The opening of Macross Delta ends with the most important element of every iteration of Macross: the love triangle. This time it’s two pilots and an idol, as opposed to a pilot, a bridge bunny and an idol (Macrosss) or a pilot, an idol and a pilot/idol and all around jackass (Macross 7) or even two idols and a pilot (Frontier). We’ve had two pilots fighting over an idol before in Macross Plus but then they were both male and the idol was actually the understudy for the AI superstar she was the manager off. So straight off the bat Macross Delta offers something new. Also new: the male lead character is not a massive tool, though the female pilot is mildly tsundere. But then she’s a Farina Jenius, so it’s no more than expected. Gotta have one of those in there of course or it’s not Macross.
The two main elements of any Macross show are love triangles and mecha, with Delta not lacking in the latter. The good guys are flying the usual variations on what once started out as F-14s that could transform into giant robots, but the bad guys (relatively) for once have the cooler planes, a double delta inspired by the Swedish Saab Draken Cold War fighter plane. It looks absolutely gorgeous in the dog fights. The Viggen would’ve been even better though.
The three main elements of any Macross show are love triangles, mecha and music being able to stop wars. Or in this case, cure people possessed by Var Syndrome which makes them hyper violent and supernormally strong. The Walkure combined idol group/fighter squadron uses the power of love songs to fight the syndrome and our second heroine, Freyja Wion, wants to join them, proving her mettle during the first episode’s main battle and the second episode’s test.
Among main elements of any Macross show are love triangles, mecha, music being able to stop wars and cocky, obnoxious male leads. Hayate Immelman is rare in that he’s not a total douche, though he is somewhat confident in himself, shall we say? But he helps Freyja escape the police in the first episode, then rescues her from the enemy’s attack doing the time honoured “jump into a conveniently abandoned mecha and grab the girl in its hands, then blast off” Macross manoeuvre and for the most part is more a tease than a blowhard. There is some drama with Mirage Farina Jenius, especially since he lusts after her plane, starting the second love triangle of the series, but nothing on the level of Basara’s attitude in Macross 7, to name the worst example.
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