 This OAV and _Macross 7 (1994) (TV)_ (qv) were the result of Big  West giving Shoji Kawamori (qv) an unlimited budget in return for  him finally making another Macross production. Kawamori set only one  condition: he would not revisit the original main trio of the first  TV series (Hikaru, Misa and Minmay).