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THIS REVIEW CONTAINS MINOR SPOILERS (which I marked to avoid ruining Macross 7 for anyone)

So the first thing you need to know is that this is an hour and a half long advertisement for the Macross 7 blu rays. Kawamori thought that it would be too daunting of a task for a new fan to watch 49 episodes, so the goal of this movie was to get new fans interested in 7 so they would want to watch 49 episodes. Well this does a horrible job at that.

Firstly, I'm going to look at this as if it wasn't an advertisement. The premise of this movie ... is that the Macross F characters are trying to figure out what happened to Fire Bomber. I'm guessing this takes place between the 2 Frontier movies, as there's not a point in the series the events make sense in, although you think this would have gotten brought up.

All of a sudden, a bird brings them a fucking VHS tape. Spoilers that nobody should care about because this movie has zero substance: the bird is actually Gavil.

[MACROSS 7 SPOILERS]
This is... very odd as it implies that the Protodeviln can easily travel between dimensions at will, which is weird when you consider that Sivil's final words to Basara make it seem like there's no chance she'll ever see him again.
[END SPOILERS]

Now back to the VHS tape. Why is this on a VHS tape? Macross 7 takes place in 2045, so VHS tapes were long obsolete. This also begs another question: Who the fuck recorded all of this? There are several scenes where there was clearly no one else nearby to record these scenes. The VHS tapes also include the to be continued screens from Macross 7, implying the Macross 7 was a series that exist in universe to account what happened, implying this is some sort of reenactment, only other information given in this movie clearly contradicts this and there is no way this could be the case. So why are the to be continued parts there?

At the end, Ranka and Sheryl perform a cover of several Fire Bomber songs and a new Fire Bomber song Virgin Story is played over the credits. This is the only part of the movie worth watching, and you would get the exact same experience by just listening to the CD single that was released for the movie, and also save yourself an hour and a half.

With around 30 minutes of Frontier content, this only leaves around an hour for the Macross 7 recap. And in case you couldn't guess, an hour isn't long enough to recap a 49 episode series, even when you consider that around a 1/3 of Macross 7's episodes are episodic and have little effect on the overall plot. The recap skips over lots of plot and will leave newcomers confused as to what's happening. It doesn't even work as a "best of" movie, as many of the best scenes are either removed or ruined by poor directing choices. The final fight with Gepelnitch is luckily intact, although it will lose it's effect for any newcomers.

I still did find some enjoyment in this movie, although this was primarily due to Fire Bomber's music and already being a fan of Macross 7. I would have had a better time just rewatching my favorite scenes.

But the biggest sin is that this movie even fails as an advertisement. The footage is cropped which can look rather odd at times, and to make it even worse, the Footage is intentionally distorted in order to imitate being footage from a VHS tape (because VHS tapes can totally output 1080p). If you're making an advertisement for your HD remaster of a series WHY ON EARTH WOULD YOU DISTORT THE FOOTAGE??? Are they insane??? An advertisement for a remaster should show the quality of said remaster, not intentionally make it look bad.

Not only this, the movie also does a horrible job of getting any new fans invested into Macross 7 to want to watch it, and basically only acts as a spoiler fest to make them want to watch it less. Nice job Kawamori

If you haven't seen Macross 7, go watch it. It's not for everyone, but it's a fun series with some great music. Just don't watch this. This is complete garbage. This doesn't even cover enough basis to be considered Macross 7 cliff notes. Just go listen to the Nyan Nyan FIRE!! Totsugeki Planet Explosion / Virgin Soul single instead. You'll have a much better time

Gakuen Taikutsu Otoko is a fun series that is made in a typical Go Nagai fashion.
Nishikori Tsubasa, Midoro Toranosuke
STORY - 5
The story is the weakest part of Gakuen Taikutsu Otoko. While there's nothing particularly bad about it, there's also nothing particularly good about it. Some of the story during the 3rd volume gets interesting, but it's still nothing to write home about. However, the manga seems to recognize this and doesn't spend to much time on the story anyways.

ART - 9
The art matches up to Go Nagai's other manga in the 70s, it's detailed yet simplistic, and overall it looks really cool, which is important ... for any series such as this. There's a lot of violence and nudity. If you've read a Go Nagai manga before (which you probably have if you came across this), you know what you're getting into.

CHARACTERS - 7
There are only really three developed characters in this manga: Saotome Mondo, Midou Tatsuma, and Midoro Toranosuke. Saotome Mondo is the hotblooded leader who is also completely batshit insane and loves killing people. Midou Tatsuma is the more cold and calculating type, but is also equally batshit insane. If you've ever read Getter Robo, Mondo is the Ryoma of this story and Midou is the Hayato of this story. Midoro Toranosuke is the main villain of the story. His intentions and reasons are made clear and at times his story will make the reader sympathetic, sometimes even to the point where it becomes questionable who the villain of this story really is. Overall, while there aren't many developed characters in this story, the ones that are end up being one of the best parts of the manga.

ENJOYMENT - 9
Overall, this was a fun manga and I thoroughly enjoyed it. If you like violence, boobs, and cool shit, then you'll probably enjoy this manga as well.