Macross Plus

In 2040, planet Eden is preparing for a major concert by Sharon Apple, an almost-finished virtual idol whose emotional expression comes from Myung Fang Lone. At the same time, fighter pilots Isamu Dyson and Guld Bowman are competing in the Supernova Project, putting their skills and old hostility against each other. Myung’s return brings a painful childhood connection back into focus: she, Isamu, and Guld were once close, but an accident seven years earlier split them apart. As unresolved feelings surface, a forbidden and unstable AI method becomes part of Sharon’s system, raising the danger around her performance and everyone connected to it.

Romance and science fiction meet in a story shaped by rivalry, memory, and the difficult boundary between genuine emotion and artificial performance. The mecha and action elements give the pilots’ conflict a sharp competitive edge, while the relationships at its center keep the technology from feeling impersonal. Sharon’s presence adds an eerie layer to the drama: a near-complete digital idol can project a convincing persona, yet the feelings behind it come from somewhere else. Its compact OVA format lets the tension stay focused on Eden, the Supernova Project, and the three friends whose past still affects the present.

Macross Plus is a finished OVA with 4 episodes. Start with the first episode to meet Sharon, Myung, Isamu, and Guld as Eden’s concert and the Supernova Project draw their lives together.

• Layered romance and friendship tensions
• High-stakes experimental flight rivalry
• Unsettling questions about artificial emotion
• Compact four-part OVA storytelling

Fans of romantic sci-fi, mecha action, AI-centered drama, and emotionally charged rivalries.