«©NCSX» The inception of the Macross franchise took place approximately 30 years ago when the adventures of Hikaru, Misa, Minmay, and Roy captivated viewers on both sides of the Pacific. In the years since the conclusion of the original series, Macross has gone on to spawn animated sequels, serial adjuncts, and a whole lot of merchandising.
On November 21, 2009, Japanese cinema-goers got to watch a Macross movie titled Gekijō-ban Macross Frontier ~Itsuwari no Utahime~ which translates into Macross Frontier the Movie: The False Songstress. The movie was a retread of the events in the Macross F television series compacted down into 119 minutes of drama, espionage, a false songstress, and Valkyries. Lots of Valkyries. False Songstress pulled in a little under $5 million at the box office which was a disappointment. For comparative reference, the One Piece Strong World movie pulled in $48 million and the Yattaman animated film earned $40 million. Cameron's Avatar trounced every other movie in Japan last year with a cumulative take of $163 million.
Gekijouban Macross F: Itsuwarino Utahime Hybrid Pack ships this week in Japan and the home release of the movie and game will probably earn more than $5 million. The hybrid Blu-Ray disc contains the False Songstress movie and a Playstation 3 game titled Macross Trial Frontier which is a remake of the PSP Macross Ultimate Frontier game. The series featured in the game include SDF Macross: Do You Remember Love?, SDF Macross Plus, SDF Macross 7, SDF Macross Zero and SDF Macross Frontier.
In addition to the game and movie, over 50 minutes of bonus footage is included on the hybrid disc including commercials and an episode of the PSN "Toro Station" daily news show which features an interview with Macross creator Shoji Kawamori. A 48-page booklet which contains illustrations and archival material from the film is packed as a bonus with the hybrid disc. Lastly, the first printing of the Hybrid Pack includes a bonus collectible card which is signed by Kawamori on one side while five actual film frames from the movie are pasted on the opposing side.
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