Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Season 1
Super Dimension Fortress Macross is an animated television series that first premiered in 1982. The show falls into the genres of animation, action and adventure, sci-fi and fantasy, and war and politics. The narrative of the series begins when a mysterious spaceship crash lands on Earth, and its hidden secrets ultimately lead to a desperate war against an alien foe that was sent to retrieve the spacecraft. The serie
Season overview
Super Dimension Fortress Macross is an animated television series that first premiered in 1982. The show falls into the genres of animation, action and adventure, sci-fi and fantasy, and war and politics. The narrative of the series begins when a mysterious spaceship crash lands on Earth, and its hidden secrets ultimately lead to a desperate war against an alien foe that was sent to retrieve the spacecraft. The series carries a TV-PG rating. According to source material, the plot involves a fleet of spaces connected to the initial crash event and the ensuing extraterrestrial conflict faced by humanity.
Episodes
Booby Trap
Oct 3, 1982 · 25 min
The story begins in 1999: a giant alien spacecraft crash-lands on South Atalia Island. Humanity proceeds to attempt to rebuild this marvel, but political conflicts centered around
Countdown
Oct 3, 1982 · 25 min
Air racer and stunt pilot Hikaru Ichijo and his 'sempai' (mentor) Major Roy Fokker attempt a daring rescue mission when South Atalia Island is invaded and bombarded by Zentradi for
Space Fold
Oct 17, 1982 · 25 min
With Hikaru still reeling from the horrors he's witnessed first hand from both sides, events take a turn for the worst when the space folding system of the Macross (a faster-than-l
Lynn Minmay
Oct 31, 1982 · 25 min
With the fold systems now vanished, Captain Global and his crew come to a realization that the Macross must make a long journey back to Earth. The civilians from South Atalia Islan
Transformation
Nov 7, 1982 · 25 min
Zentradi commander Britai Kridanik and his archivist, Exsedol Folmo, begin suspecting that the humans (or 'miclones') are the long-lost 'Protoculture' and send attack waves to test
Daedalus Attack
Nov 14, 1982 · 25 min
Using a defensive anomaly left behind after the disappearance of the fold systems, and the rings of Saturn to hide the Macross, Misa and Claudia devise a new attack strategy agains
Bye-Bye Mars
Nov 21, 1982 · 25 min
After a few months of fighting, the Macross arrives at Mars. Detecting an abandoned base on the planet's surface, the crew land the ship to gather much needed supplies. Quamzin Kra
Longest Birthday
Nov 28, 1982 · 25 min
As Minmay celebrates her birthday, Hikaru begins to wonder about his relationship with Minmay and emerging feelings for Misa. Hikaru is promoted and has Maximilian Jenius and Hayao
Miss Macross
Dec 5, 1982 · 25 min
A TV station is launched on the Macross, and to celebrate, the first ever 'Miss Macross' beauty pageant takes place. Minmay enters, but by doing so she ends up missing dinner with
Blind Game
Dec 12, 1982 · 25 min
Rori, Konda and Warera - three Zentradi spies who mounted the spy plane in the previous episode - report to Britai and Exsedol on their findings. The Earth refuses to aid the Macro
First Contact
Dec 19, 1982 · 25 min
After being captured by the Zentradi, Misa, Hikaru and Kakizaki are 'interviewed' on human culture by Britai, Exsedol, and Supreme Commander of all Zentradi forces, Golg Boddole Ze
Big Escape
Dec 26, 1982 · 25 min
As the four miclone prisoners attempt to make their escape, a fearsome female Zentradi pilot, Milia Fallyna, attempts to approach the Macross on her Queadluun-Rau powered armor to
Blue Wind
Jan 9, 1983 · 25 min
With Earth only two days away by full speed, Global decides to ram the Macross through a Zentradi blockade. Meanwhile, Rori, Konda and Warera begin to explore human culture up clos
Global Report
Jan 16, 1983 · 25 min
In this clip show, Global recounts the events of the story up to this point.
Chinatown
Jan 23, 1983 · 25 min
Whilst Misa and Global travel to the Alaskan headquarters of the new UN, Hikaru escorts Minmay to Japan so that she could visit her parents. Lynn Kaifun, a relative of Minmay, join
Kung Fu Dandy
Jan 30, 1983 · 25 min
The crew of the Macross are informed to not let anyone, including civilians, leave the ship, so as to keep the truth of the Zentradi's existence from causing widespread panic. The
Phantasm
Feb 13, 1983 · 25 min
A special clip episode where following a severe injury sustained in the previous episode, an incapacitated Hikaru lies in a hospital bed inside the Macross, dreaming about the prev
Burst Point
Feb 27, 1983 · 25 min
Still feeling the effects of a tragic loss from the previous battle, Hikaru is assigned a new Valkyrie fighter. Global wants to test out a barrier defense system against a new atta
Paradise Lost
Mar 6, 1983 · 25 min
After the catastrophic events in the previous encounter with the Zentradi, the UN orders the Macross to leave Earth in order to give the UN Spacy more time to formulate a defense p
Micro Cosmos
Mar 13, 1983 · 25 min
Milia is now aboard the Macross as a spy and marvels at human culture. The premiere of Minmay's film Shao Pi Long (Little White Dragon) takes place. A Zentradi attack prompts anoth
Love Concert
Mar 20, 1983 · 25 min
Zentradi soldiers - having experienced and enjoyed some elements of human culture brought back by the three spies - attempt to defect to the Macross. A Daedalus Attack on Britai's
Drop Out
Mar 27, 1983 · 25 min
The battle within the city comes to a close, with the surviving Zentradi defectors coming to terms with the destruction they caused. Along with Rori, Konda and Warera, the defector
Good-bye Girl
Apr 3, 1983 · 25 min
Max has a chance encounter with Milia in a video game arcade, and proceeds to defeating her a second time during a game. They arrange to have a date in the park later, where Milia
Virgin Road
Apr 10, 1983 · 25 min
Max encounters Milia in the park and a knife fight between them ensues when she reveals that she is a Zentradi. Max defeats her for the third time, sparing her life, and the two fa
Messenger
Apr 17, 1983 · 25 min
In a surprising turn of events, Exsedol Folmo is micronized and attempts to seek peace negotiations with the people of the Macross. During the negotiations, Exsedol reveals that th
Love Drifts Away
Apr 24, 1983 · 25 min
A epic battle for the Earth takes place when Boddole Zer's main fleet of over 4,000,000 warships fold above Earth's atmosphere. Using the power of song from Lynn Minmay, the Macros
My Album
May 1, 1983 · 25 min
Two years have passed after the final battle with Boddole Zer. The Macross is now a relic of the conflict known as Space War I, and sits in a large lake in barren Alaska. Earth is
Lonely Song
May 9, 1983 · 25 min
As some of the giant Zentradi begin to rebel over their new way of life with the humans, Minmay's fame begins to slip away. Wandering around from tour to tour of the local towns, M
Viva Maria
May 15, 1983 · 25 min
Max, Milia, and their baby daughter, Komilia Maria, play a crucial role in the capture of a Zentradi satellite factory - the source of the overtechnology of which the aliens rely o
Satan's Dolls
May 22, 1983 · 25 min
Exsedol and Global gather the crew of the Macross to reveal the origin of the nomadic Zentradi at last. Meanwhile, Quamzin's forces attempt to steal a macronization chamber.
Broken Heart
May 29, 1983 · 25 min
Quazmin kidnaps Minmay and Kaifun, and holds them for ransom. Hikaru and his squadron prepare a rescue mission.
Rainy Night
Jun 5, 1983 · 25 min
As Misa begins to realize she may be losing Hikaru to Minmay, Claudia helps her friend by recounting her early experiences with Roy Fokker.
Private Time
Jun 12, 1983 · 25 min
The love triangle between Hikaru, Misa and Minmay intensifies when he decides to skip out on a picnic with the commander, so he could have lunch with the pop idol instead. Giant Ze
Romanesque
Jun 19, 1983 · 25 min
It's Christmas Eve, and Minmay's life begins to spiral into depression forcing her to seek Hikaru, which further isolates Misa. Quazmin's forces attack Onogi City to capture a reac
Farewell to Tenderness
Jun 26, 1983 · 25 min
Global informs Misa that the SDF-2, the successor to the Macross, is nearly ready to begin colonizing the galaxy - with her as the captain of the mission. Now that the reaction eng