Robotech: The Macross Saga

Well well well. I never expected to be swept up by this series but somehow it leaves me wanting more. At first glance, Robotech looks like a typical mecha anime similar to Gundam Wing. The mecha turn into planes or even halfway into planes with legs. At first this made me chuckle a little. But the battles are actually quite a thrilling spectacle to watch and the transformation of the fighter jets into mecha does have a purpose.

In other aspects, I can draw similarities between this series and Neon Genesis Evangelion (Robotech may have even inspired the latter). One example is the tendency towards mass destruction... One explosion during the Robotech series was suspiciously very similar to that of an N2 bomb, its effects of gradually wearing through any building or material was animated in almost exactly the same way. Another parallel is the idea of giant mecha fighting in a city (frequent in NGE) and of course, the city in NGE is just like Macross; situated on an 'alien' site.

In any case, near the beginning of the series, I cringed a little at the tad bit too innocent blue haired Minmei and admittedly, I still feel annoyed to just listen to her talk or sing. At first a primary love interest, at the point I have reached in the series she sees little of Rick (the main character) and he begins to get closer to Lisa, an attractive strong woman. In the end, I'm guessing Rick will reunite and make Minmei his girlfriend which will be an annoyance as I prefer Lisa. Nevertheless, I'm looking forward to seeing what comes next as I move past the half way point of the series.