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Macross Plus (OAV)

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©1994, 1995 Big West/Macross Plus Project.


[ part of [Macross], sequel of (The) Super Dimension Fortress Macross (TV) ]

Related anime:
    Macross 7 (TV) (sequel)
      Macross 7 the Movie: The Galaxy's Calling Me! (sequel)
      Macross 7: Trash (manga) (spinoff)
      Macross Dynamite 7 (OAV) (sequel)
        Macross Frontier (TV) (sequel)
          Macross Frontier (manga) (adaptation)
          Macross Frontier ~Itsuwari no Utahime~ (movie)
    Macross Plus Movie Edition (compilation)

Alternative title:
マクロスプラス (Japanese)
마크로스 플러스 (Korean)
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: The year is 2040 and the galaxy is flourishing with several colonies and advanced technology. AI is near perfection and the current top idol is the near-completed Virturoid Idol Sharon Apple. All that is missing are her actual feelings, which instead are supplied by Myung Fang Lone. Sharon's debut concert is on planet Eden, where at the same time, fighter pilots Isamu Dyson and Guld Bowman battle over air superiority for the "Supernova Project." Isamu, Guld and Myung were once childhood friends, but after an accident seven years ago, they went their own separate ways. With Myung back in the picture, the old disputes are once again awakened. And when an unstable and illegal AI technique is installed in Sharon, the situation is worsened.
Video:
User Ratings: 1033 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 160 votes (sub:97, dub:57, raw:2, ?:1, Fre.dub:1, Ita.dub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Excellent: 286 votes (sub:155, dub:116, raw:5, ?:3, Spa.sub:2, Fre.sub:2, Rus.sub:1, Rus.dub:1, Kor.sub:1)
 Very good: 236 votes (sub:141, dub:80, Por.sub:4, Fre.dub:2, Fre.sub:2, raw:2, Rus.sub:1, ?:1, Spa.dub:1, Spa.sub:1, Por.dub:1)
 Good: 207 votes (sub:105, dub:85, ?:6, edit.dub:3, Dut.sub:2, Fre.sub:2, raw:2, Ita.dub:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Decent: 77 votes (sub:40, dub:33, raw:3, Ger.sub:1)
 So-so: 33 votes (dub:16, sub:14, ?:1, edit.dub:1, Fre.dub:1)
 Not really good: 13 votes (sub:8, dub:5)
 Weak: 12 votes (dub:7, sub:4, edit.dub:1)
 Bad: 4 votes (dub:3, sub:1)
 Awful: 5 votes (sub:3, dub:2)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 1883 users, rank: #314
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.976 (Very good-.02), std. dev.: 1.5969, rank: #488
Weighted mean: 7.912 (Very good-.08), rank: #431 (seen all: 8.01 / seen some: 6.29 / won't finish: 3.69)
Bayesian estimate: 7.908 (Very good-.09), rank: #283
Running time: 40 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 4
Episode titles: We have 4
Vintage:
1994-08-25
2003 (Spain)
2006-07-01 (USA - Encore Action)
Releases: We have 16
Opening Theme:
#01: "Voices (a capella version)" by Akino Arai (ep 1)
#01: "Voices (English Version)" by Michelle Flynn (ep 1)
#02: "Idol Talk" by Akino Arai (ep 2)
#03: "Pulse" by Wu Yun Ta Na (ep 4)
Ending Theme:
#01: "After, in the Dark" by Mai Yamane (eps 1-3)
#02: "Voices (English Version)" by Michelle Flynn (ep 4)
#02: "Voices" by Akino Arai (ep 4)
Links: We have 3
Trivia: We have 7
Comment:
Along with the re-release of the Appleseed OAV, Macross Plus was Manga Entertainment's first domestic anime release.
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Related reviews:
    Macross Plus Movie DVD

Related releases:
    Macross Plus - Box Set (DVD) 2003-10-28
    Macross Plus - The Collection (DVD) 2005-06-14 (from $23.96)
    Macross Plus (DVD 1) 1999-09-28 (from $15.53)
    Macross Plus (DVD 2)
    Macross Plus - Box Set (DVD 1-2) 2005-06-14 (from $29.99)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Chief Director: Shoji Kawamori

Director: Shinichiro Watanabe

Screenplay: Keiko Nobumoto

Storyboard:
Shinichiro Watanabe
Shoji Kawamori

Music: Yoko Kanno

Original creator: Shoji Kawamori

Character Design: Masayuki

Art director: Katsufumi Hariu

Animation director:
Atsushi Aono
Koji Morimoto (concert)
Yuji Moriyama (eps 3-4)

Mechanical design: Shoji Kawamori

Sound director: Masafumi Mima

Cgi director: Mitsunori Kataama

Director of Photography: Akihiko Takahashi

Executive producer:
Hirohiko Sueyoshi
Isamu Asami
Takashi Mogi
Tatsuo Miyata
Yoshimasa Ohnishi

Producer:
Akira Inokuchi
Hirotake Kanada
Kaya Ohnishi
Minoru Takanashi
Yoshio Tsuda

Action Choreography: Ichiro Itano

Assistant producer: Shinji Nakashima

Digital Graphic Design:
Kiyomi Tanaka
Yoshinori Sayama

Editing: Hideichi Kakematsu

Key Animation:
Akihiko Yamashita
Akihiro Taniguchi
Akira Inoue
Asako Nishida
Eiji Yamanaka
Emiko Momose
Fumiko Yoshida
Fuminori Kizaki
Hideaki Anno
Hideaki Yokoi
Hiromi Muranaka
Hiroomi Yamakawa
Hiroshi Kamogawa
Hiroshi Koujina
Hiroshi Osaka
Hiroyuki Okuno
Joji Ooshima
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Kazutaka Hara
Kenichirou Katsura
Kenji Mizuhata
Koichi Usami
Kouichi Arai
Makoto Yamada
Mamoru Kurosawa
Mariko Aoki
Masahiko Itojima
Masahiro Sekino
Masaki Hosoyama
Masami Goto
Masatsugu Arakawa
Masatsugu Yamashita
Morifumi Naka
Noriaki Tetsura
Norio Matsumoto
Ryo Tanaka
Satoru Nakamura
Satoshi Ishino
Satoshi Shigeta
Shinya Takahashi
Soichiro Matsuda
Syunji Suzuki
Takaaki Fukuyo
Takahiro Goto
Takahiro Kimura
Takahiro Komori
Takao Yoshino
Takashi Hashimoto
Takashi Sogabe
Takashi Yamamoto
Takeshi Honda
Takuji Yoshimoto
Tomohiro Kawahara
Toru Takahashi
Toshihiko Shimada
Toshihiro Kawamoto
Toshihiro Nakajima
Toshiyuki Okabayashi
Yasuhiro Irie
Yasuhiro Seo
Yasushi Muraki
Yoko Kikuchi
Yoko Kojo
Yooji Niizuma
Yoshiharu Shimizu
Yoshihiro Kitano
Yoshimitsu Ohashi
Yutaka Kamogawa

Music producer:
Shiro Sasaki
Toshiaki Ohta

Original Mechanical Design: Kazutaka Miyatake

Setting:
Kiyomi Tanaka
Yoshinori Sayama

Special Director: Ichiro Itano

Theme Song Lyrics:
Gabriela Robin (Sharon Apple songs)
Wakako Kaku ("Voices")

Theme Song Performance:
Akino Arai ("Voices", "Idol Talk")
Gabriela Robin ("Santi-U")
Mai Yamane ("After, in the Dark")

 

Mako Hyoudou as Sharon Apple

Rica Fukami as Myung Fang Lone

Takumi Yamazaki as Isamu Alva Dyson

Unshou Ishizuka as Guld Goa Bowman

Banjou Ginga as Raymond Marley

Kenji Utsumi as Col. Millard Johnson

Kôichi Kitamura as General Gomez

Megumi Hayashibara as Lucy Macmillan

Sho Hayami as Marge Gueldoa

Tomohiro Nishimura as Yang Neumann

Norio Wakamoto as Dr. Worth (ep 2)

Urara Takano as Kate Masseau

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: Triangle Staff

Broadcaster: NHK

CG Animation: Buildup Entertainment

In-Between Animation: Dr. Movie

Music Performance:
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (ep 4)
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

Music Production: Victor Entertainment

Original Creator:
Big West
Studio Nue

Production:
Bandai Visual
Big West
Hero Co., Ltd.
Macross Plus Project
Mainichi Broadcasting
Shogakukan Productions Co., Ltd.
Studio Nue
Triangle Staff

English cast 
English staff 

Director: Quint Lancaster

Translation:
Michelle Flynn ("Voices")
Neil Nadelman
Nobuhiro Hayashi

ADR Script: Raymond Garcia

Executive producer:
Ken Iyadomi
Yutaka Maseba

Producer: Taro Yoshida

Digital Tracking: Joe Romersa

Recording Facility Engineer: Les Claypool III

Subtitle Timing: Neil Nadelman

Theme Song Lyrics: Michelle Flynn ("Voices" - English Version)

Theme Song Performance: Michelle Flynn ("Voices" - English Version)

Anne Sherman as Myung Fang Lone

Lee Stone as Isamu Alva Dyson

Melora Harte as Sharon Apple

Richard George as Guld Goa Bowman

Bambi Darro as Lucy Macmillan

Beau Billingslea as Col. Millard Johnson

Bob Pappenbrook as Raymond Marley

Jackson Daniels as Yang Neumann

Richard Barnes as General Gomez

Steven Jay Blum as Marj Gueldoa

Dorothy Melendrez as
Airport Announcer
Ghost Ship Officer
SDF-1 Bridge Officer

G. Gordon Baer as Council Member

George C. Cole as Council Member

Wendee Swan as
Hotel Clerk (ep 2)
Reporter (ep 3)

A.C. Doyle

Alfred Thor

Arnie Hanks

Barry Stigler

Debbie Rogers

Dougary Grant

Ed Mannix

Gloria Gines

Hank Wilspank

Joe Montane

Joe Romersa

Joshua Seth

Leonardo Ardujo

Liza Rhesus

Marlon Mann

Michael Wang

Mimi Woods

Mona Marshall

Paris Themmen

Phil I. Arndt

Ralph Holderness

Richard Hayworth

Rudy Luzion

Sam Strong

Spanky Roberts

Susan Jordan

Tom Charles

English companies 

ADR Production: Animaze

Broadcaster:
Encore Action
Sci Fi Channel (Ani-Monday)
Syfy (Ani-Monday)
Teletoon (Canada)

Casting:
D.S.E.
Haniver Talent Agency

Distributor - For Manga Entertainment: Siren Visual Entertainment (1994-2001)

DVD Authoring: Crush Digital Video

Licencor, Distributor: Manga Entertainment (Australia)

Licensed by:
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia/New Zealand)
Manga Entertainment
Manga Entertainment UK (United Kingdom)

Recording Facility: Magnitude 8 Post

Soundtrack:
AnimeTrax (2001 Release)
JVC (1995 Release)

Subtitles: Captions, Inc.

French staff 
French cast 
(none)
 

Françoise Cadol as Sharon

Hélène Otternaud as Myung

Luc Bernard as Galudo

Michel Mella as Isamu

Patrick Guillemin as Galudo (ep 3)

Stéphane Godin as Isamu (ep 3)

Dominique Lelong as Lucy

Fabrice Josso as Yan (ep 3)

Gerard Berner as Millard

Laurence Crouzet as Lucy (ep 3)

Nicolas Sempé as Yan

Patrick Borg as Marje

Bruno Dubernat

French companies 

Broadcaster: Canal + (from 1998)

Distributor:
Manga Video (France)
Pathé (France)

Dubbing Studio: S.T.A.R.T.


Spanish staff 

Dubbing Director: Azucena Díaz (Spain dub)

Translation: María Ferrer (Spain dub)

Mixing: Ferrán Mosquera (Spain dub)

Spanish cast 

Azucena Díaz as Myung Fang Lone (Spain dub)

Carlos Lladó as Isamu Alva Dyson (Spain dub)

Ramón Rocabayera as Guld Goa Bowman (Spain dub)

Alfonso Vallés as Coronel Millard Johnson (Spain dub)

Antonio Pujós as Marj Gueldoa (Spain dub)

Isabel Valls as Lucy MacMillan (Spain dub)

Xavier Fernández as Yang Neuman (Spain dub)

Spanish companies 

Distributor: Selecta Visión (Spain)

Dubbing Studio: Dubbing Films (Barcelona)

DVD Distribution: Selecta Visión

TV Distribution: Selecta Visión

Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Translation:
Elisa Bellia
Elisa Galletta

Dialogues: Elisa Galletta

Director Of Dubbing: Raffaele Farina

Editorial Coordination: Luca Ficarelli (DVD edition)

 

Enrico Maggi as Guld Goa Bowman

Patrizio Prata as Isamu Alva Dyson

Roberta Federici as Sharon Apple

Roberta Gallina as Myung Fang Lone

Augusto Di Bono as Comandante Macross

Cinzia Massironi as Lucy MacMillan

Davide Garbolino as Yang Neumann

Orlando Mezzabotta as Col. Millard Johnson

Aldo Stella as Tassista

Italian companies 

Distributor:
Panini Video Italia (new distributor - since 2005)
Polygram Video

Dubbing: DEA Digital Editing Audio

Dutch staff 
Dutch companies 
(none)
 

Distributor: Manga DVD

Dutch cast 
(none)
Russian staff 
Russian companies 
(none)
 

Distributor: MC Entertainment

Licensed by: MC Entertainment

Russian cast 
(none)
Portuguese staff 
Portuguese companies 
(none)
 

Broadcaster: Multishow (Brazil)

Portuguese cast 
(none)
 
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