If you loved Macross Plus: The Movie, try Macross Frontier: The Wings of Farewell
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Macross Frontier: The Wings of Farewell has roughly 3.7× fewer votes than Macross Plus: The Movie — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. 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 Action / 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 Wings of Farewell is
Macross Frontier brings space opera drama. Ranka's career takes off as Sheryl's health declines. The film somehow ties up romance and war.
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