Macross Plus is easily one of the best mecha anime of the 1990s, and this new Ultimate Edition boxset most certainly does it justice. Set in 2040, after the events of the original Macross TV series, ...

This retro mecha masterpiece reaches across time and space with a prescient, hopeful message as timeless as its vision of the future. Reading time 4 minutes Macross Plus is as much a cultural ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Gundam and its ilk worked because its mecha design sat across the ...

Macross Plus has been a white whale for anime fans for decades, the other great giant mecha series after Mobile Suit Gundam. It's the Rolling Stone to Gundam's Beatles of the mecha genre. It has its ...

Mecha is one of anime's most tried and true storytelling styles, but some of these titles represent foundational genre ...

Gundam has always used its ongoing mecha premise to communicate its themes about the military hierarchy, government corruption, and empathy. In contrast, Macross‘ military conflict feels more ...

. It will launch the anime-based mecha shooting game simultaneously worldwide, excluding China, on January 25, 2024. The official English Kite is a Japanese translator and avid gamer from Indonesia, ...

The upcoming free-to-play online shooter Mecha Break really does well to evoke the exciting, breakneck sense of action from classic Japanese anime like Gundam Wing or Macross Plus. Focusing on the ...

A cinematic obsessive with the filmic palate of a starving raccoon, Rob London will watch pretty much anything once. With a mind like a steel trap, he's an endless fount of movie and TV trivia, borne ...

What Are the Differences in the Macross English Version? Macross is a mecha anime first released in Japan from October 1982 – June 1983. The story begins with Hikaru Ichijyo, a young pilot flaunting ...

Mecha anime was at one point one of the most popular and prolific genres in anime. These days, however, the popularity of mecha in the West tends to be concentrated on a select few franchises. Some ...

Evan Howard is a Film and Television News writer for Collider. They are a former professional dancer living in Chicago, IL. Get ready to hop into the pilot seat and crank up the AI pop music, because ...