Macross Frontier

[Yukimura]

Wow, that was the best musical, beam-spam-filled, missile-spam-filled, vibrantly colorful smorgasbord of awesome fluff I've seen in a LONG time. I don't even care about the plot at (which I think is how it's supposed to be). The bad guys are dead, music has saved the galaxy, and everyone is happy with their current situation (except maybe Luca since breasts girl could still reject him to try and break up the SherylxRankaxAltoxAi-kun quadrangle). I think this is how it had to end and while I think they could have tied up the plot a little better I really don't care. The final battle was highly enjoyable and had in it all the elements that drew me to this show in the first place. And now we can start forgetting about Macross for a while and move on to the next thing (Linebarrel anyone?)

[Buffalobiian]

I'm with Yuki on this one. Totally tops any mecha show I've seen for a long LONG time. The "lets keep the love-triangel going so no one gets left out" sure doesn't resolve anything, but it works for me. There's a lot of comments saying that the ending was rushed, but I didn't feel that way. They pretty much covered everything they had to, and in a manner that didn't drag and take the adrenalin from the main battle.

I particularly liked how they recycled the "war machines understanding humanity" theme. Quite fitting for a show celebrating the 25th anniversary of Original Macross.

All in all, this ended on a very good note for me, and I'm willing to put it down for my personal list as Best Anime 2008 (for now at least). What's more is the ending didn't leave me said it finished, despite how awesome I thought the show was, which is a first.

For those who weren't 100% satisfied with the ending, or simply Macross fans, there was an announcement at the end (but out by gg) for a movie version Macross Frontier.

[DDBen]

Wow what a ending. Seriously the amount they managed to fit into this episode was astonishing and and contrary to a few I felt it flowed incredibly well without being to rushed. Little things like Klan's Zentradi mecha being replaced with Michele's Skull One were subtle yet very well thought out additions overall. The battle itself and the almost nonstop music really caused this entire episode to come alive for me. In addition I can't give them enough credit for letting characters who died STAY dead unlike some other series with to many Decoy ships laying around.

All and all I would say this series outdid my expectations by miles and I look very forward to the movie assuming its a progression of the story instead of a retelling of the series. Also I think not resolving the love triangle was the best way to end it. This leaves them enough room to finish it up in the movie if they so choose. However beyond that both of the female leads ended up with completely equal footing in the long run so honestly how could they have possibly left Alto to choose one without at least another episode?

Another Note I loved the fact in this series that each of Ranka's/Sheryl's songs during this series and highlighted in the end really tells the story from each girls perspective. You can really tell that each song was written to convey a part of the story and to have all of those pieces put together as a concert for the last couple of episodes couldn't have been done any more perfectly. If you haven't taken the time to read the lyrics and think about what they mean in context to the show I really suggest you do so..