<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rFD3KDP6Pz0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rFD3KDP6Pz0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Watch and listen to it in higher quality here. For those familiar with Macross Plus, you're probably aware that the ever-so-talented composer, Kanno Youko, has always been one of the reasons why its music has been so memorable. For Macross fans such as myself, I was extremely happy when I heard that she would be doing the music for Macross Frontier as well. Reading this, you might be wondering what any of this has to do with Sakamoto Maaya, who performs the first opening song to the series. Well, this actually dates back to Maaya's debut as a seiyuu back in 1996, when she starred as Kanzaki Hitomi in Tenkuu no Escalfowne, better known in English as The Vision of Escaflowne, which lead to her working together with Youko on "Yakusoku wa Iranai" 「約束はいらない」 (No Need for Promises), the opening theme for the series. After working together with Youko to release numerous singles and albums featuring songs for series such as Record of Lodoss War (TV series), Cardcaptor Sakura, RahXephon, and Wolf's Rain, the two parted ways on Maaya's fifth single release, Loop, the first ending theme to Tsubasa Chronicle. It's been three years since then, and the two have reunited to work on Macross Frontier with this song---Triangular.
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