Macross Frontier

Macross Frontier
Official DVD cover of Macross Frontier released only in Japan.
マクロスF (フロンティア) (Makurosu Furontia)
Genre	Mecha anime, Space opera, Romance, Military science fiction
Manga
Illustrated by	Aoki Hayato
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Shōnen Ace
Original run	December 26, 2007 – 2009
Volumes	5
Manga
Macross F Chō Jikū Uta Miko Ranka
Illustrated by	Kuroiwa Yoshihiro
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Comp Ace
Original run	February 26, 2008 – May 26, 2008
Anime television series
Directed by	Yasuhito Kikuchi Shōji Kawamori
Produced by	Hiro Maruyama Hiroki Hasebe (Bandai Visual) Hisanori Kunisaki Shinichi Hirai Tsutomu Kasai Yoji Morotomi
Written by	Hiroyuki Yoshino Shōji Kawamori
Studio	Satelight
Original network	MBS, TBS, Animax
Original run	April 3, 2008 – September 25, 2008
Episodes	25 (List of episodes)
Light novel
Written by	Ukyō Kodachi
Illustrated by	Risa Ebata Hayato Aoki
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
Demographic	Male
Imprint	Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
Original run	July 1, 2008 – March 1, 2009
Volumes	4
Manga
Macross F Dakishimete, Ginga no Hate Made
Illustrated by	Sorahiko Mizushima
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Comp Ace
Original run	July 26, 2008 – present
Anime film
Itsuwari no Utahime
Directed by	Shōji Kawamori
Written by	Hiroyuki Yoshino Shōji Kawamori
Music by	Yoko Kanno
Studio	Satelight, 8-Bit
Released	November 21, 2009
Runtime	120 minutes
Manga
Sheryl~Kiss in the Galaxy
Illustrated by	Kariko Koyama
Published by	Kodansha
Demographic	Shōjo
Magazine	Bessatsu Friend
Original run	September 13, 2010 – October 10, 2012
Volumes	4
Anime film
Sayonara no Tsubasa
Directed by	Shōji Kawamori
Written by	Hiroyuki Yoshino Shōji Kawamori
Music by	Yoko Kanno
Studio	Satelight
Released	February 26, 2011
Runtime	115 minutes

Macross Frontier (マクロスF (フロンティア), Makurosu Furontia^?) is a Japanese animated science fiction space drama that aired in Japan on MBS from April 3, 2008 to September 25, 2008. It is the third Japanese anime television series set in the Macross universe.

Macross Frontier is the story of a human space colony fleet trying to find a habitable planet near the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. The story focuses on three young adults (a famed pop singer, a private military pilot, and a rising pop singer) and the events that occur around them as the fleet faces a crisis of alien origin.

The series features the 25th New Macross-class Colonial Fleet, dubbed the Macross Frontier, en route to the galactic center. This heavily populated interstellar fleet (consisting of numerous civilian vessels and their military escorts) contains a makeup of both human occupants and their Zentradi allies. As such, many of the Macross Frontier's companion vessels appear to merge more metallic Human designs with organic Zentradi aesthetics. Macross Frontier's plot explores a combination of action/political intrigue/space drama more than previous Macross series have done in the past.

As the series begins, during a mission to an unexplored asteroid belt a reconnaissance New U.N. Spacy (N.U.N.S.) VF-171 is destroyed by extremely powerful and fast insectoid biomechanical alien mecha known as the "Vajra" which immediately begin their attack on the rest of the fleet. Unable to stop the new enemy threat, the N.U.N.S. Colonial Defense Forces authorizes the deployment of a private military provider organization called S.M.S. (Strategic Military Services) which utilizes the new VF-25 Messiah variable fighter to combat the alien menace.