Macross Plus Movie Edition Coming To US Theaters Next Month
One of the titles that led the way for anime’s breakthrough in the West during the 90s was the four-part OVA Macross Plus. If you remember renting this from a Blockbuster VHS shelf and watching it on a 13-inch Trinitron, there’s good news ahead: a much better, much clearer, much BIGGER version is coming. Macross Plus Movie Edition is a remastered re-edit of the four-part series into one massive movie, adding additional scenes that weren’t part of the original.
The men who made the original OVA have now become legends in the industry: Shoji Kawamori designed the characters and mechs, Shinichiro Watanabe provided character direction, and Yoko Kanno (“Cowboy Bebop,” “Ghost in The Shell: SAC”) created the music score. All their contributions are intact in Macross Plus Movie Edition.
In the year 2040, on the distant planet Eden, former childhood friends Isamu Dyson and Guld Bowman find themselves pitted against each other as test pilots of rival teams in a competition to decide the next generation of variable mecha fighters. The two must also deal with their own unresolved history with mutual love interest, Myung Fang Lone, who has returned as the manager of Sharon Apple, the AI pop star (virturoid) and the galaxy’s biggest singing sensation. When Sharon’s advanced artificial intelligence gains consciousness, Isamu, Myung, and Guld must face their turbulent past and come together as Sharon Apple becomes self-aware and takes control of the Macross battlefortress itself!
You’ll be able to see Macross Plus Movie Edition in theaters for one night only, thanks to a partnership between Fathom Events and BIGWEST. Visit the Fathom website to purchase tickets…and clear your schedule for December 14.