I’m a big fan of stories and storytelling and during my life, I have consumed a ton of fiction in the forms of books, television, movies, and video games. If I were forced to pick the one that has most influenced who I am, the answer would probably be “Macross”. Some of my earliest memories are getting home from kindergarden at my grandmother’s house in time to watch the “Robotech” adaptation that aired beginning in 1985. I have always loved the Macross saga, and I’d sooner purge memory of mainstream staples like “Star Wars”, “Transformers”, and “Lord of the Rings” than give up Macross.

Over the years, a variety of sequels have been produced that follow the original 1982 story. Some have been pretty good (“Macross Plus”), others have been mediocre (everything in the Robotech universe post-Macross), while some sequels have been atrocious (Macross II”). It was against this backdrop (great original story, mixed sequels), that I began watching the latest series, “Macross Frontier”.