Meltlandi
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In the fictional Macross
setting, Meltlandi or Meltlan is the term for female
Zentradi, a giant
humanoid
alien warrior race segregated by gender.
In the first Macross T.V. animated series, the female Zentradi collaborated with the male Zentradi in Space War I against the Humans, but the two genders were segregated into separate fleets to prevent direct interaction. The segregated fleets shared the same ship types (with different color schemes), but employed different armor and vehicle complements. Neither the word "Meltlandi" nor any derivative was coined or used in this series.
The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love movie re-imagined the female Zentradi as their own faction fighting against the male Zentradi for millennia. The movie also introduced the term "Meltlan" as the term for "female" in the Zentradi language (a language created for the movie). The corresponding term in the Zentradi language for "male" is "Zentran".
The later series Macross 7
incorporated the term "Meltlan" in its dialogue to refer to female Zentradi. The liner notes for the series explained the term was popularized among Humans by a 2031 movie depicting Space War I.
Probably the best known female Zentradi is Milia Fallyna Jenius
, the most renowned Zentradi pilot that the humans have encountered.
The spelling and pronunciation of these terms is difficult to interpret, as the Japanese language uses a series of characters that split the difference, phonetically, between the English letters "L" and "R", and thus can be transliterated as either. It has been reported that "Meltlandi" is the spelling used on official material for The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? film. However, pronunciation by voice actors in the original Japanese version of the same film more closely seems to resemble the spellings "Meltrandi" and "Meltran."
Notable Meltrandi:
Milia Fallyna | Moruk Lap Lamiz | Veffidas Feaze
| Commander Chlore | Advisor Tranquil | Moaramia Jifon | Clan Clang
Macross
is a series of science fiction mecha anime, directed by Shōji Kawamori of Studio Nue in 1982. The franchise features a fictional history of Earth/Humanity after the year 1999. It consists of three TV series, four movies, six OVAs, one light novel and five manga series, all sponsored by Big West...
setting, Meltlandi or Meltlan is the term for female
Female
Female is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces non-mobile ova .- Defining characteristics :The ova are defined as the larger gametes in a heterogamous reproduction system, while the smaller, usually motile gamete, the spermatozoon, is produced by the male...
Zentradi, a giant
Giant (mythology)
The mythology and legends of many different cultures include monsters of human appearance but prodigious size and strength. "Giant" is the English word commonly used for such beings, derived from one of the most famed examples: the gigantes of Greek mythology.In various Indo-European mythologies,...
humanoid
Humanoid
A humanoid is something that has an appearance resembling a human being. The term first appeared in 1912 to refer to fossils which were morphologically similar to, but not identical with, those of the human skeleton. Although this usage was common in the sciences for much of the 20th century, it...
alien warrior race segregated by gender.
In the first Macross T.V. animated series, the female Zentradi collaborated with the male Zentradi in Space War I against the Humans, but the two genders were segregated into separate fleets to prevent direct interaction. The segregated fleets shared the same ship types (with different color schemes), but employed different armor and vehicle complements. Neither the word "Meltlandi" nor any derivative was coined or used in this series.
The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love movie re-imagined the female Zentradi as their own faction fighting against the male Zentradi for millennia. The movie also introduced the term "Meltlan" as the term for "female" in the Zentradi language (a language created for the movie). The corresponding term in the Zentradi language for "male" is "Zentran".
The later series Macross 7
Macross 7
is an anime television series. It is a sequel to the show The Super Dimension Fortress Macross that takes place many years after the events of the first series following a cast of mostly new characters. The show ran from October 16, 1994 to September 24, 1995 at 11:00 AM, and 49 episodes were aired...
incorporated the term "Meltlan" in its dialogue to refer to female Zentradi. The liner notes for the series explained the term was popularized among Humans by a 2031 movie depicting Space War I.
Probably the best known female Zentradi is Milia Fallyna Jenius
Milia Fallyna Jenius
is a fictional character in the Macross Japanese animated science fiction series, voiced by Eri Takeda. In the 2006 English adaptation by ADV Films she is voiced by Luci Christian.-Macross:...
, the most renowned Zentradi pilot that the humans have encountered.
The spelling and pronunciation of these terms is difficult to interpret, as the Japanese language uses a series of characters that split the difference, phonetically, between the English letters "L" and "R", and thus can be transliterated as either. It has been reported that "Meltlandi" is the spelling used on official material for The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? film. However, pronunciation by voice actors in the original Japanese version of the same film more closely seems to resemble the spellings "Meltrandi" and "Meltran."
Notable Meltrandi:
Milia Fallyna | Moruk Lap Lamiz | Veffidas Feaze
Veffidas Feaze
is a fictional character in the Macross universe. She first appears in Macross 7. She also appears in the movie Macross 7: The Galaxy Is Calling Me! and the OAVs Macross 7 Encore and Macross Dynamite 7. She is voiced by Urara Takano....
| Commander Chlore | Advisor Tranquil | Moaramia Jifon | Clan Clang