You're watching Macross 7 and thinking you understand the show. Macross 7 Plus pulls the camera back and shows you what the characters are actually doing when the narrative stops looking. Two or three minutes at a time, it builds a world that feels lived-in, not just fought-over. The pacing never lets you settle into one joke or moment before cutting to the next one, which means the whole thing moves like a highlight reel of a life you want to live. This is what the OVA format was built for.

Macross 7 Plus is a set of twelve very short specials, each running only two or three minutes, that spin off from Macross 7. Some episodes show how certain characters spend their ordinary days, while others fill in the pasts of other members of the cast. Now and then an installment is simply a music video. The shorts first appeared as bonus material on the VHS and laserdisc editions of Macross 7, and they lean toward comedy and slice of life rather than the main story. Viewers who already know the cast and want something lighter will get the most out of them.