The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? | |
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Directed by |
Shōji Kawamori Noboru Ishiguro |
Produced by | Akira Inoue Hiroshi Iwata Tsuneyuki Enomoto |
Screenplay by | Sukehiro Tomita |
Story by | Shōji Kawamori |
Based on |
The Super Dimension Fortress Macross by Shōji Kawamori |
Starring |
Arihiro Hase Mari Iijima Mika Doi |
Music by | Kentarō Haneda |
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Distributed by | Big West Advertising & Toho |
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115 minutes 145 minutes (Perfect Edition) |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? (超時空要塞マクロス 愛・おぼえていますか Chōjikū Yōsai Makurosu: Ai Oboete Imasu ka?), also known as Super Spacefortress Macross (commonly referred to by the acronym "DYRL?" among Western fans), is a 1984 Japanese animated movie based around the Macross television series.
The movie is a film adaptation of the original Macross series, with new animation. The storyline of the film does not fit directly into the Macross chronology, and was originally an alternate universe retelling of the story, but was later established as part of the Macross universe. Within the Macross universe it is a popular movie (i.e. a movie within a television series), a fact shown in Macross 7. However, new Macross productions like Macross Frontier have used elements from both the first T.V. series and this film. In Macross tradition, it features transforming mecha, pop music, and a love triangle. The movie gets its name from its romantic themes and also by the song sung during its climactic battle sequence by Lynn Minmay (voiced by Mari Iijima). In Macross Frontier, a later series in the Macross universe, the first few episodes use re-animated key scenes from this film and Flash Back 2012 to give viewers glimpses of past events.