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Macross Δ
マクロスΔ（デルタ）
2016 · TV series · 25 min episodes · 1 season
ActionAdventureAnimationScience FictionFantasy
Macross Delta is set in the year 2067, 8 years after the events of the latest Macross TV series, Macross Frontier. The story focuses on Walküre, a team of talented idols and the Delta Squadron, a team of experienced Valkyrie pilots as they battle against the Var Syndrome, a mysterious phenomena that is consuming the galaxy and there is also the mysterious Aerial Knights Valkyrie fighter team of the Kingdom of Wind.
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> Gone are the traditional awe-inspiring scifi, in are the post-apocalyptical dystopia where teenagers are being oppressed by old people and the teenagers have to overturn the old ruling class.
There have been two Gundam series and two Gundam movies in the past year alone. Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Yamato and Macross have all had movies come out within the past two years. Just because they disappear within the flood of content doesn't mean that they don't exist.
> the post-apocalyptical dystopia where teenagers are being oppressed by old people and the teenagers have to overturn the old ruling class.
That is so hyper-specific that it applies to a tiny handful of shows, at most elements of which are indicative of trends. It probably applies to one show this season. There's 157 other things coming out this season according to MyAnimeList.
Enjoyment of it does rely a tiny bit on knowing the general tropes of "giant robot" anime as it does deconstruct a lot of those.
If you have seen even a few episodes of Robotech/Macross/Gundam that's plenty. Even a bit of Voltron or having seen the movie "Iron Giant" may do.
That being said, if you are familiar with the general idea of "Only this one average/milquetoast/nerdy teenager can save the world for contrived plot reasons" it should still be enjoyable as that's where it dials the deconstruction knob up to 11 the most.
There was a small boom this past decade that seems to be over atm. Nothing groundbreaking, but some decent entertainment (and also some I would never, ever recommend, either due to quality or objectionable content). Off the top of my head: several Gundam entries - including AGE, IBO, Reconguista, Unicorn, Thunderbolt, the OO movie, and the Build Fighters and Build Divers series - Rideback, Star Driver, Valvrave, Suisei no Gargantia, Majestic Prince, Cross Ange, Buddy Complex, Aldnoah.Zero, Darling in the Franxx, Heroman, SSSS Gridman, the Evangelion Rebuild series, several mecha musume series, Macross Delta, Muv-Luv Alternative, several Code Geass sequels... I'm sure there are more. One might even consider Attack On Titan a sort of mecha series (it certainly has more in common with Gundam than, say, Godzilla). I think it's only been in the past year that we haven't seen multiple concurrent releases.
(I want to reiterate that these are not in any way recommendations or endorsements. I watched and enjoyed many of these shows, but also dropped or never began several because of the questionable nature of one or more of their aspects.)
Edit: Bubuki Buranki. Everyone always forgets Bubuki Buranki.
It's interesting to hear Robotech mentioned on a site where intellectual property law is often discussed, without mention of the controversy surrounding its IP. When Harmony Gold USA created Robotech, it did so using exclusively licensed footage from a Japanese multimedia franchise called Macross. In the 30 years since, many new Macross works, including anime representing some of the most innovative uses of music-in-film-as-a-critical-plot-point (of great interest to a musical theater listener like myself!), have been produced in Japan to great critical acclaim, but their legal import and streaming into the US has been consistently suppressed by Harmony Gold, which maintains that it has the exclusive rights to the Macross trademark in the US [2]. From one perspective, Harmony Gold USA played a pivotal role in bringing anime to the US, and it's only rational that they be allowed to harvest from their Robotech brand without diluting it with Macross competitors. But it's a frustrating situation for Macross fans.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diegesis#Film_sound_and_music
[2] http://kotaku.com/5990702/why-you-havent-seen-any-new-macross-in-the-west-for-nearly-15-years
Indeed. That was the first thing I though: Macross!
It did not end very well. The movie/series explored a dark side of this tech.