T5W#568-Top 5 Macross Love Triangles

Ah the love triangle, a tale as old as time and one that can get pretty annoying in any medium when handled incorrectly.  One particular series that has a pretty decent track record with it? Macross.  Yes, the Love Triangle is just as much a quintessential element of any Macross project as the transforming Mecha, epic space battles and head bopping music.  Now I’m not saying it gets it right 100% of the time (COUGHCOUGHMACROSS 7COUGH), but you can hardly call it Macross without two people pining for the same guy or lady and someone has to make the toughest call imaginable between them (again most of the time, some choices are more obvious than others).  Since we’ve wrapped up Macross Delta this week and I’ve seen/reviewed mostly everything Macross related I can, today on Top 5 Wednesday, we can finally talk about love amongst the stars and who comes out the lucky winner.  These are my picks for the Top 5 Macross Love Triangles.

 

Macross Delta Part 5 Episodes 21-26

Mikumo’s true identity is revealed and with it, Roid finds the final piece to complete his plans of galactic dominance.  With the UN Spacey powerless to stop Windermere, it’s up to the Macross Elysium, Walkure and Delta Flight to end the war once and for all.  But with Mikumo in enemy hands and Freya’s confidence shattered, the odds have never been this stacked against them.  That won’t stop Hayate and Mirage from fighting their hardest to protect their friends and free the galaxy from Roid.  It’s time for Walkure to step onto the ultimate stage and the galaxy is waiting for what could be their greatest (and possibly last) performance.

I’ll admit right here: maybe last week I was a bit hard on Macross Delta, especially after speaking with a friend who really enjoys it.  Honestly, a lot of frustrations I’d been having with the series second half boiled over by that sets end and while I don’t think every complaint was invalid, it seemed like I was almost willing to give up on Delta before the finale, thinking this was becoming Macross 7 all over again.  What a fool I was.  While it didn’t reach the heights of the Series Finale of Macross Frontier, Macross Delta managed to regain its altitude and blaze across the screen a pretty decent send off.  Characters got to shine (even those doing so super late in the game), the action was solid and the resolution to a great love triangle worked out perfectly.  Not everything was great but considering where I last left things with this show, it’s a good enough recovery to put a smile on my face.
 

T5W#567-Top 5 Anime Inspirations in My Adventures with Superman

It’s been a couple of weeks since the long awaited third season of My Adventures with Superman got started.  For those not in the know, this series focuses on the early days of Clark Kent as Superman, getting into those titular adventures alongside his best friends, Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen, and, as of Season Three, his cousin Kara aka Supergirl.  Whether the show is as good as the much beloved Timmverse of DC Animated shows is debatable but I love this show and it’s much needed lighthearted, optimistic and fun take on the Man of Steel and friends.  Plus, it’s pretty obvious the show has a huge amount of Anime love and influence in just about every frame of every episode.  Tbh it kind of sits on the same shelf as Avatar: The Last Airbender, clearly Anime inspired but not an Anime itself.  So to celebrate the show being back, and now that I think about it, to get a little pumped for the Supergirl movie coming out this weekend, we take to the skies in this weeks Top 5 Wednesday as we look at the Top 5 Anime Inspirations in My Adventures with Superman.

Macross Delta Part 4 Episodes 16-20

Windermere now controls the entire Globular Cluster but it refuses to stop there.  Now the entire galaxy is in its crosshairs and they will not stop until Humanity is wiped out and they’ve claimed the mantle of true heirs to the Protoculture.  Outgunned, outnumbered and low on resources, the Macross Elysium and her crew seek a way to end the conflict before it gets worse.  On the planet Voldor, Walkure faces off with Heinz and the Aerial Knights in a performance that rocks the cluster to its core.  And Hayate discovers a startling revelation about his father that could change his life forever.

Last week’s set of Macross Delta episodes closed out its first half pretty strongly with an Empire Strikes Back influenced outcome for our heroes.  The second half didn’t get off to the strongest start, lingering in place even though it set a bold new (and kind of dumb) path for Windermere going forward.  Today we get into the more nitty gritty of Delta’s back half of episodes and I have to say, despite some genuine good moments, I’m kind of worried about the show.  I mean when you have epic sing-offs followed by a Macross Historical power point to try and prove one of the most farfetched theories that spans the entire franchise, even by Macross standards I think Macross Delta might by try to exceed its reach much like Windermere.  Anyway, onto the episodes.
 

T5W#566-Top 5 Favorite Studio Sunrise Titles (That Arent Gundam)

Studio Sunrise, what kind of an Anime fan would I be without them?  Incase you’ve never noticed by the adorable little green robot that rolls across their logo in most features, Sunrise is most well known as the stewards and creators of the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise.  Since then and before then, they have been one of the biggest Anime studios of all time, in particular they are the masters of the Mecha Anime Genre.  While Mecha might be their bread and butter, Sunrise does a lot more in it’s downtime between Gundam titles.  Since the Studio is turning 50 next year and there’s talk of some celebratory projects in the works, figured I’d give Sunrise a shoutout on this weeks Top 5 Wednesday.  And just to be fair and a little less predictable…Gundam will not be on the list (I mean it’s my all time favorite by default, that’d be cheating even if it is honest),  So without further ado, here are my Top 5 Favorite Studio Sunrise Titles (That Arent Gundam).