through singing. Hibiki brings Ishtar to Earth to teach her the values of life and culture. Together with ace Valkyrie pilot Silvie Gena, Hibiki and Ishtar must find a way to save Earth from total destruction at the hands of the Marduk leader Ingues. (Source: ANN)

Characters & Voice Actors

Gena, Sylvie

Gena, Sylvie

Main

VA: Touma, Yumi

Ishtar

Ishtar

Main

VA: Kasahara, Hiroko

Kanzaki, Hibiki

Kanzaki, Hibiki

Main

VA: Takayama, Tsutomu

Amy

Amy

Supporting

VA: Kouda, Mariko

Feff

Feff

Supporting

VA: Blum, Steven

Gilbert, Nexx

Gilbert, Nexx

Supporting

VA: Shimada, Bin

Lone, Dennis

Lone, Dennis

Supporting

VA: Ootomo, Ryuuzaburou

Lord Emperor Ingues

Lord Emperor Ingues

Supporting

VA: Piccardi, Silvano

Mash

Mash

Supporting

VA: Scola, Gualtiero

Nastasha

Nastasha

Supporting

VA: Woods, Mimi

Ryder, Wendy

Ryder, Wendy

Supporting

VA: Ledoux, Trish

Saori

Saori

Supporting

VA: Ichiryusai, Teiya

Reviews

Stormy_77Stormy_776

Story A.D. 2089 - 80 years after Space War I, human and Zentraedi are living in ignorant bliss and peace on Earth when a new alien race called the "Marduk" appear within the Solar System. Annoying SNN rookie reporter Hibiki Kanzaki discovers Ishtar, an "Emulator" that enhances the Marduk's combat abilities through singing, while reporting on the first contact with the Marduk. Hibiki smuggles her to Earth to teach her the values of life and culture. Together with ace Valkyrie pilot Silvie Gena, can they find a way to save Earth from total destruction at the hands of the Marduk leader Ingues? The plot was rather simplisticand had the potential to go Orwellian - state vs. individual, censorship and the public's need ... no right to know things! Sadly this was never taken to any kind of satisfying conclusion so while it had great promise it never lived up to its potential. The part that was done well was Ishtar's discovery of earth culture. Overall, the story was Mediocre at best. Character Hibiki started off as a totally unsympathetic character, very papparazi-like, but he learned some life lessons from an older war correspondent who changes his view of life. Ishtar is a very well conceived character and because of that the end sequence for her made me cry. They are surrounded by a largely forgettable cast of support charcters, chief of which are Silvie and Max, the resident ace pilots with little to no character development. In fact the zentradi who is always protecting Ishtar was more memorable than either of them .. Art/Animation Dated animation but very little frame reuse. The animation as a whole was decent at the best, besides Hibiki and Ishtar (who has faboulous outfits), the rest are kind of stereotyped and not very exciting to look at. Fight scenes were rendered "ok" not great either. Sound Sound was the highlight of this anime. Great songs, some taken from other series (Macross 7 etc.) and some new songs. This was the best thing about this anime. Enjoyment Overall this is only something you'd watch for the music and the sake of saying you watched it to finish the series. I might go look for the music CD but I doubt I'd buy the series DVD.

Mixed Feelings
Shura-shuratoShura-shurato7

One of my fav macross serie´s for years on end, Though the storyline os on an alternative macross timeline, it shows that , well it was trying to be quite special from the ´macross saga´ and did a nice job to it, but still from many fans it has received mixed reviews, the Minmay attack specially was becoming discarted along with some of the mecha/designs wich i liked , you see big space shipbattles and other known macross related stuff, colorful animation , nice and bright personality , buit some stuff could be done better

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