Every other Macross series is “pew pew lasers and missiles blow things up good!” while almost-certainly-exploited teenage girl peformers sing ultra-generic songs above love, which mysteriously make bad guys bad at fighting.

DECULTURE!

Jokes aside, it's a goofy franchise. It has Wow, Cool Robot and J-pop, and you're kinda out of luck if you want much more than that.

Edit: Macross also has insufferable love triangles. That too.