Eight years after the events of Macross F, a mysterious phenomenon known as the Var Syndrome is gradually consuming the galaxy. It's up to a new generation of highly capable Valkyrie pilots to deal with this universal menace. And if they didn't have enough on their plate already, the Aerial Knights Valkyrie fighter team from the Kingdom of Wind have come to challenge the Delta Squadron.
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YK97
One sentence to describe the series: As someone who got genuinely hooked by the original Macross TV show and have watched all of its successors, this is the stance I would take as I write this review. ------------------------------------ 1. Story: 4.5/10 The best way to describe the story of Delta is fictional ISIS vs fictional UN. On the drawing board, it certainly looks like an enticing concept where great stories can unfold, right and wrong muddle together in the gray area, emotions are faced with hard cold reality. Unfortunately, in Delta, the staff tried to chew more thanthey can. What resulted of this was an unfocused show, many subplots unresolved, characters remained to their shell-like personalities until the end, opportunities to explore the lore of Macross in a deeper level have been squandered due to mismanaged storyboards and screen time, pacing issues,some main characters are even pushed to the side to give even more time to the under delivered couple that this anime features and finally, characters are killed for the sake of creating drama and not steering the cast into a resolve. Added to this is the many recalls to older series’ moments and songs which makes some of the old fans laugh in sadness and contemplate what show this has become to use this move to keep their attention. The laid back and comedic atmosphere of the beginning didn’t help for the latter since it couldn’t bring the viewer to realize how dreadful the situation have become at the end of the show. The ending was rushed with the only closure being the result of the love triangle. All of this complies into a boring and unpolished show which at the end of a 8 years long wait, is not the masterpiece that many fans of the series have hoped for.
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2.Characters: 4/10
We always had a colorful cast in a Macross series and Delta is no exception. Hayate, the blue hair human protagonist, has a nonchalant attitude towards most things but have a unyielding desire to fly. Freyja, the energetic Winderemere girl who loves to sing and wants to be in the ranks of Walkure. For the Delta squadron, we have the captain Arad, second-in-command Messer, the joyful Chuck and at last, Mirage, who’s from a family of legendary ace pilots. For the idol group Walkure, we have the mysterious lead singer, Mikumo, the caring group leader Kaname, the friendly Makina and the cool but expert hacker, Reina. We also have the fleet captain, Ernest, in the mix.
For the Windermere side, we got Heinz, the prince and his father, the king Gramia, the Aerial Knights which ace pilot is named Keith or White Knight. There’s also Roid who help the king and the prince with battle tactics and politics.
With all this said, the characters remained much to their cliché-like personalities until the end. There’s little to no development on their part. They are like blank sheet of paper and as the story progresses, only few of them get some gribble on it while some of them get thrown in a fire pit while they are potential platform to create meaningful relationships between them or get their back story explored. For the lack of better words, the staffs wasted the materials on their hands. As for the viewers, there’s little to relate to these characters due to their bland, unrealistic and uninteresting personalities.
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3.Love Triangle 5/10
As for the love triangle we come to expect from this series, it is very much a linear line with a firmly marked line between Hayate and Freyja and a line composed little uncanny dots between Mirage and Hayate, closed with sometimes tense and loose line between Mirage and Freyja. Yet, the reason for weak link for Mirage to the two other characters is not because her character ,itself, is unable to express her feelings until the end. It is the consequence of her badly written and little-to-none development that everyone of them suffers but out of all of them, she’s the one who suffer the most because all she ever gets is one-liners and barely enough screen time to prove her relevance compared to the other two mains.
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4.Character Art 7/10
I won’t spend much time on this since it is not my area of expertise but the characters do have a lot of popping colors. You’re kinda looking at a candy show to be honest. Sometimes, it even detracts the viewer and break the show immersion when they bring in the serious moments since the characters looks so funky. Costume designs are ok. The main gripe I have and that is personal ,is the doodling on their nails when they are in some of their costumes aka nailpolish. Since those colors are meant to pop and to catch your attention. Closeface shot of their hand with their face on camera inevitably draws your attention to their nails instead of their intended focus of their faces. This may cause you to wonder if the artists have too much freetime on their hands and doodle them on the characters.
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5.Mecha design 3/10
For this series, we got the VF-31 Siegfield, which is, the mass production model of the experimental YF-30 Chronos from the PS3 Macross 30 video game. The VF-31 is essentialy it’s predecessor, with a forward swept wing design, the ability to deploy drones for Walkure use, a beam cannon and a wireless recharger for the drones on its foldable backpack system instead of the missile pods in the backpack(called multipurpose container), a pin point barrier system for shielding, a combat knife in the forearm and a fresh coat of paint. It has only one pack, the super pack, which give it additional missile pods. It also incorporate the fold crystals which where present since the YF-29 Durandal. Fairly disappointed for the lack of innovation in this domain and the lack of packs since we were so spoiled by Frontier with its multiple packs.
For the Windermere side, we have the Sv-262 Draken III which is a new design, with a delta wing design, have 2 drones on each wing tips that acts as secondary boosters and can be deployed for combat. It is also equipped with a gunpod and 2 small gunpods located in the nose of the plane.
Then we have Macross Elysion... Just imagine Macross quarter and twice its size. That’s it. Move along....
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6. 3D animation + battle choreography: 3/10
The 3D animation + models we’ve gotten have not been improved since Frontier. In some ways, it is even a step back. In all the battles, it seems like the animators have too much fun with the shading and made all the colors too dull and lifeless + a white filter that tries to bring the dull colors back to life and the result is a unattractive product that has uneven blend of gray and dull colors that make you question the effort put into it. The 3D models do not mesh with its surrounding. Beam effects and explosions are underwhelming at best and terrible at worst. There’s no sense power or magnitude coming from them. It seems dumb down. No soul. No spirit in these works. Well, at least the particle effects after the VF-31 look ok. That is the only effect that I deemed original.
As for the battle choreography, there’s none of that fluid 3 mode Valkyrie battles we come to expect. In Delta, what you have the majority of time is a watered down version of the dogfights from Top Gun. Gerwalk mode and Battleroid mode are barely featured in the entirety of the series. When there are of it, the sequences are incredibly short. Valkyrie battle choreography is one of the fundamentals of the Macross franchise. In this case, it is not taken seriously and the end result shows it.
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7.Sound and songs: 6.5/10
For the sound effects in this series, it is perhaps the most forgettable thing of them all. Why you may ask? They reused the sfx from Frontier or slightly modify it it and call it a day. To make it worse, they even forget to add sfx for the moving Valkyries. Normally, when mechanical parts move, you have piston sfx for the hydraulics. When you go into boost mode in your plane, you should hear the engine roaring. If you break the sound barrier, there should be a sonic boom. Yet, in Delta, they completely forgo the use of that because the songs played in the background are way more important than adding realism. The sound balancing was an issue during the first court of the anime. It was either too quiet or too loud or inconsistent at all.
This finally leads me to the songs. They are based on the popular idol group trend. Therefore, they are going for those catchy lyrics. As music is based on personal taste and experience, this will be my opinion. Due to the fact that previous Macross series had legendary songwriters/composers ( The recent one being Yoko Kanno who composed for Macross Frontier), Delta music feels underwhelming in comparison to its predecessors , though few of its songs are quite ok like “Hametsu no Junjou”, “Giraffes Blues” and “Ore no Senjou”. Yet, you gotta ask yourself: “Is it alright to ruin a song because you want it to follow a certain trend?” Because, Delta songs have a bad habit of doing this. The prime example is “Ichido dake no Koi nara” which started with a beautiful transition of voices, building up to the refrain with a dramatic fashion and it gonna be ecstatic to listen but the listener is greeted with some generic cute idol trick that ruins the momentum of the song and that’s repeated throughout it. “Ikenai Borderline” suffers greatly as a whole for the cute idol group singing style. How disappointing for the few decent songs the series have to offer, they get covered up by more of the mediocre idol group trend songs. Plus, a lot of these songs cannot convey the emotions they carried since the singers themselves are young, ranging from twenties-something to the youngest, 15. They do not have the the singing experience nor the life experience to pass the emotions in these soulful songs. But, I would say they do a decent job for an Idol group and considering the numerous blank music time have to be fill in with dances and stage choreography. As for the song that the prince sings, it is quite impressive, compared to Walkure songs, but it gets spammed to non stop and gets quite annoying by the end of the series.
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8.Verdict/ Enjoyment
Unfortunately, after 8 years of waiting, this may be the worst entry of this franchise but it is by no mean an awful anime in and out of itself. The show was planned to be a 13 episode anime + a movie but they decided to be a 2 court anime by the middle of it. Therefore, it is why I presented my thesis quote in the beginning of this review : << A show that had promise but was ruined by bad planning.>> They simply didn’t have enough time to plan the second court and it was kinda made on the fly, At the end, if not for its “ok” music and the few good moments it has, it would landed itself in the very bad category. But, with the flaws it present and the lack of novelty it brings to the franchise as a whole, I give it a 5 out of 10. It will be awhile again for the next Macross series... *sigh*
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Suggestion for those who wants to watch more Macross:
If you want story, I would suggest the original Macross TV show. It has, overall, better story, character developments and what establish the reasons older fans have fell in love with the franchise. When you finish it, take a look at the movie “Do you remember love”. It has some of the best tracks of the franchise.
For laidback and some fun like Delta, try the sorta sequel to the original, Macross 7. It has its quirks + rock and roll music in contrast of the more pop music. It should be a fun ride.
For dogfights and epic airplane maneuvers, Macross Zero and Plus are what it’s all about. Ace vs ace aerial combat.
If you’re more into recent pop music or wants some breathtaking 3 mode fluid Valkyrie battles, I would suggest Macross Frontier and its movies.
That’s it for me. Hope y’all got a good read. If you want to discuss about Delta, you can find folks in the forum. Who knows, I might even join in.
YK out.
harukint
I haven't watched such a terrible show in years (I don't really watch too many tho). It is so terrible that I have to get on a public website and rant about it. The story is OK, but the way the story is told is awful. I do not feel emotional at all to all the plots, characters in this series what's so ever. By comparing with Macross F, I was hooked at least from the first six or seven episodes. I watched this series simply because it's Macross - I wanna know the plot, period. The staff seem very strong yet I'm very disappointedthat they made a show that is so plain, tasteless. The struggle of all the characters are all too cliche. I bet any high school student can write this kind of juvenile story. Storyboard, I guess, is the one to blame. Unfortunately the director, Kenji Yasuda happened to be a terrible storyboard. Therefore he can only direct a show with mediocre storyboard and thus a dull show.
NishizawaMihashi
Narrative formulas; conventions; archetypes; genres. In the event that a fictional narrative turns into a series, then later a franchise -a brand of its own so to speak- it comes as no surprise that eventually the formula which had more or less distinguished the work from others will then arrive at a point wherein it is forced to change completely, adapt to contemporary circumstances, attempt to maintain the status quo, dissolve into a state of total irrelevancy, or end for good and become fondly remembered by many faults and all. Such is the case with Macross Delta. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Macross Delta is representative of the 'Macross formula' inthe late stages of its existence, by that I mean that the Macross formula, if one continues to comply to it to a T as it has so done since its inception, only makes the formula age badly. Why? Because unfortunately at this moment in time, Macross as a whole has inexplicably entered into a dire situation of Catch-22. To change or not to change? IF we change, then HOW MUCH SHOULD we change? Do we leave Macross as it is and END it RIGHT NOW, or PERHAPS LATER? The extent of the questions that had ultimately left the Macross formula in this state ultimately consummates into what can simply be deemed as "If we change Macross then we'll end up upsetting the fans, but if we don't change then Macross will start to become stale."
This raises several questions. For one, just what about Macross ESSENTIALLY defines it as Macross? And for that matter, if we experiment around and create variations of the ESSENTIALS of Macross, will that in turn result in Macross no longer being 'Macross' too, or will Macross continue to remain as 'Macross' regardless of how many or what Macross series are produced? With all of this in mind, we can thus say that the first Macross series introduced to the audience the general outline of an archetypical Macross plot -which is itself somewhat of a Jungian archetype- as well as the themes and concepts it wishes to tackle. From there, it can be observed that all Macross series are variations of those ESSENTIALS, with Macross 7 being the zaniest Macross, Macross Plus showcasing Macross in its simplest form, Macross Zero being Macross at its most somber and poignant, Macross Frontier highlighting Macross at its zenith with the successful revitalization of the classic formula that propelled Macross into the world stage, and... Macros Delta with Macross retreading the same old formula in hopes of replicating the success of Frontier but ultimately fails due to the various components that the creators have used in an attempt to differentiate Delta from the rest- hence the formula showing its age REALLY BADLY. That, and well every aspect of Delta's concepts -from plot to characters- are simplistically understood and implemented.
Although it may seem that Macross 7 was unfortunately conceived with and steeped in such mistakes, rather what led to Macross 7's incredibly divisive response and resultant overall identity in relation to the other Macross series was its identity being rooted in an experimental lighthearted absurdism that is implemented in extreme fashions at certain moments within its narrative in comparison to Macross Delta, where as previously mentioned, the roots of its identity and narrative are built upon an attempted resurrection of the cultural impact of Macross Frontier, but that the comprehension and resulting implementation of the elements that constitute the core elements that made Macross and Macross Frontier so culturally impactful and resonant were disappointingly oversimplified, hasty and even outright incorrect.
In any case, to further expand upon the reasons as to why the formula has clearly shown signs of its age with Macross Delta, it can be said that there is just simply not much to expand FROM, without resorting to the constant homages and the mere repetition and toying around with motifs, plot points and the various structures in place, in addition to having to maintain a linear timeline of events, unlike Gundam- but even then, Gundam too is stuck in this stage and both will forever continue to remain in their current states so long as there is no CHANGE.
I'd personally rather not discuss about Delta's plot considering the above reasons, but I believe that nonetheless, whatever plot points that were introduced to us in Macross Delta were adequately developed with straightforwardness in mind, thus allowing viewers to be able to understand it well, even though the scripting of and the actual creative value of events is as textbook Macross as it can get, simply uninspired. In addition, Macross Delta in contrast to Macross 7 left us hanging with quite a few plot points that were simply left unresolved, which makes us question as to why in the Milky Way did the creators designed the plot in such a way so as to add them into it to begin with. There were several heartfelt moments emanating genuine sentiment but with the way the plot's designed, there's just simply not enough of that to bring the plot out of uninspired hell.
When it comes to the overall tone of Delta, it is generally much, much more lighthearted, carefree, optimistic (especially optimistic and carefree) and poppy which likens it to Macross 7, but considering the narrative structure and the various events scripted into it, results in a different product in the end because if there ever was one thing about Macross which gave it its distinctive identity is that as the plot nears its end, the situation becomes SIGNIFICANTLY DIRE thus giving the necessary emotionality to the bleak end game situations, whereas in Delta due to its very nature and uninspired and stock plot design results in the emotional charge of the plateau deflating before the plot had even begun to enter its climactic stage. In short, just about every single aspect of the narrative in Delta simply does not lend itself to the sense of sheer dread and desperation that previous Macross series had, hence the emotional blandness of the show.
The overall dialogue is frankly serviceable as it is simply not creative enough and once again, uninspired throughout to warrant much of viewers' attention, not to mention that due to the tone of Delta, comes off as quite cartoony. I just roll my eyes most of the time, hah.
Indeed, despite the inherent potentialities that lies within a much more carefree approach to Macross, it is regrettable to say that all of that is wasted in an unresolved Catch-22 problem resulting in a trite work which adds little towards fanning the infernos of nostalgia to Macross's past or even towards igniting the embers of Macross's future on fire. Absolutely disappointing- hhmph!
But hey, there's at least some of the songs and all so yeah, let's just move on and talk about that down below. Junbi wa ii ka nen?
Narrative, Thematic, Scripting & Character Design/Direction (Rating: 4)
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Okay, so before we get down to the music and sound, let's just talk about the visuals for a bit. For one thing, this show actually has very consistent visuals throughout, in the form of consistent animation both hand-drawn and computer-generated, consistent drawings, backgrounds consistently full of features, and constant inclusion of plenty of well-done visual effects. Once again, I'd like to reiterate that I'm simply no expert or even that deeply knowledgeable about these technical aspects, but simply put, Macross Delta is competently produced. It's just that, while it is indeed competently produced, it doesn't have many standout and highly creative visual features either, barring the straight-to-TV Macross shows of the pre-2000 years.
But wait, if there was anything about Delta that I could consider to be very creative, it would have to be the first ED sequence. It's basically a very well-made sequence featuring one of the main characters Freyja Wion going about locations in real life, in which all of that is animated via a technique that I'm frankly not knowledgeable about but can be described as utilizing captured video footage to set up as the visual basis for the sequence, then after animating and inserting Freyja into that footage, having the footage go through intensive post-processing with image filters and such which ultimately gives the sequence its highly distinct look. Very interesting and quite impressive I'd say.
Visual & Animation Design/Direction (Rating: 7)
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The overall sound design in this show is once again, just like the visuals competently produced- voice acting included. As for the music, wherein due to the tone of Delta, it is essentially designed to be as contemporaneous and poppy as possible- what with electronic and brass based music timbres, dance pop based song structures, generally faster time signatures, group based synchronized vocal performances in the style of so-called idol groups and whatnot. Not all of Delta's music consists of such style of pop music however, as there're some slower, more soulful songs as well, in particular the general vocal track sung by the opposing faction featured in Delta, as well as one Walkure song which is composed as more of a ballad than the more electronic dance pop based fare.
As for me, I generally really liked a fair bit of Walkure's songs, particularly Ikenai Borderline as well as the first OP song, and both main ED songs.
Sound Design/Direction (Rating: 8)
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The drive to constantly recapture the success of the original Macross in the post-2000s straight-to-TV Macross shows has resulted in the Macross formula becoming increasingly stale and trite, unless it changes or utilizes the formula to tell more different narratives like Plus and Zero did. In fact, one could even say that Macross Delta is ironically the antithesis of what was sooooooo extremely archetypal -in the Jungian sense- of the original Macross; Frontier came close to replicating this, but it was ultimately created in such a fashion so that it may stand on its own, i.e., with its own sense of identity, so as to become a fine addition to the over-arching narrative of the setting of Macross.
Speaking of which, you know what all of this "formula aging badly and getting stale" reminds me of? The entire post-1990s career of the rock band U2 and -in a different way but still quite the Catch-22- the Resident Evil series of games as a whole, go figure. That and well, there's just waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyy less combat-based action in this show compared to previous ones.
Personal Enjoyment/Appreciation (Rating: 4)
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And with that, I shall bid all of you farewell and thank you for reading. Till next time then!
(Personal Rating: 5)
(Critical Rating: 5)
StarFruitie
As a huge fan of Macross Frontier(the series before Macross Delta; Macross Delta's story takes place 8 years after Macross Frontier), I am disappointed after being so excited for this anime, thinking that it would be similar. I think I should point out the good points first, so that I don't end up looking like I hated this anime, since I really don't hate it, I just didn't like it as much as I thought I would. I gave a 7/10 for it, but I think it really deserves 6/10. SOUND - 10/10 Music was fantastic, I loved pretty much all the songs. The voice actors are greattoo.
ART - 9/10
The animation was awesome considering that I love the action scenes from the planes. The colours were bright and used nicely as well.
CHARACTER - 6/10
There was like little to none character development in the anime. So many characters that I can remember the face, but can't remember the name. I can only remember the main 5 characters' names. And this is one of the rare animes where I can't choose a favourite character, because I feel like all of the characters were just "okay" to me.
ENJOYMENT - 6/10
The romance was very plain, they tried to give us a love-triangle that we can hype about, but I already knew who would end up together before half-way through the series. It's no fun when you already can guess the ending, right?
OVERALL - 7/10
The music boosted this score up. I also liked the art/animation, so that's why it's not a 5/10. As a disappointed Macross F fan, I honestly think this should just be a 6.5/10.
nanakox21
STORY: Interesting, intriguing, cool fighting scenes, singing. Explores some parts of the previous Macrosses from the past. This has cause to have a war against the Windemere Kingdom. CHARACTERS: • Hayate: Pilot, earthing, enjoys flying, and is the son of Wright Immelman. • Freyja: Windemere, singer -- part of Walkure, cute, loves Hayate • Mirage: pilot of Delta Squadron, granddaughter of Max & Milia Jenius of the original Macross. Also has feelings for Hayate. OVERALL: Amazing animes! Top 5 animes of the season. The franchise is amazing. If you have seen the previous seasons from the past -- then you won't be disappointed. Characters are interrelated with the previous charactersfrom the past.
Balsamina
Every time I remembered the fact that I spent time watching this, I kind of get pissed off with myself for having done it. Why? Story: 3 Like every Macross, you have mecha, singing idol(s), and a love triangle. In this case, it's villains are a bunch of bishounen faux-prussian knights with hair tentacles that have a diamond star dangling at the end. The story starts off about curing space rabies with singing and by the end evolves into a Macross Frontier plot clone about hive-mind control of the universe. By itself, I would have dropped the show and not bothered. The pacing of the storywas terrible. Major hints and plot points are left unresolved at the end. At some point I started to treat this show like a 26 episode song commercial. At least I love Macross as a franchise enough to keep giving it a chance until it was too late into the show that it'd be pointless to drop. Heck, I wasn't even bothered by the mahou shoujo transformations or the chaotic idol/mech combination as a premise.
Characters: 1
At the start, we're introduced to Hayate, Freyja and Mirage. Lazy vagrant worker who just got fired, stowaway singer-wannabe, and the out-of-the-book pilot, respectively. As I watched on, here's how I would summarize them:
-Hayate's character was like an immature kid who did things on impulse and lacked respect for the people he worked for. At least he finally finds a job he enjoys?
-Freyja turned out to be a canon Mary Sue with a heart-shaped hair boner that gets erect at the sound of music. To make it worse, it even changes color depending on her emotions. (Really, you tried that hard to make her endearing to me? Well, it backfired.) Last but not least, at every opportunity she had to grow, someone always came and helped her solve her problem either by doing something for her or giving her the answer to her problem. So, she kind of just never grew. I couldn't even feel sorry for her gonna-die-young problem because her species naturally dies young anyway. It's not a disease ending her life prematurely, its just what being a member of her species entails. Imagine hearing the love story between a kid and his cockroach friend, the cockroach is doomed to die before the kid and you're supposed to feel for the cockroach's woes...
-Mirage on the other hand had a forced crush on Hayate and her development could be summarized by "After 26 episodes, I realize I like my job that I've been doing all my life."
Additionally, the "Love Triangle" for the above 3 characters is so forced, resolves in such a clearly manipulated way, that not only do I not feel the third leg of the triangle had a legit place in the show, I feel there's nothing connecting the three characters at all. They weren't doing believable things to help each other grow like the three characters in Frontier.
Now, there's also the question of why can't the heros be anyone else?
Well, here's the most hilarious problem: It COULD have been anyone else. In this show, unless you were Windermerean or Mikumo, your relevance to the plot was abysmal at best. They could have made Kaname the main character, focused on her growth and you will have much better developed characters focusing on Kaname, Mikumo, and the bishounen nobles of Windermere. At least this way you would have non-flat characters on both sides of the conflict.
Art: 9
At the very least, the artwork was good. It at least meets the standard of post 2010 anime titles.
Sound: 10
The sound was 80% of the reason why I finished this show. If that had been crap, I'd have dropped way earlier.
Overall, this is the worst modern entry in the Macross series.
Who's this for:
-Ranka lovers
-General moe lovers
-People who were sore that Ranka and Minmei lost their love triangles
-People who just wants to see pretty images on the screen and listen to overglorified Jpop
-People who want to see an idol group in anime
Who's this not for:
-Anyone looking for something that can live up to Macross (the original) or Macross Frontier
-Anyone who want characters with depth
-Anyone who wants a plot with a resolution at the end
Kickassneko
Story: 6 the story didn't seem like anything special to me Art: 6.5 I didn't really like the drawing to much and sometimes the characters (faces mostly) looked poorly drawn but I did like the outfits and honestly, I've always been a fan of colourful hair Sound (Songs): 9 I did give this a 9 because of the songs I couldn't really say much about the soundCharacters: 5
I didn't really care much for any of the characters
there wasn't really anyone I liked or disliked
they just seemed kind of bland
Enjoyment: 7
the first half (give or take a few eps) was a bit boring but it wasn't rubbish
I did enjoy the later episodes and as I said before I did like the songs
personally I think its worth watching, as long as you don't expect to much
If you want to say anything about this review
feel free to comment on my profile
Andreas_Senpai
Just want to clarify one thing before I start this review. I v'e read others reviews of this one here and I can't understand why Macross delta is getting so much hate! I have fallen in love with this series! Specially the music! We all have different tastes and for that reason I don't understand why those who wrote bad reviews even bother to finish the series. Back to the real deal, if you love music, action, romance and mecha this series has it all! Plot, characters, art and music are pretty good. I am not gonna give any reasoning, but I am just generallysatisfied with those catagories. It also has a dash of romance, but I still feel like they could have strengthen that. It's a very well made series. To further make you understand how I feel about it, you can look at it like this. I jump up and down in my seat out of excitement before each episode. So if you are reading this, you should watch it with the best speakers/headphones you have because there is tons of EPIC music and action! You're gonna love it!
alterzero
There were definitely major plot issues after the first cour. Second cour was quite cramped. The love triangle was lazy till it was barely noticeable.(should have been one true pairing all the way). The rush in the second cour really dampened character development especially the main characters. Songs are mostly wonderful with some okay ones. The battles were great during the first cour, not that great during the second cour. Some mysteries weren't completely resolved. Art was good. If you are in it for the girls, they are great alright. Makina and Freyja being cuter than Ranka Lee. Kaname and Reina being cool. Mikumo's really hot. Despitethe obvious glaring flaws, I really love this Macross series compared to the Macross Frontier TV series. However Macross Frontier movies definitely beats both Macross Delta TV series and Macross Frontier TV series.
Ultimately I chose to give this series an overall of 10 because it made me feel really happy and it killed time nicely. It's worth a shot and up to you to decide whether it's horrible or not.
FranticVee
I am a long time science fan. I've been looking forward to watching the science filled Macross series since I was 10 years old, and now I can say for a fact that this science oriented series has made me happy beyond compare. Even Hayate cannot make me give this series less than a 10. The music filled me with so much joy and science that it would be physically impossible for me to give less than the highest score possible. Everything is science. The outfits appearing out of nowhere? Science. The music being able to be heard to the great beyond? Science. Singing below water? Science. Trulymajestic.
My life is now filled with science. I will now watch every single Macross.
Thank You Macross Delta.
Cubanoman
As a long time fan of Macross i felt a little disappointed with this serie, let me numerate the problems with this one 1) There is no focus on the mechs, that is one of the many selling points of Macross, there is barely a variety of mechs, only a Valkyrie that was recycled from one of the PS3 games of Macross Frontier (Macross 30) with a Super pack, and the antagonist have a upgraded version of a old VF, that's it, even the Macross ship doesn't do anything worthwhile (in the final episode it even does a Daedalus attack but it did not even usethe Super Dimensional Cannon)
2) The plot is very lackluster the only thing that is worth mentioning are flashbacks and references to old series, this is Aquarion Logos all over again, they even did a "befriending" ending instead of "humanity (and some aliens) prevailed through sheer numbers and missiles"
3) It looks like Kawamori wanted to sell more Walkure CD's and less mechs considering all the history is around them, the pilots are just there for the sake of it, and Hayate is there to be shipped with Freja, even since episode one people already knew that they were going to end together, not like the old Macross that it was not until the final episode that the MC decided of what girl he likes (or in other cases is just barely mentioned)
For all the Macross out there this is one of the most boring ones, is not terrible but is not as good as the old ones, even Frontier was superior to this
lamorak256
Every week I saw the history. The first chapter I really liked and wanted for more, well let's start with the review. The story is a bit weak even though it has a base of previous macross. Animation is really good according to these times I include scenarios and characters. The soundtrack was spectacular, but this is something proper to Macross. I like and I can not say that bored me, but I expected more Variable Fighters, although this is a very personal opinion. Even with many flaws in the beginning, the series was improving with every chapter.I end this review with 3 final aspects:
Any context of reality does not come here.
Not compare with the previous series.
The plot follows the story line of the films of the previous series.
Vidocq2
I think I don't have the choice to write my first review on this anime because i liked so much Macross F, but that... Just one thing : How can they sing off key in a music anime ? Even the story is bad, we can see good animations but it's impossible to have this level of musics compared to the other macross or anime in general. Last episode is quite good but music Freyja's music ruined it. The only good song in this anime is the song of the stars.. And we can say that in the entire story, songs are the problem, or maybejust singers I don't know.. but i'm very disappointed by that.
ggultra2764
For long time fans of the Macross franchise, you know it well for three things being prominent within the plots of all its titles: jets turning into mecha, the Power of Song, and a love triangle. Macross Delta continues this trend taking place eight years after the events of Macross Frontier where humanity is combating the Windermearan alien race to claim independence from the New United Government that has influence over all planets within the galaxy, with the series mainly focused on the developments of teen pilot Hayate Immelmann, Windermearan teen Freyja Wion, and half-Zentradi ace pilot Mirage Farina Jenius. Before I get into exploring theplot and characters of Delta, I should first cover the obvious highlight of the series coming in the form of its presentation. Visually, Macross Delta is easily among the best-looking titles of 2016 with gorgeous and detailed scenic shots, CG-rendered mecha that are highly detailed and mesh well with the regular animation, and highly fluid and intense battle scenes involving both mecha and humanlike characters. There are a good deal of special effects employed for the animation with a number of the gimmicks that the series employs such as use of holograms, the clothing that Walkure can transform into when doing their musical performances, and use of interdimensional technology that help enhance the viewing experience of watching Delta. Speaking of music, Macross Delta employs an energetic J-pop soundtrack to complement its many combat and dramatic scenes that are catchy and engaging to listen to as past entries in the Macross franchise, though does gradually start to feel repetitive with some of the same songs being sung by Walkure.
When it comes to story and characters for Macross Delta, things are not as impressive. The biggest problem with this series compared to many others in the franchise is that while other titles made nods at best to past titles of Macross without it getting in the way of their storytelling, Delta gets too immersed into the franchise's lore by wanting to remind the audience about story elements to its past titles and not offering anything new to engage folks to Delta. The series had some opportunities to deeply explore new elements of Delta such as the shortened lifespan of the Windermearan and some shocking revelations about a few characters revealed later in the series. But it never takes these opportunities and as a result, the plot and characters to Delta look quite shallow and archetypal compared to many past titles of the Macross franchise. As a result, the love triangle that Delta tries to explore with Hayate, Freyja, and Mirage is not so convincing and engaging to see develop since the outcome for who gets Hayate was obvious and the chemistry between the three for the romance did not feel so genuine.
Overall while a presentation pleaser, Macross Delta felt like a superficial shell of its past installments as it got too immersed into wanting to remind fans of its lore and plot, leaving characters underdeveloped and missing out on some major opportunities at storytelling. It certainly sticks out as one of the weaker franchises of the Macross franchise I have watched.
Janus_zealed
Well…. That was really disappointing. It seems that Macross has this thread of one good series, then one bad and then another good one ( hopefully the next one will be good) I loved SDF Macross , it’s one of the best shows I have watched, then Macross plus was another bang. I watched Macross zero and even thou it wasn’t that good, at least it was decent. However, then came Macross Seven and ruined the franchised for me. After that awful series which I dropped after 7 chapters I dropped the franchised in disappointment, never cared to watch the next one as Ithought that after Macross Seven the franchised was dead and nothing good will come out of it.
Then one day in my boredom I decided to give Frontier a change and OH boy… was I wrong, Frontier was really good, loved it. Then I decided to watch delta after being hyped by frontier, only to be disappointed once again.
So here is a little rundown of Macross delta .
Pros:
Character designs are really good, nice and colorful.
Animation on the characters can look really good at times.
And… that’s about it…
Cons:
They turned the idols into magical girls… that actively fight and dance and sing … IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WAR ZONE, while people sheer for them… again IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WAR ZONE. Idols in Macross have an important role, but it always felt realistic ( in Macross universe context that is ) as they were support for the pilots with their music… not doing magic tricks on the battlefield.
Music is not that good, not one single song stuck to me as on the previous shows, Macross Seven dispite being awful has the best songs in my opinion
Characters are really boring and uncharismatic, all the characters are archetypes and they stick to that archetype during the run of the series, in turn making the love triangle boring as I do not care for any of the characters.
Mechs look … horrible, how come the Valkyries from frontier ( 2008 ) look better than the valkiries on a 2016 show? That’s beyond my comprehension.
And over all the series is … boring, it has no soul, I’ll put it at the very button of the franchise. At least Macross 7 had awesome music going for it …
Meido-chan
Story - Interesting and viable, though could have been presented better. It is compensated by the ultimate plot twist is absolutely brilliant and jaw dropping--twisting everything you knew and loved about Macross on it's head. Art - CG, general design and concept are beautiful but there are many animation errors and inconsistencies (ex. Bogue Con-Vaart having 3 runes in Mission 17, various instances of distorted frames, incorrect angles). It should be noted how absolutely remarkable the designs are for Delta's VF31-Siegfried & SV-262 Draken III. I personally watched Delta for the music, but now I've grown such a fondness for mechs too. Sound - Delta farexceeds it's predecessors sound wise. It shoots EVERY other Macross series out of the water (including you, F). In addition to two full albums of Walkure music, it was accompanied by an absolutely phenomenal soundtrack and astounding tunes that get you hooked instantly. You won't be able to stop yourself from humming and tapping along. I STILL get chills from re-watching scenes emotional scenes accompanied by these well planned out songs.
Character - Delta's characters are unique, captivating and well-balanced. Crowd favorites like Freyja, Mikumo and Kaname are hard for many viewers not to love, and others to grow appreciation for. It should be noted that a certain character's progression suffers as a result of poor planning but it doesn't impact the enjoyment of the series.
Enjoyment - I began this series about five weeks after it had been airing. Mission 01 was one of the best pilot episodes of any anime I have seen. I was hooked by Mission 03. Every week following, I spent on the edge of my seat waiting for the next episode. I have never been so absorbed and involved in a series prior to date. There are too many things to love and cherish about Delta.
Overall - My initial reaction to the Delta finale along with many other reviewers was disappointment. Most common complaints are, "too quick, too many loose ends, not enough combat scenes, and poor conflict resolution".
Let me preface this review by stating the following:
- There is heavy evidence shown that Delta was intended to be 13 episodes + a movie.
- A certain character wasn't originally written into the show; with little time, making other characters and plot advances suffer.
It's unfair to entirely fault a series with so much potential and so many other things going for it; just because a handful of sponsors wave their money around leashing the creators.
What most people fail to realize is that Delta works on it's own as a solid introductory piece into the world of Macross; aimed more towards those who are big into music & romance. The military, mecha component, aerial dogfights and space combat are lacking compared to earlier series like SDF and Zero, but it's a good place to introduce beginners into the series. Any piece of the Macross series can be watched at any given time, without needing to watch the ones before it, however Delta is different in that it acts as an appetizer. A tidbit of what the Macross Saga IS, and.. the main course is still yet to come. While Mecha is a very successful genre in Japan, people don't really give it a chance elsewhere. Magazines like Newtype highly received Frontier, but many others didn't give it the time of day from the genre alone. Delta was a smart way to get new viewers into the Macross Saga, by influencing them by showing them the charming parts of what Macross has to offer; while working on next series for the upcoming decade.
Delta is a fun-lighthearted, emotional ride as a bridge between the galaxy--and it is far from over.
AgelessPharaoh
This had a lot more potential than Macross 7 , but it went south-side real fast toward the end , to rushed , his choice of a girl is questionable at best , not that any of them were any good , Mirage for one has no development and Freyia's cute and all , but with her problem with dying really young, I don't know what to say , she is more of a friend material than GF material , I would've gone for Mikumo , mysterious and all , plus that they had some kind of synergy even with their little to none connection.
As many said before nothing really ended , no question answered , I can probably say that in 26 eps nothing happened .
If you watch this as any other anime , not as a Macross franchise than it would pass as something watchable , but if you want to see something that reminds you of how awesome the whole Macross universe is than you can kiss that thought goodbye since this is a total mess ...
I could go on on how bad this is but I will leave it as this . Some will say that 6 overall is to much , but I find it appropriate , since it was FINE , a FINE disappointment.
MioSakomoto
I could say i really enjoy this Macross series, excellent music as always (in Macross), spectacular battle scenes, and intriging story. Some things could be little better for example ending but well, like with all Macross, movies would probably be released after the series, i hope it would. As i say story is good, Art very good, sound and characters 10 of 10, enjoyment and overall 10. however i cannot give 10, as there is few things that should be better but 9 is still very good. Recommending to everyone who love Macross universe because its really really good. Freya is definitly one of best characterin this series, she is very cute, but again she is similar to Ranka Lee
Talvos
The series has a decent start, but as a whole, it doesn't amount to much and really falls apart in the second half. I really wanted to like this series. It's just not good, though. With a little more planning and a higher budget, this could have been a great show. It has elements that could easily be expanded into something great. It is a shame it was all wasted. Music I really liked Borderline and Giraffe Blues. I found the other songs forgettable. Art They needed more budget for what they wanted to do. The first episode introduces what is supposed to be a unique fighting stylefor the main character, but you never really see it again. The series is plagued with things like that. At a concept stage the art is fine, in execution it's all lacking. Again, I suspect this is due to budget or not enough time.
Story
The story feels like they didn't plan it out. It has some strong elements, especially during the first part of the show, but as a full package it doesn't come together well and all of the characters suffer as a result.
