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Summary: Good for what it is....
Review: First off, I want to say that this work is nowhere near as good as the rest of the Macross sequel offerings (Macross Plus, Macross Zero, Macross 7, etc).
That being said, I think that this series is unfairly being compared to it's siblings, that are paradigms of the genre (kinda like Alien 3, which in and of itself, was a good movie, but paled in comparison to it's predecessors). But if you look at it by itself, you'll find that it's a pretty fun story with really good animation. Again, not up to par with the rest of the family, but still able to knock the socks off of a lot of other anime offerings out there.
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Summary: Ridiculously Childish
Review: I had fond memories of Macross (the American TV version), so I thought I'd take a look at Macross II. As my title suggests, the story and writing is ridiculously childish. The characters are cardboard cutouts. The censorship storyline is incredibly simpleminded. The action, as I should have known from watching the Robotech TV series, is just a confusion of missiles and smashing metal.Perhaps younger sci-fi fans would enjoy this movie. If you're older you might want to check out something else.
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Summary: Ridiculously Childish
Review: I had fond memories of Macross (the American TV version), so I thought I'd take a look at Macross II. As my title suggests, the story and writing is ridiculously childish. The characters are cardboard cutouts. The censorship storyline is incredibly simpleminded. The action, as I should have known from watching the Robotech TV series, is just a confusion of missiles and smashing metal. Perhaps younger sci-fi fans would enjoy this movie. If you're older you might want to check out something else.
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Summary: To put it simply, this is a great movie!
Review: I have seen a lot of anime, believe me. And some of them were absolutely ridiculous!! You guys know what I'm talking about...the ones with plenty of gore, violence and/or naked flesh and little or no plot or character development. Fortunately, Macross II the movie is NOT one of them. The story is engaging and easy to understand (unless you're an idiot). It has a love triangle theme that involves Hibiki Kanzaki, an ambitious reporter who will do anything to get a good scoop, Sylvie Gena, U.N. Spacy's beautiful top pilot, and Ishtar, a beautiful Zentradi emmulator. There are wonderfully choreographed action scenes (for all you mecha freaks!) good character development, and targets the issue of racism throughout the movie between the people of Earth and the Zentradi. Also, the mystery of the gigantic, powerful, lengendary Macross fortress is revealed as well. In the end, love truly conquers all and the message of tolerance towards others is delivered. I didn't want to go into too much detail about the movie, but please take it from someone who has seen a lot of anime, this movie is definetly worth watching...and buying!
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Summary: As a sequal it's doesn't fit but as a serie it rocks....!
Review: I have to admitt that it doesn't really fit in as a sequal.. I for instance am a die hard macross(robotech) fan... so i bought this title before i bought the rest... (the rest couldn't be found in my country). I thought it was quite cool and i enjoyed watching it..
it is quite good if you leave the rest of the macross serries out of it... so if you gonna watch this put all the others out of your mind an i can asure you that you will have a great time watching it.. so i say if you love the robotech serries this is a must have....
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Summary: Excellent, but I don't understand all the putdowns...
Review: I just saw Macross II: Lovers Again, and believe me, it was an excellent movie from start to finish. For those of you like me who have watched the classic Robotech series on either early morning television back in the 1980s, to a rebroadcast on the Sci-Fi channel in 1991 to Cartoon Network's airing of it, Robotech has been a classic series, and Macross II captures the spirit and essence that has made Robotech so popular. The characters, while somewhat blunt and re-used anime sterotypes, fit in well with the action - orientated universe of Macross. The music fares well with the story's simple but effective plot, nothing to the quality of Macross Plus, but decent in its own right. Yet the thing that shines about this film is the way it captured anime's classic look and feel in its beautiful renditions of space battles, gorgeous backgrounds on both land and space and creative and somewhat cute character design that is what anime is all about. I'm personally captured to this wonderful feeling, and Macross II has all of it, and (dare I say), does it better than Macross Plus. An overall excellent movie, don't miss this!
Rating:
Summary: 4 1/2
Review: I must say the material here is presented in an OK fashion but could have been better, why? because some of the show is cut to make this film. The original show was crammed into one film and they truly cut quite a bit from the show. I wish they would have included both the OAV version and the film version similar to how "Gundam Wing Endless Waltz" did. I was a fan of the show when it first came out and still love it, if this is the ONLY way to get macross 2 so be it, its still 4 and a half stars in my book, the animation is great, the story is great and it is part of the best show of all time Macross.
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Summary: Macross 2- better than you think
Review: I personally love Macross 2. Yes I know, its not as good as Macross Plus. But Id rather watch this than Dragon Ball Z. I dont know why so many people diss this movie and the OVAs. It is set in a alternate universe, so you can stop worrying about continuity problems. I say check this one out, perhaps rent it first.
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Summary: AOK by me!
Review: I really enjoyed this one. It basicaly has a Good story, Good animation, and gosh darn good voices and sound effects. A friend of mine didnt like the story but I did...has a few twists Kind of Just like the series. Hope U enjoy this as Much as me.
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Summary: This movie is Great!!
Review: I rented this movie for vhs back in 98, and I watched it 5 times in the 3 days I had it. I bought it a few weeks later, and watched that tape a couple of times. Then I got it for dvd, and it still kicks [rear]. The picture and sound quality is excellent as well. I like the dubbing, especially for the Marduk characters, but the humans sound better in the Japanese track. Anyway, the language track goes by preference from each person. Anyway, this movie is great. It has cool villians (Marduk and Zentran), cool mech battles, and great music. The only donwside is that the subs for the characters that speak Zentran are hard subs fixed to fit the dub, so those subs won't be timed correctly with the Japanese tracks Zentran language. It isn't that bad though. Most people consider this in an alternate universe, but since it is 80 yrs later, meaning it takes place in 2092 (since that is when Space War I ended), I think it does belong in the regular universe. Anyway, I highly recommend this movie, well OVA, especially if you love Macross. Oh, and I prefer this one over Macross Plus.
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