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Macross Zero (OAV)

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

Alternative title:
マクロスゼロ (Japanese)
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Taking place one year before the Zentraedi arrive on Earth, Macross Zero chronicles the final days of the war between the U.N. Spacy and anti-U.N. factions. After being shot down by the anti-U.N.'s newest fighter plane, ace pilot Shin Kudo finds himself on the remote island of Mayan, where technology is almost non-existent. While Shin stays on the island to heal his wounds, the tranqulity of the island is shattered by a battle that involves the UN's newest fighter - the VF-0.
User Ratings: 745 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 150 votes (sub:130, dub:8, Por.sub:3, raw:3, Spa.sub:3, ?:2, Fre.sub:1)
 Excellent: 203 votes (sub:179, dub:13, raw:4, Spa.sub:4, ?:1, Kor.sub:1, Rus.dub:1)
 Very good: 189 votes (sub:166, dub:10, Por.sub:4, Spa.sub:3, raw:3, Rus.sub:1, Ger.sub:1, Fre.sub:1)
 Good: 125 votes (sub:118, dub:5, Spa.sub:1, raw:1)
 Decent: 36 votes (sub:35, Rus.sub:1)
 So-so: 20 votes (sub:19, dub:1)
 Not really good: 14 votes (sub:14)
 Weak: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1329 users, rank: #459
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.193 (Very good+.19), std. dev.: 1.5204, rank: #281
Weighted mean: 8.124 (Very good+.12), rank: #258 (seen all: 8.18 / seen some: 7.73 / won't finish: 5.85)
Bayesian estimate: 8.115 (Very good+.11), rank: #178
Running time: 35 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 5
Episode titles: We have 5
Vintage: 2002-12-21
Releases: We have 5
Ending Theme:
#01: "Arkan" by Holy Raz (Eps 1,5)
#02: "Life Song" by Yen Chang with Holy Raz (Ep 2)
#03: "Yanyan" by Yuuka Nanri (Ep 3)
#04: "Forest Song" by Kuniaki Haishima (Ep 4)
Links: We have 4
Trivia: We have 4
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Japanese staff 
Japanese companies 

Director: Shoji Kawamori

Script: Hiroshi Ohnogi

Storyboard: Shoji Kawamori

Music: Kuniaki Haishima

Original creator: Shoji Kawamori

Original Character Design:
Haruhiko Mikimoto (Roy Focker)
Takahiro Kishida ("Earth Girl Arjuna")

Character Design: Takuya Saito

Art director: Dai Ohta

Animation director: Takuya Saito

Mechanical design: Shoji Kawamori

Sound director: Masafumi Mima

Director of Photography: Masayuki Narai

Producer:
Kaya Ohnishi (Big West)
Minoru Takanashi

Additional Music: Yoko Kanno ("Earth Girl Arjuna" Cameo)

Art Setting Design: Arihiro Hirasawa

Assistant director: Tomokazu Tokoro

Color Key: Shigenobu Kaihou

Mechanical Art: Hidetaka Tenjin

Mechanical Setting Consultant: Junya Ishigaki

Production Setting Design: Kazutaka Miyatake

Special Technical Director: Ichiro Itano

Story Concept: Shoji Kawamori

Theme Song Performance:
Holy Raz (ED 1-2)
Yuuka Nanri (ED 3)

Visual Technicals: Bun Sadaka

 

3D Graphics:
EDP & WAO Unit
Subaru Unit

Animation: Satelight

In-Between Animation:
AIC
DAST Corporation
Decell
Frontline
Last House
Nakamura Production
Studio Live
Tin House

Ink & Paint:
Ani Village
Decell
JM Animation
JM Media
Qad Co. Ltd.
Satelight

Marketing: Big West

Music Production: Victor Entertainment

Original Creator:
Big West
Studio Nue

Presented By:
Bandai Visual
Big West

Production:
Bandai Visual
Big West
Macross Zero Project
Satelight

Recording Facility: Aoi Studios

Japanese cast 

Akira Kamiya as Roy Focker

Kenichi Suzumura as Shin Kudou

Sanae Kobayashi as Sara Nome

Yuuka Nanri as Mao Nome

Minami Takayama as Nora Polyansky

Nachi Nozawa as Professor Hasford

Naomi Shindoh as Aries Turner

Ryûzaburô Ôtomo as D.D. Ivanov

Sousuke Komori as Edgar La Salle

Tamio Ohki as Nutouk

Jouji Nakata as Ugai Nome (Sara's father) (ep 4)

Kinryuu Arimoto as Raizou Nakajima

Kouji Totani as Hassan

Mami Higashiyama as Arjuna (Cameo; ep 3)

Romi Paku as Katie (ep 2)

 
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