Super Dimension Fortress Macross
| Super Dimension Fortress Macross | |
Cover of the Region 1 DVD release by Harmony Gold USA and ADV Films featuring main characters Lynn Minmay, Misa Hayase and Hikaru Ichijyo | |
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| Created by | Studio Nue |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Noboru Ishiguro |
| Produced by | Akira Inoue Hiroshi Iwata |
| Written by | Kenichi Matsuzaki |
| Music by | Kentarō Haneda |
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| Original network | JNN (MBS, TBS) |
| Original run | 3 October 1982 – 26 June 1983 |
| Episodes | 36 |
| Manga | |
| Macross: The First | |
| Written by | Haruhiko Mikimoto |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Magazine | Macross Ace (2009–2011) Newtype Ace (2011–2013) ComicWalker (2013–2014) |
| Original run | January 26, 2009 – April 29, 2014 (indefinite hiatus) |
| Volumes | 6 |
Super Dimension Fortress Macross (Japanese: 超時空要塞マクロス, Hepburn: Chōjikū Yōsai Makurosu) is a Japanese science fiction anime television series. It is the first part of the Super Dimension trilogy and the Macross franchise. The series aired in Japan from October 1982 to June 1983. According to co-creator Shoji Kawamori, it depicts "a love triangle against the backdrop of great battles" during the first human-alien war.
Macross features mechanical designs by Kazutaka Miyatake and Shoji Kawamori (both of Studio Nue) and character designs by Haruhiko Mikimoto of Artland. Macross also created one of the first anime idols Lynn Minmay, turning her voice actress Mari Iijima into an instant celebrity, and launching her musical career. Most of its animation (with edited content, story changes and revised dialogue) was adapted in the United States for the first saga of Robotech.