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Macross II

Super Dimensional Fortress Macross II: Lovers Again
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The VHS cover for Macross II's original North American release.
超時空要塞マクロスII -LOVERS AGAIN-
Genre Adventure, Drama, Mecha
Original video animation
Directed by Kenichi Yatagai
Written by Sukehiro Tomita
Music by Shirō Sagisu
Studio AIC
Licensed by
Released May 21, 1992November 21, 1992
Episodes 6 (List of episodes)
Manga
Written by Sukehiro Tomita
Illustrated by Tsuguo Okazaki
Published by Shogakukan
English publisher
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Big Comic
Original run 19921993
Volumes 1
Anime film
Macross II the Movie
(American movie adaptation)
Directed by Quint Lancaster
Written by Raymond Garcia
Music by Les Claypool III
Studio U.S. Renditions
Released June 4, 1993
Runtime 150 minutes
Manga
The Micron Conspiracy
(Original English Language manga)
Written by James D. Hudnall
Illustrated by Schulhoff Tam
Published by Viz Media
Published 1994
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Super Dimensional Fortress Macross II: Lovers Again (超時空要塞マクロスII -LOVERS AGAIN-?) was the first instalment in the Macross franchise to feature a new cast of characters. Macross II was produced by Big West, with no involvement from the original series creators Studio Nue.

After Flash Back 2012, Studio Nue no longer wanted to work on Macross as a series. Big West continued alone, building from Do You Remember Love? with Macross II and three video games: Macross 2036 and Macross: Eien no Love Song for the PC Engine CD and Macross: Scrambled Valkyrie for the Super Famicom.

In light of this, Studio Nue decided to continue the story themselves, though they used the original television series as a base instead. This began with the 1994 Macross Plus and no further work is based on what is now considered a "Parallel World" timeline.

The story takes place in 2092, 80 years after the events depicted in Macross: Do You Remember Love? The SDF-1 Macross still exists, as does the U.N. Spacy Minmay Attack stratagem, which has been successfully employed to thwart the Zentradi threat ever since. However, a new humanoid alien race called the Marduk (Mardook in the original Japanese version), arrives in the Solar System with enslaved Zentradi and Meltlandi warriors who are seemingly unaffected by the Minmay Attack. The Marduk employ their own female singers, called Emulators, who incite their giant warriors with songs.


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