Episode 19: Burst Point
Super Dimensional Fortress Macross
On air date: 1983.02.27
Story
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Staff
(translation pending)
Commentary
This episode is the continuation from Fokker's death, and is the one where Kakizaki is killed in action. Toshihiro Hirano, who was the animation director for this episode, left the comment that he put all his abilities into the drawings in order to enliven Kakizaki's death. The first half of the episode depicts the Macross crew members trying to live positively, such as Claudia and Hikaru trying to get over Fokker's death, and Kakizaki and Max trying to cheer up Hikaru by telling him the good news about the decision to accept the citizen refugees that are on the Macross. Whereas the second half of the episode has a striking development that takes a sudden turn that descends into even more despair due to the barrier system running out of control. In addition, even though Hikaru and Minmei are gradually becoming more distant, the depiction of Hikaru in the last scene where he tries not to tell Minmei about the death of Kakizaki shows that the two people already live in different worlds. Incidentally, concerning this scene, in the initial draft the production staff also considered a story development where Hikaru went to visit Minmei in the hospital and had a quarrel with her.
Cast
(translation pending)
Song
"Silver Moon, Red Moon" Lynn Minmei (Mari Ījima)
Characters and Mechanic that appear
Character
Ichijō Hikaru / Lynn Minmei / Hayase Misa / Roy Fokker / Claudia LaSalle / Bruno J. Global
Kim Kabirov / Shammy Milliome / Vanessa Leyard / Maximillian Jīnasu / Kakizaki Hayao / Miria Farīna Jīnasu / Lynn Kaifun
Buritai Kuridaniku / Exsedor Formo / Warera/Rory/Konda / Kamujin Kraveshera / Rapu Ramizu / Bodoruzā
Oiguru
Mechanic
Macross / (N) VF-1J (Hikaru) / VF-1J (Max) / VF-1J (Miria) /
(N) VF-1S /
(N) VF-1A (general)
VF-1A (Max) /
VF-1A (Kakizaki) / Tomahawk / Defender / Phalanx / Spartan / Monster
Rigādo/
Gurāji / Nūjaderu-Gā / Quadoran-Rō / Buritai's Ship
[Jināru] Fighter Pod /
Kamujin's Ship /
Rapu Ramizu's Ship /
Quadoran-Rō (Miria)
N: Normal, S: Super Valkyrie, A: Armoured Valkyrie
Episode 19 "Burst Point"
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Topics—Kakizaki Was The Sole Victim of the "Devil No.2 Plane"
Kakizaki died in this episode. However, his death was also in an episode that was included in the framing plan for this series (at the time when it was assumed that there would be 39 episodes). Incidentally, in that content plan, the No.2 airplane in the flight that the hero belongs to (Kakizaki's plane number in the original version) is called the "Devil No.2 Plane" because the unit members assigned to it die one after another. When they were deciding which episodes to use or reject when the original version of "Macross" was shortened from 39 to 26 episodes, Kakizaki became the only victim of the "Devil No.2 Plane". After that, they decided to extend the broadcast to 36 episodes. However, the "Devil No.2 Plane" subplot wasn't restored to the story (incidentally, in the content plan for the 39 episode edition, there is a terrifying description in episode 36 that the 15th pilot of the No.2 plane has died).
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Preview of the Next Episode
Buritai is back. The three Zentrādi spies escape from the Macross. Their retrieval point is a large fleet with more than 1,000 battleships led by Buritai. At that time, the Macross is ordered to sortie into space.
Next time, "Super Dimensional Fortress Macross", "Paradise Lost".