{"metas":[{"id":"al:1088","type":"series","name":"Macross","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx1088-b2eAPvA5zmmi.png","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/banner/1088-qEDmlgWXrKH3.jpg","description":"In 1999, a giant alien spacecraft crash lands on South Ataria island. Humanity proceeds to attempt to rebuild this marvel, but political conflicts centered around the Macross result in a global war. After 10 years, the Unification Wars are finally over, the new Earth United Nations Government is in power, and work on the Macross is complete.\n\nOn the day of the launching ceremony, its main cannon fires on its own, destroying an alien spacecraft. This fateful day marks the beginning of the war between the humans on the Macross and the Zentradi, a race of humanoid aliens of giant proportions.\n\n(Source: AnimEigo)","releaseInfo":"1982","genres":["Action","Drama","Mecha","Music","Romance","Sci-Fi"]},{"id":"al:3572","type":"series","name":"Macross Frontier","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx3572-qYJhokKdsnZR.png","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/banner/3572.jpg","description":"After being threatened by extinction at the hands of alien invaders called the Zentradi, humanity undertook the task of guaranteeing itself a future by launching fleets of colony ships into space. On Macross Frontier, one such fleet, high school student Saotome Alto's life is changed forever: the fleet is suddenly attacked by unidentified creatures while he is performing aerial stunts for a concert by the wildly popular idol Sheryl. \n\nAlto quickly finds himself in the cockpit of a new-model fighter struggling to protect Ranka Lee, a young girl he met only hours earlier, from the invaders' swath of destruction. Noting his performance during this incident, the S.M.S. Skull Squadron private military company invites Alto to join their organization, where he continues protecting his friends and Macross Frontier.\n\n(Source: Anime-Planet)","releaseInfo":"2008","genres":["Action","Mecha","Music","Romance","Sci-Fi"]},{"id":"al:165","type":"series","name":"RahXephon","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx165-TBPrUsYj4SUL.jpg","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/banner/165-HD5hnoHOeJt0.png","description":"In the year 2012 Japan was invaded by the Mu. Human-like beings from another dimension with blue blood.\n\nIn the year 2015 Tokyo is attacked by invaders, who are repelled by a humanoid weapon called a Dolem. During the chaos, Ayato Kamina meets Reika Mishima, a classmate.\n\nDuring that same day, he is attacked by government officials but a woman named Haruka comes to his rescue, informing him that she was sent to get him by the Organization TERRA, and that Tokyo had been sealed in a time rift where time flows one third as fast as the outside world.\n\nHe flees from Haruka onto a train where he sees Reika once more. Arriving at the Room of Rah, he follows her to a tremendous egg where the Dolem RahXephon is hatched from, and upon her singing his mother appears atop the Dolem that had stopped the TERRA Invasion. In the battle Ayato's mother is injured, and Ayato flees Tokyo Jupiter with Haruka upon seeing his mother's blue blood.","releaseInfo":"2002","genres":["Drama","Mecha","Music","Mystery","Psychological","Romance","Sci-Fi"]},{"id":"al:20680","type":"series","name":"Macross Delta","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx20680-IVFFnv8oXahy.jpg","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/banner/20680-S1KKV9DLwPm2.jpg","description":"Macross Delta is set in the year 2067, 8 years after the events of the latest Macross TV series, Macross Frontier. The story focuses on Walküre, a team of talented idols and the Delta Squadron, a team of experienced Valkyrie pilots as they battle against the Var Syndrome, a mysterious phenomena that is consuming the galaxy and there is also the mysterious Aerial Knights Valkyrie fighter team of the Kingdom of Wind.\n\n(Source: Anime News Network)","releaseInfo":"2016","genres":["Action","Mecha","Music","Romance","Sci-Fi"]},{"id":"al:109856","type":"series","name":"Listeners","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx109856-zDYLvuF4Vuno.jpg","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/banner/109856-rW8JlTsPbjey.jpg","description":"In a post-apocalyptic future that has been torn apart by shadowy creatures known as the Earless, humanity's heroes are the Players, who pilot mecha known as Equipment to battle their inhuman enemies while earning fame and fortune to boot. Echo is a young tech-head who dreams of working amongst the Players and their Equipment, going so far as to build a makeshift mecha of his own, but he has long since resigned himself to life in the destitute scrap-heaps that cover so much of the world, now. That is, until he discovers an amnesiac named μ (or “Mu”) who has a mechanical port in her back that is the telltale sign of a Player. The pair become fast friends, and they vow to use their skills to fight for the world and defeat The Earless.\n\n(Source: Anime News Network)","releaseInfo":"2020","genres":["Action","Adventure","Mecha","Music","Sci-Fi"]},{"id":"al:474","type":"series","name":"Macross Plus","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx474-lyjbbltW5ZX4.png","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/banner/474-WOoYctkP0cHi.jpg","description":"The year is 2040 and the galaxy is flourishing with several colonies and advanced technology. AI is near perfection and the current top idol is the near-completed Virturoid Idol Sharon Apple. All that is missing are her actual feelings, which instead are supplied by Myung Fang Lone. Sharon's debut concert is on planet Eden, where at the same time, fighter pilots Isamu Dyson and Guld Bowman battle over air superiority for the \"Supernova Project.\" Isamu, Guld and Myung were once childhood friends, but after an accident seven years ago, they went their own separate ways. With Myung back in the picture, the old disputes are once again awakened. And when an unstable and illegal AI technique is installed in Sharon, the situation is worsened.\n\n(Source: Anime News Network)","releaseInfo":"1994","genres":["Action","Drama","Mecha","Music","Romance","Sci-Fi"]},{"id":"al:20947","type":"series","name":"Japan Anima(tor)’s Exhibition","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/nx20947-Qg0QUi31tjeb.jpg","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/banner/20947-7uPxrc63bFxM.jpg","description":"Japan Anima(tor)'s Exhibition is the showcase of the animations produced by various directors with love and energy, which are planned from original projects, spin-off projects, promotional films, Music PV, and VJ Films etc...\n\nEpisodes:\n\n#01: The Dragon Dentist (Directed by Outarou Maijou)\n\n#02: HILL CLIMB GIRL (Directed by Azuma Tani)\n\n#03: ME!ME!ME! (Directed by Hibiki Yoshizaki)\n\n#04: Carnage (Directed by Akira Honma)\n\n#05: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko & Ichiro Itano: Collection of Key Animation Films (collection of key animation from 1979's Mobile Suit Gundam)\n\n#06: 20min Walk From Nishi-Ogikubo Station, 2 Bedrooms, Living Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, 2mos Deposit, No Pets Allowed (Directed by Takeshi Honda & Mahiro Maeda)\n\n#07: Until you come to me. (Directed by Tadashi Hiramatsu)\n\n#08: Tomorrow from there (Directed by Akemi Hayashi)\n\n#09: Denkou Choujin Gridman: boys invent great hero (Directed by Akira Amemiya)\n\n#10: YAMADELOID (Directed by Takashi Horiuchi & Masahiro Emoto)\n\n#11: POWER PLANT No. 33 (Directed by Yasuhiro Yoshiura & Kengo Saito)\n\n#12: Evangelion: Another Impact (Confidential) (Directed by Shinji Aramaki)\n\n#13: Kanón (Directed by Mahiro Maeda)\n\n#14: SEX and VIOLENCE with MACHSPEED (Directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi)\n\n#15: Obake-Chan (Directed by Shigeto Koyama)\n\n#16: Tsukikage no Tokio (Directed by Takanobu Mizuno)\n\n#17: THREE FALLEN WITNESSES (Directed by Satoru Utsunomiya)\n\n#18: The Diary of Ochibi (Directed by Masashi Kawamura)\n\n#19: I can Friday by Day! (Directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki)\n\n#20A: ME!ME!ME! CHRONIC feat.daoko / TeddyLoid (Directed by Hibiki Yoshizaki, remix of short #3)\n\n#20B: (Making of) evangelion:Another Impact (Making of video of short #12)\n\n#21: ICONIC FIELD (Directed by Ikuto Yamashita)\n\n#22: IBUSEKI YORUNI (Directed by Tadashi Hiramatsu) \n\n#23: Memoirs of amorous gentlemen (Produced by Cork Inc.)\n\n#24: Rapid Rouge (Directed by Daisuke Onitsuka)\n\n#25: HAMMERHEAD (Directed by Otaro Maijo)\n\n#26: COMEDY SKIT 1989 (Directed by Kazuto Nakazawa)\n\n#27: BUBU & BUBULINA (Directed by Takashi Nakamura)\n\n#28: ENDLESS NIGHT (Directed by Sayo Yamamoto)\n\n#29: BUREAU OF PROTO SOCIETY (Directed by Yasuhiro Yoshiura)\n\n#30: The Ultraman (Directed by Akitoshi Yokoyama)\n\n#31: GIRL (Directed by Hibiki Yoshizaki)\n\n#32: Neon Genesis IMPACTS. (Directed by Yuhei Sakuragi)\n\n#33: Ragnarok (Directed by Kazuyoshi Katayama)\n\n#34: Robot on the Road (Directed by Hiroyuki Okiura)\n\n#35: Cassette Girl (Directed by Hiroyasu Kobayashi)\n\nNote: #20A and #20B (special) are counted as two separate episodes in the episode total.","releaseInfo":"2014","genres":["Action","Ecchi","Fantasy","Mecha","Music","Supernatural"]},{"id":"al:1457","type":"series","name":"Key the Metal Idol","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx1457-2fMgN8MtD4mZ.png","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/banner/1457-MTfRddGoswwj.jpg","description":"Her classmates at school called her Key, as in the \"key\" to a strange mystery. Key's \"grandfather\" was a kindly old scientist wanting to use his skill in robotics to create peace and love in the world. But when that kindly old scientist passed away, poor Key was left behind, lacking even the ability to smile.\n\nThere still is hope, however a message left behind for Key suggests a fantastic possibility. Could it really be possible for Key to become a real, live human, if she can only win the love of 30,000 people? A dark, haunting tale of cybernetic sci-fi dreams, spiritual visions, and the turbulent world of Japanese pop music.\n\n(Source: Discotek Media)\n\nNote: The two last episodes have a duration of ~98 minutes","releaseInfo":"1994","genres":["Action","Drama","Mecha","Music","Sci-Fi"]},{"id":"al:1397","type":"series","name":"Macross 7","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx1397-D9MLYHZhOnYO.png","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/banner/1397-R8KenRg7Qerw.jpg","description":"35 years have passed since Lynn Minmay had brought peace between the Zentradi and the humans in the events of Macross. Nekki Basara is a guitarist and a singer of the band Fire Bomber. Living in a less-developed part of the flying colony City 7 which is looking for a habitable planet, he composes and sings songs in the belief that music holds a greater power.\n\nDuring its flight, an unknown alien race appeared and started laying siege upon City 7. However, its attacks are not conventional -- instead of trying to destroy them, they steal what is known as \"spiritia\", rendering victims unresponsive and zombie-like. During these battles, Basara always goes out into the middle of the warzone, singing his songs and expecting friend and foe to listen and be moved by his music.\n\n(Source: Anime News Network)","releaseInfo":"1994","genres":["Action","Comedy","Drama","Mecha","Music","Sci-Fi"]},{"id":"al:1072","type":"series","name":"Sweat Punch","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx1072-3HZC9uQacKht.jpg","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx1072-3HZC9uQacKht.jpg","description":"Sweat Punch is a series of five Studio 4°C shorts collected as a direct-to-DVD package film entitled Deep Imagination.\n\n1. Tanpetori Kyouju no Yuuutsu (タンペトリー教授の憂鬱, Professor Dan Petory's Blues)\n\nA musical number starring a hand puppet named Junior. The puppet is controlled by the drunken Professor Dan Petory who explains in puppetry the answers to such questions as why the Earth is blue and why UFOs fly in a zig-zag pattern.\n\n2. End of the World\n\n\"End of the World\" is a science fiction story about a young alien girl named Yuko as she escapes from the world of humans. After meeting Kazumi, a human girl Yuko met at a rock concert, the girls head to Kazumi's apartment. Before Yuko even takes off her shoes, however, she leaves through Kazumi's TV with her trusty cybernetic steed FACE to wage a retaliatory campaign against hordes of S&M monsters from another dimension, and the evil queen of Yuko's world.\n\n3. Kigeki (喜劇, Comedy)\n\nSet during the Irish War of Independence, a five-year old girl goes out in search of the mysterious Demon’s Castle - home of the Black Knight whose services she hopes to recruit. The Black Knight is a dark, young, skilled swordsman who will only accept a particular genre of books as advance payment.\n\n4. Higan (彼岸, Enlightenment)\n\nAn injured man lies completely still in a hospital room with doctors hovering at his bedside, appearing serene and peaceful as he slowly succumbs to death. However, in his own mind, memories of a recent battle vividly flash by. Thoughts of death and chaos haunt him, even in his final moments.\n\n5. Garakuta no Machi (ガラクタの町, Junk Town)\n\nOne summer day, a young boy encounters a little robot at a shopping arcade-a hungry little robot, it turns out, as he devours one machine after the other, growing in size with each \"meal\". This story of a boy, a machine, and their little adventure is the tale of an unusual friendship, enriched by the details of daily life and seen through the director's unique visual style.\n\n(Source: Studio 4°C website)","releaseInfo":"2002","genres":["Action","Fantasy","Horror","Mecha","Music","Sci-Fi"]},{"id":"al:1398","type":"series","name":"Macross Dynamite 7","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx1398-9gRQTxYob2Ji.jpg","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/banner/n1398-6frQ1HEiuyAa.jpg","description":"Less than a year after the events that transpired in the Macross 7 TV series, Basara leaves Fire Bomber and travels to the planet Zola. There, he meets a girl named Elma, who is a big fan of Fire Bomber. It is also on this planet where he must once again use his Spiritia powers; this time, to stop an army of poachers and Elma's father Graham from killing a group of space whales travelling within the planetary system.","releaseInfo":"1997","genres":["Adventure","Comedy","Mecha","Music","Sci-Fi"]},{"id":"al:1262","type":"series","name":"The Super Dimension Fortress Macross II: Lovers Again","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/nx1262-tGQ9fvpQ4PJg.jpg","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/banner/1262-uMsZviPK5oaJ.jpg","description":"A.D. 2089 - 80 years have passed since Space War I changed the lives of both human and Zentraedi races. Both races are at peace on Earth when a new alien race called the \"Marduk\" appear within the Solar System. While covering the first battle between the U.N. Spacy and the Marduk fleet, SNN rookie reporter Hibiki Kanzaki discovers Ishtar, an \"Emulator\" that enhances the Marduk's combat abilities through singing. Hibiki brings Ishtar to Earth to teach her the values of life and culture. Together with ace Valkyrie pilot Silvie Gena, Hibiki and Ishtar must find a way to save Earth from total destruction at the hands of the Marduk leader Ingues.\n\n(Source: Anime News Network)","releaseInfo":"1992","genres":["Action","Adventure","Mecha","Music","Sci-Fi"]},{"id":"al:1504","type":"series","name":"The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Flash Back 2012","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/nx1504-D0FjhoonS0Fk.jpg","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/banner/1504-d4KIgbPrxndU.jpg","description":"Flash Back 2012 is Minmay's farewell concert. Featuring some of her best songs, the music is performed over various scenes and events taken from the Macross TV series as well as the movie \"Do You Remember Love?\". Also included is a newly animated closing sequence showing the launch of Misa's colony vessel, the Megaroad-01, into space.\n\n(Source: Anime News Network, edited)","releaseInfo":"1987","genres":["Drama","Mecha","Music","Sci-Fi"]},{"id":"al:4454","type":"series","name":"Macross Frontier Deculture Edition","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/medium/4454.jpg","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/medium/4454.jpg","description":"An expanded version of the first episode of Macross Frontier.","releaseInfo":"2007","genres":["Action","Mecha","Music","Sci-Fi"]},{"id":"al:1399","type":"series","name":"Macross 7 Encore","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/medium/1399.jpg","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/medium/1399.jpg","description":"Three unbroadcasted episodes of the Macross 7 series. In \"Fleet of the Strongest Women,\" the Macross 7 fleet encounters a rogue Meltrandi fleet led by an old rival of Millia. \"On Stage\" focuses on Ray's past as a fighter pilot, how he first met Basara, and how they formed Fire Bomber. In \"Which One Do You Love,\" when Millia falls ill, she feels her life expectancy is running short and attempts to have Mylene engaged to Basara.\n\n(Source: Anime News Network)","releaseInfo":"1995","genres":["Action","Comedy","Drama","Mecha","Music","Sci-Fi"]},{"id":"al:6209","type":"series","name":"Macross 7 Plus","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx6209-rDvY827POOpj.jpg","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/banner/6209-6W6bWzPRgXiv.jpg","description":"A series of 2-3 minute shorts revealing the everyday life of some characters, back-story of others, and the occasional music video. Originally included as extras on the Macross 7 VHS and laserdisc releases.","releaseInfo":"1995","genres":["Comedy","Mecha","Music","Sci-Fi","Slice of Life"]},{"id":"al:2414","type":"series","name":"Assemble Insert","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/nx2414-oUqmkyRgBdxc.png","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/banner/2414-oKtbnu3jZJMl.jpg","description":"The local law enforcement has a problem: the Demon Seed — a small but surprisingly capable gang with a charismatic leader. Their mecha body suits allow them to undertake spectacular crimes that regularly rampage the city and totally humiliate the police.\n\nDesperate, the police have created a special branch just to deal with them. However, these unlucky few are not having any better results than the regular police and the public is turning against them. If they could just foil the Demon Seed once it would make their careers so much easier.\n\nThey just need a plan... luckily chief Hattori has come up with something the Demon Seed gang will definitely never expect. Hatched from chief's alcohol-induced mind, the plan is so bizarre that it just might work: Find the perfect crime fighter who is so powerful and captivating that even if they do not beat the Demon Seed gang, the public just will not care! And who could this person be? An idol singer of course!\n\nThe cute and innocent 14-year-old Namikaze Maron cannot sing or even dance, but she has the only talent the job really requires: superhuman strength! Now Hattori and his crew must mold her into the perfect idol singer and turn Maron into their ultimate weapon... but at what cost? Can she really survive the Demon Seed's onslaught?\n\n(Source: Anime News Network)","releaseInfo":"1989","genres":["Comedy","Mecha","Music","Sci-Fi"]},{"id":"al:5288","type":"series","name":"RahXephon Specials","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx5288-tfYfhJhx28dF.jpg","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx5288-tfYfhJhx28dF.jpg","description":"DVD Specials for the Series RahXephon:\n\n1. Memories (Episode 9.5)\n\n2. Ichiko Hashimoto - The Fate of Katun","releaseInfo":"2003","genres":["Action","Drama","Mecha","Music","Mystery","Romance"]},{"id":"al:10361","type":"series","name":"Macross Frontier: Chou Jikuu Gekijou","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/medium/10361.jpg","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/medium/10361.jpg","description":"A new short CGI movie and a short extra anime bundled with the special edition of the game Macross Triangle Frontier.","releaseInfo":"2011","genres":["Action","Mecha","Music","Romance","Sci-Fi"]},{"id":"al:3671","type":"series","name":"Genesis Climber Mospeada: Love, Live, Alive","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/medium/3671.jpg","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/medium/3671.jpg","description":"After the original run of the television series, an OAV music video titled Genesis Climber Mospeada: Love Live Alive was specially (mostly due to demands of hardcore Mospeada fans) released in Japan in September 1985. The music video consisted of both old and new footage. The story of Love Live Alive chronicled the events after the ending of the original Mospeada, featuring Yellow Belmont as the main character. The music video focused on Yellow's concert and also on his flashback of past events.\n\n(Source: Wikipedia)","releaseInfo":"1985","genres":["Action","Mecha","Music"]},{"id":"al:102675","type":"series","name":"Megazone 23 XI","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/medium/102675-Vg3TLuszNvmr.png","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/banner/102675-2ALS31jG72zs.jpg","description":"The story is set aboard the Megazone 11, a different space colony ship fleet from the Megazone 23 in the 1985 original video anime. Megazone 11's master ships are designed as realistic simulations of Earth cities such as Tokyo, and there is also a satellite ship that is designed to resemble a smaller Japanese provincial city around the year 2020.\n\nThe protagonist Sakura is an ordinary second-year middle school student who lives aboard that satellite ship. She leads a secret life as part of a singing duo with Eve, a friend she made online. On a master ship, a resistance movement flares up. To achieve independence, they must take control of Tiamat, the system that controls the fleet, but the key to the system was lost in battle 80 years ago. With rumors of its reappearance surfacing, both the resistance and the government are seeking the key. One day, while visiting Akihabara on the Tokyo ship to meet Eve, Sakura is embroiled in the middle of a terrorist attack at the train station. As Eve remotely guides Sakura to safety, Sakura comes across Garland XI, a transforming motorcycle robot mecha that Eve tells her to use.\n\n(Source: Anime News Network)","releaseInfo":"","genres":["Action","Mecha","Music","Mystery","Romance","Sci-Fi"]},{"id":"al:102674","type":"series","name":"Megazone 23 SIN","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/medium/102674-RaZZEyERZWmK.png","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/medium/102674-RaZZEyERZWmK.png","description":"Remake of Megazone 23","releaseInfo":"","genres":["Action","Mecha","Music","Mystery","Romance","Sci-Fi"]}]}