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I don't like any of the redesigns for DYRL. The male ones are hideous and the females are boring; the TV series designs had so much more character and life, especially Exsedol. I don't think they're justified by making the Zentradi look more suitable to their functions, either. TV seires Britai was already pretty powerful in appearance, and you don't absolutely need your character to have a huge brain just because they're associated with "genius" traits.
And we have seen a female Zentradi advisor: in "Fleet of the Strongest Women", who had a perfectly normal head; just another of the fun double standards in DYRL's character design.
The gender war, while it might have streamlined the story, was also kind of stupid.
Honestly, the Zentradi are my favourite thing about Macross, and when they are altered in this manner, it spoils the rest of the film for me. DYRL is gorgeously animated, but I don't like it very much.
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