Macross Zero
English title: Macross Zero
Japanese title: マクロス ゼロ
Type: OVA
Source: Original
Episodes: 5
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Dec 21, 2002 to Oct 20, 2004
Duration: 30 min per ep
Rating: R+ - Mild Nudity
Studios: Satelight
Producers: Bandai Visual, Big West
Licensors: Anime Limited
Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Themes: Mecha, Military

Taking place one year before the Zentraedi arrive on Earth, Macross Zero chronicles the final days of the war between the U.N. Spacy and anti-U.N. factions. After being shot down by the anti-U.N.'s newest fighter plane, ace pilot Shin Kudo finds himself on the remote island of Mayan, where technology is almost non-existent. While Shin stays on the island to heal his wounds, the tranqulity of the island is shattered by a battle that involves the UN's newest fighter - the VF-0. 

(Source: ANN)