May | 2011 | An Eye for Things

Macross Flashback 2012 is a 30-minute video which includes 7 minutes of new footage that describes the events after DYRL ends. The new footage is also consistent with the ending to the TV series. Essentially, Misa and Hikaru embark on a mission to colonize space, and they bring Minmay along, too, because Minmay wants to go.

Flashback 2012 starts with a blank screen, and we hear Minmay counting "1, 2, 3...", just like we did at the end of DYRL. We then see the same concert that appeared when the DYRL credits rolled.

Like Misa said at the end of the final TV episode, Minmay is a bigger star than ever. She has fancier clothes, a bigger audience, and she's performing at a huge concert hall.

Behind the concert hall is the Macross

The Macross is in the same state as it was at the end of DYRL...

... with its main gun stubs. Here's where DYRL ended.

We now see some music videos: Sunset Beach, 0-G Love, Shao Pai Long, Silver Moon/Red Moon, Love Passes Away, Cinderella, and Do You Remember Love? (the movie final battle song). The videos have footage from both the TV series and DYRL.

Hikaru and Minmay in a VF-1D in DYRL

We also see some artwork, like this sketch of Minmay.

Minmay in DYRL when she was trapped in the Macross with Hikaru

Scene from the TV series where Roy saves Minmay's life.

I like this close-up of a playful Minmay in concert.

Close-up of Misa when she was with Hikaru on the old Protoculture city. This close-up totally reminds me of Kira from the movie, "The Dark Crystal", especially since Misa has big ears, just like Kira's.

I'm so glad Yamato made their Macross display stands by using the design of the DYRL valkyrie launch arms!

The music videos sometimes show footage from real wars in the background.

And here's a close-up of the needle of a vinyl record player! Kids these days have never seen one of these!

Another record player needle, a really old one.

After 23 minutes of music videos, we finally get to see the new footage. Here's the concert hall, empty, only with Minmay there.

Minmay is wearing a fancy outfit that makes her look quite mature

Minmay fiddles with the keyboard

Minmay imagines Hikaru giving her a microphone

Minmay also imagines seeing Misa, too

We see Minmay dressed casually and she packs her belongings into a big bag

Minmay slams her hand on the table. This scene is just like the one in the TV series where she argues with her parents. But we never saw her parents on the Macross in DYRL. Are these people her parents?

Ah, now there's a beauty! The VF-4 Lightning III, the successor to the VF-1 valkyrie, which we saw Hikaru playing with in Episode 36.

I wish Yamato would make a toy of it!

Minmay in her make-up room.

Minmay stands next to a big poster of the SDF-1 Macross. See the line at the bottom? "A long time ago ... in a galaxy far, far away..." Hey wait a minute! That's Star Wars!