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Macross Frontier

Macross Frontier

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Overview

A human space colony fleet is trying to find a habitable planet near the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. The story focuses on three young adults and the events that occur around them as the fleet faces a crisis of alien origin.

Created by Shoji Kawamori
Written by Shoji Kawamori, Hiroyuki Yoshino
NetworksMBS

Top Cast

Kenta Miyake

Kenta Miyake

Bobby Margo (voice)

Katsuyuki Konishi

Katsuyuki Konishi

Ozma Lee (voice)

Sanae Kobayashi

Sanae Kobayashi

Catherine Glass (voice)

Tomomichi Nishimura

Tomomichi Nishimura

Howard Glass (voice)

Hiroshi Kamiya

Hiroshi Kamiya

Michael Blanc (voice)

Rie Tanaka

Rie Tanaka

Monica Lang (voice)

Megumi Nakajima

Megumi Nakajima

Ranka Lee (voice)

Houko Kuwashima

Houko Kuwashima

Nanase Matsuura (voice)

Kikuko Inoue

Kikuko Inoue

Grace O'Connor (voice)

Aya Hirano

Aya Hirano

Meena Roshan (voice)

Themes & Keywords

futurehigh schoolspacealienmechapiloted robotmilitaryanimemacross

About Macross Frontier

Macross Frontier is a animation, action & adventure series that first aired in 2008 exploring themes of future, high school, space, alien, mecha, piloted robot. Created by Shoji Kawamori, it stars Kenta Miyake, Katsuyuki Konishi, Sanae Kobayashi. A human space colony fleet is trying to find a habitable planet near the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. The story focuses on three young adults and the events that occur around them as the fleet faces a crisis of alien origin.

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