Macross Frontier the Movie: The False Songstress

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Aired: 2009

A theatrical anime film produced by Satelight and 8bit, the first part of a two-film cinematic retelling of the TV series 'Macross Frontier', released in 2009 for the franchise's 25th anniversary. Directed by Shoji Kawamori, written by Hiroyuki Yoshino and Kawamori, with music by Yoko Kanno. In 2059, the galactic songstress Sheryl Nome visits the deep-space colony fleet Macross Frontier. When the mysterious alien Vajra attack during her concert, Alto Saotome, a former kabuki actor training to become a pilot, fights back in a VF-25, while Ranka Lee, a girl who adores Sheryl, shows a strange resonance with the Vajra, and an intrigue surrounding Sheryl's alleged espionage begins to unfold. Largely reanimated from the TV series' first half, the film grossed 650 million yen and was selected as a Jury Recommended Work at the 14th Japan Media Arts Festival. Official site: https://macross.jp/pages/series?title=macrossf-movie

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