History Anime / Macross

* BackgroundMagicField: Fold Waves, a naturally existing energy wave in super dimension space that travels effectively Faster-Than-Light. This serves as the basis for the series main form of FasterThanLightTravel (folding into super dimension space). Additionally, the ability of certain people to generate this through song ([[InsistentTerminology Human Space-Time Resonance]] also known as [[InsistentTerminology Fold Receptor Factor]]) is used to explain the more mystical things added to the franchise such as Anima Spiritia from ''Anime/Macross7'' and the Mayan priestesses powers in ''Anime/MacrossZero''. See ClarksThirdLaw below.

* BackgroundMagicField: Fold Waves, a naturally existing energy wave in super dimension space that travels effectively Faster-Than-Light. This serves as the basis for the series main form of FasterThanLightTravel (folding into super dimension space). Additionally, the ability of certain people to generate this through song ([[InsistentTerminology Human Space-Time Resonance]] also known as [[InsistentTerminology Fold Receptor Factor]]) is used to explain the more mystical things added to the franchise such as Anima Spiritia from ''Anime/Macross7'' and the Mayan priestesses powers in ''Anime/MacrossZero''.

* BackgroundMagicField: Fold Waves, a naturally existing energy wave in super dimension space that travels effectively Faster-Than-Light. This serves as the basis for the series main form of FasterThanLightTravel (folding into super dimension space). Additionally, human's [[InsistentTerminology Space-Time Resonance]] or Fold Receptor Factor, or the ability to generate Fold Waves through song is used to explain the more mystical things added to the franchise such as Anima Spiritia from ''Anime/Macross7'' and the Mayan priestesses powers in ''Anime/MacrossZero''.

* {{Deconstruction}}: The Macross TV serieses tend to take the popular anime and IdolSinger tropes on their day and deconstruct them.

* SpiritualAntithesis: Oddly, its American adaptation, ''{{Robotech}}'', became this as their timelines progressed. In ''Macross'', the Zentradei become more like humanity, while in ''Robotech'', thanks to repeated invasions, humanity is becoming a warrior race like the Zentradei.

* Spiritual Antithesis: Oddly, its American adaptation, ''{{Robotech}}'', became this as their timelines progressed. In ''Macross'', the Zentradei become more like humanity, while in ''Robotech'', thanks to repeated invasions, humanity is becoming a warrior race like the Zentradei.

The Macross franchise is a long running television series created by Shoji Kawamori with designs made by Kazutaka Miyatake and Haruhiko Mikimoto. The first show, ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'', first aired in 1982 under the Manichi Broadcasting System. Since then, it has led to numerous sequels (both anime television series and [=OVAs=]), mangas and video games.

* ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'', a full series sequel set in 2059, nearly 50 years after the original series. It is also set on a colonization fleet, and depicts humanity's encounter, and clash, with a new alien race known as the Vajra. Something of a "modern retread" of the original series in many of its themes.
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* ''Anime/{{Macross 7}}'', a full series sequel taking place on a colonization fleet in 2045, which encounters the enemy the Zentraedi were fighting before humanity. Something of a black sheep in the series due to being less serious in tone, with plot elements that push it toward SuperRobotGenre. Fans usually either LoveItOrHateIt.
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The Macross franchise is a long running television series created by Shoji Kawamori with designs made by Kazutaka Miyatake and Haruhiko Mikimoto. The first show, Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross, first aired in 1982 under the Manichi Broadcasting System. Since then, it has led to numerous sequels (both anime television series and [=OVAs=]), mangas and video games.

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* ''Anime/{{Macross 7}}'', a full series sequel taking place on a colonization fleet in 2046, which encounters the enemy the Zentraedi were fighting before humanity. Something of a black sheep in the series due to being less serious in tone, with plot elements that push it toward SuperRobotGenre. Fans usually either LoveItOrHateIt.

* ''Anime/MacrossDelta'', a new series that will air sometime in 2016. It takes place in 2067 (eight years after ''Frontier'') on an established colony world, where a "Tactical Sound Unit" is mobilized against something called the "Var Syndrome".

* RiddleForTheAges: Exactly what happened to the ''Megaroad 01''? Thirty real-life years later and nearly fifty in-universe years later, and all anyone knows is that it disappeared without a trace a few years after its launch. No ''Macross'' series has touched that plot thread since its introduction.

* ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'', the original series, regarded as a classic among mecha fans, depicting a war between humanity and giant militaristic aliens known as the Zentraedi.
** ''Anime/MacrossDoYouRememberLove'', a movie adaptation of the original series, with significant plot and design changes, yet is still very highly regarded.

* ''Anime/MacrossPlus'', a short OVA (and later movie) sequel taking place 30 years after the first series, focusing on a contest between two prototype planes.
* ''Anime/{{Macross 7}}'', a full series sequel taking place on a colonization fleet a few years after ''Plus'', which encounters the enemy the Zentraedi were fighting before humanity. Something of a black sheep in the series due to being less serious in tone, with plot elements that push it toward SuperRobotGenre. Fans usually either LoveItOrHateIt.
** ''Macross Dynamite 7'' (OAV), a short sequel to ''7'', taking place several years later and focusing on thwarting a group of poachers trying to hunt literal {{Space Whale}}s.
* ''Anime/MacrossZero'' (OAV), a prequel to the original series, depicting the tail end of the UN Wars mentioned in the series backstory, and offering some more insight into the [[{{Precursors}} Protoculture]] and their contact with ancient humans.
* ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'', a full series sequel set nearly 50 years after the original series. It is also set on a colonization fleet, and depicts humanity's encounter, and clash, with a new alien race known as the Vajra. Something of a "modern retread" of the original series in many of its themes.

* ''Anime/MacrossDelta'', a new series that will air sometime in 2016. It takes place eight years after ''Frontier'' on an established colony world, where a "Tactical Sound Unit" is mobilized against something called the "Var Syndrome".
* ''Anime/MacrossII'', an OVA and manga series that was made without the original creators' authorization, and has since been placed as an AlternateContinuity. The story takes place 80 years after the original series and follows a news reporter as he gets caught up in a war against the Marduk, who use enslaved Zentraedi soldiers to fight for them.

* ''Anime/MacrossII'', an OVA and manga series that was made without the original creators' authorization, and has since been placed as an AlternateContinuity. The story follows a news reporter as he gets caught up in a war against the Marduk, who use enslaved Zentraedi soldiers to fight for them.
* ''Macross: Flashback 2012'', an extended music video for Minmay, which also acts as an epilogue to the series.

* ''Anime/MacrossDelta'', a new series announced for 2015. Very little is known as of this writing.

* ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'', the original series, still regarded as a classic among mecha fans, depicting a war between humanity and giant militaristic aliens known as the Zentraedi.

* ''Anime/{{Macross 7}}'', a full series sequel taking place on a colonization fleet a few years after ''Plus'', which encounters the enemy the Zentraedi were fighting before humanity. Something of a black sheep in the series, and tends to be very LoveItOrHateIt among fans.

It is probably worth mentioning the ''Anime/{{Robotech}}'' series is often associated with ''Macross'' by Americans due to ''Robotech'''s initial (and most famous) arc being an [[{{Macekre}} altered version]] of ''Super Dimension Fortress Macross''. However, ''Robotech'' is a separate series and is not considered part of the ''Macross'' franchise by any stretch.

* ''Anime/{{Macross 7}}'', a full series sequel taking place on a colonization fleet, which encounters the enemy the Zentraedi were fighting before humanity. Something of a black sheep in the series, and tends to be very LoveItOrHateIt among fans.

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