I just watched the Macross Frontier ~Itsuwari no Utahime~ recently, so I thought I’d put up a song from the series. Macross has always placed an emphasis on the power of music, and thus their soundtracks are always filled (to the brim) with awesome tracks. It always amazes me with the sheer amount of good music that they pump out.

from ANN:

Macross Frontier marks the 25th anniversary of the Macross anime franchise. It is a direct sequel to the first Macross series and Macross 7 and follows the lives of Alto Saotome, Ranka Lee and a pop idol named Sheryl Nome on board the Macross Frontier colonization fleet. After the war against the Zentradi aliens, Humankind has spread across the universe in order to ensure its survival. The Macross Frontier fleet is part of a effort to spread and maintain the culture of humanity.

Although Endo Aya voices Sheryl, May’n does all of the vocal performances. Nakajima Megumi, one the other hand, both voices Ranka Lee and sings all of her songs. Personally I like Megumi’s voice better, but you can decide for yourself with the third youtube video, a 50/50 version of the same song. I also included a live version, which was a huge event at Budokan (i think) with Megumi and May’n, as well as Yoko Kanno, who wrote the soundtrack to Frontier.

tv insert song:

live version:

50/50 version: