Macross Plus (1994) (V)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Directors:

Shôji Kawamori
Shinichirô Watanabe (co-director)

Writers:

Shôji Kawamori (story)
Keiko Nobumoto (screenplay)

Release Date:

28 February 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Sci-Fi | Short

Plot:

Two old friends/rivals find themselves rival test pilots in competing projects while a mutual old flame returns to them with her own secrets.

Plot Keywords:

Aviation | Anime | Sequel | Artificial Intelligence

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Bryan Cranston	...	Isamu Alva Dyson (voice: English version) (as Lee Stone)
Takumi Yamazaki	...	Isamu Alva Dyson
Richard Epcar	...	Guld Goa Bowman (voice: English version) (as Richard George)
Unshô Ishizuka	...	Guld Goa Bowman
Rica Fukami	...	Myung Fang Lone
Anne Sherman	...	Myung Fang Lone
Melora Harte	...	Sharon Apple (voice: English version)
Mako Hyôdô	...	Sharon Apple
Beau Billingslea	...	Col. Millard Johnson (voice: English version) (as John Billingslea)
Kenji Utsumi	...	Col. Millard Johnson
Dan Woren	...	Yang Neuman (voice: English version) (as Jackson Daniels)
Bambi Darro	...	Lucy MacMillan (voice: English version)
Megumi Hayashibara	...	Lucy MacMillan
Steve Blum	...	Marj Gueldoa (voice: English version) (as Steven Blum)
Shô Hayami	...	Marj Gueldoa
Banjô Ginga	...	Raymond Marley
Bob Papenbrook	...	Raymond Marley (voice: English version)
Richard Barnes	...	General Gomez (voice: English version)
Kôichi Kitamura	...	General Gomez
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Leonardo Ardujo	...	Additional voices (voice: English version)
Phil I. Arndt	...	Additional voices (voice: English version)
Richard Cansino	...	Additional voices (voice: English version)
A.C. Doyle	...	Additional voices (voice: English version)
Dorothy Elias-Fahn	...	Ghost Ship officer / Airport annnouncer / SDF-1 Bridge officer / Additional voices (voice: English version) (as Dorothy Melendrez)
Tom Fahn	...	Additional voices (voice: English version) (as Tom Charles)
Michelle Flynn	...	Additional voices (voice: English version)
Michael Forest	...	Additional voices (voice: English version) (as Alfred Thor)
Gloria Gines	...	Additional voices (voice: English version)
Dougary Grant	...	Additional voices (voice: English version)
Arnie Hanks	...	Additional voices (voice: English version)
Ralph Holderness	...	Additional voices (voice: English version)
Susan Jordan	...	Additional voices (voice: English version)
Wendee Lee	...	Reporter / hotel clerk (voice: English version)
Edward Mannix	...	Additional voices (voice: English version) (as Ed Mannix)
Marlon Mann	...	Additional voices (voice: English version)
Mona Marshall	...	Additional voices (voice: English version) (as Liza Rhesus)
Joe Montane	...	Additional voices (voice: English version)
Tomohiro Nishimura	...	Yang Newman
Debra Rogers	...	Additional voices (voice: English version)
Joe Romersa	...	Additional voices (voice: English version)
Masaharu Satô	...	Bikens
Joshua Seth	...	Additional voices (voice: English version)
Peter Spellos	...	Council member (voice: English version) (as G. Gordon Baer)
Skip Stellrecht	...	Additional voices (voice: English version) (as Hank Wilspank)
Barry Stigler	...	Additional voices (voice: English version)
Paul St. Peter	...	Council member (voice: English version) (as George C. Cole)
Sam Strong	...	Additional voices (voice: English version)
Urara Takano	...	Kate Masseau
Paris Themmen	...	Additional voices (voice: English version)
Jimmy Theodore	...	Additional voices (voice: English version) (as Rudy Luzion)
Kirk Thornton	...	Additional voices (voice: English version) (as Spanky Roberts)
Michael Wang	...	Additional voices (voice: English version)
Mimi Woods	...	Additional voices (voice: English version)

Directed by
Shôji Kawamori
Shinichirô Watanabe		(co-director)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Shôji Kawamori		story
Keiko Nobumoto		screenplay

Produced by
Isamu Asami	....	executive producer
Ryô Iguchi	....	producer
Ken Iyadomi	....	executive producer
Hirotake Kanda	....	producer
Yutaka Maseba	....	executive producer
Takashi Mogi	....	executive producer
Shinji Nakashima	....	assistant producer
Kaya Ônishi	....	producer (as Kaya Ohnishi)
Yoshimasa Ônishi	....	executive producer (as Yoshimasa Ohnishi)
Hirohiko Sueyoshi	....	executive producer
Minoru Takanashi	....	producer
Yoshio Tsuda	....	producer (as Yosio Tsuda)
Taro Yoshida	....	producer

Original Music by
Yôko Kanno

Cinematography by
Takashi Azuhata
Akihiko Takahashi		(episode 1)

Film Editing by
Hideichi Kakematsu
Shuichi Kakesu

Art Direction by
Katsufumi Haryu

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Osamu Mikasa	....	second assistant director (episode 3)
Yûji Moriyama	....	assistant director (episode 3)
Minoru Ôhara	....	second assistant director (episodes 1-4)

Art Department
Shinji Higuchi	....	storyboards
Shôji Kawamori	....	storyboards
Kazutaka Miyatake	....	original production designer
Yoshinori Sayama	....	artboards
Kiyomi Tanaka	....	artboards
Shinichirô Watanabe	....	storyboards

Sound Department
Les Claypool III	....	final mix
Masafumi Mima	....	sound director
Joe Romersa	....	digital tracking

Visual Effects by
Mitsunori Katâma	....	computer graphics director

Animation Department
Atsushi Aono	....	animation director (segment 2)
Nei-Yo Ebisu	....	animation director
Masami Goto	....	mechanical animation director
Jeong-Gyun Jeong	....	animation and finishing scheduling (as Jeung-Gyun Jeung)
Shôji Kawamori	....	mechanical designer
Yoshihiro Kitano	....	animator (segments 1-2 and 4)
Masayuki	....	original character designer
Kôji Morimoto	....	animation director: Sharon Apple Concert scenes

Other crew
Ichirô Itano	....	action choreographer
Kazutaka Miyatake	....	original mechanical designer

Production Companies

• Bandai Visual Company
• Big West
• Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS)
• Shogakukan

Distributors

• Living Colour Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Madman Entertainment (2001) (Australia) (DVD)
• Manga Entertainment (1995) (UK) (video)
• Manga Video (1995) (USA) (all media)
• Teletoon

Other Companies

• Dr. Movie  animation and finishing
• Imagica  film developing
• Israel Philharmonic Orchestra  orchestra
• Magic Capsule  sound production
• Maki Productions  titles
• Triangle Staff  animation production
• Victor Entertainment  music production

Runtime:

115 min (movie version) | 35 min (4 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:14+ (TV rating) | Canada:PG (TV re-rating) | Canada:G (Quebec) (VHS/DVD rating) | Australia:PG | Canada:14A | France:U | UK:12

Company:

Bandai Visual Company

Trivia:

The song Kate sings at the holographic karaoke bar is "Watashi no kare wa PAIROTTO" (My Boyfriend is a Pilot), which was one of Lynn Minmay's signature songs from the original TV series Chohjikuu Yosai Macross.

Quotes:

Isamu Alva Dyson: Ever since we were kids, you were tagging along behind me like some lonesome pet. Why don't you go chasing some woman's ass for once, huh?
Guld Goa bowman: What!
Isamu Alva Dyson: Oh, as if you don't remember! That chicken race we had on New Year's Day. Even after I won, you cried foul on me!
Guld Goa bowman: You were the first one to hit the ground. Or are you trying to rewrite history now? Just how bad is your memory, you slacker?
Isamu Alva Dyson: And you know what you never returned? That Guns Live CDV that I loaned to you that one time, you thief!
Guld Goa bowman: That's because you disappeared! And those were the best seven years I had!
[...]

Movie Connections:

Followed by "Makurosu furontia" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Information High

Cool Macross Side-Story

This wasn't what I expected; it was not the (literally) earth shattering epic of humans versus bad aliens like the original. This sequal is more of a "gaiden" side-story set with in the same universe. Kind of focuses on some of the "little guys"; test pilots and engineers. But that's not to say that their lives are not as interesting. This is a much more intense, complex, and overall more grown-up story than the original. It's really a solid sci-fi story and would recommend it to anyone. And, one does not have to be familiar with the Macross universe to watch it!