Editing Macross (section)

==Title==
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The series title comes from the name of the main human spacecraft (which is usually shortened from ''Super Dimension Fortress Macross'' to "SDF-1" or ''The Macross'' as it is the first). The original name for the ''Macross'' project was ''Battle City Megarōdo'' (or ''Battle City Megaroad'', as the Japanese transliteration to either "L" or "R" gives the title a double meaning in reference to the story line: ''Megaload'', referring to the spacecraft containing an entire city of people; and ''Megaroad'', referring to the long journey through space back to Earth); however, one of the sponsors of the project, Big West Advertising, was a fan of Shakespeare and wanted the series and the spacecraft to be named {{nihongo|''[[Macbeth]]''|マクベス|Makubesu}}. A compromise was made with the title {{nihongo|''Macross''|マクロス|Makurosu}} due to its similar pronunciation to ''Macbeth'' in Japanese and because it still contained connotations to the original title. The word ''Macross'' comes from a wordplay combination of the prefix "macro" in reference to its massive size in comparison to human vehicles (though when compared with the alien ships in the series, it is a relatively small gun destroyer) and the distance they must cross.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://macross.anime.net/faq/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908011825/http://macross.anime.net/faq/index.html |archive-date=2008-09-08  |title=Macross Compendium FAQs |author=<Egan Loo> |date= 15 January 2003|website=Internet Archive Wayback Machine |publisher=Big West |access-date=28 June 2022 |quote=}}</ref>