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Macross Frontier (TV)

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Alternative title:
Macross F
マクロスF<フロンティア> (Japanese)
마크로스 F (Korean)
마크로스 프론티어 (Korean)
Themes: space
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Macross Frontier marks the 25th anniversary of the Macross anime franchise. It is a direct sequel to the first Macross series and Macross 7 and follows the lives of Alto Saotome, Ranka Lee and a pop idol named Sheryl Nome on board the Macross Frontier colonization fleet. After the war against the Zentradi aliens, Humankind has spread across the universe in order to ensure its survival. The Macross Frontier fleet is part of a effort to spread and maintain the culture of humanity.
Ratings: 1597 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 358 votes (sub:332, dub:10, raw:6, ?:1, others:9
4 Spanish subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Chinese subtitled subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Excellent: 523 votes (sub:484, dub:11, raw:7, ?:2, others:19
14 Spanish subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Very good: 355 votes (sub:320, dub:14, raw:5, ?:1, edit.dub:1, others:14
6 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 French dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Good: 215 votes (sub:200, dub:7, raw:3, ?:1, others:4
2 French subtitled
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 67 votes (sub:60, dub:3, raw:2, others:2
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 38 votes (sub:34, dub:2, others:2
1 French subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Not really good: 14 votes (sub:12, raw:1, dub:1)
 Weak: 13 votes (sub:12, dub:1)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Awful: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Worst ever: 4 votes (sub:4)
Seen in part or in whole by 2784 s, rank: #392 (of 9996)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.348 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.5511, rank: #279 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 8.200 (Very good+), rank: #364 (of 10154) (seen all: 8.30 / seen some: 7.77 / won't finish: 4.97)
Bayesian estimate: 8.194 (Very good+), rank: #230 (of 7635)
Running time: 26 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 25
Episode titles: We have 25
Vintage:
2007-12-23 (Ep 1 Broadcast Premiere)
2008-04-03 to 2008-09-25
Release dates: We have 9
Opening Theme:
#1: "[トライアングラー] Triangler" by Maaya Sakamoto (eps 1-16)
#2: "[星間飛行] Seikan Hikou (Interstellar Flight)" by Ranka Lee [Megumi Nakajima] (ep 17)
#3: "[ライオン] Lion" by Sheryl Nome Starring May'n & Ranka Lee [Megumi Nakajima] (eps 18-24)
#4: "[愛・おぼえていますか~bless the little queen] Ai, Oboete Imasu ka ~ bless the little queen (Do You Love? ~ Bless the Little Queen)" by Ranka Lee [Megumi Nakajima] (ep 25)
Ending Theme:
#01: "「アイモ」 Aimo (vocal and harmonica version)" by Ranka Lee [Megumi Nakajima] (ep 1)
#02: "[ダイアモンド クレバス] Diamond Crevasse" by Sheryl Nome starring May’n (eps 2-6,8-9,13-14)
#03: "「アイモ」 Aimo" by Ranka Lee [Megumi Nakajima] (ep 7)
#04: "[アイモ~鳥のひと] Aimo ~ Tori no Hito (Bird Human)" by Ranka Lee [Megumi Nakajima] (ep 10)
#05: "「ねこ日記」 Neko Nikki (Cat Diary)" by Ranka Lee [Megumi Nakajima] (ep 11)
#06: "[愛・おぼえていますか] Ai, Oboete Imasu ka (Do You Love?)" by Ranka Lee [Megumi Nakajima] (ep 12)
#07: "「ダイアモンド クレバス50/50」 Diamond Crevasse 50/50" by Ranka Lee [Megumi Nakajima] & Sheryl Nome starring May’n (ep 15)
#08: "「ノーザンクロス」 Northern Cross" by Sheryl Nome Starring May'n (eps 16-18,22-24)
#09: "[トライアングラー] Triangler" by Maaya Sakamoto (ep 19)
#10: "[真空のダイアモンド クレバス] Shinku no Diamond Crevasse (Empty Diamond Crevasse)" by Sheryl Nome Starring May'n (ep 20)
#11: "「蒼のエーテル」 Ao no Ether (Blue Ether)" by Ranka Lee [Megumi Nakajima] (ep 21)
#12: "[トライアングラー Fight on Stage] Triangler Fight on Stage" by Sheryl Nome Starring May'n & Ranka Lee [Megumi Nakajima] (ep 25)
Insert song:
"Ai Oboeteimasu ka ~bless the little queen" (愛・おぼえていますか~bless the little queen) by Megumi Nakajima (eps 24-25)
"Aimo O.C." (アイモ O.C.) by Megumi Nakajima (eps 16,18)
"Aimo" (アイモ) by Megumi Nakajima (eps 3,8,12,21)
"Anata no Oto" (アナタノオト) by Megumi Nakajima (eps 19-20)
"Brera to Ko-Ranka no Aimo" (ブレラと子ランカのアイモ) by Megumi Nakajima (eps 23-24)
"Chō Jikū Hanten Nyan Nyan" (超時空飯店 娘々) by Megumi Nakajima (eps 11,15)
"Haha to Ko-Ranka no Aimo" (母と子ランカのアイモ) by Maaya Sakamoto & Megumi Nakajima (ep 14)
"Infinity #7" (インフィニティ#7) by May'n & Megumi Nakajima (ep 15)
"Infinity" (インフィニティ) by May'n (ep 7)
"Iteza Gogo Ku-ji Don't be late" (射手座☆午後九時 Don't be late) by May'n (eps 1,7,24)
"MY SOUL FOR YOU" by FIRE BOMBER (ep 17)
"Neko Nikki" (ねこ日記) by Megumi Nakajima (eps 9,12)
"Ninjīn Loves you yeah!" (ニンジーン Loves you yeah!) by Megumi Nakajima (ep 8)
"Northern Cross" (ノーザンクロス) by May'n (ep 25)
"Nyan Nyan Service Medly" (娘々サービスメドレー) by Maaya Sakamoto, May'n & Megumi Nakajima (ep 25)
"Seikan Hikō" (星間飛行) by Megumi Nakajima (eps 12,15,17-19)
"SMS Shōtai no Uta ~Ano Ko wa Alien" (SMS小隊の歌~あの娘はエイリアン) by Everyone from SMS (ep 4)
"Totsugeki Love Heart" (突撃ラブハート) by FIRE BOMBER (ep 2)
"TRY AGAIN" by FIRE BOMBER (ep 17)
"Uchū Kyōdai Bune" (宇宙兄弟船) by Shunsuke Sakamoto (ep 5)
"Watashi no Kare wa Pilot MISS MACROSS 2059" (私の彼はパイロット MISS MACROSS 2059) by Megumi Nakajima (ep 4)
"Welcome To My FanClub's Night!(Sheryl On Stage)" by May'n (ep 15)
"What 'bout my star?(Sheryl on Stage)" by May'n (eps 1,5,15)
"What 'bout my star?@Formo" (What 'bout my star?@フォルモ) by Megumi Nakajima (eps 5,19)
"Yōsei" (妖精) by May'n (ep 22)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 40
Comment:
Macross's 25th anniversary work.
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Shōji Kawamori
Director: Yasuhito Kikuchi
Series Composition: Hiroyuki Yoshino
Script:
Hiroyuki Yoshino (eps 1-25)
Storyboard:
Shōji Kawamori (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 7, 14-15, 20-21, 25
)

Takao Abo (4 episodes
eps 3, 10, 17, 22
)

Yūichi Takahashi (OP1)
Episode Director:
Kiyoshi Matsuda (5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 13, 20, 25
)

Takahiro Majima (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 15, 25
)

Takayuki Tanaka (eps 1, 12, 19)
Unit Director:
Takayuki Tanaka (OP2)
Music: Yōko Kanno
Original creator: Shōji Kawamori
Original Character Design: Haruhiko Mikimoto (Lynn Minmay)
Character Design:
Yūichi Takahashi
Art Director: Shunichirō Yoshihara
Animation Director:
Yukihito Ogomori (eps 7, 13, 20)
Mechanical design:
Takeshi Takakura
Art design: Akihiro Hirasawa
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
Cgi Director:
Masato Takahashi
Director of Photography: Naomi Takahashi
Executive producer:
Seiji Takeda
Producer:
Yoji Morotomi

2nd Key Animation:
Nagisa Iwakura (7 episodes
eps 2-4, 7, 20-22
)

Naoko Ōkubo (Satelight; 12 episodes
eps 1-4, 7, 12, 19-24
)

Yūji Tsuchiya (Satelight; 8 episodes
eps 1-3, 7, 12-13, 22-23
)

Yuya Iwashita (Studio Line; eps 5, 24)
Album Production: Mei Sugita (ep 24)
Animation Assistant: Fumino Iida
Assistant Animation Director: Yae Ōtsuka (eps 3, 6)
Assistant Key Animator: Kazuaki Imoto (ep 8)
Assistant producer:
Yuuichirou Matsuya (Bandai Visual)
Associate producer: Jun Satoyoshi
Background Art:
Yūta Chimoto (BIHO)
Cel Check:
Yumiko Kokubun (CCR)
CG Producer: Tomisaburou Hashimoto
CG Production Advancement:
Takashi Aotani
CGI Chief Design:
Hironori Morino (6 episodes
eps 1-3, 7-8, 14
)

Masaya Machida (6 episodes
eps 1-3, 7-8, 14
)

CGI Design:
Emiko Saiki (TLIP; 4 episodes
eps 7, 11, 14, 25
)

Hideaki Hata (Satelight; OP1-2; 13 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 12, 16-18, 20-25
)

Jou Harada (TLIP; 7 episodes
eps 7, 11, 14, 16, 22, 24-25
)

Jun Seok Park (Satelight; 9 episodes
eps 7, 12, 14, 19-21, 23-25
)

Masaya Machida (Satelight; OP1-2; 9 episodes
eps 12, 16-18, 20, 22-25
)

Shigeru Takagi (Orange; 13 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-6, 9, 13-14, 17, 20-21, 24-25
)

Takahiro Nowatari (TLIP; 7 episodes
eps 7, 11, 14, 16, 22, 24-25
)

Takayuki Miyakoda (Orange; 12 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 9, 13-14, 17, 20-21, 24-25
)

Yōhei Suzuki (Satelight; 9 episodes
eps 2, 12, 16-22 even, 23-25
)

Yoshiaki Higa (Orange; 11 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9, 13-14, 17, 20-21, 24-25
)

Yoshinori Nagamine (Satelight; OP1; 15 episodes
eps 1-3, 7-8, 12, 14, 16-18, 21-25
)

Yutaka Iwama (TLIP; 9 episodes
eps 1-2, 7, 11, 14, 16, 22, 24-25
)

Yuushi Koshida (Orange; 11 episodes
eps 2, 4-6, 9, 13-14, 17, 20, 24-25
)

CGI Technical Director: Hiroshi Yagishita
CM Designer: Takayuki Miyakoda
Color design: Kumiko Nakayama
Color Design Assistant: Satoshi Takezawa
Color setting:
Yuko Kanemaru
Compilation:
Ryūsuke Tsujii
Conceptual Design: Kazutaka Miyatake
Dance Choreography: Junko☆ (GALAXXXXY★)
Editing: Gō Sadamatsu
Ending Designer:
Naomi Takahashi
Ending Illustrations:
Yūichi Takahashi
Ending Staff:
Yuki Amagai (ED2)
Eyecatch Designer:
Natsuko Morita
Finish Animation:
Yūki Hiromasa (Rising Force)
Homepage Manager:
Yūki Kagamoto
In-Between Animation:
Yūsuke Uda (Satelight Nagoya Studio)
In-Between Check:
Yasumi Tanaka
Key Animation:
Atsushi Irie (OP1; 6 episodes
eps 2, 12-13, 15, 19, 25
)

Hideki Yamazaki (5 episodes
eps 1, 12-13, 19, 25
)

Hiroaki Motoigi (8 episodes
eps 1, 3, 10, 12, 19-20, 22, 25
)

Kōichi Takai (4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 13, 20
)

Kyōko Ōkubo (4 episodes
eps 10, 15, 20, 25
)

Masahiro Sekiguchi (OP1; 10 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 7, 10, 12, 19, 21, 24-25
)

Mitsuhiro Kumita (4 episodes
eps 2, 4, 10, 15
)

Noriko Ogura (OP1; 8 episodes
eps 1, 3-5, 15, 20, 22, 25
)

Ryōma Ebata (5 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 10, 25
)

Shingo Yamashita (4 episodes
eps 4, 7, 10, 15
)

Shinichi Wada (4 episodes
eps 4, 11, 16, 23
)

So Yeon Park (My Bell Animation; 4 episodes
eps 9, 14, 18, 21
)

Takahiro Kishida (OP1; 4 episodes
eps 13, 20, 22, 25
)

Takao Abo (5 episodes
eps 1, 10, 20, 22, 25
)

Yūichi Takahashi (OP1; 9 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7, 12, 15, 19-20, 22, 25
)

Yūji Tsuchiya (4 episodes
eps 4, 15, 20, 25
)

Yukihiro Kobayashi (5 episodes
eps 15, 19, 21-22, 25
)

Yuuko Yoshida (ep 22)
Main Valkyrie Modeling: Sachio Ikeda
Mechanical Art: Hidetaka Tenjin
Mechanical Specifications: Masahiro Chiba
Monitor Graphics:
Yuu Funakoshi
Motion Graphic Designer:
Itsurou Sasakura
Motion Graphics: Itsurou Sasakura
Music Director: Yukako Inoue
Music Production:
Toshiaki Ohta
Opening Designer: Yasuaki Takeuchi
Photography:
Yuuki Mihara (Satelight)
Photography Advancement:
Shin'ichirō Hagita
Photography Chief: Keisuke Nozawa
Planning Assistant: Kenji Sasagawa
Preview Assistance: Azusa Saito (ep 24)
Production Advancement:
Hiroshi Kawasaki (4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 13, 20
)

Mei Sugita (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 15, 25
)

Yūsuke Watabe (ep 19)
Production Assistant: Mamoru Yokota (ep 18)
Production Cooperation: Hisanori Kunisaki (ep 24)
Production Desk: Hidenori Kosuge
Program Publicity:
Yūsuke Suzuki 
Recording Adjustment: Makoto Uchida
Recording Assistant:
Toshiyasu Hayashi (Aoi Studio)
Set Design: Stanislas Brunet
Setting Production: Miki Murai
Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi
Sound Effects Assistant: Naoto Yamatani (Sound Box)
Sound Production:
Yōsuke Kanai
Special Effects: Takatoshi Abe
Story Composition: Shōji Kawamori
Theme Song Composition:
Kentarō Haneda ("Watashi no Kare wa Pilot")
Theme Song Lyrics:
Yuho Iwasato ("Infinity")
Theme Song Performance:
Yoshiki Fukuyama (Fire Bomber songs)
Title Design: Makoto Kamata (Garoa Production)
Valkyrie Design: Shōji Kawamori
Video Editing:
Miwa Kikuchi
Video Editing Assistant: Mitsuna Fukazawa
Visual Effects: Itsurou Sasakura
Aya Endō as Sheryl Nome
Megumi Nakajima as Ranka Lee (Debut)
Yūichi Nakamura as Alto Saotome

Aya Hirano as Mena Roshan
Hinako Sasaki as Ai-kun (eps 8, 11, 25)
Hirofumi Nojima as Yasaburo Saotome
Hiroshi Kamiya as Michel "Mikhail" Blanc
Houko Kuwashima as
Canaria Berstein
Nanase Matsuura
Jun Fukuyama as Luca Angeloni
Kaori Fukuhara as Lam Hoa
Katsuyuki Konishi as Ozma Lee
Kenta Miyake as
Bobby Margot
Ranzou Saotome
Kikuko Inoue as Grace O'Connor
Maaya Sakamoto as Ranxue Mei (Ranka's mother)
May Nakabayashi as Sheryl Nome (singing voice)
Megumi Toyoguchi as Klan Klang
Rie Tanaka as Monica Lang
Sanae Kobayashi as Catherine Glass
Sōichirō Hoshi as Brera Sterne
Tadashi Miyazawa as Richard Bilrer
Tomokazu Sugita as Leon Mishima
Tomomichi Nishimura as Howard Glass
Tōru Ōkawa as
Elmo Kridanik
Jeffrey Wilder
Narration

Akiko Kawase as Newscaster (ep 18)
Aya Hirano as Nene Noora
Daisuke Matsuo as
Captain Wilen (ep 5)
Committee chairman (ep 4)
Dulfim operator (ep 7)
Man (ep 20)
New U.N. Spacy pilot (ep 9)
Pilot (ep 6)
Staff (eps 10, 12)
Student (ep 8)
Gō Shinomiya as
Eddie's father (ep 20)
Music P (ep 10)
Hinako Sasaki as
Brera (child) (eps 19, 23-24)
Female high school student (ep 20)
Hirofumi Nojima as Shin (ep 10)
Jun Konno as
Congressman (ep 23)
Keitai-kun (eps 1, 4-5)
Man (ep 3)
Minister's secretary (ep 22)
Mishima's subordinate (ep 8)
New U.N. Spacy pilot (ep 17)
Operator (ep 24)
Pilot (ep 14)
Radar person (ep 13)
Reporter (ep 6)
Reporter A (ep 9)
Secretary (eps 10-11)
SP (ep 20)
Storekeeper (ep 18)
Teacher (ep 16)
Temjin (ep 12)
Temzin (ep 12)
Young man (eps 15, 25)
Kana Oomura as Warship broadcast
Kanako Omura as Lalamia Lelenia (ep 14)
Kaori Fukuhara as
Dancer (ep 1)
Female student A (ep 5)
Girl (ep 15)
Kōichi Sakaguchi as Director (ep 10)
Kōzō Mito as Warrant-officer Maruyama (eps 22-24)
Masataka Azuma as Shopkeeper (ep 19)
Miho Hino as Female doctor (ep 15)
Naoya Nakanishi as Maintenance personnel (ep 17)
Rie Tanaka as Sara (Miranda Melin) (ep 10)
Takahiko Sakaguma as
Male student (ep 2)
Reporter B (ep 9)
Staff (ep 1)
Student (ep 8)
Takashi Oohara as Henry Gilliam (ep 1)
Tetsu Inada as
Assistant Director (ep 10)
Captain Asuka (ep 24)
Commander (ep 12)
Ichirou Tokugawa
Kiichirou Tokugawa (ep 16)
Middle-age man (ep 15)
Middle-aged man (ep 25)
Staff officer (ep 13)
Stage director (ep 6)
Tetsuya Kakihara as Pilot (ep 1)
Tomo Adachi as
Dancer (ep 1)
Operator (6 episodes
eps 2, 14, 16, 18, 22, 24
)
Tomohisa Asō as
Old man (eps 15, 25)
Vice Chief (eps 12-13)
Voice (ep 22)
Yoko Nishino as
Female student (ep 1)
Student (ep 8)
Telephone message (ep 5)
Woman (ep 3)
Yuka Nishigaki as Female student B (ep 5)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
XEBEC M2 (eps 19, 21)
3D Design:
Orange (12 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-6, 9, 13-14, 17, 21, 24-25
)

Satelight (20 episodes
eps 1-3, 6-8, 10, 12, 14-25
)

TLIP (9 episodes
eps 1-2, 7, 11, 14, 16, 22, 24-25
)

Wao World (eps 21, 25)
Animation Cooperation:
Studio Line (ep 24)
Animation Production: Satelight
Background Art: Bihou, Inc.
Broadcaster:
Tokyo Broadcasting System (2008-04-04)
Clothing Assistance: BALDEAUX (ED2)
Editing Studio: Q-Tec
Finish Animation:
Frontline (5 episodes
eps 12, 14, 21-22, 25
)

Hiwa (6 episodes
eps 2, 10, 13, 15, 17, 22
)

My Bell Animation (5 episodes
eps 7, 9, 14, 18, 21
)

NARA Animation (18 episodes
eps 1-5, 7, 9-10, 12-13, 15, 17, 19-22, 24-25
)

Studio Elle (15 episodes
eps 1-4, 7, 10, 12-13, 15, 17, 19-22, 25
)

XEBEC M2 (eps 1-2, 4)
In-Between Animation:
J.C. Staff (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 10, 15, 21
)

My Bell Animation (5 episodes
eps 7, 9, 14, 18, 21
)

Nakamura Production (4 episodes
eps 12, 19, 21, 25
)

NARA Animation (17 episodes
eps 1-5, 7, 9-10, 12-13, 15, 19-22, 24-25
)

Satelight (11 episodes
eps 1-5, 7-8, 10, 12-13, 24
)

Zizidongman (ep 6)
Key Animation:
My Bell Animation (6 episodes
eps 3-4, 9, 14, 18, 21
)

NARA Animation (4 episodes
eps 7, 10, 13, 15
)

Satelight Osaka Studio (ep 8)
Modeling Design: Satelight (eps 3-9, 11-25)
Music Production:
Victor Entertainment
Opening Production: I Was A Ballerina Co., ltd. (OP2)
Original Creator: Studio Nue
Photography:
Satelight (22 episodes
eps 1-15, 17, 19, 21-25
)

Studio BACU (14 episodes
eps 3, 6, 8-9, 11, 13, 16, 18, 20-25
)

Production:
Satelight
Production Cooperation:
Studio Line (ep 5)
Recording Studio:
Tricycle Studio
Sound Production: Techno Sound

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