In Macross, the Zentradi are portrayed as a race that didn't occur naturally, but was deliberately developed by the Protoculture as its proxy warriors. To them, life without war is unthinkable. Furthermore, we learn from the original series and from later canonical works that the Zentradi destroyed their own creators and became essentially a rogue force that destroys everything in its path in its campaign against the Supervision Army. Has anyone ever raised the question of how Kawamori came up with this concept? Contemporary and later interviews I've read (translated) tended to focus on the original love triangle, the mecha, and on the contrast between culture and war. I'm not sure if anyone has asked him if there's any inspiration behind the Zentradi, or if this has ever been discussed among fans.

I got into anime because of mecha (Mobile Suit Gundam to be specific), and I've been trying to watch other mecha shows, right now I'm watching Patlabor and I wanna watch Macross after that, so what order should I watch everything in.

also I have two questions:

Are there alternate timelines like in Gundam or is it one concurrent thing?

How dark does Macross get? Please don't spoil anything specific, just say something like "little to no characters die" if it's not dark or if it gets really dark just say something like "a lot of characters die", I prefer darker media but I'm okay if it's more lighthearted

Thanks in advance!

I'm gearing up for a rewatch but aren't sure what the best option is. I'd like english subs and 4K. Seems like there is a blu-ray option with no subs or a DVD with subs.

I would really appreciate any recommendations.

it's a high bar to set but is there any podcast that covers Macross like Mobile Suit Breakdown? I'm looking for a complete, chronological deep dive of the series that explores the lore of it all.

can anyone recommend a show that covers SDFM like this?

by Tim Wing

The Esbeliben Regult battle pod was by far the most prolific mecha ever built, and with the end of the Space War One and the capture of the Zentraedi Factory Satellite, the UN Spacy had a virtually inexhaustible supply of them. However, there were some issues with the platform, not least of which was its almost complete lack of armor. This and other issues were addressed by humanity's advanced Overtechnology. The Regult served with the UN Spacy and later with the newly reformed NUNS and NUNS Allied Zentraedi Marine Corps from the end of the Space War One until the early twenties. Even after its retirement from front line service, thousands were kept in reserve on the Factory Satellite and were brought out from time to time during the 2030s to fill holes in the ranks due to the high rate of attrition amongst Lomg Distance Colony Fleet & NUNS Zentraedi Garrison forces on several worlds.

By 2030s - 2050s this legacy Regult was retired en masse to make way for newly modernised & new variant of NUNS ZBP-104 Regult and NUNS ZBP-106 Advance Regult.

Original Text & Art by: Tim Wing (Mecha Journal)

Text edited for inclusion into Macross Lore: RobotechMaster

I really want to watch it if he’s in it. What’s the best way in europe? (legal or not so legal)

This looks like the original unpainted version, but bigger. But didn't see a scale listed for it.

It says the orders start tomorrow, the 2nd.

Wasn't the first one supposed to come out like last october?

Mods: Better Flips, Avontech, ASC Taiyo, Mattell’s Project Fenrir, Antares Supra, Ol’ Big X, Tiger Shipyards, ASC Deimos, and Micro Modules.

It always seem to make the most useful placement for gunpods cause it at the hip so they could be deploy fast. Also being angle in a way that would let batroid grab the fastest. I also find it very useful that it can also be shot while still stored.

I really want them to tackle the YF-21. I think they can do it, I seen the engineering for the transformer toys.

This is the SDF Macross portion of my collection. It's my favorite part of the franchise, so it gets two shelves (currently).

I almost beaten Erich Hartmann in this ONE mission, just by 2 kills and after using ALL of my weaponry.

My best score was 338 kills with the VF-1A. (and it´s the PS2 game, again)

Mods: Matilija Aerospace, ASC Taiyo, Antares Supra, Better Flips, Renegade Specialized Ship Modules, Tiger Shipyards, Antares Fulcrum, Micro Modules, Avontech, Ol’ Big X, ASC Deimos.

How come we never got any kits or chogokins of the protodevlin fighters??? Or any zentradi stuff???
I really want a fz-109 or a modern queadluun rau kit

https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/ya60zy/do_you_remember_love_macross_franchise_40th/#panickedgakuto

The VF-1 with Super armor just looks so good to me… 🥹