History Anime / MacrossII

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Mash comments on Ishtar's unusual hair color.

* ExtyYearsFromNow: Produced in 1992, takes place in 2092... which doesn't help it's place within the main Macross universe, which has barely got into the 2070's.

* CoolPlane: The Valkyrie variable fighters, especially the all-new prototype Metal Siren.

''Super Dimensional Fortress Macross II: Lovers Again'', a 1992 [[OriginalVideoAnimation OVA]], was the first animated sequel to ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' to feature an all-new storyline and cast of characters. It was also the only entry in the ''Anime/{{Macross}}'' franchise which didn't have any input from original creator Creator/ShojiKawamori or the original production studio, Creator/StudioNue. (It did contain work from Haruhiko Mikimoto, the original character designer, and was produced by Big West, which produced or co-produced everything else in the ''Macross'' franchise. With animation production by Creator/{{AIC}}, who did some animation and paint subcontracting on the original series) Either because it wasn't as well-received as expected, or because Kawamori and Studio Nue weren't involved (probably both), other entries in the ''Macross'' franchise have ignored the events of ''Macross II''; Studio Nue has declared it [[AlternateContinuity a "Parallel World"]].

''Super Dimensional Fortress Macross II: Lovers Again'', a 1992 [[OriginalVideoAnimation OVA]], was the first animated sequel to ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' to feature an all-new storyline and cast of characters. It was also the only entry in the ''Anime/{{Macross}}'' franchise which didn't have any input from original creator Creator/ShojiKawamori or the original production studio, Creator/StudioNue. (It did contain work from Haruhiko Mikimoto, the original character designer, and was produced by Big West, which produced or co-produced everything else in the ''Macross'' franchise.) Either because it wasn't as well-received as expected, or because Kawamori and Studio Nue weren't involved (probably both), other entries in the ''Macross'' franchise have ignored the events of ''Macross II''; Studio Nue has declared it [[AlternateContinuity a "Parallel World"]].

* AlternateContinuity: Studio Nue has placed ''Macross II'' in a "parallel world." All other Macross storylines, starting with ''Anime/MacrossPlus'', have ignored ''Macross II'' -- except ''Anime/{{Macross 7}}'', which reused some of the songs (in a DiscontinuityNod).

* ExtyYearsFromNow: Produced in 1992, takes place in 2092.

* IdolSinger: Wendy Ryder is the only one who appears in person, but Earth uses music like hers in the "Minmay Attack" to confuse invading Zentradi fleets.

* TheObiWan: Dennis Lone, a veteran reporter, is briefly a mentor to Hibiki. [[spoiler:He even dies in the first episode helping him rescue a space princess!]]

''Macross II: Lovers Again'', a 1992 [[OriginalVideoAnimation OVA]], was the first animated sequel to ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' to feature an all-new storyline and cast of characters. It was also the only entry in the ''Anime/{{Macross}}'' franchise which didn't have any input from original creator Creator/ShojiKawamori or the original production studio, Creator/StudioNue. (It did contain work from Haruhiko Mikimoto, the original character designer, and was produced by Big West, which produced or co-produced everything else in the ''Macross'' franchise.) Either because it wasn't as well-received as expected, or because Kawamori and Studio Nue weren't involved (probably both), other entries in the ''Macross'' franchise have ignored the events of ''Macross II''; Studio Nue has declared it [[AlternateContinuity a "Parallel World"]].

''Macross II: Lovers Again'', a 1992 [[OriginalVideoAnimation OVA]], was the first animated sequel to ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' to feature an all-new storyline and cast of characters. It was also the only entry in the ''Anime/{{Macross}}'' franchise which didn't have any input from original creator Shoji Kawamori or the original production studio, Studio Nue. (It did contain work from Haruhiko Mikimoto, the original character designer, and was produced by Big West, which produced or co-produced everything else in the Macross franchise.) Either because it wasn't as well-received as expected, or because Kawamori and Studio Nue weren't involved (probably both), other entries in the Macross franchise have ignored the events of ''Macross II''. Studio Nue has declared it [[AlternateContinuity a "Parallel World"]].

The story takes place in 2092, eighty years after the end of the original Macross series. Humans and Zentradi have made peace and rebuilt Earth's society. Earth's prosperity is interrupted only by the occasional rogue Zentradi fleet, which is easily defeated through a combination of [[TransformingMecha Valkryie-type transformable fighter jets]] and [[ThePowerOfRock idol singer music]]. When the solar system is invaded by the fleet of a new alien civilization, the Marduk, Earth's usual strategies are ineffective, since the Mardook have singers of their own -- Emulators, whose songs are used to control the Mardook's enslaved Zentradi warriors.

* AlternateContinuity: Studio Nue has placed ''Macross II'' in a "parallel world." All other Macross storylines, starting with ''Anime/MacrossPlus'', have ignored ''Macross II'' -- except ''Anime/{{Macross 7}}'', which reused some of the songs (in a DisContinuityNod).

* NoExportForYou: Notably averted. For reasons better explained on the Anime/{{Robotech}} page, the ''Macross'' IP has some of the most {{egregious}} legal snarls anywhere in anime. ''Macross II'' made it across the pond because Harmony Gold was in the middle of a corporate restructuring, and the Japanese combatants agreed to bury the hatchet and get ''Anime/MacrossPlus'' and this show into America while the getting was good.

* {{Zeerust}}: It's 2092, and Sylvie still uses what seem to be 5 1/4" floppy discs to start up [[spoiler:the SDF-1 Macross -- which would be anachronistic even for the last time it flew in 2012.]]

* AlternateContinuity: Studio Nue has placed ''Macross II'' in a "parallel world." All other Macross storylines, starting with ''MacrossPlus'', have ignored ''Macross II'' -- except ''{{Macross 7}}'', which reused some of the songs (in a DisContinuityNod).

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''Macross II: Lovers Again'', a 1992 [[OriginalVideoAnimation OVA]], was the first animated sequel to ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' to feature an all-new storyline and cast of characters. It was also the only entry in the ''Franchise/{{Macross}}'' franchise which didn't have any input from original creator Shoji Kawamori or the original production studio, Studio Nue. (It did contain work from Haruhiko Mikimoto, the original character designer, and was produced by Big West, which produced or co-produced everything else in the Macross franchise.) Either because it wasn't as well-received as expected, or because Kawamori and Studio Nue weren't involved (probably both), other entries in the Macross franchise have ignored the events of ''Macross II''. Studio Nue has declared it [[AlternateContinuity a "Parallel World"]].

''Macross II: Lovers Again'', a 1992 [[OriginalVideoAnimation OVA]], was the first animated sequel to ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' to feature an all-new storyline and cast of characters. It was also the only entry in the Macross franchise which didn't have any input from original creator Shoji Kawamori or the original production studio, Studio Nue. (It did contain work from Haruhiko Mikimoto, the original character designer, and was produced by Big West, which produced or co-produced everything else in the Macross franchise.) Either because it wasn't as well-received as expected, or because Kawamori and Studio Nue weren't involved (probably both), other entries in the Macross franchise have ignored the events of ''Macross II''. Studio Nue has declared it [[AlternateContinuity a "Parallel World"]].

''Macross II: Lovers Again'', a 1992 [[OriginalVideoAnimation OVA]], was the first animated sequel to ''SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' to feature an all-new storyline and cast of characters. It was also the only entry in the Macross franchise which didn't have any input from original creator Shoji Kawamori or the original production studio, Studio Nue. (It did contain work from Haruhiko Mikimoto, the original character designer, and was produced by Big West, which produced or co-produced everything else in the Macross franchise.) Either because it wasn't as well-received as expected, or because Kawamori and Studio Nue weren't involved (probably both), other entries in the Macross franchise have ignored the events of ''Macross II''. Studio Nue has declared it [[AlternateContinuity a "Parallel World"]].

* ShoutOut: Several plot parallels to ''SuperDimensionFortressMacross'', including references to Minmay and the appearance of the SDF-1.

* HandInTheHole: Hibiki sticks his hand in the mouth of a face carving claimed to bite if someone tells a lie with their hand in its mouth, and tricks Ishtar into thinking it bit his hand off. Possibly a ShoutOut to a similar scene in the film ''RomanHoliday''.

** Hibiki's relationship with Ishtar is a ShoutOut to ''RomanHoliday'', complete with the HandInTheHole scene from that film.

* NeedsMoreLove: Being done without the original creators' involvements has turned it into a black sheep of sorts within all of the Macross universe, even going so far as to declare it outside canon. While YMMV on its overall story, on its own merits, it stands as a great piece of anime, and its mecha (especially the GORGEOUS VF-2S), music and battles stand right there with some of the best in Macross. Luckily, it has gotten a nod or two within canon (though some Take That's as well), and even got its own campaign in the last PSP Macross game.

''Macross II'', a 1992 [[OriginalVideoAnimation OVA]], was the first animated sequel to ''SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' to feature an all-new storyline and cast of characters. It was also the only entry in the Macross franchise which didn't have any input from original creator Shoji Kawamori or the original production studio, Studio Nue. (It did contain work from Haruhiko Mikimoto, the original character designer, and was produced by Big West, which produced or co-produced everything else in the Macross franchise.) Either because it wasn't as well-received as expected, or because Kawamori and Studio Nue weren't involved (probably both), other entries in the Macross franchise have ignored the events of ''Macross II''. Studio Nue has declared it [[AlternateContinuity a "Parallel World"]].

* UnfortunateImplications: The Zentradi are all black, or at least AmbiguouslyBrown. And they don't speak, just growl.

* {{Stripperiffic}}: The standard costume of the Mardook Emulators is a skin-tight outfit with golden design work around the standard erogenous zones.