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Surprised to see so much dislike for Delta, what little i've seen seem's very palatable and pleasant.

But then again, i'm quite the Macross novice, so i'll take this series as an opportunity to jump on the bandwagon.

Hawkmonger wrote:

Surprised to see so much dislike for Delta, what little i've seen seem's very palatable and pleasant. But then again, i'm quite the Macross novice, so i'll take this series as an opportunity to jump on the bandwagon.

A lot of people wanted a Macross Frontier v2 and Delta wasn't it - if anything, it was very much a not-Frontier. A lot of the hate you see is from people for whom Frontier was the first Macross - that was what they imprinted on, so instead of noticing how Macross series tend to be fairly different from each other, they expected to get more of the same, and that's not what happened. And then there's also the people who wanted Mirage as the "winner" of the love triangle, and that didn't happen either. Mix them with the kind of Frontier fans who passionately hated Ranka and projected these feelings on poor Freyja, add the "spice" of the people who still can't let go of the (since then very thoroughly debunked) fake interviews/rumors about how Kawamori was biased towards Ranka, and the result is as you can imagine.

I loved Delta - I admit the plot wasn't all that and the last third could have been handled better (Roid could've been such a good antagonist, too bad they ended up sticking to old and tired tropes), but it was a lot of fun, I liked the characters and I liked the music. As someone who's been watching Macross for quite a while and wasn't all that crazy about Frontier (music aside), this was the first Macross series that I really liked in a very long time.

Surprised to see so much dislike for Delta, what little i've seen seem's very palatable and pleasant.

Hawkmonger wrote:

Surprised to see so much dislike for Delta, what little i've seen seem's very palatable and pleasant. But then again, i'm quite the Macross novice, so i'll take this series as an opportunity to jump on the bandwagon.

A lot of people wanted a Macross Frontier v2 and Delta wasn't it - if anything, it was very much a not-Frontier. A lot of the hate you see is from people for whom Frontier was the first Macross - that was what they imprinted on, so instead of noticing how Macross series tend to be fairly different from each other, they expected to get more of the same, and that's not what happened. And then there's also the people who wanted Mirage as the "winner" of the love triangle, and that didn't happen either. Mix them with the kind of Frontier fans who passionately hated Ranka and projected these feelings on poor Freyja, add the "spice" of the people who still can't let go of the (since then very thoroughly debunked) fake interviews/rumors about how Kawamori was biased towards Ranka, and the result is as you can imagine.

I loved Delta - I admit the plot wasn't all that and the last third could have been handled better (Roid could've been such a good antagonist, too bad they ended up sticking to old and tired tropes), but it was a lot of fun, I liked the characters and I liked the music. As someone who's been watching Macross for quite a while and wasn't all that crazy about Frontier (music aside), this was the first Macross series that I really liked in a very long time.

Anyway, this will probably be a Delta movie. Sucks for the haters.

Given how long the pre-production of a Macross title tends to be, I'm surprised to see such a fast turnout between Delta and this new TV series, which could mean it will be a straight sequel featuring the same characters and setting. If that's what they're doing, I'll be pleased, because Delta's ending raised a lot of questions I'd like to see answered, and what passed for a resolution to the spoiler[Lady M mystery] was particularly unsatisfying.

The Macross franchise was driven into the ground a while ago. Zero was garbage, Frontier was "meh", and Delta was unspeakable. Kawamori has learned nothing. Either bring in somebody really good to write/direct beside/with him, or don't bother with more.

We need another Plus. Not a sequel, another one. Something that makes you stand up and cheer for its magnificence like Plus did.

The franchise began in 1982 with The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, a television anime series with themes of a love triangle, music, and transforming fighter planes.

Don't think we'll ever get anything as well crafted as Plus on our life time. A show like that will not sell well in Japan.

Totally agree with you on Kawamori though. It'd be great to have a new mind developing a story in that universe

The mechas were nearly useless, the fight scenes were boring as f**k.(for a mecha series it's bad)
The story was predictable from the start ( didn't need to see more than 5 episodes to see that there will be a "third" party at the end. More over they used an indecent hype for the old fans and didn't explained it more, like "hey let's talk about ruining your childhood by talking about characters you love in a series half hearted made.)

The love "triangle" was obvious from the start and they didn't bothered making some scene to put the doubt in the the spectator.

The music was.... empty. All the series of macross have at least a good base of music, here none, just plain pop idol music that can be found anywhere without any "soul"

Commercially, though, I'm not sure it would be a good idea. Walküre's selling lots of albums and singles, so I can see the appeal of keeping that unit together, but Delta's BD/DVD sales are way down from Frontier.