So for me, Macross (or at least the bastardized edit that we got with Robotech) was my gateway prime; the first anime that I had ever seen, well over a decade before I understood what this genre called anime was. And I only saw it in passing, bits and pieces years apart. But it stuck with me. I don't remember when I first saw the movie version of Macross II, but I do know at least one time I had rented it on VHS. Kids ask your folks what...those...shit, that's us now. MOVING ON! So what is Macross II? It is the quintessential spacemecha action story, with a new enemy bearing down un humanity. Our only hope is...an alien pop idol? Eh, what the hell, lasers and missiles aren't working.

It's one of those older scifi titles that I love so much for their bullet hell action sequences amid a starry backdrop. It belongs into a bygone era of animation alongside Bubblegum Crisis or the original Transformers movie. And I can't wait to share this one with my boys.