Come on People! Inochi no kagiri! Omaaaae oooooooo! Mamoritsudzukeru my soul for you!
I dunno, I'm just so tired of idols in anime lately that I'd be totally 100% down for a Fire Bomber focused Macross Project. They can have Ranka and Sheryl in there too and do a crossover perfomance, but I fail to see the problem with bringing rock back to Macross.
Also clearly nobody matches Max in Macross. Max is like a pimp, ace pilot and the best wingman you can ask for all rolled into one and is voiced by Sho Hayami to boot.