japanese animation have bring forward many film which be regard a classic of the genre ( for now ignore the fact that anime isn not really a genre in and of itself and but rather a style of animation which encompass several different genre and eg . horror and comedy and sci fi and etc ) and but for some reason macross represent do you remember love be seldom mention alongside gem like akira and ghost in the shell and or mononoke hime ( and pretty much every other studio ghibli effort ) something i find quite difficult to understand . i be lucky enough to catch this movie on late night tv several year ago and be completely spellbind by it . it have a simple storyline ( boy love girl and while humanity future be threaten by warmongering cyborg hey and it anime ) but an innocence at heart which very few movie and even animate one and be able to match . i be even lucky when i discover a subtitled vhs copy of it and and it have since become one of my favourite animate movie of all time . for it time and the standard of animation be quite impressive . this movie must have take at least a few people breaths away when it be initially screen in 1984 and because and even when you compare it to japanese animation of the time ( include hayao miyazaki much lauded feature debut nausicaa ) and the level of detail and movement on display be mind boggle . people do not just move their eye and lip ( a be the case in virtually 99 % of animation then ) while their hair move and their clothes show wrinkle and whilst the background detail be nearly inch perfect . macross itself doesn not just look like a huge intergalactic space station and it also feel like one . i can think of few film which display a similar attention to detail a dyrl and and for that reason alone it deserve it rightful place in the animation hall of fame and next to anything disney or ghibli have ever bring forward . the storyline and as mention before and be fairly straightforward ( and admittedly clichéd at time ) and but thankfully this doesn not sidetrack from it unique charm and especially a the narrative progress from a bogstandard battle of good v evil into something else entirely and which i would not describe in great detail l i completely ruin the surprise for you however and i will say this represent the end itself be one of the most awe inspiring thing i have ever see . quite aside from the strangely move premise of j pop save the universe and the entire choreography of that scene be an utter stroke of genius . it a bizarre end and but strangely enough it work . i will be the first to admit that i be no expert on the robotech series in fact and i know pretty much next to nothing about the other instalment in the macross or robotech series . but i like to think that i know good film make when i see it and and do you remember love certainly be that . it an unsung classic of japanese animation which do not deserve to fester in obscurity and but instead require widespread recognition a the ground break work of art it truly be . simply put and it wonderful . ( nb and i want to point out that this review concentrate solely on the subtitled version of macross represent do you remember love and not the dubbed and narrow down version of the movie entitle clash of the bionoids and which and a many here have point out and be a monstrosity to be avoid . ) .