selected in the nationwide singing and acting audition for the role of Ranka Lee in Japan. The project was given the tentative title of Macross 25. Later, as part of the 25th anniversary concert, a trailer was shown that revealed the new tentative title of Macross F (Frontier). During the concert, Kawamori Shoji mentioned that the timeframe of Macross Frontier was about 2070 AD. Kawamori also announced that Yoko Kanno would be the music co-composer of the new Macross series. According to Newtype magazine, this new series were supposed to take place in a school. The pilot episode aired on December 23, 2007. The new series were finally set in the year 2059 AD and took place in a new Macross Colony Fleet called "Macross Frontier". The new show was produced by Satelight and its episodes began their regular broadcast on April 4, 2008, in MBS channel of Japan. The final episode aired on September 25, 2008, what brought the series to a total of 25 episodes. A Macross Frontier Movie Edition was announced just after the ending of the new TV animated series. The Kanto area rerun of the Macross Frontier anime television series during early 2014 in Japan ended with a teaser announcement that a new Macross TV series is in the works, and later in the year was tentatively titled Macross Δ (Delta). Just like in Macross Frontier, a casting call was held for the series' main singer who also became part of the cast. The winner of the contest as well of the rest of the cast and characters were revealed in a special event held on October 29, 2015. A new Macross anime television series was to premiere in 2018, but still wasn't released (as of May 2021). Macross fictional chronology Several sequel series and prequels have followed in Macross. The main Macross productions consists of (in fictional chronological timeline order): {|class="wikitable sortable" |- !Time Period !Title (original) !Work !Release Dates !Episodes |- |1999||The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (Prologue only)Original work adapted by Harmony Gold to become Robotech: The Macross Saga in 1985.||TV series||1982/10 to 1983/6||36 |- |2002–2010||Misa Hayase: White Reminiscences||Novels||1984/2|| |- |2008||Macross ZeroOriginal Macross origin story||OVA series||2002/12 to 2004/10||5 |- |2009||Dreaming Prelude: My Fair Minmay||Novels||1983/4|| |- |2009–2012||The Super Dimension Fortress MacrossOriginal work adapted by Harmony Gold to become Robotech: The Macross Saga in 1985.||TV series||1982/10 to 1983/6||36 |- |2009–2012||Macross: The FirstComic format alternate telling