Movie

Macross: Do You Remember Love?

1984 · 114 min

A sweeping, earnest space opera where pop songs become weapons and love triangles play out amid giant robot battles, leaving a bittersweet afterglow.

Directed by: Noboru Ishiguro, Shoji Kawamori
Genres: Animation, Science fiction, War
Starring: Mari Iijima, Arihiro Hase, Mika Doi

Tagline: Explore the outer limits of imagination where humans battle a race of giant bionoids.
Overview: It is A.D. 2009 and the human race is caught in a war between giant humanoids, male Zentrans and female Meltrans. Returning from the edge of our solar system after making a space fold, the SDF-1 Macross makes the long journey back to Earth with survivors of South Ataria Island.

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Directed by: Noboru Ishiguro, Shoji Kawamori
Genres: Animation, Science fiction, War
Starring: Mari Iijima, Arihiro Hase, Mika Doi

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Tone: romanticstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
war
identity
music
survival
Places: space
sea
big city
Era: far-future
Audience: teen
Form: animated
twist ending
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	7
Horror	2
Humour	3
Realism	3
Romance	7
Tension	6
Darkness	5
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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