Following a wait of four years, multiple Macross anime are finally coming to the US via Hulu.
In 2021, I reported that Macross-related rights issues had been resolved more frequently. Like many, I thought we would see those animes on streaming services in a few months.
We also found out last year that not all of Macross would become available outside of Japan. The original Macross TV series and movie, Do You Remember Love?, are still landlocked in Japan.
The good news is that Hulu will release the next Macross anime on January 13.
The Disney point is noteworthy because the original plan was to release these various Macross anime via Disney+ outside of Japan. This is because Disney+ handles the streaming of these Macross series in Japan.
However, since Hulu is part of Disney, it makes sense for the Macross anime to end up there, at least from a logo perspective, since Hulu already hosts a lot of anime content.
More recently, the perfect Macross Plus gained a genuine Blu-ray edition in the US and Europe, which I’ve reviewed out of curiosity.
If you’re interested in the birth of Macross and the creatives who made it possible, feel free to check out my interviews with Shoji Kawamori and Kazutaka Miyatake. In addition, for Macross Plus, I also interviewed its director Shinichiro Watanabe and composer Yoko Kanno.
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