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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)
Objectionable content: Significant
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: 917 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 161 votes (sub:140, dub:8, raw:3, ?:2, others:8
4 Spanish subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Excellent: 251 votes (sub:221, dub:15, raw:4, ?:2, others:9
6 Spanish subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Very good: 224 votes (sub:196, dub:13, raw:3, others:12
5 Portuguese subtitled
3 Spanish subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Good: 166 votes (sub:154, dub:5, raw:2, others:5
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Decent: 58 votes (sub:54, dub:2, others:2
1 French subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 So-so: 28 votes (sub:25, dub:2, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 17 votes (sub:17)
 Weak: 8 votes (sub:7, dub:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: 2 votes (dub:1, sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1618 users, rank: #607 (of 5563)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.077 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.5523, rank: #392 (of 5553)
Weighted mean: 8.021 (Very good), rank: #375 (of 5553) (seen all: 8.06 / seen some: 7.77 / won't finish: 5.54)
Bayesian estimate: 8.016 (Very good), rank: #260 (of 4226)
Running time: 35 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 5
Episode titles: We have 5
Vintage: 2002-12-21
Release dates: 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 3
Trivia: We have 4
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Shoji Kawamori
Series Composition: 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 (ep 1)
Mechanical design:
Junya Ishigaki
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 Animation Director: Kenji Mizuhata (ep 1)
Assistant Director: Tomokazu Tokoro
Color Key: Shigenobu Kaihou
In-Between Animation:
Asuka Shimizu (ep 1)
Chiyo Imamaki (ep 1)
Daisuke Furuya (ep 1)
Hisashi Samejima (ep 1)
Kumiko Ozawa (ep 1)
Natsumi Tamura (ep 1)
Noriko Onoda (ep 1)
Noriko Tokue (ep 1)
Ryunosuke Wada (ep 1)
Ryuuji Iwabuchi (ep 1)
Sayaka Shimomaki (ep 1)
Souichirou Sako (ep 1)
Yukihiro Miyaji (ep 1)
In-Between Check: Hiroshi Shirakawa (ep 1)
Key Animation:
Hideki Sekiguchi (ep 1)
Hiroshi Nakanishi (ep 1)
Hitoshi Haga (ep 1)
Ichiro Itano (ep 1)
Kenji Mizuhata (ep 1)
Kentarou Kunisue (ep 1)
Kouji Akitaka (ep 1)
Mari Nakatani (ep 1)
Naoto Takemoto (ep 1)
Noriko Ozeki (ep 1)
Norio Matsumoto (ep 1)
Rie Nishiyama (ep 1)
Satoru Utsunomiya (eps 2, 5)
Takehiro Hamatsu (ep 1)
Takeshi Imai (ep 1)
Takuya Saito (ep 1)
Yae Ootsuka (ep 1)
Yasushi Muraki (ep 1)
Mechanical Art: Hidetaka Tenjin
Mechanical Setting Consultant: Junya Ishigaki
Music Performance: Tomoyuki Asakawa (Harp)
Planning: Shigeru Watanabe
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
Akira Kamiya as Roy Focker
Kenichi Suzumura as Shin Kudou
Sanae Kobayashi as Sara Nome
Yuuka Nanri as Mao Nome

Jouji Nakata as Tori no Hito ("Bird-Man") (ep 5)
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
Maiko Toda as Woman A
Mami Higashiyama as Arjuna (Cameo; ep 3)
Romi Park as Katie (ep 2)
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