Macross’ Massive Saga Finally Hits Disney+ and Hulu Next Week
Last year, Macross was supposed to land on Disney+ as part of an effort to bring the franchise outside of Japan, particularly the west. At the time, this was a big deal since the various companies in control of it and its western equivalent Robotech came to an agreement after they’d spent years not being on the best of terms. For whatever reason, the jump to Disney+ didn’t seem to happen in 2024 as planned, but it seems that’s now happening for real in the next few days.
According to a tip provided to Anime News Network, 16 of the 18 Macross anime shows and films will hit Disney+ and Hulu in the US this Monday, January 13. It seems that time off hasn’t fixed the franchise’s weird issues here in the west: when Macross arrives, neither Super Dimension Fortress Macross and its film version, Do You Remember Love?, will be on Disney+ or Hulu. They’re two very key parts of the entire enterprise, but Harmony Gold’s hold on the license prevents those from being globally streamed outside of Japan.
So the full list of Macross media hitting on Monday is as follows:
- Macross Zero
- Macross 7
- Macross 7: The Galaxy is Calling Me!
- Macross Fb7 Listen to My Song!
- Macross Frontier
- Macross Fronter: The False Songstress
- Macross Fronter: The Wings of Farewell
- Macross Fronter: Labyrinth of Time
- Macross Dynamite 7
- Macross Delta the Movie: Passionate Valkyrie
- Macross Delta: Absolute Live!!!!!!
- Macross Plus
- Macross Plus Movie Edition
- Gekijō Tanpen Macross Frontier Toki no Meikyū
- The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Flash Back 2012
- The Super Dimension Fortress Macross II: Lovers, Again
It may be incomplete, but it’s still not a bad amount of Macross stuff coming to the services. Like last year, we hope things work out to where the two versions of Super Dimension join the rest of their animated brethren, and the entire franchise is watchable all in one place.
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