Macross 7

Macross 7
Cover for the first Blu-ray box set.
マクロス7
(Makurosu Sebun)
GenreMecha, musical, military science fiction
Created byShōji Kawamori
Anime television series
Directed byTetsurō Amino
Produced byKaya Oonish
Akira Iguchi
Written bySukehiro Tomita
Music byShirō Sagisu (stock music)
Yoko Kanno (stock music)
StudioAshi Productions
Licensed by
Original networkJNN (MBS)
Original run October 16, 1994 September 24, 1995
Episodes49 + 3 OVAs
Manga
Macross 7: Trash
Written byHaruhiko Mikimoto
Published byKadokawa Shoten
MagazineShōnen Ace
DemographicShōnen
Original runOctober 18, 1994May 26, 2001
Volumes8
Manga
Macross 7: Valkyrie Rock
Written byOchi Yoshihiko
Published byShogakukan
MagazineMonthly CoroCoro Comic
DemographicChildren
Original runNovember 1994March 1995
Anime film
Macross 7: The Galaxy is Calling Me!
Directed byTetsurō Amino
Produced by
  • Katsunori Haruta
  • Minoru Takanashi
  • Yoshio Tsuda
Written byShōji Kawamori
Music byShirō Sagisu (stock)
Yoko Kanno (stock)
StudioHal Film Maker
Studio Junio
Licensed by
  • Big West (licensing)
    Disney Platform Distribution (worldwide streaming license)
    • NA: Crunchyroll (home video)
ReleasedSeptember 30, 1995 (1995-09-30)
Runtime33 minutes
Original video animation
Macross Dynamite 7
Directed byTetsurō Amino
Produced by
  • Minoru Takanashi
  • Hiroshi Katou
  • Hirotaka Kanda
  • Tomoko Yamazaki
  • Yume Moriya
Written by
  • Shōji Kawamori
  • Sukehiro Tomita
Music byShirō Sagisu (stock)
Yoko Kanno (stock)
StudioAshi Productions
Licensed by
  • Big West (licensing)
    Disney Platform Distribution (worldwide streaming license)
Released December 18, 1997 August 25, 1998
Runtime30 minutes
Episodes4
Manga
Macross 7th Chord
Written byAkira Kano
Published byKadokawa Shoten
MagazineMacross Ace
DemographicShōnen
Original runJanuary 2009March 2011
Volumes1
Anime film
Macross Fb7 Listen to My Song!
Directed byTetsurō Amino
Written by
  • Shōji Kawamori
  • Tetsurō Amino
StudioSatelight
Licensed by
  • Big West (licensing)
    Disney Platform Distribution (worldwide streaming license)
ReleasedOctober 20, 2012 (2012-10-20)
Runtime90 minutes

Macross 7 (マクロス7, Makurosu Sebun) is an anime television series. It is a sequel to the show The Super Dimension Fortress Macross that takes place many years after the events of the first series following a cast of mostly new characters. The show ran from October 16, 1994, to September 24, 1995, at 11:00 a.m., and 49 episodes were aired. Although it has been distributed in the other parts of the world, for the longest amount of time it remained unlicensed in North America until July 2022 when Right Stuf along with Nozomi Entertainment announced that they would be releasing the series on home video.

Macross 7 is best known for its music, and since the show began airing over a dozen albums have been released by the fictional band Fire Bomber that stars in the show. Macross 7 exists in the official Studio Nue chronology and canon, with story concept by Shoji Kawamori, who also handled mechanical designs along with Kazutaka Miyatake. A theatrical episode, Macross 7: The Galaxy is Calling Me!, was released in 1995. Several OVAs were also released, including Macross 7: Encore and later, Macross Dynamite 7. In 2012, a crossover movie retelling the Macross 7 events by Macross Frontier characters, Macross Fb7 Listen to My Song!, was released.