Macross Zero is set in 2008 A.D., one year before the events of the original Macross series, depicting the final battles of the U.N. Wars[1] between the U.N. Spacy and the Anti-UN forces, and is also set in the South Pacific, where a gigantic alien spaceship crash landed 9 years earlier. Amidst the violence, a U.N. Spacy F-14 KAI pilot named Shin Kudo is attacked by a strange enemy aircraft that can transform itself into a robot. Crash landing on Mayan Island he learns that this remote island and its peaceful native inhabitants hold a great secret linking them to the alien space ship and would become the focus of the war, whether they like it or not. Shin eventually returns to his carrier fleet and joins the Skull Squadron, who also operate brand new transforming fighters, the VF-0 Phoenix. He trains and engages Anti-UN forces operating from a converted ballistic missile submarine as both sides fight to locate and control alien artifacts, with the peaceful and agrarian Mayan caught in the middle of the war.
C**N
Bad subtitles...
The anime was excellent, and I finally got to see the entire mini-series. However, the english subtitles were some of the worst I have ever seen. Character names changed, not just from episode to episode, but sometimes from scene to scene. The subs often mashed the lines of two characters together. Much of the story line was lost due to poor translation.I know there is another version out there that has a clean translation. You can tell it by the white subs versus the yellow of this version. The one with the white subs is translated neatly and makes perfect sense.I would recommend that the retailers with this version cease doing business with their supplier on this particular item, and discount any remaining stock to compensate the buyers for the poor translation.
R**L
One of my favorites.
The entire prequel is a true delight. There is a bit more lore and mysticism involved as well as a more serious and somber atmosphere than other Macross titles. The animation, picture, and sound quality are excellent. The subtitles have some of the worst translation of the bunch, but it's not too hard to decipher. 100% worth owning for any Macross fan.
S**E
Very good story, subtitles are not the greatest where some ...
Very good story, subtitles are not the greatest where some characters names change during series but not to hard to follow.
J**S
The start of an era
This is a fantastic story set a year before the events in Macross city which would change the Earth forever in this story we follow Shin a young pilot with the UN Forces who gets shot down by a mysterious plane that chages into a flying robot which begin the chain of events which will lead us into the end of the unification wars and the start of a legend the story here is great and the animation is top notch plus we get to see Roy Fokker kick butt what else could you want .
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