#Alto Saotome

[posthumanwanderings]

small at the mall, Macross Frontier E5: Star Date

[xbuster]

[seiyuucrossovers]

Nakamura Yuuichi and Endo Aya

Anime: Macross Frontier, Guilty Crown, Karneval, Owari no Seraph, Osomatsu-san & Jujutsu Kaisen

Nakamura as Gai, Saotome, Jiki, Guren, Karamatsu & Gojo

Aya as Sheryl, Arisa, Tsukumo, Mahiru, Totoko & Shoko

Bonus, K Project

And an old interview.

[animefeminist]

Airborne Onnagata: Viewing Macross Frontier’s protagonist through a genderqueer lens

Major Spoilers for Macross Frontier and its films, including The Labyrinth of Time.

2008’s Macross Frontier is well regarded by Macrossfans for returning to the core concepts of the franchise while moving the needle forward at the same time. Set against the backdrop of the titular space colonization fleet’s struggle against an insectoid race known as the Vajra and the political machinations surrounding them, Frontier squarely focuses on the search for identity amongst the members of its central love triangle. Ranka Lee is an up-and-coming idol who questions herself at every turn. Sheryl Nome is a certified superstar with time against her. The final member of this triangle is Alto Saotome, an actor-turned-student-turned-fighter-pilot who struggles to parse all the different elements of himself.  

In the years following the heyday of the series and its accompanying films, Ranka and Sheryl have been praised for their charisma and growth. Alto, not so much. He’s often derided as an overly hostile, angsty teenager: I’ve heard him described as “an abrasive, one-note character”  more than once. While he definitely does have his moments, I don’t think his sometimes brusque personality is always without reason. 

After an initial viewing of Macross Frontier, most viewers would comment on a handful of topics. Not limited to, but including: the series’ back-to-basics approach reminiscent of the original 1982 Macross, its tendency to adhere a bit too closely to then-current trends, and unending talk of how awful Alto is. However, on a recent rewatch, a new thought clicked with me: what if Alto was fighting with some intense dysphoria? 

Read it at Anime Feminist!

[roseillith]

[angelalchemist]

[burgers-in-anime]

Macross Frontier, episode 5: “Star Date” (2008)

[ikuhara]

[gabbyp09]

[diurnaldaysart]

Palm-sized VF-25F Messiah and Alto Saotome (+ Ranka and Sheryl) also purely for my own self-indulgence

[charlottes-writing-corner]

Brief diversion, I'm still working on the Sailor Moon fic but I had to get this one finished and out there <3 These three have moved into my brain and started making out on the couch, so what's a girl to do?~

[xbuster]

[feliichu]

I'm insane

[yuriartillery]

[animefeminist]

Airborne Onnagata: Viewing Macross Frontier’s protagonist through a genderqueer lens

Major Spoilers for Macross Frontier and its films, including The Labyrinth of Time.

2008’s Macross Frontier is well regarded by Macrossfans for returning to the core concepts of the franchise while moving the needle forward at the same time. Set against the backdrop of the titular space colonization fleet’s struggle against an insectoid race known as the Vajra and the political machinations surrounding them, Frontier squarely focuses on the search for identity amongst the members of its central love triangle. Ranka Lee is an up-and-coming idol who questions herself at every turn. Sheryl Nome is a certified superstar with time against her. The final member of this triangle is Alto Saotome, an actor-turned-student-turned-fighter-pilot who struggles to parse all the different elements of himself.  

In the years following the heyday of the series and its accompanying films, Ranka and Sheryl have been praised for their charisma and growth. Alto, not so much. He’s often derided as an overly hostile, angsty teenager: I’ve heard him described as “an abrasive, one-note character”  more than once. While he definitely does have his moments, I don’t think his sometimes brusque personality is always without reason. 

After an initial viewing of Macross Frontier, most viewers would comment on a handful of topics. Not limited to, but including: the series’ back-to-basics approach reminiscent of the original 1982 Macross, its tendency to adhere a bit too closely to then-current trends, and unending talk of how awful Alto is. However, on a recent rewatch, a new thought clicked with me: what if Alto was fighting with some intense dysphoria? 

Read it at Anime Feminist!

[roseillith]