[b][i]Choujikuu Yousai MACROSS[/i][/b], translated as [i]Super Spacetime Fortress Macross[/i] (or more correctly, [i]Hyperspace Fortress Macross[/i]), also known in English as [i]The Super Dimension Fortress Macross[/i], is the first anime television series of the [[MACROSS]] franchise that first aired in Japan on October 3, 1982. The weekly series lasted 36 episodes.

According to concept and fictional story creator [[Kawamori Shouji]] it depicts "a small love triangle against the backdrop of great [[battle]]s" during the first human-[[alien]] war. It is set in a fictional alternate history of Earth after the year 1999 and during the period of the years 2009-2012.

It is a classic and famous vintage [[science fiction]] series that combines transformable real robot [[mecha]], epic apocalyptic [[space]] combat, wartime romance, and music. It features mechanical designs by [[Miyatake Kazutaka]] and Kawamori Shouji (both of Studio Nue) and character designs by [[Mikimoto Haruhiko]] of Artland. 

According to the creators of the show the series was heavily inspired by [[Mobile Suit Gundam]] and [[Uchuu Senkan Yamato]], of which most of the production staff were fans.

Macross also created one of the first anime idols [[Lynn Minmay]], turning her [[voice actor|voice actress]] "Mari Iijima":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_Iijima into an instant celebrity, and launching her musical career. 

Most of its animation (with edited content, revised dialogue and a different soundtrack) was adapted outside of Japan for the first saga of [[ROBOTECH]], where it is known as [b]The Macross Saga[/b]. 

In Japan the TV series were adapted into an acclaimed anime film called [[Macross: Do You Remember Love?]] that was released in japanese movie theaters during 1984.

h4. Characters
* Humans 
** [[Ichijou Hikaru]]
** [[Hayase Misa]]
** [[Lynn Minmay]]
** [[Maximilian Jenius]]
** [[Bruno J. Global]]
** [[Kakizaki Hayao]]
** [[Roy Focker]]
** [[Claudia LaSalle]]
** [[Kim Kamirov]]
** [[Vanessa Laird]]
** [[Shammy Milliome]]
** [[Panapp]]

* Aliens
** [[Millia Jenius]]
** [[Vrlitwhai Kridanik]]
** [[Exsedol Folmo]]
** [[Quamzin Kravshera]]
** [[Moruk Lap Lamiz]]
** [[Boddole Zer]]

h4. See also
* [[U.N. Spacy]]
* [[Variable Fighter]]
* [[VF-1]]
* [[Destroid]]
* [[Ghost Drone]]
* [[SDF-1]]
* [[Zentradi]] - The antagonists of the show.

* [[Mobile Suit Gundam]] - A previous science fiction series that served as inspiration for [i]Macross[/i].
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