Class:Â Lepanto
Unit type:Â missile frigate
Manufacturer:Â Earth Federation Forces
Operator:Â Earth Federation Forces
First deployment:Â unknown
Dimensions:Â overall height 68.39 meters; overall length 180.0 meters; overall width 77.08 meters
Weight:Â unknown
Propulsion:Â unknown
Equipment and design features:Â sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments:Â mega particle cannon, mounted on main body; 6 x missile launcher; mounted on bow; 4 x 5-tube Vertical Launch System, mounted on top of hull; 8 x missile pod, mounted on port and starboard sides of midship; 3 x 6-tube missile launcher, mounted on port and starboard sides of midship and bottom of hull; 6 x 2-barrel machine gun turret, mounted on main body
Mobile suits:Â none
The Lepanto was a class of missile frigate used by the Earth Federation Forces during the One Year War. It was smaller than the EFF’s Salamis class cruiser. The Lepanto’s armaments included one mega particle cannon, machine gun turrets, missile pods and launchers on its sides and a Vertical Launch System (VLS) on the top of the hull.
First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin (anime)
Original mechanical designer: Mika Akitaka
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Gundam: The Origin Info
Director(s):
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Takashi Imanishi
Writer(s):
Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (manga)
Mechanical Designer(s):
Hajime Katoki
Mika Akitaka
Kimitoshi Yamane
Junichi Akutsu
Character Designer(s):
Tsukasa Kotobuki
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Musical Composer:
Takayuki Hattori
Format:
6 episodes (OVA); 13 episodes (TV re-edit)
Video Release (OVA):
Japan 02.28.2015 – 05.08.2018
U.S. 08.01.2017 – 07.02.2019
Airdates (TV version):
Japan 04.29.2019 – 08.12.2019
U.S. 07.06.2019 – 10.05.2019
MAHQ is now officially on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mahqdotnet.bsky.social.
Our future on this cursed app is unclear, but expect more posts over there.
Cutaway diagram of the VF-1J Valkyrie Fighter Mode from “This is Animation Special: Macross Plus”(1995). Larger versions on my DA profile:
https://www.deviantart.com/marchly/art/Macross-VF-1J-Valkyrie-Cutaway-Diagram-detailed-973372931
https://www.deviantart.com/marchly/art/Macross-VF-1J-Valkyrie-Cutaway-Diagram-clean-973371729
Art by Kiyomi Tanaka. Original concept by unknown Macross fan. Image built by me
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