Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse (Light Novel) - Recommendations

• TV (24 eps)
• 1985

After the defeat of the Zentradi, Earth rebuilds its defenses. With Admiral Rick Hunter going after the masters of the Zentradi to face them on their home planet, the defenders left back home are shocked to find themselves and the entire world under attack by the enemy. The Robotech Masters have come to earth! Young lieutenant Dana Sterling is one of the valiant defenders of Earth who is always on the front lines to defend the planet, but slowly she starts to discover who the mysterious Robotech Masters are and why they have come to Earth. And what does all of this have to do with the ruins of the original alien spaceship, the SDF-1?

• TV (23 eps)
• 1984

Jeanne is a lieutenant in the Southern Cross army of the planet Glorie, but she cares more about having fun, fashion magazines and a good night out than discipline – not to mention her fascination with a good hot shower! But when a mysterious alien force called the Zor arrive, Jeanne's recklessness and blatant disregard of orders prove very successful on the battlefield; and in no time she finds herself as commander of the 15th Squad. The fighting soon turns grimmer as humanity is heavily outnumbered and cut off from the home world, and its technology is dwarfed by the Zor. Jeanne and her squad now must defend their new home in any way they can and find out whom these mysterious aliens are, and what secrets they may be hiding...

• Movie (1 ep)
• 2010

In the year 2047, the invaders came without warning, annihilating most of humanity in days. And while the survivors banded together to form a new world government to combat the threat, by 2053, mankind's outlook is bleak. Now, in a final desperate attack, hope lies only with a soldier who lost his father in the invasion, and a weapon more powerful than belief.

• TV (25 eps)
• 1983 - 1984

The Invid, the arch-enemies of the defeated Robotech masters drawn by the proto-culture left in the SDF-1, have invaded Earth and taken full control, and the entire world has been occupied. Humanity has either been killed off, enslaved or left to drift. This is the sad setting Lieutenant Commander Scott Bernard finds himself in when he, together with the others of the Mars base, returns to Earth. The Mars forces try to retake the planet, but are no match for the Invid, leaving Scott as the only survivor. In an attempt to continue the fight, Scott starts to assemble a band of freedom fighters, and fights the Invid wherever he can. All of this in the hope that one day, Earth can be retaken.

• OVA (1 ep)
• 2006

The Robotech Expeditionary Forces have returned to Earth and are fighting a desperate battle to retake the Earth from the Invid occupiers. Humanity believes it has finally found the edge in new technology shared with them by newfound friends, but as the fighting continues Scott Bernard finds out that there is more going on then anybody could have imagined. Are the Invid the real enemy, and what is happening to Admiral Hunter? Humanity may end up having to fight for more than just its home world...

• TV (6 eps)
• 2006

In the year 2000, humanity has advanced rapidly in terms of technology, with inventions such as the G-Reactive engine allowing aircraft to move at never-before-seen speeds. However, all is not well and every vehicle to have used this new technology has disappeared on its maiden voyage, following the arrival of a group of rainbow lights. Eager to solve the mystery behind this is a young man named Penny Carter who soon enlists the help of genius teenager Billy Kimura, owner of the company that makes the G-Reactive engine. However, they soon discover the cause to be UFOs, which threaten the Earth's very safety! Now, they must combat this extraterrestrial foe, understand it, and find out exactly who's behind the situation before it’s too late...

• TV (24 eps)
• 2012

The year is 2025. Earth is engulfed in the crossfire between massive warring alien life forms that leave annihilation in their wake. While searching for clues about his past, Ao is caught in an attack and forced to fly a giant humanoid fighter craft to save himself and his island. Fragments of the teenager’s origin come to light when a hostile shape-shifter seeking revenge on Ao’s missing mother—who vanished two years after his birth—targets him instead. Consumed with learning how his machine of war is connected to his mother and the monster that now pursues him, the young pilot will fly full throttle into combat zones without hesitation.

• DVD Special (1 ep)
• 2002

• Movie (1 ep)
• 2005

In the year 2025, ten billion people inhabit Earth. Science and technology have evolved immensely and people have begun to transform other planets to be able to sustain life. When a spaceship on a return trip from Mars carrying a large cocoon-like object explodes and crashes in Tokyo, it unleashes a seemingly unstoppable monster, Negadon, capable of destroying the world. Ryuichi Narasaki, a robot engineer haunted by his daughter's death caused by one of his creations, and his giant robot are Earth’s only hope. But after giving up robotics ten years ago, can Ryuichi and his robot defeat the monster from Mars and save all of humanity?

• TV (25 eps)
• 2000 - 2001

Takuto’s relationship with his girlfriend Maki is on the rocks; she’s devoted to her research and keeps things bottled up inside, leaving their relationship uncertain. Life takes a tragic turn, however, when Takuto visits the source of Maki’s research: a giant metal being named Frank. While running an experiment to awaken Frank, the building collapses – and Takuto is the only survivor. Months later, Takuto awakens in a hospital with vengeance in his heart; and when the mysterious Dr. X offers him a new identity that he can use to bring down Frank, he accepts. With his new name of Ryu Soma and his new position in Funeral, a military organization charged with destroying alien invaders, Takuto sets forth to exact his revenge...