
The first installment in the franchise, Super Dimension Fortress Macross, premiered in 1982, a few years after the first Gundam came on the air, and despite the superficial similarities between franchises, giant robot warfare, armies in space, etc., Macross sported a flavor of its own that was a touch more personal and emotional, rather than the large-scale politics that drove the Gundam shows. If Mobile Suit Gundam was the Father of mecha anime and Evangelion the Son, Macross is at the very least the Holy Ghost.
