Macross Frontier was created in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Macross franchise. Conceived by Shoji Kawamori, its first broadcast ran from March to September 2008.
Chronologically situated in the year 2059, it is a tale about the journey of the 25th Giant Immigration Fleet, Macross Frontier, and the three main protagonists of the series, Sheryl Nome, Alto Saotome and Ranka Lee.
The series had all the Macross hallmarks: Big music, big mecha battles and big romance. It was also about trying to understand each other and the fragile balance of life.
This thread is dedicated to re-watching the series together, one episode a week ( on Saturday ) and discussing the plot, the characters and their interactions in light of what we, two years later, know about their motivations and actions. New viewers are, of course, also welcome, but be warned that the discussion will be spoiler-heavy.
Discussion for an episode is open all week. The schedule is as follows:
- October 16th: 1st episode (Cross Encounter ; Yakk Deculture Edition )
- October 23rd: 2nd episode ( Hard Chase )
- October 30th: 3rd episode ( On Your Marks )
- November 6th: 4th episode ( Miss Macross )
- November 13th: 5th episode ( Star Date )
- November 20th: 6th episode ( Bye-Bye Sheryl )
- November 27th: 7th episode ( First Attack )
- December 4th: 8th episode ( High School Queen )
- December 11th: 9th episode ( Friendly Fire )
- December 18th: 10th episode ( Legend of Zero )
- December 25th: Break ( for obvious reasons )
- January 1st: Break ( ditto )
- January 8th: 11th episode ( Missing Birthday )
- January 15th: 12th episode ( Fastest Delivery )
- January 22nd: 13th episode ( Memory of Global )
- January 29th: 14th episode ( Mother’s Lullaby )
- February 5th: 15th episode ( Lost Peace )
- February 12th: 16th episode ( Ranka Attack )
- February 19th: 17th episode ( Goodbye Sister )
- February 26th: Macross movie two discussion
- March 5th: 18th episode ( Fold Fame )
- March 12th: Cancelled due to earthquake + repercussions in Japan
- March 19th: 19th episode ( Triangular )
- March 26th: 20th episode ( Diamond Crevasse )
- April 2nd: 21st episode ( Blue Ether )
- April 9th: 22nd episode ( Northern Cross )
- April 16th: 23rd episode ( True Beginning )
- April 23rd: 24th episode ( Last Frontier )
- April 30th: 25th episode ( Your Sound )