Portrait of Lynn Minmay, the iconic singer of the Macross series.

Lynn Minmay (or Lynn Minmei) is a character from the Macross and Robotech anime series and the movie Do You Remember Love. She is also in Macross Flash Back 2012. Minmay is the embodiment of the music that plays a crucial role in setting Macross apart; as such, she has become the iconic character of that series. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (400x605, 117 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (400x605, 117 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (Japanese: 超時空要塞マクロス, Chou Jikuu Yousai Macross) is an anime television series. ... This article refers to the anime series by this title, for the ship which shares the name of the anime see SDF-1 Macross. ... Robotech is an 85-episode science-fiction television series about three successive extraterrestrial invasions of Earth. ... A scene from Cowboy Bebop (1998) Anime (アニメ) is Japanese animation, sometimes referred to by the portmanteau Japanimation. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

In Macross (and Robotech), Minmay is the love interest of Hikaru Ichijyo (in Robotech, Rick Hunter) and becomes an idol singer and movie star onboard the SDF-1 Macross. Her songs, which cause confusion amongst Zentradi soldiers, play a critical role in the war against Boddole Zer's fleet. Hikaru Ichijyo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Rick Hunter is also the main character of the TV series Hunter (TV), starring Fred Dryer as Rick Hunter. ... A teen idol is a famous person who generates attention from large numbers of teenagers. ... The SDF-1 Macross , is a fictional interstellar spacecraft from The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (usually just called Macross), an anime series that aired in Japan in 1982-1983, and its American adaptation Robotech (1985). ... The Zentradi are a militaristic race of giants and often the primary antagonist in The Super Dimension Fortress Macross and Robotech anime series. It is transliterated as Zentradi, Zjentohlauedy, and Zentraedi for the Japanese Macross series, with the Zentraedi spelling being the one most used in the Robotech adaptation. ...

Background

Born in Japan (though she is of partial Chinese descent), Minmay moved in with her aunt and uncle on fated South Ataria Island in hopes of finding the path to fulfill her dream of becoming a star. On the day of the Zentradi invasion, she meets Hikaru and a series of events leads to her being swept off on the SDF-1 Macross along with the rest of the surviving population from that island. While on the space fortress, Minmay wins the Miss Macross beauty pageant and is propelled into celebrity. When the Macross returns to Earth, she is the only civilian allowed off the space fortress. After her trip home in Japan (where her parents remained), Minmay returned to the fortress with her cousin Lynn Kaifunn (and Hikaru's competition for her affection) in tow. Ultimately, Minmay sings the songs that end the first war against the Zentradi.

During the second part of the series, the very fame and success she craved finally left her tired and virtually alone during the latter part of the series, and she tries to run away from her celebrity status and searching to start anew, with a more simple life along side Hikaru, who is now more confused than ever in defining his feelings for Minmay and Misa Hayase; all of this while new conflicts arise between the human and Zentraedi survivors of the first war. At the end, both Hikaru and Minmay would realize they are very different people, and they may not have a future together as a couple.

In 2012, she embarks the SDF-3 spaceship that next disappears in space, becoming a legend in the Macross universe.

Additional notes on the character

Minmay personality is that of any teenage girl, fun-loving, playful, full of dreams and hopes that she feel may realize some day. After their initial encounter during the start of the Zentraedi War, Hikaru builds a deep infatuation on her that grows on and on throughout the series. But after Minmay wins the Miss Macross contests and becomes a distant pop idol, his feelings for her change, as she becomes too involved not only in the popular culture, but as a symbol of the human struggle against the Zentraedi. Minmay also displayed insecurity and doubts about her attraction toward Hikaru and her cousin Lynn Kaifunn.

In the Macross-related film The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love?, Minmay's portrait was a bit different from the Macross series. In the movie's story, she was already a popular singer and movie star, and she and Hikaru had never met before until the events that turn up on the movie. Hikaru is portrayed as a Valkyrie pilot who is a Minmay fan, and apparently falls for her after their meeting; Minmay, for her part, already tired on living on the eye of the media, initially befriends Hikaru after he saves her life, and she sees him as a friend from the outside of the crazy world of fame she has been living. As the plot evolves, she also begins to fall for him, yet it is too late, as Hikaru realizes he loves Misa, and his fascination for Minmay was just that. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...