Ray Lovelock (Macross)

Macross 7
Cover for the first Blu-ray box set.
マクロス7 (Makurosu Sebun)
Genre	Adventure, Mecha, Space Opera, Music
Anime television series
Directed by	Tetsurō Amino
Written by	Sukehiro Tomita
Studio	Studio Nue (production) Ashi Productions (animation)
Original network	MBS
Original run	October 16, 1994 – September 24, 1995
Episodes	49 + 3 encore episodes (List of episodes)
Manga
Macross 7: Trash
Written by	Haruhiko Mikimoto
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Shōnen Ace
Original run	18 October 1994 – 26 May 2001
Volumes	8
Anime film
The Galaxy Is Calling Me!
Directed by	Tetsurō Amino
Studio	Studio Nue (production) Ashi Productions (animation)
Released	30 September 1995
Runtime	30 minutes
Original video animation
Macross Dynamite 7
Directed by	Tetsurō Amino
Studio	Studio Nue (production) Hal Film Maker (animation)
Released	December 18, 1997 – August 25, 1998
Runtime	30 minutes
Episodes	4
Anime film
Macross FB 7: Ore no Uta o Kike!
Directed by	Tetsurō Amino
Studio	Studio Nue (production) Satelight (animation)
Released	20 October 2012
Runtime	90 minutes

Macross 7 (マクロス7, Makurosu Sebun) is an anime television series. It is a sequel to the show The Super Dimension Fortress Macross that takes place many years after the events of the first series following a cast of mostly new characters. The show ran from October 16, 1994 to September 24, 1995 at 11:00 AM, and 49 episodes were aired. Although it has been distributed in the other parts of the world, at present has not been licensed in North America.

Macross 7 is best known for its music, and since the show began airing over a dozen albums have been released by the fictional band Fire Bomber that stars in the show. Macross 7 exists in the official Studio Nue chronology and canon, with story concept by Shoji Kawamori, who also handled mechanical designs along with Kazutaka Miyatake. A theatrical episode, Macross 7: Ginga ga Ore wo Yondeiru! (Macross 7: The Galaxy's Calling Me!), was released in 1995. Several OVAs were also released, including Macross 7: Encore and later, Macross Dynamite 7. In 2012, a crossover movie retelling the Macross 7 events by Macross F characters, Macross FB 7: Ore no Uta o Kike!, was released.

AD 2009 - The human race first encountered an alien race. The Space War which followed with this race of giants, known as the Zentradi, nearly devastated the Earth.

March, 2010 - The war ended. In April of that same year, a new United Earth government was inaugurated and humans began to follow the path of coexistence with the alien Zentradi. Those Zentradi who wished to, used micron technology to return their bodies to human size.

September, 2011 - The Earth UN Government launched a deep space colonization plan for the purpose of preserving the species.

September, 2012 - The extreme long-range transport Megaroad One set out, carrying the first colonists.

September, 2030 - The gigantic Megaroad-class ships were replaced by the first of the super high-capacity New-Macross class colonization ships, whose fleets were capable of carrying up to one million colonists.

2038 - The Macross 7 fleet, built around the seventh of the new Macross-class ships, left for the center of the galaxy carrying the 37th wave of colonists.