Chôjikû Yôsai Macross II Lovers, Again

Trying to be a follow-up to the original Macross series, this instalment was basically an expanded copy of the 1984 "Macross: Ai, Oboete Imasu Ka?" movie, with a few gimmicks thrown in. It was done without Shoji Kawamori's collaboration.

The mecha style isn't too bad, but lacks some of Shoji Kawamori's finesse (expectable). The plot is sub-par and doesn't rise to the challenge. The animation, on many occasions, is disappointing. The English dub is BAD. The Japanese voice acting is ok, but still, Macross II can't quite hold a candle to the original Macross.

It eventually became an "alternative universe" story and is rightly looked down upon by Macross fans everywhere.

Sequels are supposed to build upon what was left behind by the original, not re-do it. Originally made to be a sequel to both the Macross series and Macross: Do You Remember Love?, Macross II lacks insight and originality. Macross II takes the key themes of the previous Macross' (love, song, and war) and replicates them under the guise of new characters and settings. To make matters worse, the execution of the themes is rather poor. The good news for Macross fans is that Macross II is not an "official" event in the Macross timeline. The premise wasn't entirely bad, but sloppy execution and repetition make this movie/OVA a bust.

ok, here we go. you have an alien singer, a miltiary stricken female hot shot pilot, and a tv news reporter who's shy. can you say, robotech? this movie is the macross series from robotech with a new conflict. i thought the battle scenes were cool, but that's about it. and the dubbed singing?? ugh!!! SUBTITLED FOR LIFE!!!

This movie really touched my heart with all of the singing and animation, it reminds me somehow of Megazone 23 which was a really good movie that i loved watching over and over again. Macross II Lovers Again is the same kind of movie that you could watch many times and never get bored of it so i'll give it 9/10.

The story of this movie is based on an alternate universe of Macross it has nothing to do with the original ones.

Only thing that they could have done better with the English version of the movie was the voice acting, if you hate bad voice acting then i would suggest that you would turn the subtitles on and watch the Japanese version. It's a great movie that i would suggest watching and its totally worth it

For those of us raised in a western society, our first experience with the Macross Saga was more than likely with Robotech, the 1980's animation produced by Harmony Gold, linking 3 separate Anime from Japan into 1 long saga.

The Best of the three stories was the fist part "The Macross Saga". For those of you hoping that this would be a continuation in some way of "The Macross Saga", forget it. You wont find out any further information on what happened to any of the previous characters from the original Macross Saga what so ever. What we have here is nothing more than a pathetic love story set in space with a lot of unnecessary singing. I forced myself to watch it all, even though I had to take regular breaks to relieve my boredom.

For those of you who loved Robotech but have never taken the time to view "The Macross Saga" in its original form from Japan, I strongly recommend you take the time to try and watch it. Although it wont make Macross II any more enjoyable.