This is the first time I have ever done this, so please go "easy" on me. As far as the quality of the animation in Macross Frontier goes, I can't really complain about it. The cg looks great, and animation is pretty good. I think the people who are complaining about the quality, need to go back and look at the original Macross, and Macross 7. Do you remember the first two episodes of Macross? The quality of the animation was great. The mecha and the characters looked wonderful.
BUT, do you remember episode 3?!! The characters looked horrible and the mecha was just an eye sore. The quality picked up in episodes 4,5,and 6 however there were episodes that were hard to behold. And as far as macross 7, in my opinion the quality was NEVER there!! I think we can expect Macross Frontier to encounter the same quality up's and down's as the original Macross, which is not a bad thing considering how good it still is.