If you loved Macross Plus: The Movie, try Macross Frontier: The False Songstress
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Shoji Kawamori, and they both carry the epic mood tag, and they sit in Animation / Science Fiction territory. If that's the register that drew you to Macross Plus: The Movie, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Macross Frontier: The False Songstress is
It seems someone blended romance and mechs. Alto Saotome and Ranka Lee pursue their dreams amidst a brewing battle. The film's conspiracy plot gets a bit lost in its own noise.
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