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Johann Sebastian Staedtler 🇨🇦

@jsstaedtler@mastodon.art 18 hr. ago

I think Lisa Hayes was my first anime crush 😳

(She's Misa Hayase now)

(But still the best crew member)

#Robotech #Macross

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A screenshot from the 1982 anime SDF Macross. It's a close-up shot of Misa Hayase entering the bridge of the Macross. She's a light-skinned woman in a sci-fi officer uniform, with long brown hair in a style very representative of the time; it falls straight down, with bangs trimmed just over the eyes, and the rest curling in a large whorl over each shoulder.

Another shot of Misa Hayase, now standing at a bridge console. She has reached her hands behind her neck to lift and spread out her long, voluptuous hair—either to detangle it, or just to show off.

#macross #robotech

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Johann Sebastian Staedtler 🇨🇦

@jsstaedtler@mastodon.art 2 hr. ago

Claudia! How many black women are there in the main cast of 1980s anime? (And I forget: why is her uniform coloured so differently than the others? Aside from she looks damn good in it?)

#Macross makes a big deal about Earth unification under the U.N. (and the violent opposition leading up to it). It's likely as a result of that we get some diversity of main characters. Captain Global and Roy Fokker also stand out so far.

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A screenshot from the 1982 anime, SDF Macross. We see officer Claudia on the bridge of the Macross spaceship, at some kind of command console. She's a black woman with short brown hair close to her scalp.

Another screenshot, where Claudia is chatting to Misa on the bridge. They both wear officer's uniforms of identical style, though Misa's is white with blue trim and Claudia's is dark green with yellow trim.

A far shot on the Macross' bridge, featuring the regular five female officers. Misa and Claudia are standing with another, shorter woman with glasses, all of them looking toward someone off-screen with worry. Another two women kneel on the floor beside them, holding each other in absolute despair. One of them exclaims, "But that means we can't go back!"

While Misa and Claudia wear white and green uniforms, respectively, the other three junior officers wear the same style of long-sleeved jacket over a knee-length skirt, but in light blue with red trim. — A far shot on the Macross' bridge, featuring the regular five female officers. Misa and Claudia are standing with another, shorter woman with glasses, all of them looking toward someone off-screen with worry. Another two women kneel on the floor beside them, holding each other in absolute despair. One of them exclaims, "But that means we can't go back!" While Misa and Claudia wear white and green uniforms, respectively, the other three junior officers wear the same style of long-sleeved jacket over a knee-length skirt, but in light blue with red trim.

Johann Sebastian Staedtler 🇨🇦

@jsstaedtler@mastodon.art 42 min. ago

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A screenshot from the 1982 anime series, SDF Macross. Pilot Hikaru Ichijyo has rescued the young civilian woman Lynn Minmay, by capturing her from freefall and placing her into the plane cockpit.

A close-up of Minmay settled in the cockpit, fussing with her hair. She says, "Huh? Oh, no! My hair's a mess!"

Minmay listens while Hikaru says from off-screen, "Which is more important, your hair or your life?"

Minmay replies jokingly but kinda flippantly, "My hair, of course!"

Gabriele Svelto

@gabrielesvelto@mas.to 22 min. ago