Macross: Do You Remember Love?

Macross: Do You Remember Love?
Original Title	Chōjikū Yōsai Makurosu: Ai Oboete Imasu ka
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio	¿Voicetrax?
Voice Director 1	Matthew Oram
Voice Director 2	Elizabeth Oram
Recorded	1984
Dub Country	Hong Kong
Original Country	Japan
Year	1984

The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? (超時空要塞マクロス 愛・おぼえていますか Chōjikū Yōsai Makurosu: Ai Oboete Imasu ka) is a 1984 Japanese animated movie based around the Macross television series. It is a condensed retelling of the series storyline.

Synopsis In the year 2009, the human race is in the middle of a three-way war with a race of giant humanoid aliens split into the Zentrans (male) and Meltlans (female). After executing a space fold that sent it and part of South Ataria Island to the edge of the Solar System, the space fortress Macross is on its way back to Earth. During a small skirmish with Zentradi forces, young pilot Hikaru Ichijyo rescues idol singer Lynn Minmay and their relationship develops as they're stranded somewhere within the ship. But shortly after returning to Macross City, Minmay is captured by the Zentradi, and Hikaru and female officer Misa Hayase end up back on Earth; only to view the aftermath of the destruction of their civilization. Only a song discovered eons ago—along with Minmay's voice—can determine the outcome of the war.

Dubbing History

Original export title card.

The film was dubbed in Hong Kong by Matthew Oram's company on commission from Toho International for export sales, under the title Super Spacefortress Macross. The quality of the dubbing is viewed as infamously poor among anime fans unfamiliar with Hong Kong dubbing, to the point that its origin had been speculated to have been made for use as an educational tool to teach English, possibly stemming from its subtitled VHS and LaserDisc releases in Japan by Victor Entertainment and Toho Video, respectively, and confusion over other English-dubbed anime titles that had been released in the country with a script to aid English studies, such as The Castle of Cagliostro.

Clash of the Bionoids title card.

In the United States, it was originally imported by Peregrine Film Distribution, Inc., as part of Dynamagic, a 10 film broadcast syndication package of other anime features variously acquired from Toho International and other Japanese companies. Billed under the title Clash of the Bionoids, the movie was heavily edited for time and content, excising around half-an-hour to meet a broadcast-friendly runtime of 92 minutes. In particular, the ending was heavily truncated from the original Japanese version: the scene with Hikaru calling the Macross after Boddole Zer's explosion was removed, giving the false impression that Hikaru died in the blast. It was released on VHS through Celebrity Home Entertainment in 1988, under its "Just for Kids" label.

Superdimensional Fortress Macross title card.

Later, the movie, now distributed by Century, Ltd., was re-released by Best Film & Video Corp. in 1995. Like most other former Celebrity titles, it was presented uncut. Now under the title Superdimensional Fortress Macross, it utilized the same baseline pan and scan video master of the export version used to create the Clash of the Bionoids cut, though the title card was accordingly modified on video. Alternative packaging for Best Film & Video's tape titled the film simply Macross.

In the United Kingdom, the film was released on VHS by Kiseki Films in 1994, under the packaging title Macross: Clash of the Bionoids, though the original on-screen title card from the export version was retained.

Due to the complicated legal entanglements of the movie, and the Macross franchise in general, it is unlikely that the movie will see a new English release or dub anytime in the future.

Cast

Image	Character	Seiyū	Voice Actor
	Hikaru Ichijo	Arihiro Hase	John Culkin
	Lynn Minmay	Mari Iijima	Elizabeth Oram
	Misa Hayase	Mika Doi	¿?
	Roy Focker	Akira Kamiya	Barry Haigh
	Maximillian Jenius	Shō Hayami	Matthew Oram John Culkin (two loops)
	Claudia La Salle	Noriko Ohara	¿?
	Hayao Kakizaki	Katsumi Suzuki	Simon Broad
	Bruno J. Global	Michio Hazama
	Shammy Milliome	Sanae Miyuki	Elizabeth Oram
	Kim Kabirov	Hiromi Tsuru	¿?
	Vanessa Laird	Run Sasaki	¿?
	Lynn Kaifun	Hirotaka Suzuoki	Simon Broad
	Kamjin Kravshera	Kōsuke Meguro	Matthew Oram
	Milia Fallyna	Eri Takeda	¿?
	Britai Kridanik	Eiji Kanie	Matthew Oram
	Exsedol Folmo	Ryūsuke Ōbayashi	Barry Haigh
	Golg Boddole Zer	Osamu Ichikawa	Matthew Oram

Additional Voices

• Simon Broad
• Barry Haigh
• Matthew Oram

Notes

• Carl Macek originally intended on using the movie for Robotech: The Movie using the cast for the TV series. However, he was unable to license the movie, so Megazone 23 Part I was used instead.
• Bizarrely, Maximillian goes from being voiced by Matthew Oram to John Culkin in two instances.
• The version of the dub released on home video in Japan reverts to the Japanese track for several instances of singing that were sung in English in the mix of the dub heard everywhere else in the world.

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Format	Region	Country
Toho Video	1987		NTSC	Japan
Victor Entertainment
Celebrity Home Entertainment	1988			United States
Kiseki Films	1994		PAL	United Kingdom
Best Film & Video Corp.	1995		NTSC	United States

External Links

• Macross: Do You Remember Love? (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Macross: Do You Remember Love? at the Internet Movie Database