*sigh* Animation is great? PUH-LEASE! DYRL? still looks better than the heap of trash that Macross II is, and DYRL? is 8 years old! Macross II left a lot of things out that others have said, such as Protoculture and the Supervision Army. The dubs are a mixed bag really. The characters, well, THEY SUCK! I was fond of only one character and he died early on in the OVA/Movie. My favorite anime characters have a habit of dying. The singing was pretty decent, but the other music not used during the Minmay Attack is awful! For me, Macross II was wasted money because I watched it once, and never watched it again because the next day I got rid of the piece of trash. Too long, too boring(my little brother knocked out and I struggled to stay awake), too....everything is wrong with it!