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It took a while, but the highly-popular Macross franchise is finally ready to soar past international borders. More than a year after companies Bigwest, Studio Nue, and Harmony Gold struck a deal to permit global distribution of Macross properties, officially-licensed releases of four anime entries from the franchise will be coming to fans soon.
Announced during Anime Expo 2022, the news sees Macross II: Lovers Again, Macross Plus, Macross Frontier, and Macross Delta getting a home video Blu-ray release in the U.S., Canada, and Europe, though a release date has yet to be determined. With Bigwest taking the helm for licensing, new localisation and distribution partners have been picked.
Anime Limited will release Macross Plus on Blu-ray in North America and Europe, while AnimEigo will release Macross II on Blu-ray in the same territories. The Blu-ray releases of the Macross Frontier and Macross Delta anime series is being handled by Nozomi Entertainment.
The localisation effort is a great deal for the international anime community, as the series hasn’t been released outside of Japan for many years. The long-running issue was finally resolved in 2021 when Bigwest signed an agreement that allowed Macross, as well as 1980s sci-fi anime series Robotech, to be distributed overseas.
The original story follows Lynn Minmay, an aspiring singer, and Hikaru Ichijou, an easy-going pilot, and a group of astronauts. After the group repurpose a mysterious alien ship called the SDF-1 Macross to escape the intergalactic warfare between the newly formed United Nations and the fearsome alien race, the Zentradi, they are jettisoned to the far reaches of space.
Si Jia is a casual geek at heart – or as casual as someone with Sephiroth’s theme on her Spotify playlist can get. A fan of movies, games, and Japanese culture, Si Jia’s greatest weakness is the Steam Summer Sale. Or any Steam sale, really.
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