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Line 1: {{work}} [['''''Macross Zero]]''''' is a five-episode OVA, set as a [[Prequel]] to the popular ''[[Macross]]'' series. The story takes place in the year 2008, nine years after an alien ship crash-landed in the south pacific, in the final days of the Unification Wars mentioned earlier in the series. It involves Shin Kudou, a [[But Not Too Foreign\|Japanese-American]] UN soldier who crash lands on a small island after a fateful encounter with one of the first of the series' transforming [[Humongous Mecha]]. On the island, he meets Sara Nome, a priestess of the island's religion, and Mao Nome, Sara's [[Genki Girl]] little sister. Thanks to Shin, the island is drawn into the war for the unification of Earth, as well as the fight to posses the various pieces of a strange alien corpse called a [[Spell My Name ~~With~~with an "S"\|"Birdman"/"Bird Human"]] which figures into the island's religion and may cause untold destruction if allowed to be put back together again. Like the ''[[Macross Plus]]'' OVA before it, [[''Macross Zero]]'' eschews the usual [[Space Opera]] setting for a more personal story. Like the rest of the Macross series, it involves a [[Love Triangle]] and the [[Power of Rock\|Power of Music]] saving the world. Unlike the rest of the series, the usual J-pop/J-rock has been replaced with a much earthier tribal soundtrack, reflecting the setting in the South Pacific. {{tropelist}} Line 17: * [[The Deadliest Mushroom]] * [[During the War]] * [[The End of the World Asas We Know It]] ({{spoiler\|The bird human singing the song of death}} is a bad thing.) * [[Episode Zero: ~~the~~The Beginning]] * [[Fighter Launching Sequence]] * [[Genki Girl]] (Mao Nome) Line 30: * [[Macross Missile Massacre]] (Don't leave home without it) * [[Magical Native American]]: Sara, {{spoiler\|also Mao although she initially ignores many of the traditions}}. * [[Mind Screw]] (The ending: {{spoiler\|Sara inside the Bird Human tanks the nuclear explosion that would render Maya Island uninhabitable, [[Faster-Than-Light Travel\|Folds]] into space with the exploding nukes. Shin's damaged VF-0, which is glowing blue for some reason, almost crashes into the sea, but pulls up just in time to... follow Sara into foldspace? Maybe? Did the Bird Human grab it using its magic telekinesis? I don't know. It's strange.}}) * [[No Export for You]]: Due to the various legal issues with the Macross franchise. Tommy Yune, representative for Harmony Gold, has stated that they're willing to license it and sublicense it to [[ADV Films]], but Big West isn't willing to play ball with them. * [[Nuclear Weapons Taboo]]: Played straight. Macross Zero continues the tradition of using the ambiguous term "Reaction Weaponry" for things that are almost-but-not-quite nukes. * [[Nuke'Em]] ([[wikipedia:Thermobaric weapon\|Fuel-air bombs]] and reaction warheads.) * [[Point Defenseless]] (The carrier ''Asuka II'''s battle group. It's just more dramatically tense for the battroids to be able to attack rather than be destroyed before they even get there by an AEGIS system (or whatever overtechnology equivalent).) * [[Power of Rock]] (Actually, Power of Religious Island Music.) ** Uses for music: [[Gravity Is a Harsh Mistress\|Gravity manipulation]], Teleportation, Telepathy. * [[Prequel]] Line 45: Later [[Gundam Seed Destiny]] have a protagonist called Shinn Asuka...it doesn't help that he had Shin Kudou's seiyuu... The animation in the opening scene with F-14 Tomcats launching from an aircraft carrier at the crack of dawn is a homage to the opening scene of [[Top Gun]], one of Kawamori's favorite movies. * [[Spell My Name ~~With~~with an "S"]] (There is some minor disagreement over whether the aliens should be referred to as "Birdmen" or "Bird Humans.") ** It probably stems from [[Pronoun Trouble]], as in the islander legends the Bird Human sacrificed its wings and became the wife of the first human being, symbolizing the way human evolution was guided by alien technology. * [[The Squad]] (Skull Squadron) * [[Super Robot Wars]] (so far, only in the Scramble Commander the 2nd. Also appears in [[Another ~~Centurys~~Century's Episode]] R) * [[Transforming Mecha]] (Series staple, although the jet form is emphasized much more than usual) * [[Wave Motion Gun]] ({{spoiler\|Used by the Bird Human after it goes [[One-Winged Angel]]}}) Line 54: {{reflist}} {{Macross Franchise}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Anime]] [[Category:~~Military~~Anime ~~and Warfare Anime~~of ~~And~~the ~~Manga~~2000s]] [[Category:~~Shoji~~Military ~~Kawamori~~and Warfare Anime and Manga]] [[Category:~~Macross~~Original ~~Zero~~Video Animation]] [[Category:Works by Shoji Kawamori]]