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* [[All There in the Manual]]: Those who missed the newspaper headlines in the movie's finale might misinterpret it as either a [[Downer Ending]] or a [[Bittersweet Ending|bittersweet one]]. However, those headlines report the ''Lysithea'''s victory at Agartha. Additional details like Noboru's Navy uniform in the closet suggest his eventual reunion with Mikako. The supplementary [[Novelization]] states outright that the ''Lysithea'' won the battle, but their FTL drive was damaged beyond repair, so they have no choice but to call for help and wait eight years for the message to reach Earth.
* [[Asteroid Thicket]]
* [[Benevolent Precursors]]: It is implied the Tarsians attacked humanity to
* [[BFS]]: The Tracers possess a powerful [[Laser Blade|beam saber]] that can be used to
* [[Can You Hear Me Now?]]: Mikako's phone is piggybacked to the ''Lysithea'''s communications array and allows her to send mail even when she's outside of our solar system.
* [[Child Soldiers]]: Mikako is decidedly of the precocious variety, being the only member of the fleet's crew to appear in the anime.
* [[Cool Starship]]: The ''Lysithea'' and its sister vessels of the UN Navy possess [[Faster-Than-Light Travel|a warp engine]] and beam weaponry that can [[Roboteching|curve at right angles]] to hit enemies.
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* [[Humongous Mecha]]: The suits deployed by the UN Navy are called Tracers.
* [[I Will Wait for You]]: Noboru struggles a great deal with whether or not to keep waiting for Mikako, and tries to give up on her a few times. Ultimately, the trope is subverted when he chooses to follow her into space.
* [[Laser Blade]]: Energy swords are part of the Tracer's combat
* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: Mikako still wears her school uniform while fighting Tarsians, contrasting the expectation that pilots would be supplied with [[Latex Space Suit|plugsuits]].
* [[Long-Distance Relationship]]:
* [[Macross Missile Massacre]]: The Tracers wield missile pods as part of their
* [[Magic Skirt]]: The skirt of Mikako's school uniform stays down even in zero-g.
* [[No Ending]]: The anime is rather open-ended. The manga adaptation adds some resolution.
* [[Rain Aura]]
* [[Roboteching]]: Ships in the ''Lysithea'' task force use their particle cannons to great effect against the smaller Tarsian mecha: the cannons are mounted in groups and fire beams that can curve at right angles.
* [[Scenery Porn]]: The landscapes and attention to detail are staggering; terrestrial locations within the film were designed from [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ae/Voices_Screenshots.JPG actual locations in Japan].
* [[Short Anime Movie]]: The running time of the film is 25 minutes.
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