| Depends on how much of the franchise you want to watch; you can either cherry pick the ones that look interesting, or go all-in down the rabbit hole. If you prefer more modern anime, starting with Frontier and going to Delta is fine, but the old anime are plenty deserving to watch if you don't mind cel animation. For just the core pieces only, in release order, it is: Macross OR Do You Remember Love? > Macross 7 > Macross Plus > Macross Zero > Macross Frontier > Macross Delta From here, if any portion is particularly interesting you can delve into the associated OVA's and movies for what you like. As a whole, franchise concepts carry over between installments, but characters largely don't. This is only an exception for occasional cameos (happens the most in Frontier), but it's there for fanservice and won't hurt your comprehension. If you want a more in-depth look for all the important entries, or for a chronological watch order, I would recommend checking out this interest stack. |
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| For Macross, watch in release order. Not as complicated as Gundam. :) SDF Macross => Macross Plus => Macross 7 => Macross Zero => Macross Frontier => Macross Delta. The OVAs (Plus and Zero) are necessary. They are mentioned in the sequels, especially in the movie versions. Note that the movies are NOT compilations, they are alternate stories. Only watch the movies after watching the TV version. Going to mention @TheMechaManiac because he is better than me at guiding people into Macross. |
| The way they were released (SDF Macross > Plus > 7 > Zero > Frontier > Delta) is the correct one. Note that while the movies (Do you remember love and the Frontier and Delta movies) are presented as compilations they actually diverge quite a bit from the originals with new animation and everything so you should watch them as well. 7 also has some fun side crap and a direct to video sequel called Dynamite. Macross 2 is not considered canon as the original creators had minimal involvement. |
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