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Macross: Do You Remember Love?

The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love?(Siêu thời không yếu tắc マクロス ái ・おぼえていますか,Chōjikū Yōsai Makurosu: Ai Oboete Imasu ka),also known asMacross: Do You Remember Love?(commonly referred to by the acronym"DYRL?"among Western fans) orSuper Spacefortress Macross,is a 1984Japanese animatedspace operafilm based on theMacrossanimetelevision series.

The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love?
Directed byNoboru Ishiguro
Shōji Kawamori
Screenplay bySukehiro Tomita
Story byShōji Kawamori
Based onThe Super Dimension Fortress Macross
byStudio Nue
Produced byAkira Inoue
Hiroshi Iwata
Tsuneyuki Enomoto
StarringArihiro Hase
Mari Iijima
Mika Doi
Music byKentarō Haneda
Production
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Distributed byToho
Release date
  • July 21, 1984(1984-07-21)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Budget¥400 million
Box office¥1.8 billion

The movie is afilm adaptationof the originalMacrossseries, with new animation. The storyline of the film does not fit directly into theMacrosschronology, and was originally an alternate universe retelling of the story, but was later established as part of theMacrossuniverse. Within theMacrossuniverse, it is a popular movie (in other words amovie within a television series), shown inMacross 7.However, laterMacrossproductions likeMacross Frontierhave used elements from boththe first TV seriesand this film. InMacrosstradition, it features transformingmecharobots,Japanese popmusic, and alove triangle.The movie gets its name from its romantic themes and also by the song sung during its climactic battle sequence byLynn Minmay(voiced byMari Iijima). InMacross Frontier,a later series in theMacrossuniverse, the first few episodes use re-animated key scenes from this film andFlash Back 2012too gives viewers glimpses of past events.

Plot

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The film beginsin medias reswith the space fortressSDF-1 Macrosstrying to evade the Zentradi at the edge of the Solar System. TheMacrosshouses an entire city with tens of thousands of civilians who are cut off from Earth, after it had executed a space fold on the first day of the Earth/Zentradi war - taking the city section of South Ataria Island with it. During the latest assault, Valkyrie pilotHikaru Ichijyorescues pop idolLynn Minmay,but are both trapped in a section of the fortress for days. Even after their eventual rescue, this fateful meeting leads to a relationship between the singer and her number one fan.

The Zentradi, meanwhile, discover the debilitating and disruptive effect that human music has on the rank and file troops. Their supreme leader, GorgBoddole Zer,suspects that the human culture is deeply related to an ancient music box he has kept with him for eons. Then, the Zentradi discover an opportunity to examine the humans further when Hikaru borrows a Valkyrie trainer unit without permission and flies Minmay across Saturn's rings. The Zentradi capture Hikaru and Minmay, along with LieutenantMisa Hayase,Minmay's cousin/manager Lynn Kaifun, and Hikaru's superiorRoy Föckerin the ensuing chaos.

AboardBritai Kridanik's ship, the humans are being interrogated about their culture when a squadron of Meltrandi, led byMilia 639,invades the ship, giving the humans a chance to escape. Hikaru and Misa escape from the ship, but Föcker is killed and Minmay and Kaifun remain aboard while the two officers get caught in a space fold.

Exiting from the fold, Hikaru and Misa arrive on a desolate world that turns out to be Earth, as the entire population was wiped out by a prior Zentradi attack. As the two officers roam the remains of the planet, they become closer. They also discover an ancient city of theProtoculture,where the mysterious origins of the alien giants is revealed. In the city, Misa discovers an artifact that contains lyrics to an ancient song.

Many days later, theMacrossarrives on Earth. Just as Hikaru and Misa are debriefing their story to CaptainBruno J. Global,the fortress is attacked by a Meltrandi fleet. During the battle, ace pilotMaximilian Jeniusdefeats Millia aboard the Meltrandi's main ship, which destroys theMacross'main cannons with one shot. The Meltrandi are forced to retreat when the Zentradi arrive - with Minmay's singing voice as their weapon.

Captain Global announces a truce and a military pact between theMacrossand the Zentradi. Hikaru and Minmay reunite, but Minmay realizes he is now with Misa. Meanwhile, Misa works on translating the ancient song for use as a cultural weapon, as requested by Boddole Zer. However, when the Meltrandi return to attack, Boddole Zer loses patience and recklessly has his capital ship wipe out half the fleets of both factions.

Once again, theMacrossfinds itself in the middle of a brutal war. Hikaru persuades Minmay to perform the translated song. As theMacrossflies across the battlefield, Minmay's song causes a union with Britai's fleet and the Meltrandi against Boddole Zer. After theMacrossbreaks into Boddole Zer's ship, Hikaru flies his Valkyrie into the supreme commander's chamber and destroys him with his entire arsenal. After Boddole Zer's ship is destroyed,Macrossbridge officerClaudia LaSalleasks why the song caused such a turnaround to the war. Misa explains that it is a simple love song.

The film ends with a concert by Minmay in front of the rebuiltMacross.

Cast

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Original Japanese voices

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English dub

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  • John Culkin asHikaru Ichijyoand Max Jenius (some scenes)
  • Barry Haigh asRoy Focker
  • Matthew Oram as Britai 7018, Golg Boddole Zer, Max Jenius (most scenes), Quamzin 03350
  • Simon Broadas Bruno J. Global, Hayao Kakizaki and Lynn Kaihun
  • Elizabeth Oram asLynn Minmayand Shammy Milliome

Production

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Shoji Kawamori,Kazutaka MiyatakeandHaruhiko Mikimotoworked on the mecha and character designs for the film.[1]Narumi Kakinouchi,one of the creators ofVampire Princess Miyu,was the assistant animation director for this movie.

During one of the action scenes towards the end of the movie, Hikaru fires a barrage of missiles on his way to Boddole Zer. As an inside joke among the animators, two of the missiles are drawn to look like cans ofBudweiserand Tako Hai (a drink which literally translates as "Octopus Highball" ).

The film was produced on a budget of¥400 million,[2]then equivalent to$1,684,000(equivalent to $5,200,000 in 2023). It was the second most expensiveanimefilm up until then, afterHayao Miyazaki'sLupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro(1979).[3]

Music

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The film's soundtrack was composed byKentaro Haneda,featuring new orchestral tracks and some music from the original TV series. The theme song "Ai Oboete Imasu ka"(" Do You Remember Love ") was composed byKazuhiko Katōand performed by Mari Iijima. The ending theme "Tenshi no Enogu"(" An Angel's Paints ") was composed and performed by Iijima.

Release

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The film premiered in Japanese theaters on July 7, 1984. It received a huge marketing campaign that generated very long lines of fans; many of them camped outside cinemas the night prior to the film. These events were dramatized in the anime comedyOtaku no Videofrom 1991.[citation needed]In the 1984 edition of theAnime Grand Prix,the film was ranked second, behindNausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.[4]The film's theme song was also ranked first.[4]

Box office

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The film earned a distribution income (gross rentals) of¥700 millionin Japan.[5]This is equivalent to approximately¥1.8 billionin totalbox officegross revenue.[6]

Relation to the TV series

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Do You Remember Love?is a reinterpretation ofThe Super Dimension Fortress Macrossin a feature film format. Almost all of the characters featured in the TV series appear in the film. Most of the voice actors from the TV series reprised their roles for the film. The love triangle and the various relationships are intact.

Macross 7describes a film calledDo You Remember Love?within the fictional world ofMacross.Series creator Shoji Kawamori also gave an explanation about the differences in the television and film depictions ofSpace War I:"The realMacrossis out there, somewhere. If I tell the story in the length of a TV series, it looks one way, and if I tell it as a movie-length story, it's organized another way... ".[7]

Many ships, mecha, and characters were redesigned for the film.[1]These designs have been featured in later entries of theMacrossfranchise. The Zentradi were given a language of their own and most of the dialogue of Zentradi characters is in that language.

  • The Zentradi males and females are named Zentran and Meltran and placed on opposite sides of the Protoculture conflict. No mention is made of theSupervision Army.TheMeltlandi,in addition to being in a separate fleet of their own have distinctive ship and mecha designs.[1]
  • In the originalMacrossTV series, theZentradi's dialogue was automatically translated into Japanese.[8]In this animated film, they are actually heard speaking a fictional extraterrestrial language specifically developed for the movie as subtitles are provided for the audience, much like theKlingonlanguageinStar Trek(of which a word wasn't spoken until they both appeared in their first theatrical version). This language was subsequently used in further installations of theMacrossuniverse.
  • The Macross is designed slightly differently and instead of having theDaedalusandPrometheusdocked as its 'arms' it has two ARMD carriers.[1]This became the design of the Macross on further series installments such asMacross II,Macross PlusandMacross Frontier.
  • The origin of theSDF-1 Macrossis also different. Instead of being a Supervision Army Gun Destroyer like in the TV series, in theDo You Remember Love?film the SDF-1 was originally aMeltlandiGun Destroyer that crashed on Earth and was reconstructed by humans.[1]The Zentradi attack Earth as soon as they discover the ship which apparently belongs to their Meltlandi enemies.
  • Zentradi Supreme Leader Gorg Boddole Zer's physical appearance in the film completely differs from that in the TV series. Instead of being merely a bald Zentran, his head is cybernetically fused with his mobile space fortress.[1]Also, Boddole Zer towers incredibly high above the Zentradi in comparison to the TV series where he was slightly taller thanBritai Kridanik.

International versions

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According toCarl Macek,when asked byCannon Filmsto produce a film version ofRobotech,he mentioned he was interested in dubbing and localizingDo You Remember Love?with the voice cast from the series, butHarmony Gold USAwas unable to license the film for "whatever political reasons" that he did not know.Megazone 23 Part 1was used instead.[9]

Originally, two versions of aToho International-commissioned dub had been released in the United States throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s. The Toho dub (namedSuper Spacefortress Macrossin its on-screen title and Japanese packaging) had been created for export sales in Hong Kong by Matthew Oram and his wife Elizabeth's dubbing company. The better known of the two US releases of thedubis an edited-for-television version renamedClash of the Bionoids,prepared by Peregrine Film Distribution, Inc. for its broadcast syndication packageDynamagicin 1986 (which included three other Toho International titles).[10]This version was released byCelebrity Home Entertainment's "Just for Kids" label in 1988.[11]The ending was modified from the original Japanese version: the scene with Hikaru calling the Macross after Boddole Zer's explosion was removed, giving the false impression that Hikaru died in the blast. Later, asubtitledversion was briefly released before being suppressed due to the ongoinglegal battles between Big West/Studio Nue, Tatsunoko and Harmony Gold.Clash of the Bionoidsalso aired on various local TV stations from 1989-1997 as well asShowtime 2in 2004.

Robert Woodhead,head ofAnimEigo,has said publicly that he would like to release the film (AnimEigo released the first pressings of the Macross series in the US), but believes it will most likely never get a proper DVD release in the United States due to the legal disputes surrounding the film. The movie was released inwidescreenin bothdubbedand subtitled format byKiseki Filmsin the UK on video in the 1990s, but was notably one of their few catalog titles not being released on DVD.

Re-released in the 2000s on DVD,[12]a full 90-minute Swedish dub[12]was released in the 1980s byWendros,based on the TohoSuper Spacefortress Macrossversion.

Although Big West, Studio Nue, and Harmony Gold reached an agreement to release various Macross sequels outside of Japan in 2021, the official Robotech account onTwitterhas stated thatDo You Remember Love?remains prohibited as of 2023.[13]

Video games

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  • Anarcade gametitledSuper Spacefortress Macrosswas released in 1992.
  • A loose game sequel calledThe Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Scrambled Valkyriewas released in 1993 for theSuper Famicom.
  • A CD-based video game was released for theSega Saturnin 1997 and theSony PlayStationin 1999, titledMacross: Do You Remember Love?.It was a 2D shooter that followed the movie's storyline using cut scenes from the film and additional footage.
  • InThe Super Dimension Fortress MacrossPlayStation 2video game players are able to choose either a long and easier "TV path" or the more difficult and shorter "Movie path" of the game, which is based on the events ofDo You Remember Love?and also has several missions that feature situations not shown on film.
  • Characters of the film appear in theSuper Robot Wars Alphavideogame, as well as two different paths to choose during gameplay (one which follows some events of the TV series, and the other which follows the events from movie). The player can use Max Jenius to try to recruit Milia Fallyna to your side in one stage, but the way their final confrontation plays out in a later stage determines whether Milia gets micronized (as in the series), or Max gets macronized (as in the movie) when she finally joins you.

References

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  1. ^abcdefMiyatake, Kazutaka(2005-06-01).Macross and Orguss Design Works(in Japanese). Japan: Mobic. pp. 15–29.ISBN4-89601-629-7.
  2. ^Animage,1983 niên 12 nguyệt hào, đức gian thư điếm, 1983 niên, 26 hiệt
  3. ^Isao Taniguchi; Hajime Asō (June 2017).Đồ giải nhập môn nghiệp giới nghiên cứu tối tân ｱﾆﾒ nghiệp giới の động hướng とｶﾗｸﾘがよ〜くわかる bổn[Introductory Illustrated Industry Research A book that gives a good understanding of the latest trends and karakuri in the animation industry] (in Japanese) (2nd ed.). Japan:Tú hòa システム(Shuwa System). p. 75.ISBN978-4-7980-5038-6.{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  4. ^ab"Đệ 7 hồi アニメグランプリ ［1985 niên 6 nguyệt hào ］".Tokuma Shoten.Archived fromthe originalon October 19, 2010.
  5. ^Kinema Junpo,2 nguyệt hạ tuần quyết toán đặc biệt hào No.904, キネマ tuần báo xã, 1985 niên, 119 hiệt
  6. ^"Statistics of Film Industry in Japan".Eiren.Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan.Retrieved26 February2020.
  7. ^"Shoji Kawamori Interview".Animerica Vol. 3 No. 1.Viz, LLC.
  8. ^"Translation & Cultural Notes".The Super Dimension Fortress Macross Liner Notes.AnimEigo.2001-12-21. Archived fromthe originalon 2008-12-30.Retrieved2009-08-28.Episode 11First Contact(November 2009) - The Zentradi video screens contain some of the first instances of written Zentradi -- though it was not an actual language at the time, but simply encoded Japanese or English words. Designer Miyatake Kazutaka developed the Zentradi 'script' to hide references in the alien text.
  9. ^"ANNCast Classic: Macek Training".January 9, 2014.RetrievedFebruary 28,2016.
  10. ^Peregrine Film Distribution Inc (1986-01-01),Dynamagic: A Galaxy of Animated Feature Films catalog,retrieved2024-04-19
  11. ^Riddick, David Keith; Napton, Robert; Park, Byunghun (1990)."Superdimensional Fortress Macross".Animag.No. 11. Pacific Rim Publishing.Retrieved3 April2024.
  12. ^ab"Macross - långfilmen - DVD - Discshop.se".discshop.se(in Swedish). 2007-05-29.Retrieved2020-08-02.
  13. ^ROBOTECH [@RobotechNews] (July 20, 2023)."Certain #Macross sequels, such as Do You Remember Love, and any future sequel containing shared characters, mecha, and/or storyline, are currently prohibited"(Tweet) – viaTwitter.
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