Macross Frontier

Macross Frontier
DVD cover of Macross Frontier
マクロスF(フロンティア)
(Makurosu Furontia)
GenreMusical,[1] romance,[2] space opera[3]
Created by
Anime television film
Macross Frontier: Close Encounter - Deculture Edition
Directed byYasuhito Kikuchi
Shōji Kawamori
StudioSatelight
Original networkMBS, TBS
ReleasedDecember 23, 2007
Runtime27 minutes
Further information
Manga
Illustrated byAoki Hayato
Published byKadokawa Shoten
MagazineShōnen Ace
DemographicShōnen
Original runDecember 26, 2007November 26, 2009
Volumes5
Manga
Macross F Chō Jikū Uta Miko Ranka
Illustrated byKuroiwa Yoshihiro
Published byKadokawa Shoten
MagazineComp Ace
DemographicShōnen
Original runFebruary 26, 2008May 26, 2008
Anime television series
Directed byYasuhito Kikuchi
Shōji Kawamori
Produced byHiroo Maruyama
Daiki Hasebe (Bandai Visual)
Shinichi Hirai
Hirofumi Morotomi
Written byHiroyuki Yoshino
Shōji Kawamori
Music byYoko Kanno
StudioSatelight
Licensed by
Original networkMBS, CBC, TBS, TBC, SBS, RCC, RKK
Original run April 4, 2008 September 26, 2008
Episodes25 (List of episodes)
Light novel
Written byUkyō Kodachi
Illustrated byRisa Ebata
Hayato Aoki
Published byKadokawa Shoten
ImprintKadokawa Sneaker Bunko
DemographicMale
Original runJuly 1, 2008March 1, 2009
Volumes4
Manga
Macross F Dakishimete, Ginga no Hate Made
Illustrated bySorahiko Mizushima
Published byKadokawa Shoten
MagazineComp Ace
DemographicShōnen
Original runJuly 26, 2008Feb 26, 2009
Anime film
The False Songstress
Directed byShōji Kawamori
Produced by
  • Shinichi Hirai
  • Hisanori Kunisaki
Written byHiroyuki Yoshino
Shōji Kawamori
Music byYoko Kanno
StudioSatelight
Eight Bit
Licensed by
  • Big West (licensing)
    Disney Platform Distribution (worldwide streaming license)
ReleasedNovember 21, 2009
Runtime120 minutes
Manga
Sheryl~Kiss in the Galaxy
Illustrated byKariko Koyama
Published byKodansha
MagazineBessatsu Friend
DemographicShōjo
Original runSeptember 13, 2010October 10, 2012
Volumes4
Anime film
The Wings of Farewell
Directed byShōji Kawamori
Produced by
  • Shinichi Hirai
  • Hisanori Kunisaki
Written byHiroyuki Yoshino
Shōji Kawamori
Music byYoko Kanno
StudioSatelight
Licensed by
  • Big West (licensing)
    Disney Platform Distribution (worldwide streaming license)
ReleasedFebruary 26, 2011
Runtime115 minutes
Anime film
Labyrinth of Time[4]
Directed byShōji Kawamori
Written byShoji Kawamori
Music byYoko Kanno
StudioSatelight
Licensed by
  • Big West (licensing)
    Disney Platform Distribution (worldwide streaming license)
ReleasedOctober 8, 2021
Runtime14 minutes

Macross Frontier (マクロスF(フロンティア), Makurosu Furontia) is a Japanese anime television series and the third Japanese anime television series set in the Macross universe. It was broadcast on MBS from April 4, 2008 to September 26, 2008.

Macross Frontier is the story of a human space colony fleet trying to find a habitable planet near the center of the Milky Way. The story focuses on three young adults (a famed pop singer, a private military pilot, and a rising pop singer) and the events that occur around them as the fleet faces a crisis of alien origin.[5]

  1. ^ Loveridge, Lynzee (January 14, 2015). "Nodame Cantabile Leads the Pack in Fans' Top Musical Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  2. ^ Loo, Egan (March 7, 2008). "Japan's am/pm to Sell Macross Frontier Cream Puffs". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 14, 2020. In the Macross Frontier robot/romance adventure series, Lanka is the high school student who dreams of being a singer
  3. ^ Loo, Egan (May 7, 2008). "Macross Frontier's Opening Single Stays in Top 10". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 14, 2020. Macross Frontier space opera television anime
  4. ^ 劇場短編マクロスF 時の迷宮 [Theatrical short Macross Frontier Labyrinth of Time]. 2023-07-06. Archived from the original on 2023-03-25. Retrieved 2023-07-06. Theatrical short In the Macross Frontier robot/romance adventure series, Lanka feels fold waves during a concert and the Macross Frontier crew goes to investigate.
  5. ^ "Macross Frontier", Newtype USA, vol. 7, no. 2, A.D. Vision, p. 11, February 2008, ISSN 1541-4817