Nozomi Entertainment Announces Multiple Macross Licenses, Now Including Macross 7

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Following yesterday’s BIGWEST’s announcement at Anime Expo on upcoming Macross home video releases, Nozomi Entertainment (a subsidiary of Right Stuf, Inc.) additionally announced today they will be releasing Macross 7 on home video in the United States, with added details on Macross Delta, and Macross Frontier. This marks the first time that any of these long-awaited series will see a U.S. home video release.

According to a press release obtained by Anime News Network, the release of Macross 7 will come in regular and special edition versions, and the series will be released across two sets with the first set featuring Episodes 01 – 29 and the second set featuring Episodes 30 – 49 and the Macross 7 Encore film.

Originally broadcast in Japan in 1994 and 1995, Macross 7 is directed by Tetsuro Amino and features animation production by Ashi Productions. Nozomi Entertainment describes the story of Macross 7 as follows:

It is the year A.D. 2045.

The seventh New Macross-class vessel, Macross 7, home to over one million inhabitants, journeys in search of habitable planets. Having departed Earth seven years earlier, the fleet is continuing on its journey when its flagship is suddenly attacked.

Meanwhile, at an outdoor venue in a park in Macross City, the rock band FIRE BOMBER has just started its opening set. The band’s lineup includes passionate lead vocalist and guitarist, Basara, bassist and singer, Mylene (the seventh daughter of Max and Milia Jenius), the laid-back founding member and keytarist, Ray, and on drums, the Meltran of few words, Veffidas.

Their gig is just starting to go off when things are interrupted by the attack on the fleet. What is the identity of the mysterious enemy fleet and the true purpose of their attack? The inhabitants of Macross 7 are soon caught up in a nightmarish conflict, the likes of which they could never have imagined.

Sources: Official Right Stuf Anime Twitter, Official Nozomi Entertainment Twitter, Anime News Network

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