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This is a '''list of characters''' from the [[anime]] series ''[[Macross Frontier]]''. They had been unveiled on the official website in early December 2007.<ref>[http://www.macrossf.com/ Macross F Cast List 0!]</ref>
[[Image:Sully-Prudhomme.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Sully Prudhomme|René-François-Armand Prudhomme]] (1839–1907), a [[France|French]] [[poet]] and [[List of essayists|essayist]], was the first person to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1901, "in special recognition of his poetic composition, which gives evidence of lofty idealism, artistic perfection and a rare combination of the qualities of both heart and intellect."]]


==Main characters==
The '''[[Nobel Prize]] in Literature''' ({{lang-sv|Nobelpriset i litteratur}}) is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words from the will of [[Alfred Nobel]], produced "the most outstanding work of an [[idealistic]] tendency" (original Swedish: ''den som inom litteraturen har producerat det utmärktaste i idealisk riktning'').<ref name='nobelorglit'>{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/ |title=The Nobel Prize in Literature |accessdate=2007-10-13 | work=nobelprize.org}}</ref><ref name='swedishref'>{{cite news | author=John Sutherland | title=Ink and Spit | publisher=[[The Guardian]] | url =http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2189673,00.html | work =Guardian Unlimited Books |date=October 13, 2007 | pages = | accessdate = 2007-10-13 | language = }}</ref> The "work" in this case refers to an author's work as a whole, though individual works are sometimes also cited. The [[Swedish Academy]] decides who, if anyone, will receive the prize in any given year and announces the name of the chosen laureate in early October.<ref name='swedac'>{{cite web|url=http://www.swedishacademy.org/Templates/Article0.aspx?PageID=f6b62c21-7e52-408c-86f7-7eacd9144a13 | title=The Nobel Prize in Literature | accessdate=2007-10-13 |publisher=[[Swedish Academy]]}}</ref>
;{{nihongo|[[Ranka Lee]]|ランカ・リー|Ranka Rī}}
:{{anime voices|Megumi Nakajima}}
:*''Age:'' 16
:A petite, lively and cheerful, although naive, girl with green hair. She suffers from amnesia as a result of witnessing the destruction of the 117th Long Distance Research Fleet, in which her biological family perished. As an adopted younger sister of S.M.S. ace Ozma Lee, she initially attends a girl's high school at the urging of her brother while working part-time in the Chinese restaurant "Nyan-Nyan". She later transfers to the Mihoshi Academy to facilitate her singing career after being discovered at the Miss Macross contest and an ensuing movie. Ranka started off as a huge fan of Sheryl Nome. She has loved singing since her childhood and dreams to become a singer. She is one-quarter [[Zentradi#In Macross| Zentradi]], which gives her the ability to have her hair move on its own according to her feelings, as well as having an above-average [[Human adaptation to space#Effects on humans|resistance to space vacuum]]. She has developed a crush on Alto Saotome, specially after being rescued by him when the ''Vajra'' first attacked ''Macross Frontier'' fleet. It is revealed that she has a deep connection to the ''Vajra'', as her songs confuse them and she feels severe pain whenever large amounts of ''Vajra'' are killed in her vicinity. The exact nature of this ability has been explained as the result of her mother's exposure to the "V-Type" infection during pregnancy. Ranka is referred to as the "little queen" by Grace O'Connor, suggesting that her relation to the ''Vajra'' may be more than it seems. In episode 21, she left the ''Macross Frontier'' fleet (along with her bodyguard Brera Stern) while trying to deliver her ''Vajra'' pet "Ai-Kun" to the rest of its species. She and Brera eventually find the planet of origin of the ''Vajra''. Ranka is captured by them, just as she recalls her past and realizes that Brera is her biological brother. While being held on the ''Vajra'' planet, she realizes that everything that happened to the 117th fleet was her fault because her singing attracts the ''Vajra''. Grace O'Connor managed to manipulate Ranka into compromising the ''Vajra'' fold communication network, allowing her to send the ''Vajra'' against the incoming ''Macross Frontier'' fleet during their final battle. However, with the help of Alto and company, she manages to break free from Grace's influence and rallies the ''Vajra'' to side with the ''Frontier'' fleet to defeat Grace. In the final scene, she is seen telling Sheryl that she will not allow herself to lose, whether in singing or in love.


;{{nihongo|Sheryl Nome|シェリル・ノーム|Sheriru Nōmu}}
Nobel's choice of emphasis on "idealistic" or "ideal" (in English translation) in his criteria for the Nobel Prize in Literature has led to recurrent controversy. (In the original Swedish, the word ''idealisk'' can be translated as either "idealistic" or "ideal".<ref name='swedishref'/>) In the early twentieth century, the Nobel Committee interpreted the intent of the will strictly and did not award certain world-renowned authors of the time such as [[Leo Tolstoy]], [[Henrik Ibsen]] and [[Henry James]].<ref name=Espmark>{{Cite news |author=Kjell Espmark |title=The Nobel Prize in Literature | |url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/articles/espmark/index.html |work=Nobelprize.org |date=1999-12-03 | accessdate=2006-08-14}}</ref> More recently, the wording has been interpreted more liberally, and the Prize is awarded both for lasting literary merit and for evidence of consistent idealism on some significant level, most recently a kind of idealism championing human rights on a broad scale, and hence more political, some would argue.<ref name='swedishref'/><ref name=NSmith/>
:{{anime voices|Aya Endo}}, ''singing voice:'' [[Mei Nakabayashi|May'n]]
:*''Age:'' 17
:Known as the "Galactic Fairy", she is a pop idol from ''Macross Galaxy'' fleet. She constantly tops music charts, and it is said that it is impossible not to hear her songs if you live in this galaxy. Naturally, her popularity is soaring high in sister fleet, ''Macross Frontier''. Due to her beauty and singing talent, she is a very proud and self-assured person. Sheryl has recognized the singing talent of Ranka Lee and often offers to help her 'behind the scenes' to realize her dream of singing. Sheryl's first encounter with Alto Saotome was when he served as a backup 'performer' at her first concert in ''Frontier''. Eventually, she also develops a crush on him. Sheryl is apparently a failed experimental subject called ''Fairy 9'' and was "discarded" by Grace O'Connor in ''Galia 4'', but she made it back to ''Frontier'' together with Michael in his VF-25G. Confronting Grace O'Connor for sabotaging her career, she was told that she used to be an [[anonymous]] and [[homeless]] [[orphan]] girl living in ''Galaxy'''s [[slums]], where Grace picked her up for the ''Fairy 9'' project. Grace also revealed that Sheryl is suffering from a terminal "V-Type" infection and will soon die in the absence of a cure. Crushed by the revelation, she almost quit singing altogether if not were Alto's encouragement and the desperation brought on by a vicious ''Vajra'' assault on ''Frontier''. While Sheryl was singing for a charity concert, Luca Angelloni found that her infection gave her similar abilities to those of Ranka Lee in producing fold waves through her singing, albeit to a lesser extent. Leon's administration immediately sought her help, instantly resurrecting her singing career, for the final assaults against the ''Vajra''. A messaged photograph found by Ozma and the rest of the S.M.S. deserters in the remains of the 117th fleet suggests that Sheryl Nome is in fact [[Mao_Nome|Dr. Mao Nome's]] biological [[granddaughter]], with her fold quartz earrings possibly inherited from Mao. It also suggests that her mother fell on hard times shortly after "death" of her grandmother. During the final battle, Ranka Lee cures Sheryl's infection by sending the "V-Type" microbes from her brain into her abdomen, resulting in Sheryl having the same capability as Ranka to link up with the ''Vajra'' through singing. Sheryl then joins Ranka in rallying the ''Vajra'' to side with the ''Frontier'' fleet and defeat Grace. In the final scene, she along with Ranka welcomes Alto onto the ''Vajra'' home planet and accepts Ranka's friendly challenge on singing and love.


;{{nihongo|Alto Saotome|早乙女アルト (novel：早乙女 有人)| Saotome Aruto}}
"The highlight of the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm is when each Nobel Laureate steps forward to receive the prize from the hands of His Majesty the King of Sweden. ... Under the eyes of a watching world, the Nobel Laureate receives three things: a diploma, a medal, and a document confirming the prize amount". In 2008 the Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the [[France|French]] writer [[Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio]], who was cited as "author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization"; he will receive a prize amount of 10,000,000 [[Swedish krona|SEK]] (slightly more than [[Euro|€]]1&nbsp;million, or [[United States dollar|US$]]1.4&nbsp;million).
:{{anime voices|[[Yuichi Nakamura (seiyū)|Yuichi Nakamura]]}}
:*''Age:'' 16 → 17
:A high school student in the Mihoshi Academy Pilot Training course. As a result of his fine features and long hair he is often mistaken for a girl at first glance, even receiving the nickname 'Hime' (Princess). His appearance was inherited from his late mother, Miyo. Despite his appearance, he is otherwise a rather normal boy, though somewhat aloof and standoffish. Born into a well-known [[Kabuki]] family, his persistent yearning for the skies has made for a thorny relationship with his father. Alto is now undertaking pilot courses at Mihoshi Academy. He is constantly fretting about living aboard Macross ''Frontier''. After getting the chance to pilot the VF-25 ''Messiah'' [[variable fighter]] (due to its original pilot Henry Gilliam being killed by a large type ''Vajra'') his flying skills bring the attention of Ozma Lee, who accepts him as a candidate for the S.M.S. Skull Squadron. He has developed emotional bond with both Ranka Lee and Sheryl Nome, despite not knowing how he truly feels for both of them. When S.M.S. grew suspicious of Leon and breaks away from the ''Frontier'' fleet, Alto was one of the few S.M.S. members who stayed behind on ''Frontier''. He joins the N.U.N.S. forces and is assigned as squad leader (3 fighters) with call sign Sagittarius-1. As a result, he was given a new [[VF-17 Nightmare|VF-171]]''EX'' [[variable fighter]]. After being told by Leon Mishima that Ranka may become a tool for the ''Vajra'' in their war against mankind, Alto vows to kill her if necessary to save the ''Macross Frontier'' fleet. He was presumed dead after his VF-171''EX'' was destroyed by Brera Sterne's VF-27 during the initial stages of the final battle between the ''Macross Frontier'' fleet and the ''Vajra''. However, Alto had actually jettisoned from the VF-171''EX'' before it was shot down. He then resumes the fight in his original [[VF-25 Messiah]], stopping Grace O'Connor in the end by using Michel's sniper rifle and aided by Brera who had broken free from Grace's control. As the ''Frontier'' fleet lands on the ''Vajra'' home planet, he abandons his damaged VF-25 in the atmosphere, giving it a finally salute and fullfilling his dream of flying in a real sky with his EX-Gear, overflying Sheryl and Ranka as they await him on the ground. Alto is shown using the same flying hand technique as [[Isamu Alva Dyson]] while his VF-25 was in slave mode.


==Mihoshi Academy==
The Swedish Academy has attracted significant criticism in recent years. Some contend that many well-known writers have not been awarded the prize or even been nominated, whereas others contend that some well-known recipients do not deserve it. There have also been controversies involving alleged political interests relating to the nomination process and ultimate selection of some of the recent literary Laureates.<ref name=NSmith/>
;{{nihongo|Michael Blanc|ミハエル・ブラン|Mihaeru Buran}}
:{{anime voices|Hiroshi Kamiya}}
:Alto's classmate and friendly rival. He is an excellent marksman, and his motto is to always acquire his targets, be it an enemy or a woman—maintaining his reputation as a considerable ladies' man. He is the originator of Alto's nickname, "Alto Hime" (Princess Alto). Aside from leading a normal school life, he is also the 2nd Lieutenant of the S.M.S. Skull Squadron and pilots a blue VF-25G (gunner/sniper version). He initially expresses doubt over Alto joining the Skull Squadron, but later accepts him. For normal daily life he wears corrective glasses. His older sister Jessica took care of him since childhood after their parents died, but she committed suicide a few years ago after being disgraced by a friendly fire incident. Michael is also one of the most observant characters, noticing the love triangle between Alto, Ranka, and Sheryl as well as catching on to Grace's insidious plot behind the scenes. He is a childhood friend of Klan Klan. Michael Blanc was killed after being stabbed by a stage 2 ''Vajra'' and thrown into space during the events of episode 20, just after telling Klan that he loved her while saving her from a ''Vajra'' assault in the S.M.S. micronization/macronization chamber. His VF-25G was eventually piloted by a micronized Klan, and its sniper rifle was used by Alto to destroy Grace, thus ending the conflict with the ''Vajra''.


;{{nihongo|Luca Angelloni|ルカ・アンジェローニ|Ruka Anjerōni}}
==Nomination procedure==
:{{anime voices|Jun Fukuyama}}
[[Image:Nobel2008Literature news conference1.jpg|thumb|Announcment of the Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature]]
:Alto and Michael's junior classmate. He is often frustrated with his seniors, who like to give him a hard time. He is a genius with computers and military electronics. As with Michael, he is a member of the S.M.S. Skull Squadron. He pilots a green RVF-25 (reconnaissance version). His fighter is custodied by three [[pet]] Ghost Drones (which he calls ''Shimon'', ''Johanne'' and ''Petero'', or ''Simon'', ''John'' and ''Peter'') that respond to his verbal commands. His penchant for naming objects with Biblical names extends to his EX-Gear, which he calls "Samson". He is also the heir to the L.A.I. corporation, which means he has access to exotic technologies and is somewhat involved in Grace and Leon's plans. It is also strongly hinted that he has a crush on his classmate Nanase Matsuura. After Nanase was injured and Michael was killed due to the ''Vajra'' attack inside the ''Frontier'', Luca, together with Alto, vowed to destroy the ''Vajra''. He flew the new Recon version of the VF-171''EX'' until the final battle with the ''Vajra'', where he switched to his original RVF-25 and with Klien Klan towed Alto's VF-25 to him. During the final battle Luca disengaged the leash program on his Ghost Drones for the first time to counter ''Macross Galaxy's'' V-9 ''Ghost'' Attack Drones. While the drones were eventually destroyed, they succeeded in covering Alto to complete the mission. After fleet lands on ''Vajra'' homeworld, he seen rushing to Nanase Matsuura bedside as she wakens from her injuries.
Each year the [[Swedish Academy]] sends out requests for nominations of candidates for the Nobel Prize in [[Literature]]. Members of the Academy, members of literature academies and societies, professors of literature and language, former Nobel literature laureates, and the presidents of writers' organizations are all allowed to nominate a candidate. However, it is not permitted to nominate oneself.<ref name='nobnoma'>{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nomination/literature/ |title=Nomination for the Nobel Prize in Literature | accessdate=2007-10-13 | work=nobelprize.org}}</ref>


;{{nihongo|Nanase Matsuura|松浦 ナナセ|Matsuura Nanase}}
Thousands of requests are sent out each year, and about fifty proposals are returned. These proposals must be received by the Academy by 1 February, after which they are examined by the Nobel Committee.
:{{anime voices|Houko Kuwashima}}
By April, the Academy narrows the field to around twenty candidates, and by summer the list is reduced further to some five names. The subsequent months are then spent in reviewing the works of eligible candidates. In October members of the Academy vote and the candidate who receives more than half of the votes is named the Nobel Laureate in Literature. The process is similar to that of other Nobel Prizes.<ref name='nobnomb'>{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nomination/literature/process.html | title=Nomination and Selection of the Nobel Laureates in Literature | accessdate=2007-10-13 | work=nobelprize.org}}</ref>
:Another classmate of Alto, Michael and Luca, Matsuura is also Ranka Lee's friend. A shy, quiet and [[voluptuous]] girl with glasses, she also works in the same "Nyan-Nyan" restaurant as Ranka and supports her dream of becoming a singer. Nanase Matsuura does possess artistic abilites and can draw very well too. She was recently hired by Grace to become Ranka's costume designer. Nanase was severely wounded in her right eye and other parts of her body during a ''Vajra'' attack inside ''Macross Frontier''. Sheryl Nome took her into a shelter for medical attention, thus saving her life. However, due to the injuries she became unconscious and did not reawaken until the ''Frontier'' fleet landed on the ''Vajra'' homeworld.


==Civilian Military Provider S.M.S. (Strategic Military Services)==
The prize money of the Nobel Prize has been fluctuating since its inauguration but at present stands at ten million [[Swedish kronor]].<ref name='prizemoneyref'>{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/amount.html |title=The Nobel Prize Amount | accessdate=2007-10-13 |work=nobelprize.org}}</ref> The winner also receives a gold medal and a Nobel diploma and is invited to give a lecture during "Nobel Week" in [[Stockholm]]; the highlight is the prize-giving ceremony and banquet on December 10.<ref name='lectureref'> {{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/award_ceremonies/ |title=The Nobel Prize Award Ceremonies |accessdate=2007-10-13 | work=nobelprize.org}}</ref>
;{{nihongo|Ozma Lee|オズマ・リー|Ozuma Rī}}
:{{anime voices|Katsuyuki Konishi}}
:The top ace in the S.M.S. [[private military company]] and leader of Skull squadron, he holds the rank of Major. A former N.U.N.S. pilot, he has plenty of combat experience backing him up. He is a fan of [[Fire Bomber]] and often plays their songs in his car or while at home, and also named one of Skull Squadron's battle formations after one of their songs ("Planet Dance"). Although laid-back and careless on the outside, he knows when to be serious, and believes that the real duty of a soldier is to care for his subordinates and civilians. He is somewhat overprotective of his sister Ranka Lee, and lies to her about his work so she will not worry about him, telling her he has a desk job in a company's personnel department. He is actually unrelated to Ranka by blood and is only her adopted brother, constantly blaming himself for the failure of protecting her real family during a ''Vajra'' attack on the 117th Large Scale Research Fleet 11 years ago.


:He also had a prior romantic relationship with NUNS 2nd LT Cathy Glass sometime in the past, which makes their current working relationship on ''Macross Quarter'' a little tense at times.
==Non-laureates and controversies==
The Prize in [[Literature]] has a history of controversial awards and notorious snubs. Many notable literati have noted[http://features.csmonitor.com/books/2008/10/02/are-us-writers-unworthy-of-the-nobel-prize/] that more indisputably major writers have been ignored by the Nobel committe than have been honored by it, including [[Tolstoy]], [[Chekhov]], [[Joyce]], [[Borges]], [[Nabokov]], [[Graham Greene]] and others, often for political or extra-literary reasons.


:He is seen in episode 02 driving what seems to be a replica of a first generation 1986 [[Lancia Delta Integrale]] painted in his VF-25's color scheme.
From 1901 to 1912, the committee was characterized by an interpretation of the "ideal direction" stated in Nobel's will as "a lofty and sound idealism", which caused [[Leo Tolstoy]], [[Henrik Ibsen]], [[Émile Zola]] and [[Mark Twain]] to be rejected.<ref name=Espmark/> During World War I and its immediate aftermath, the committee adopted a policy of neutrality, favouring writers from non-combatant countries.<ref name=Espmark/>


:Like Cathy Glass, Ozma Lee had grown suspicious of Leon Mishima's intentions and confronted him only to be arrested by his men. However, he and Cathy escape and find the body of president Howard Glass after Leon had him killed inside ''Battle Frontier''. He and Cathy are found by Bobby and return to the ''Macross Quarter'' to tell the truth about Howard Glass' death. Ozma learns that Ranka has left the ''Frontier'' fleet to recover her memories and decides that he must also choose his own path. When S.M.S. resorts to piracy and separates from the ''Frontier'' fleet in the ''Macross Quarter'', Ozma battles Alto and, before joining the ''Macross Quarter'' in its fold jump, tells Alto that he has improved and reminds him to choose his own path. He was one of the primary investigators at ''Galia 4'', where the ''Macross Quarter'' uncovers the truth behind the ''Vajra'' and the corrupted factions in both the ''Galaxy'' and ''Frontier'' fleets. After ''Macross Quarter'' rendezvous with the ''Frontier'' fleet during the final battle, he joins the foray and fires reaction missiles at Grace. However, the missiles prove ineffective against Grace, who having compromised the ''Vajra'' queen now wields an impenetrable super-dimension energy shield. Eventually he manages to cover Alto so he can defeat Grace. In the closing scene, he is seen to be back with Cathy as the ''Frontier'' fleet settles on the ''Vajra'' home planet.
[[Karel Capek]]'s "War With the Newts" was considered too offensive to the German government, and he declined to suggest some noncontroversial publication that could be cited as an example of his work ("Thank you for the good will, but I have already written my doctoral dissertation").<ref name=Swirski>{{cite book| aurthor=Peter Swirski| title=From Lowbrow to Nobrow| publisher=McGill Queen's University Press| url=http://www.mqup.ca}}</ref>


;{{nihongo|Canaria Berstein|カナリア・ベルシュタイン|Kanaria Berushutain}}
Some attribute [[W. H. Auden]]'s not being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature to errors in his translation of 1961 [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace Prize]] winner [[Dag Hammarskjöld]]'s ''Vägmärken'' (Markings)<ref name=Orlans>Harold Orlans, [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-62828416.html "Self-Centered Translating: Why W. H. Auden Misinterpreted 'Markings' When Translating It from Swedish to English"], ''[[Change (magazine)|Change]]: The Magazine of Higher Learning'' (published by [[Heldref Publications]] for [[The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching]]), 1 May 2000, ''Highbeam Encyclopedia'', ''encyclopedia.com'', accessed 26 April 2008: "Swedish dismay at the mangled translation may have cost Auden the Nobel prize in literature."</ref> and to statements that Auden made during a Scandinavian lecture tour suggesting that Hammarskjöld was (like Auden) a [[homosexual]].<ref name=Hunnicutt>Alex Hunnicutt, [http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/hammarskjold_d.html "Dag
:{{anime voices|Houko Kuwashima}}
Hammarskjöld"], ''[[LGBT|glbtq]]: An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Culture'' ([[Heldref Publications]], 2004), ''glbtq.com'', accessed 11 August 2006: "Unless some hidden manuscript surfaces or an aging lover suddenly feels moved to revelation, it seems unlikely the world will ever know for sure the details of Hammarskjöld's sexual experience. [[W. H. Auden]], who translated Markings, was convinced of his [Hammarsköld's] homosexuality; it is thought that saying so publicly during a lecture tour of Scandinavia may have cost Auden the Nobel Prize for Literature that he was widely expected to receive in the 1960s."</ref>
:First lieutenant in the S.M.S. and the pilot of Skull Team's VB-6 König Monster variable bomber. Although she rarely speaks, when she does her words have great weight and she often advises Ozma. Canaria also serves as a military medic for S.M.S. She is married and has a young son named Eddie. Canaria leaves them at ''Frontier'' after departing with Ozma and the rest of the S.M.S. [[desertion|desertors]]. During the climatic battle against the ''Vajra'', she fires at the ''Battle Galaxy'' bridge, distracting it long enough for the ''Macross Quarter'' to destroy its ''Macross Cannon'' and enabling the ''Battle Frontier'' to destroy the ''Battle Galaxy'' ship itself.


;{{nihongo|Klein Klan|クラン・クラン|Kuran Kuran}}
In 1964 [[Jean-Paul Sartre]] was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, but he declined it, stating that "It is not the same thing if I sign Jean-Paul Sartre or if I sign Jean-Paul Sartre, Nobel Prize winner. A writer must refuse to allow himself to be transformed into an institution, even if it takes place in the most honorable form."
:{{anime voices|Megumi Toyoguchi}}
:A blue-haired Zentradi female ([[Meltrandi]]) who is in command of the all-female S.M.S. Pixie Squadron, with the rank of captain. As a childhood friend of Michael Blanc, she actually harbors a crush on him that does not seem to be reciprocated until too late. She is also a top ace [http://macross.anime.net/wiki/Quaedluun-Rea Queadluun-Rea] [[powered exoskeleton|power-armor]] pilot. Due to a certain genetic anomaly, she appears her age as a fully-developed Meltrandi while macronized, but becomes physically a juvenile in her micronized form. This makes her the perfect target for Michael's mockery. In episode 20 Klan reveals her love to Michael in the heat of battle, only to watch helplessly from the macronization chamber how he dies trying to protect her. Michael's last words of confession prompts her to tell Alto to be honest with his feelings for Sheryl and Ranka, in the process revealing Sheryl's fatal infection to Alto. When the ''Macross Quarter'' deserts the ''Frontier'' fleet, Klan is one of those who stayed behind, saluting the ship as it launches past her. During the final battle, her Quaedluun-Rea was critically damaged by Brera Sterne, but she sprung back into action in Michael's VF-25 while in micronized form, trumping her sniping skills. In the climatic confrontation with Grace, her VF is damaged while covering Alto, so she gave Michael's sniper rifle to Alto, with which he defeated Grace.


;{{nihongo|Nene Rora|ネネ・ローラ|Nene Rōra}}
The winner in 1970, [[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]], did not attend the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm for fear that the [[U.S.S.R.]] would prevent his return afterwards (his works there were circulated in ''[[samizdat]]'' -- clandestine form). After the Swedish government refused to honor Solzhenitsyn with a public award ceremony and lecture at its Moscow embassy, Solzhenitsyn refused the award altogether, commenting that the conditions set by the Swedes
:{{anime voices|Aya Hirano}}
(who preferred a private ceremony) were "an insult to the Nobel Prize itself." Solzhenitsyn did not accept the award, and prize money, until 10 December 1974, after he was deported from the Soviet Union.<ref name=Fredrikson>Stig Fredrikson, [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/articles/fredrikson/index.html "How I Helped Alexandr Solzhenitsyn Smuggle His Nobel Lecture from the USSR"], ''nobelprize.org'', 22 February 2006, accessed 12 October 2006.</ref>
:A tall (by Zentradi standards) pink-haired Meltlandi who is part of the all-female S.M.S. Pixie Squadron. A calm, gentle and kind character. She remained in the ''Frontier'' fleet along with Klan, Luca and Alto during the recent S.M.S. [[desertion]]. She is seen on the surface of the ''Vajra'' home planet in macronized form after the human-''Vajra'' conflict subsided.


;{{nihongo|Raramia Reremia|ララミア・レレニア}}
In 1974 [[Graham Greene]], [[Vladimir Nabokov]], and [[Saul Bellow]] were considered but rejected in favor of a joint award for Swedish authors [[Eyvind Johnson]] and [[Harry Martinson]], both Nobel judges themselves. Bellow would win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976; neither Greene nor Nabokov was awarded the Prize.<ref name=Smith>{{Cite news | author=Alex Duval Smith | title=A Nobel Calling: 100 Years of Controversy | work=[[The Independent]] |publisher=''news.independent.co.uk'' |url=http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article319509.ece |date=2005-10-14 | accessdate=2008-04-26 |quote=Not many women, a weakness for Anglo-Saxon literature and an ostrich-like ability to resist popular or political pressure. Alex Duval Smith reports from Stockholm on the strange and secret world of the Swedish Academy.}}</ref>
:A red-haired Meltlandi who is part of the all-female S.M.S. Pixie Squadron. A [[tomboy|boyish]] looking young woman with an intense gaze. She died in Episode 14 when her [http://macross.anime.net/wiki/Quaedluun-Rea Queadluun-Rea] [[powered exoskeleton|power-armor]] received a direct hit during battle with the ''Vajra''. Raramia never spoke once during the entire series.


;{{nihongo|Jeffrey Wilder|ジェフリー・ワイルダー|Jefurī Wairudā}}
[[Jorge Luis Borges]] has been suggested as a candidate for the Prize. His biographer, Edwin Williamson, considers that he did not win the award because because of his support of right-wing regimes in Argentina and Chile.
:{{anime voices|Tōru Ōkawa}}
:Captain of ''SMS Macross Quarter''. A colonel in the S.M.S. ranks, he used to be a pilot in an U.N. Forces aircraft carrier early on his career. A seasoned veteran, he has a beard and a horizontal scar across his face as proof of his previous combat experience. Though a very polite officer, he can become highly mischievous when the situation requires it. It is mentioned that he lost his wife some time ago. When he receives an order from Richard Bilrer that the S.M.S. would be disbanded and then reincorporated into the N.U.N.S. (just as he learned the truth regarding President Glass' death from Cathy and Ozma) Wilder declares that the S.M.S. are now pirates instead of soldiers and successfully convinces the other S.M.S. members (excluding Klan, Nene, Alto and Luca among some others) to join them. He then commands the ''Macross Quarter'' to detach itself from the ''Frontier'' and go into a fold jump. After he and his crew investigated the truth behind the ''Vajra'' attacks and the corrupted factions from the ''Galaxy'' and ''Frontier'' fleets at ''Galia 4'', he filed a report to the government on Earth and took his ship to the ''Vajra'' home planet to help stop the conflict between humanity and the ''Vajra''. He asks Monica Lange, if she will stand with him when they go to confront Leon and the ''Vajra'', showing that he knew her feelings for him and that he shared them too. Captain Wilder brings ''Macross Quarter'' back to the ''Vajra'' homeworld and presents evidence of Leon's involvement in the assassination of President Glass and his working with the true enemy, the co-conspirators from ''Macross Galaxy'' fleet. He and his crew are victorious in defending ''Battle Frontier''. Both his ship and ''Battle Frontier'' confronted Macross Galaxy's flagship, ''Battle Galaxy'' and destroyed it. He is later seen on the surface of the ''Vajra'' planet with rest of bridge crew and Monica Lange at his side.


;{{nihongo|Bobby Margot|ボビー・マルゴ|Bobī Marugo}}
Swedish children's author [[Astrid Lindgren]] has also been overlooked, with some critics complaining that the Academy does not adequately recognize children's literature.<ref name='astridref'>{{Cite news | author= | title=Pippi Longstocking Wreaks Havoc at the Ballet | publisher= |url=http://www.thelocal.se/1425/20050513/ | work=The Local | pages= |date=2005-05-13 |accessdate=2007-10-13 | language = }}</ref>
:{{anime voices|Kenta Miyake}}
:Highly skilled helmsman of the S.M.S. mothership, ''SMS Macross Quarter''. Somewhat stern in appearance, he is "just like a girl inside", as he often says. He was a hair stylist, as well as a make-up artist, somewhere in the past. He is well-liked by female crew members for his good understanding of others. He's an openly [[gay]] man and has not-so secret feelings for Ozma, however he says he's "Way beyond the point in life where he needs his love to be reciprocated." Tends to constantly criticize N.U.N.S. actions on a regular basis. Apparently very [[feminity|feminine]], calm and soft-spoken during peace time, he will become quite serious, daring and aggressive during combat. He is also considered a fan of Nekki Basara from Macross 7, as he refers to him as Basara-Sama


;{{nihongo|Monica Lange|モニカ・ラング|Monika Rangu}}
The award to [[Dario Fo]] in 1997 was initially considered "rather lightweight" by some critics, as he was seen primarily as a performer and had previously been censured by the [[Roman Catholic Church]].<ref name=Carroll>Julie Carroll, [http://www.catholic.org/printer_friendly.php?id=23190&section=Cathcom "&nbsp;'Pope and Witch' Draws Catholic Protests"], ''The Catholic Spirit'', 27 February 2007, accessed 13 October 2007.</ref> [[Salman Rushdie]] and [[Arthur Miller]] had been strongly favored to receive the Prize, but the Nobel organisers were later quoted as saying that they would have been "too predictable, too popular."<ref>[http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/62/016.html "Nobel Stuns Italy's Left-wing Jester"], ''[[The Times]]'', 10 October 1997, rpt. in Archives of a list at ''hartford-hwp.com'', accessed 17 October 2007.</ref>
:{{anime voices|Rie Tanaka}}
:One of the bridge operators of ''SMS Macross Quarter''. In charge of the main search radar and chief of the main operator group, she has a serious leader personality type. It was revealed later that she is [[unrequited love| enamoured]] with Captain Wilder. In episode 24, Captain Wilder show he know of his love for him and show he loves her as well. She and he are later seen on Vajra homeworld together with rest of the bridge crew.


;{{nihongo|Mina Roshan|ミーナ・ローシャン|Mīna Rōshan}}
There was also criticism of the academy's refusal to express support for [[Salman Rushdie]] in 1989, after [[Ayatollah]] [[Ruhollah Khomeini]] issued a [[fatwa]] calling for Rushdie to be killed, and two members of the Academy resigned over its refusal to support Rushdie.<ref name=bbcref2>{{Cite news | title=Nobel Judge Steps Down in Protest | publisher=[[BBC]] | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4329962.stm |work=BBC News Online |date=2005-10-11 | accessdate=2007-10-13}}</ref><ref name=msnbc1>[[Associated Press]], [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9665122/ "Who Deserves Nobel Prize? Judges Don't Agree"], ''[[MSNBC]]'', 11 October 2005, accessed 13 October 2007.</ref>
:{{anime voices|Aya Hirano}}
:One of the bridge operators of ''SMS Macross Quarter''. Currently in charge of internal warship status management. Despite having an IQ of 180, she sometimes has trouble adjusting to the pace of her fellow teammates. She is proud of her high level of intelligence. Mina is also of [[Non-resident Indian and Person of Indian Origin|Indian]] ancestry.


;{{nihongo|Ram Hoa|ラム・ホア|Ramu Hoa}}
The choice of the 2004 winner, [[Elfriede Jelinek]], was protested by a member of the Swedish Academy, [[Knut Ahnlund]], who had not played an active role in the Academy since 1996; Ahnlund resigned, alleging that selecting Jelinek had caused "irreparable damage" to the reputation of the award.<ref name=bbcref2/><ref name=msnbc1/>
:{{anime voices|Kaori Fukuhara}}
:One of the bridge operators of ''SMS Macross Quarter''. In charge of communication and main weapons control. A person of not too many words that tends to classify everything that she comes into contact on a regular basis.


;{{nihongo|Henry Gilliam|ヘンリー・ギリアム|Henrī Giriamu}}
The selection of [[Harold Pinter]] for the Prize in 2005 was delayed for a couple of days, apparently due to Ahnlund's resignation, and led to renewed speculations about there being a "political element" in the Swedish Academy's awarding of the Prize.<ref name=NSmith>{{Cite news |author=Neil Smith | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4339096.stm |title='Political element' to Pinter Prize |work=[[BBC News]] |publication=''bbc.co.uk'' |date=2005-10-13 |accessdate=2008-04-26 |quote=Few people would deny Harold Pinter is a worthy recipient of the 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature. As a poet, screenwriter and author of more than 30 plays, he has dominated the English literary scene for half a century. However, his outspoken criticism of [[United States|US]] [[foreign policy]] and opposition to [[2003 invasion of Iraq|the war in Iraq]] undoubtedly make him one of the more controversial figures to be awarded this prestigious [[honour]]. Indeed, the Nobel academy's decision could be read in some quarters as
:{{anime voices|Takashi Oohara}}
a selection with an inescapably political element. 'There is the view that the Nobel literature prize often goes to someone whose political stance is found to be sympathetic at a given moment,' said Alan Jenkins, deputy editor of [[the Times Literary Supplement]]. 'For the last 10 years he has been more angry and vituperative, and that cannot have failed to be noticed.' However, Mr Jenkins insists that, though Pinter's political views may have been a factor, the award is more than justified on artistic criteria alone. 'His dramatic and literary achievement is head and shoulders above any other British writer. He is far and away the most interesting, the best, the most powerful and most original of English playwrights.'}}</ref> The issue of the recipients' "political stance" was also raised in response to the awards of the Nobel Prize in Literature to [[Orhan Pamuk]] and [[Doris Lessing]] in 2006 and 2007, respectively.<ref name=Kellum>Dan Kellum,
:A pilot in the S.M.S. Skull Team and Ozma Lee's second in command. He lost his life in Episode 01 while defending the ''Macross Frontier'' fleet in the first ''Vajra'' attack of 2059. His [[VF-25 Messiah]] [[variable fighter]] is now piloted by Alto.
[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/12/opinion/main3361514.shtml "Lessing's Legacy of Political Literature:] The Nation: Skeptics Call It A Nonliterary Nobel Win, But Academy Saw Her Visionary Power", ''[[CBS News]]'', rpt. from ''[[The Nation]]'' (column), 14 October 2007, accessed 17 October 2007.</ref>


;{{nihongo|Richard Bilrer|リチャード・ビルラー|Richādo Birurā}}
The heavy focus on only European authors, and authors from Sweden in particular, has been the subject of mounting criticism even from major Swedish newspapers.<ref> Dagens Nyheter [http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=3462&a=837512 Akademien väljer helst en europé (The Academy prefers to pick a European)]</ref> The absolute majority of the laureates have been European, with Sweden itself receiving more prizes than all of Asia. Since 1999, the prize has gone to an [[Anglophone]] author every second year. In 2008, Horace Engdahl, the academy's permanent secretary, declared that "Europe still is the center of the literary world" and that the United States was "too isolated and insular" to win the prize.<ref>[http://www.slate.com/id/2201447/ The Nobel Committee has no clue about American literature]</ref>
:{{anime voices|Tadashi Miyazawa}}
:The mysterious macronized [[Zentradi]] owner of the [[Private military company| S.M.S. Civilian Military Provider Company]]. Has multiple artificial implants in his body and some of them enable him to receive telephone calls directly into his left ear. As shown in Episodes 14 and 15, Mr. Bilrer is a model train otaku and dreams of connecting the whole [[Milky Way Galaxy|galaxy]] using the mysterious fold quartz obtained from the ''Vajra''. It was revealed during the final episode of the series that he has a picture of the long lost [[celebrity]] ''[[Lynn Minmay (Macross)|Lynn Minmay]]'' inside the fold quartz in his ring and that he intended to meet her again using the ''Vajra'''s fold communication network.


;{{nihongo|Anne||}}
==List of Laureates==
:{{anime voices|}}
In the table below, the language is the language of the Laureate's works. (Source: The [[Nobel Foundation]].)
:S.M.S. member who was killed by the ''Vajra'' during their assault into the S.M.S. macronization chambers in Episode 20. Alto and his friends find her body while escaping from the enemy.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#505050"
! Year
! Name
! Nationality
! Language(s)
! class="unsortable" | Citation
|-
| 1901
| [[Sully Prudhomme]]
| [[France]]
| [[French language|French]]
| "in special recognition of his poetic composition, which gives evidence of lofty idealism, artistic perfection and a rare combination of the qualities of both heart and intellect."
|-
| 1902
| [[Theodor Mommsen]]
| [[Germany]]
| [[German language|German]]
| "the greatest living master of the art of historical writing, with special reference to his monumental work, ''[[History of Rome (Mommsen)|A History of Rome]]''."
|-
| 1903
| [[Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson]]
| [[Norway]]
| [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]
| "as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished by both the freshness of its inspiration and the rare purity of its spirit."
|-
| 1904*
| [[Frédéric Mistral]]
| [[France]]
| [[Occitan language|Occitan]]
| "in recognition of the fresh originality and true inspiration of his poetic production, which faithfully reflects the natural scenery and native spirit of his people, and, in addition, his significant work as a Provençal philologist."
|-
| 1904*
| [[José Echegaray]]
| [[Spain]]
| [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| "in recognition of the numerous and brilliant compositions which, in an individual and original manner, have revived the great traditions of the Spanish drama."
|-
| 1905
| [[Henryk Sienkiewicz]]
| [[Poland]]
| [[Polish language|Polish]]
| "because of his outstanding merits as an epic writer."
|-
| 1906
| [[Giosuè Carducci]]
| [[Italy]]
| [[Italian language|Italian]]
| "not only in consideration of his deep learning and critical research, but above all as a tribute to the creative energy, freshness of style, and lyrical force which characterize his poetic masterpieces."
|-
| 1907
| [[Rudyard Kipling]]
| [[United Kingdom]]
| [[English language|English]]
| "in consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination, virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration which characterize the creations of this world-famous author."
|-
| 1908
| [[Rudolf Christoph Eucken]]
| [[Germany]]
| [[German language|German]]
| "in recognition of his earnest search for truth, his penetrating power of thought, his wide range of vision, and the warmth and strength in presentation with which in his numerous works he has vindicated and developed an idealistic philosophy of life."
|-
| 1909
| [[Selma Lagerlöf]]
| [[Sweden]]
| [[Swedish language|Swedish]]
| "in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings."
|-
| 1910
| [[Paul Heyse]]
| [[Germany]]
| [[German language|German]]
| "as a tribute to the consummate artistry, permeated with idealism, which he has demonstrated during his long productive career as a lyric poet, dramatist, novelist and writer of world-renowned short stories."
|-
| 1911
| [[Maurice Maeterlinck]]
| [[Belgium]]
| [[French language|French]]
| "in appreciation of his many-sided literary activities, and especially of his dramatic works, which are distinguished by a wealth of imagination and by a poetic fancy, which reveals, sometimes in the guise of a fairy tale, a deep inspiration, while in a mysterious way they appeal to the readers' own feelings and stimulate their imaginations."
|-
| 1912
| [[Gerhart Hauptmann]]
| [[Germany]]
| [[German language|German]]
| "primarily in recognition of his fruitful, varied and outstanding production in the realm of dramatic art."
|-
| 1913
| [[Rabindranath Tagore]]
| [[India]]
| [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| "because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with consummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West."
|-
| 1914
| [no award]
|
|
|
|-
| 1915
| [[Romain Rolland]]
| [[France]]
| [[French language|French]]
| "as a tribute to the lofty idealism of his literary production and to the sympathy and love of truth with which he has described different types of human beings."
|-
| 1916
| [[Verner von Heidenstam]]
| [[Sweden]]
| [[Swedish language|Swedish]]
| "in recognition of his significance as the leading representative of a new era in our literature."
|-
|-
| 1917*
| [[Karl Adolph Gjellerup]]
| [[Denmark]]
| [[Danish language|Danish]]
| "for his varied and rich poetry, which is inspired by lofty ideals."
|-
| 1917*
| [[Henrik Pontoppidan]]
| [[Denmark]]
| [[Danish language|Danish]]
| "for his authentic descriptions of present-day life in Denmark."
|-
| 1918
| [no award]
|
|
|
|-
| 1919
| [[Carl Spitteler]]
| [[Switzerland]]
| [[German language|German]]
| "in special appreciation of his epic, ''Olympian Spring''."
|-
| 1920
| [[Knut Hamsun]]
| [[Norway]]
| [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]
| "for his monumental work, ''[[Growth of the Soil]]''."
|-
| 1921
| [[Anatole France]]
| [[France]]
| [[French language|French]]
| "in recognition of his brilliant literary achievements, characterized as they are by a nobility of style, a profound human sympathy, grace, and a true Gallic temperament."
|-
| 1922
| [[Jacinto Benavente]]
| [[Spain]]
| [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| "for the happy manner in which he has continued the illustrious traditions of the Spanish drama."
|-
| 1923
| [[William Butler Yeats]]
| [[Ireland]]
| [[English language|English]]
| "for his always inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation."
|-
| 1924
| [[Władysław Reymont]]
| [[Poland]]
| [[Polish language|Polish]]
| "for his great national epic, ''[[Chłopi|The Peasants]]''."
|-
| 1925
| [[George Bernard Shaw]]
| [[Ireland]]
| [[English language|English]]
| "for his work which is marked by both idealism and humanity, its stimulating satire often being infused with a singular poetic beauty."
|-
| 1926
| [[Grazia Deledda]]
| [[Italy]]
| [[Italian language|Italian]]
| "for her idealistically inspired writings which with plastic clarity picture the life on her native island and with depth and sympathy deal with human problems in general."
|-
| 1927
| [[Henri Bergson]]
| [[France]]
| [[French language|French]]
| "in recognition of his rich and vitalizing ideas and the brilliant skill with which they have been presented."
|-
| 1928
| [[Sigrid Undset]]
| [[Norway]]
| [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]
| "principally for her powerful descriptions of Northern life during the Middle Ages."
|-
| 1929
| [[Thomas Mann]]
| [[Germany]]
| [[German language|German]]
| "principally for his great novel, ''[[Buddenbrooks]]'', which has won steadily increased recognition as one of the classic works of contemporary literature."
|-
| 1930
| [[Sinclair Lewis]]
| [[United States]]
| [[English language|English]]
| "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humour, new types of characters."
|-
| 1931
| [[Erik Axel Karlfeldt]]
| [[Sweden]]
| [[Swedish language|Swedish]]
| "The poetry of Erik Axel Karlfeldt"
|-
| 1932
| [[John Galsworthy]]
| [[United Kingdom]]
| [[English language|English]]
| "for his distinguished art of narration which takes its highest form in ''[[The Forsyte Saga]]''."
|-
| 1933
| [[Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin|Ivan Bunin]]
| [[Russia]] (in exile)
| [[Russian language|Russian]]
| "for the strict artistry with which he has carried on the classical Russian traditions in prose writing."
|-
| 1934
| [[Luigi Pirandello]]
| [[Italy]]
| [[Italian language|Italian]]
| "for his bold and ingenious revival of dramatic and scenic art."
|-
| 1935
| [no award]
|
|
|
|-
| 1936
| [[Eugene O'Neill]]
| [[United States]]
| [[English language|English]]
| "for the power, honesty and deep-felt emotions of his dramatic works, which embody an original concept of tragedy."
|-
| 1937
| [[Roger Martin du Gard]]
| [[France]]
| [[French language|French]]
| "for the artistic power and truth with which he has depicted human conflict as well as some fundamental aspects of contemporary life in his novel cycle ''[[Les Thibault]]''."
|-
| 1938
| [[Pearl S. Buck]]
| [[United States]]
| [[English language|English]]
| "for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces."
|-
| 1939
| [[Frans Eemil Sillanpää]]
| [[Finland]]
| [[Finnish language|Finnish]]
| "for his deep understanding of his country's peasantry and the exquisite art with which he has portrayed their way of life and their relationship with Nature."
|-
| 1940-'43
| [no award]
|
|
|
|-
| 1944
| [[Johannes Vilhelm Jensen]]
| [[Denmark]]
| [[Danish language|Danish]]
| "for the rare strength and fertility of his poetic imagination with which is combined an intellectual curiosity of wide scope and a bold, freshly creative style."
|-
| 1945
| [[Gabriela Mistral]]
| [[Chile]]
| [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| "for her lyric poetry which, inspired by powerful emotions, has made her name a symbol of the idealistic aspirations of the entire Latin American world."
|-
| 1946
| [[Hermann Hesse]]
| [[Germany]],<ref name="Hesse-citizenship">
{{cite web
| author = Herman Hesse
| authorlink = Herman Hesse
| title = Hermann Hesse: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1946
| work = nobelprize.org
|year=1946
| url = http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1946/hesse-autobio.html
| accessdate = 2007-08-13
| quote = In 1923, I resigned German and acquired Swiss citizenship.
}}
</ref> 1923: [[Switzerland]]<ref name="Hesse-citizenship">
{{cite web
| author = Herman Hesse
| authorlink = Herman Hesse
| title = Hermann Hesse: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1946: Autobiography
| work = nobelprize.org
| url = http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1946/hesse-autobio.html
|year=1946
| accessdate = 2007-08-13
| quote = In 1923, I resigned German and acquired Swiss citizenship.
}}
</ref>
| [[German language|German]]
| "for his inspired writings which, while growing in boldness and penetration, exemplify the classical humanitarian ideals and high qualities of style."
|-
| 1947
| [[André Gide]]
| [[France]]
| [[French language|French]]
| "for his comprehensive and artistically significant writings, in which human problems and conditions have been presented with a fearless love of truth and keen psychological insight."
|-
| 1948
| [[T. S. Eliot]]
| [[United States]],<ref name="TSEliot-bio">
{{cite web
| title = T.S. Eliot: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1948: Biography
| work = nobelprize.org
| url = http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1948/eliot-bio.html
|year=1948
| accessdate = 2007-08-13
| quote = Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965) was born in St. Louis, Missouri ... In 1927, Eliot became a British citizen and about the same time entered the Anglican Church.
}}
</ref> 1927: [[United Kingdom]]<ref name="TSEliot-bio">
{{cite web
| title = T.S. Eliot: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1948: Biography
| work = nobelprize.org
| url = http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1948/eliot-bio.html
|year=1948
| accessdate = 2007-08-13
| quote = Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965) was born in St. Louis, Missouri ... In 1927, Eliot became a British citizen and about the same time entered the Anglican Church.
}}
</ref>
| [[English language|English]]
| "for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry."
|-
| 1949
| [[William Faulkner]]
| [[United States]]
| [[English language|English]]
| "for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel."
|-
| 1950
| [[Bertrand Russell]]
| [[United Kingdom]]
| [[English language|English]]
| "in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought."
|-
| 1951
| [[Pär Lagerkvist]]
| [[Sweden]]
| [[Swedish language|Swedish]]
| "for the artistic vigour and true independence of mind with which he endeavours in his poetry to find answers to the eternal questions confronting mankind."
|-
| 1952
| [[François Mauriac]]
| [[France]]
| [[French language|French]]
| "for the deep spiritual insight and the artistic intensity with which he has in his novels penetrated the drama of human life."
|-
| 1953
| [[Winston Churchill]]
| [[United Kingdom]]
| [[English language|English]]
| "for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values."
|-
| 1954
| [[Ernest Hemingway]]
| [[United States]]
| [[English language|English]]
| "for his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in ''[[The Old Man and the Sea]]'', and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style."
|-
| 1955
| [[Halldór Laxness]]
| [[Iceland]]
| [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]]
| "for his vivid epic power which has renewed the great narrative art of Iceland."
|-
| 1956
| [[Juan Ramón Jiménez]]
| [[Spain]]
| [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| "for his lyrical poetry, which in Spanish language constitutes an example of high spirit and artistical purity."
|-
| 1957
| [[Albert Camus]]
| [[France]]
| [[French language|French]]
| "for his important literary production, which with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times."
|-
| 1958
| [[Boris Pasternak]] (declined the prize)<small><sup>[http://nobelprize.org/literature/laureates/1958/press.html]</small></sup>
| [[Soviet Union]]
| [[Russian language|Russian]]
| "for his important achievement both in contemporary lyrical poetry and in the field of the great Russian epic tradition."
|-
| 1959
| [[Salvatore Quasimodo]]
| [[Italy]]
| [[Italian language|Italian]]
| "for his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our own times."
|-
| 1960
| [[Saint-John Perse]]
| [[France]]
| [[French language|French]]
| "for the soaring flight and the evocative imagery of his poetry which in a visionary fashion reflects the conditions of our time."
|-
| 1961
| [[Ivo Andrić]]
| [[Yugoslavia]]
| [[Serbo-Croatian language|Serbo-Croat]]
| "for the epic force with which he has traced themes and depicted human destinies drawn from the history of his country."
|-
| 1962
| [[John Steinbeck]]
| [[United States]]
| [[English language|English]]
| "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception."
|-
| 1963
| [[Giorgos Seferis]]
| [[Greece]]
| [[Greek language|Greek]]
| "for his eminent lyrical writing, inspired by a deep feeling for the Hellenic world of culture."
|-
| 1964
| [[Jean-Paul Sartre]] (declined the prize)<small><sup>[http://nobelprize.org/literature/laureates/1964/press.html]</small></sup>
| [[France]]
| [[French language|French]]
| "for his work which, rich in ideas and filled with the spirit of freedom and the quest for truth, has exerted a far-reaching influence on our age."
|-
| 1965
| [[Michail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov|Mikhail Sholokhov]]
| [[Soviet Union]]
| [[Russian language|Russian]]
| "for the artistic power and integrity with which, in his epic of the Don, he has given expression to a historic phase in the life of the Russian people."
|-
| 1966*
| [[Shmuel Yosef Agnon]]
| [[Israel]]
| [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]
| "for his profoundly characteristic narrative art with motifs from the life of the Jewish people."
|-
| 1966*
| [[Nelly Sachs]]
| [[Germany]],<ref name="NellySachs-citizenship">
{{cite web
| title = Nelly Sachs Biography
| publisher = Art Directory GmbH
| url = http://www.nelly-sachs.com/
| accessdate = 2007-08-13
| quote = The German writer and poet Nelly Sachs, whose original name was Leonie Sachs, was born to Jewish parents on December 10, 1891 in Berlin-Schöneberg. ... Due to the threat of Nazism Nelly Sachs and her mother decided to emigrate to Sweden in 1940. ... In 1950 Nelly's mother died and she wrote poems dealing with the loss. Two years later Sachs received Swedish citizenship.
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| title = Nelly Sachs
| publisher = [[Encyclopædia Britannica]]
| url = http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9064652
| accessdate = 2007-11-25
| quote = In 1940, after learning that she was destined for a forced-labour camp, she escaped to Sweden with the help of the Swedish novelist Selma Lagerlöf, with whom she had corresponded and who interceded with the Swedish royal family on her behalf.
}}</ref> 1952: [[Sweden]]<ref name="NellySachs-citizenship" />
| [[German language|German]]
| "for her outstanding lyrical and dramatic writing, which interprets Israel's destiny with touching strength."
|-
| 1967
| [[Miguel Ángel Asturias]]
| [[Guatemala]]
| [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| "for his vivid literary achievement, deep-rooted in the national traits and traditions of Indian peoples of Latin America."
|-
| 1968
| [[Yasunari Kawabata]]
| [[Japan]]
| [[Japanese language|Japanese]]
| "for his narrative mastery, which with great sensibility expresses the essence of the Japanese mind."
|-
| 1969
| [[Samuel Beckett]]
| [[Ireland]]
| [[English language|English]]/[[French (language)|French]]
| "for his writing, which - in new forms for the novel and drama - in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation."
|-
| 1970
| [[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]]
| [[Soviet Union]]
| [[Russian language|Russian]]
| "for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature."
|-
| 1971
| [[Pablo Neruda]]
| [[Chile]]
| [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| "for a poetry that with the action of an elemental force brings alive a continent's destiny and dreams."
|-
| 1972
| [[Heinrich Böll]]
| [[West Germany]]
| [[German language|German]]
| "for his writing which through its combination of a broad perspective on his time and a sensitive skill in characterization has contributed to a renewal of German literature."
|-
| 1973
| [[Patrick White]]
| [[Australia]]
| [[English language|English]]
| "for an epic and psychological narrative art which has introduced a new continent into literature."
|-
| 1974*
| [[Eyvind Johnson]]
| [[Sweden]]
| [[Swedish language|Swedish]]
| "for a narrative art, farseeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom."
|-
| 1974*
| [[Harry Martinson]]
| [[Sweden]]
| [[Swedish language|Swedish]]
| "for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos."
|-
| 1975
| [[Eugenio Montale]]
| [[Italy]]
| [[Italian language|Italian]]
| "for his distinctive poetry which, with great artistic sensitivity, has interpreted human values under the sign of an outlook on life with no illusions."
|-
| 1976
| [[Saul Bellow]]
| [[Canada]],<ref>
{{cite web
| author = Michael J. Bandler
| title = Author Saul Bellow Dead At 89: Nobel laureate Was One of America's Great 20th Century Novelists
| url = http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2005&m=April&x=20050407155318EAifas0.2259485
| publisher = [[U.S. Department of State]]
|date=April 7, 2005
| accessdate = 2007-08-13
| quote = Canadian by birth — the son of a Russian émigré businessman and a social worker — and Chicagoan by residence and perspective and affection for most of his life, Bellow, a naturalized U.S. citizen, was part of the generation of writers...}}
</ref> 1941: [[United States]].<ref name=Slater>Elinor Slater and Robert Slater, [http://books.google.com/books?id=T91sokr_nJYC&pg=PA41&vq=saul+bellow&dq=%22saul+bellow%22+naturalized+citizen&sig=Z1uJ1PxtO0mB-Zh_Fnzvv17WQgI "Saul Bellow: Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature"], ''Great Jewish Men'' (Jonathan David Company, 1996) 41, ISBN 0824603818: "Bellow became a naturalized American citizen in 1941."</ref>
| [[English language|English]]
| "for the human understanding and subtle analysis of contemporary culture that are combined in his work."
|-
| 1977
| [[Vicente Aleixandre]]
| [[Spain]]
| [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| "for a creative poetic writing which illuminates man's condition in the cosmos and in present-day society, at the same time representing the great renewal of the traditions of Spanish poetry between the wars."
|-
| 1978
| [[Isaac Bashevis Singer]]
| [[Poland]],<ref name="IBSinger-citizenship">
{{cite web
| title = Isaac Bashevis Singer: Biographical Sketch
| publisher = Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
| url = http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/research/fa/singer.bio.html
| accessdate = 2007-08-13
| quote = Isaac Bashevis Singer was born Icek-Hersz Zynger on July 14, 1904, in Leoncin, Poland. ... In 1943, Singer became a United States citizen.
}}</ref> 1943: [[United States]]<ref name="IBSinger-citizenship">
{{cite web
| title = Isaac Bashevis Singer: Biographical Sketch
| publisher = Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
| url = http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/research/fa/singer.bio.html
| accessdate = 2007-08-13
| quote = Isaac Bashevis Singer was born Icek-Hersz Zynger on July 14, 1904, in Leoncin, Poland. ... In 1943, Singer became a United States citizen.
}}</ref>
| [[Yiddish language|Yiddish]]
| "for his impassioned narrative art which, with roots in a Polish-Jewish cultural tradition, brings universal human conditions to life."
|-
| 1979
| [[Odysseas Elytis]]
| [[Greece]]
| [[Greek language|Greek]]
| "for his poetry, which, against the background of Greek tradition, depicts with sensuous strength and intellectual clear-sightedness modern man's struggle for freedom and creativeness."
|-
| 1980
| [[Czesław Miłosz]]
| [[Poland]], 1970: [[United States]],<ref>
{{cite web
| title = Czeslaw Milosz
| publisher = [[Encyclopædia Britannica]]
| url = http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9052756/Czeslaw-Milosz
| accessdate = 2007-08-14
| quote = Milosz became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1970.
}}
</ref> 1992: [[Lithuania]] (honorary)<ref>
{{cite web
| title = Czeslaw Milosz
| publisher = [[University of California]]
| url = http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/senate/inmemoriam/czeslawmilosz.htm
| accessdate = 2007-08-14
| quote = He was made an honorary citizen of Lithuania in 1992...
}}
</ref>
| [[Polish language|Polish]]
| "who with uncompromising clear-sightedness voices man's exposed condition in a world of severe conflicts."
|-
| 1981
| [[Elias Canetti]]
| [[Bulgaria]],<ref name="ECanetti-citizenship">
{{cite web
| title = Elias Canetti: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1981: Curriculum Vitae
| work = nobelprize.org
| url = http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1981/canetti-cv.html
| accessdate = 2007-08-14
| quote = 1905 Born on 25 July in Ruse, Bulgaria. 1952 Receives British citizenship.
}}
</ref> 1952: [[United Kingdom]]<ref name="ECanetti-citizenship">
{{cite web
| title = Elias Canetti: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1981: Curriculum Vitae
| work = nobelprize.org
| url = http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1981/canetti-cv.html
| accessdate = 2007-08-14
| quote = 1905 Born on 25 July in Ruse, Bulgaria. 1952 Receives British citizenship.
}}
</ref>
| [[German language|German]]
| "for writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power."
|-
| 1982
| [[Gabriel García Márquez]]
| [[Colombia]]
| [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| "for his novels and short stories, in which the fantastic and the realistic are combined in a richly composed world of imagination, reflecting a continent's life and conflicts."
|-
| 1983
| [[William Golding]]
| [[United Kingdom]]
| [[English language|English]]
| "for his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world of today."
|-
| 1984
| [[Jaroslav Seifert]]
| [[Czechoslovakia]]
| [[Czech (language)|Czech]]
| "for his poetry which endowed with freshness, and rich inventiveness provides a liberating image of the indomitable spirit and versatility of man."
|-
| 1985
| [[Claude Simon]]
| [[France]]
| [[French language|French]]
| "who in his novel combines the poet's and the painter's creativeness with a deepened awareness of time in the depiction of the human condition."
|-
| 1986
| [[Wole Soyinka]]
| [[Nigeria]]
| [[English language|English]]
| "in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashions the drama of existence."
|-
| 1987
| [[Joseph Brodsky]]
| [[Soviet Union]],<ref name="JBrodsky-citizenship">
{{cite web
| title = Joseph Brodsky 1940–1996
| publisher = eNotes
| url = http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-literary-criticism/brodsky-joseph-vol-100
| accessdate = 2007-08-13
| quote = Often called the best Russian poet of his generation, Brodsky was born and raised in the former Soviet Union and became an American citizen in 1977.
}}</ref> 1977: [[United States]]<ref name="JBrodsky-citizenship">
{{cite web
| title = Joseph Brodsky 1940–1996
| publisher = eNotes
| url = http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-literary-criticism/brodsky-joseph-vol-100
| accessdate = 2007-08-13
| quote = Often called the best Russian poet of his generation, Brodsky was born and raised in the former Soviet Union and became an American citizen in 1977.
}}</ref>
| [[Russian language|Russian]]/[[English language|English]]
| "for an all-embracing authorship, imbued with clarity of thought and poetic intensity."
|-
| 1988
| [[Naguib Mahfouz]]
| [[Egypt]]
| [[Arabic language|Arabic]]
| "who, through works rich in nuance - now clear-sightedly realistic, now evocatively ambiguous - has formed an Arabian narrative art that applies to all mankind."
|-
| 1989
| [[Camilo José Cela]]
| [[Spain]]
| [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| "for a rich and intensive prose, which with restrained compassion forms a challenging vision of man's vulnerability."
|-
| 1990
| [[Octavio Paz]]
| [[Mexico]]
| [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| "for impassioned writing with wide horizons, characterized by sensuous intelligence and humanistic integrity."
|-
| 1991
| [[Nadine Gordimer]]
| [[South Africa]]
| [[English language|English]]
| "who through her magnificent epic writing has - in the words of Alfred Nobel - been of very great benefit to humanity."
|-
| 1992
| [[Derek Walcott]]
| [[Saint Lucia]]
| [[English language|English]]
| "for a poetic oeuvre of great luminosity, sustained by a historical vision, the outcome of a multicultural commitment."
|-
| 1993
| [[Toni Morrison]]
| [[United States]]
| [[English language|English]]
| "who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality."
|-
| 1994
| [[Kenzaburo Oe]]
| [[Japan]]
| [[Japanese language|Japanese]]
| "who with poetic force creates an imagined world, where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today."
|-
| 1995
| [[Seamus Heaney]]
| [[Ireland]]<ref>
{{cite web
| title = Seamus Heaney: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1995: Biography
| work = nobelprize.org
|year=1995
| url = http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1995/index.html
| accessdate = 2007-10-23
}} </ref> <ref>
{{cite web
| title = Seamus Heaney: He's seen it all
| url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/arts/2007/09/09/sm_seamusheaney.xml
| accessdate = 2007-10-26
| quote = Heaney was born in [[Northern Ireland]] (part of the [[United Kingdom]]), but lives full time in [[Dublin]] in the [[Republic of Ireland]] and has taken Irish citizenship. He is an avowed Irish nationalist and is referenced as Irish by the Nobel committee in their citation.
}} </ref>
| [[English language|English]]
| "for works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past."
|-
| 1996
| [[Wisława Szymborska]]
| [[Poland]]
| [[Polish language|Polish]]
| "for poetry that with ironic precision allows the historical and biological context to come to light in fragments of human reality."
|-
| 1997
| [[Dario Fo]]
| [[Italy]]
| [[Italian (language)|Italian]]
| "who emulates the jesters of the Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding the dignity of the downtrodden."
|-
| 1998
| [[José Saramago]]
| [[Portugal]]
| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]
| "who with parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony continually enables us once again to apprehend an elusory reality."
|-
| 1999
| [[Günter Grass]]
| [[Germany]]
| [[German language|German]]
| "whose frolicsome black fables portray the forgotten face of history."
|-
| 2000
| [[Gao Xingjian]]
| [[People's Republic of China]],<ref>
{{cite web
| title = Gao Xingjian: The Nobel Prize in Literature 2000: Biography
| work = nobelprize.org
|year=2000
| url = http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2000/gao-bio.html
| accessdate = 2007-08-13
}}
</ref><ref name="GX-citizenships">
{{cite web
| title = Gao Xingjian 1940-
| publisher = eNotes
| url = http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-literary-criticism/xingjian-gao
| accessdate = 2007-08-13
| quote = Gao Xingjian (pronounced gow shing-jen) was born on January 4, 1940, in Ganzhou, China. ... His next plays received negative reactions from the Chinese government, causing Gao to emigrate to France in 1987 during a trip to Germany on an artistic fellowship. ... He became a naturalized French citizen in 1998...
}}
</ref>
1998: [[France]]<ref name="GX-citizenships">
{{cite web
| title = Gao Xingjian 1940-
| publisher = eNotes
| url = http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-literary-criticism/xingjian-gao
| accessdate = 2007-08-13
| quote = Gao Xingjian (pronounced gow shing-jen) was born on January 4, 1940, in Ganzhou, China. ... His next plays received negative reactions from the Chinese government, causing Gao to emigrate to France in 1987 during a trip to Germany on an artistic fellowship. ... He became a naturalized French citizen in 1998...
}}
</ref>
| [[Chinese language|Chinese]]
| "for an oeuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity, which has opened new paths for the Chinese novel and drama."
|-
| 2001
| [[V. S. Naipaul]]
| [[Trinidad and Tobago]],<ref>
{{cite web
| title = V. S. Naipaul 1932-
| publisher = eNotes
| url = http://www.enotes.com/short-story-criticism/naipaul-v-s
| accessdate = 2007-08-13
| quote = Naipaul was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, in 1932, the second generation descendant of an East Indian grandfather who came to the West Indies in the early 1900s as an indentured laborer in the British colonial administration.
}}
</ref> [[United Kingdom]]
| [[English language|English]]
| "for having united perceptive narrative and incorruptible scrutiny in works that compel us to see the presence of suppressed histories."
|-
| 2002
| [[Imre Kertész]]
| [[Hungary]]
| [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]
| "for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history."
|-
| 2003
| [[J. M. Coetzee]]
| [[South Africa]], 2006: [[Australia]]<ref>[http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=265916&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__national/ "JM Coetzee Becomes an Australian Citizen"], ''[[Mail & Guardian]]'', 6 March 2006, accessed 14 August 2007.</ref>
| [[English language|English]]
| "who in innumerable guises portrays the surprising involvement of the outsider."
|-
| 2004
| [[Elfriede Jelinek]]
| [[Austria]]
| [[German language|German]]
| "for her musical flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that with extraordinary linguistic zeal reveal the absurdity of society's clichés and their subjugating power."
|-
| 2005
| [[Harold Pinter]]
| [[United Kingdom]]
| [[English language|English]]
| "who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression's closed rooms."
|-
| 2006
| [[Orhan Pamuk]]
| [[Turkey]]
| [[Turkish language|Turkish]]
| "who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures."
|-
| 2007
| [[Doris Lessing]]
| [[United Kingdom]]
| [[English language|English]]
| "that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny."
|-
| 2008
| [[Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio]]
| [[France]]
| [[French language|French]]
| "author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization."[http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2008/index.html]


==New United Nations/ Military related==
|}
;{{nihongo|Cathy Glass|キャシー・グラス|Kyashī Gurasu}}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Years with multiple recipients of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
:{{anime voices|Sanae Kobayashi}}
:*''Age:'' 23
:A N.U.N.S. General Staff second lieutenant attached to the ''Macross Frontier'', she is also the President's daughter. A good thinker, she has both brain and looks. After having graduating from university with honors, she joined NUNS and is being fast-tracked into the elite. A very competent officer, she sometimes lacks flexibility. In the Miss Macross contest, she would be placed on a championship level (she was actually a runner-up on the 8th contest). She had a relationship with Leon Mishima without her father's knowledge and was formerly in a relationship with Ozma Lee before that. She became part of the ''SMS Macross Quarter'' crew during a mission to rescue the ''Macross Galaxy'' fleet from the ''Vajra''. Like Ozma, she had grown suspicious of Leon's intentions and confronted him only to be arrested by his men. However, she and Ozma escape and find the body of her father after Leon had him killed at the gangway of ''Battle Frontier''. Later, they return to the ''Macross Quarter'' after being found by Bobby, and they tell everyone of the truth about Howard Glass’s death. She later joins the ''Macross Quarter'' crew into exile to investigate the truth and participates in the final battle. After the ''Frontier'' fleet settles on the ''Vajra'' home planet, she is seen to be back with Ozma Lee.


;{{nihongo|Howard Glass|ハワード・グラス|Hawādo Gurasu}}
== See also ==
:{{anime voices|Tomomichi Nishimura}}
* [[Nobel Prize]]
:The forth elected president of the New United Nations Government and also the administrative director of the ''Macross Frontier'' fleet. His administration was responsible for the creation of the ''Frontier'' colony fleet. As president, he shoulders all political decisions to ensure the security and well-being of his citizens. He is also Cathy's father. President Glass died on episode 20 after being gunned down (as well as his two [[personal bodyguards]]) en route to the ''Battle Frontier'' bridge by Leon Mishima's men.
* [[List of literary awards]]
* [[Nobel Library]]
* [[Nobel laureates by country]]
* [[Praemium Imperiale]], awarded for other fine arts


;{{nihongo|Leon Mishima|レオン・三島|Reon Mishima}}
==Notes==
:{{anime voices|Tomokazu Sugita}}
{{reflist|2}}
:The President's aide and Chief of Staff. An ever calm and composed man, he is President Glass' close associate. He is a constant source of all political trends and winds, and is in a relationship with Cathy Glass. He knows far more about the ''Vajra'' than it seems and apparently is working in secret with Grace O'Connor. In episode 15 it is revealed that he also helped Grace to lure the ''Vajra'' to ''Frontier''. He assigned Brera Sterne, a cyborg, as Ranka Lee's personal [[bodyguard]]. Ozma and Cathy confronted him on his planned "[[Coup d'état]]", but Leon told that them that they were too late as he already had a sniper targeting Howard Glass. However, the sniper is killed during a ''Vajra'' attack, and Glass escapes. Eventually Mishima succeeds and the president is murdered by his men inside ''Battle Frontier'', what gives him total control of practically all N.U.N.S. forces in the ''Frontier'' fleet. After this, he becomes the fifth president of the ''Frontier'' government.


:Leon also betrays Grace by ordering her execution, but she single-handlely murders his men and escapes from ''Frontier''. Later, Leon reveals to Alto the findings about ''Vajra'' and surprises him by stating that they are using Ranka to destroy humanity. Leon also declares to ''Macross Frontier'''s population that they have only three months of oxygen left to sustain themselves and that the only way they can survive is to annihilate the ''Vajra'' and claim their planet for the people of the fleet.
==External links==
* [http://www.nobel.se/literature/laureates/index.html "All Nobel Laureates in Literature"] – Index page on the official site of the Nobel Foundation.
*[http://nobelprize.org/award_ceremonies/ "The Nobel Prize Award Ceremonies"] – Official hyperlinked webpage of the Nobel Foundation.
*[http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/medal.html "The Nobel Prize Medal for Literature"] – Official webpage of the Nobel Foundation.
*[http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medals/ "The Nobel Prize Medals and the Medal for the Prize in Economics"] – By Birgitta Lemmel; an article on the history of the design of the medals featured on the official site.
*[http://nobelprize.org/award_ceremonies/prize.html "What the Nobel Laureates Receive"] – Featured link in "The Nobel Prize Award Ceremonies" on the official site of the Nobel Foundation.


:During the final battle with the ''Vajra'', the ''Macross Quarter'' returns from exile and saves the ''Battle Frontier'' from a ''Vajra'' fleet attack. Then Captain Wilder reveals to N.U.N.S. officials that Leon was behind the ''Vajra'' attacks as well as the murder of President Glass, leading to his prompt arrest.
{{Nobel Prizes}}
{{Nobel Prize in Literature Laureate}}


;{{nihongo|Machida|マキー|Mashiida}}
[[Category:Literary awards]]
:{{anime voices|}}
[[Category:Nobel Prize| ]]
:N.U.N.S. [[VF-17 Nightmare|VF-171]] pilot from the ''Macross Frontier'' fleet.
[[Category:Swedish literary awards]]


;{{nihongo|Captain Wilen|ウィラン大尉|Wiran Taii}}
{{Link FA|mk}}
:{{anime voices|Daisuke Matsuo}}
[[af:Nobelprys vir Letterkunde]]
:N.U.N.S. pilot from the ''Macross Galaxy'' fleet. He reports to the ''Macross Frontier'' headquarters that his fleet is under attack by a large horde of ''Vajra''.
[[als:Nobelpreis für Literatur]]

[[ar:جائزة نوبل في الأدب]]
;{{nihongo|Jessica Blanc|ジェシカ|Yessica Brancu}}
[[ast:Premiu Nobel de Lliteratura]]
:{{anime voices|}}
[[az:Nobel Ədəbiyyat Mükafatı]]
:Michael Blanc's older sister who took care of him after their parents died. Also a N.U.N.S. pilot, she commited suicide after being blamed for the death of a fellow pilot during a [[friendly fire]] incident 4 years ago. They were both in a relationship and it is generally assumed by authorities that Jessica killed her lover in revenge for breaking up with her.
[[bn:সাহিত্যে নোবেল পুরস্কার]]

[[zh-min-nan:Nobel Bûn-ha̍k Chióng]]
;{{nihongo|Major Ohgotwhai||}}
[[be-x-old:Нобэлеўская прэмія ў галіне літаратуры]]
:{{anime voices|}}
[[bs:Nobelova nagrada za književnost]]
:Macronized [[Zentradi#In Macross|Zentradi]] leader of the N.U.N.S. 33rd Naval/Marine Fleet stationed in planet ''Galia 4''. He and his men helped Alto Saotome fight Tehmzin's rebellion and rescue Sheryl.
[[br:Priz Nobel al lennegezh]]

[[bg:Нобелова награда за литература]]
;{{nihongo|Major Ohgotwhai's Advisor||}}
[[ca:Premi Nobel de Literatura]]
:{{anime voices|}}
[[cs:Nobelova cena za literaturu]]
:Macronized [[Zentradi#In Macross|Zentradi]] advisor of the N.U.N.S. 33rd Naval/Marine Fleet stationed in planet ''Galia 4''. Died during the "Dimension Eater" explosion when the Assault Module of the Queadol-Magdomilla Class Fleet Command Battleship was destroyed.
[[cy:Gwobr Llenyddiaeth Nobel]]

[[da:Nobelprisen i litteratur]]
;{{nihongo|Tehmzin||}}
[[de:Nobelpreis für Literatur]]
:{{anime voices|}}
[[et:Nobeli kirjandusauhind]]
:Macronized [[Zentradi#In Macross|Zentradi]] soldier of the N.U.N.S. 33rd Naval/Marine Fleet stationed in planet ''Galia 4''. He was the leader of a rebel faction that kidnapped Sheryl when she was unable to give her concert. Tehmzin was one of the many Zentradi who were disruntled with the peace between Zentradi and Humans, and longed to restart the war and reassert Zentradi dominance in the galaxy. Alto Saotome defeated him in battle.
[[el:Βραβείο Νόμπελ Λογοτεχνίας]]

[[es:Anexo:Premio Nobel de Literatura]]
==Others==
[[eo:Nobel-premio pri literaturo]]
;{{nihongo|Grace O'Connor|グレイス・オコナー|Gureisu Okonā}}
[[eu:Literaturako Nobel Saria]]
:{{anime voices|Kikuko Inoue}}
[[fa:جایزه نوبل ادبیات]]
:The series' main antagonist, Grace first appears as Sheryl's manager from ''Galaxy Fleet'' and as a person with a gentle and calm attitude. She appeared to often upset her employer despite having considerable abilities. Grace also showed bio-mechanical implants that allowed her to digitally record certain images into her mind, as well as receive cellphone calls directly into her right ear. She also appeared to be secretly working with Brera Sterne as his superior.
[[fr:Prix Nobel de littérature]]

[[fy:Nobelpriis foar de Literatuer]]
:In the 13th episode, it is revealed that Grace is a [[cyborg]] as well, as she unleashes from her arm a series of conduits to activate a [[weapon of mass destruction]] called a "Dimension Eater". She apparently perishes in the ensuing fold dislocation, calmly wishing everyone from ''Macross Frontier'' good luck before the Dimension Eater engulfs her and then almost half of the planet of ''Galia 4'', triggering a large scale ''Vajra'' attack on the ''Frontier'' fleet in the process and destroying the N.U.N.S. 33rd Naval/Marine fleet base on the planet surface. It was revealed later that Grace uploaded her mind into another cyborg body. Returning to ''Macross Frontier'', she picks up [[Ranka Lee]] and becomes her manager.
[[ga:Duais Nobel sa Litríocht]]

[[gd:Duais Nobel ann an Litreachas]]
:Back in 2047, she was a scientist in the 117th Long Distance Research Fleet and worked in Dr. Mao Nome's team, surviving the destruction of the fleet during the ''Vajra'' attack a year later. It is believed she is chief suspect of cause of the destruction of the fleet. In 2053, she continued the research on the ''V-Type'' infection in ''Galaxy Fleet'', using Sheryl Nome as the test subject and manufacturing Sheryl's entire [[japanese idol|idol]] status for her purposes.
[[gl:Premio Nobel de Literatura]]

[[ko:노벨 문학상]]
:Grace is later betrayed by Leon Mishima who orders her [[assassination]], but she single handlely kills Leon's men and escapes from ''Frontier'' in her own VF-27 [[variable fighter]]. Grace eventually rendezvous with Brera and reveals to him that Ranka is his sister, but immediately activates his slave mode forcing him to follow her orders. Afterwards she discovers the location of the main ''Vajra Queen'' and merges her cybernetic body with it. Eventually she manages to compromise the ''Vajra'' fold communication network by manipulating Ranka and sending the ''Vajra'' against the ''Macross Frontier'' fleet during their final battle. Grace and her cyberlinked fellow conspirators from ''Galaxy'' fleet merge with the ''Vajra'' network gaining total control over them, while she declares that they do not need "Little Queen" Ranka anymore as they feel the power of controlling the ''Vajra's'' galactic scale "Body". She becomes power-mad and declares war against anyone who opposes her, sending compromised ''Vajra'' war fleets to human/zentradi colony fleets and even to ''Macross City'' on Earth.
[[hr:Nobelova nagrada za književnost]]

[[io:Nobel-premiarii en literaturo]]
:In the end, Ranka and Sheryl's songs release the ''Vajra'' from her control and she is soundly defeated by the combined ''Vajra'', ''S.M.S.'' and ''Macross Frontier'' fleet forces. Grace O'Connor is literally executed by Alto Saotome who used Michel's VF-25G sniper rifle to destroy her in the end.
[[ilo:Premio Nobel iti Literatura]]

[[id:Daftar penerima Nobel Kesusastraan]]
;{{nihongo|Brera Sterne|ブレラ・ストーン|Burera Sutōn}}
[[ia:Premio Nobel pro Litteratura]]
:{{anime voices|Sōichirō Hoshi}}
[[is:Nóbelsverðlaun í bókmenntum]]
:Also known as '''Brera Mei''', he is the mysterious pilot of the crimson VF-27 [[variable fighter]] that Alto Saotome encounters for the first time inside a ''Vajra'' carrier. Brera seems to know how to play the first part of Ranka's song "Aimo" using his harmonica. After saving Ranka from a wild beast attack, the injuries Brera sustained revealed that he is also a [[cyborg]]. He harbors a great deal of concern for Ranka's well-being, but he doesn't exactly know why. A picture discovered by Alto Saotome inside the ,''Macross'' Class SDF ''Global'' that revealed that Brera had some kind of connection to Ranka before becoming a cyborg.
[[it:Premio Nobel per la letteratura]]

[[he:פרס נובל לספרות]]
:It is eventually revealed that he is a Major in the ''Galaxy Fleet Antares Squadron''. He is currently Ranka's bodyguard and also likes to listen to Ranka's songs, describing the feeling he gets from her songs as being enveloped in a universe that accepts him instead of rejecting him. Brera assists Ranka Lee into delivering her stage 2 ''Vajra'' pet "Ai-kun" to the rest of its species. Some time later he and Ranka find the planet of origin of the ''Vajra''. Grace O'Connor tells Brera that Ranka Lee is his younger sister, but then she activates his slave mode forcing him to follow her orders. During the final battle Grace makes Brera help the ''Vajra'' by destroying Alto's VF-171''EX'' and apparently killing him in the process. However, Alto had actually jettisoned before his [[variable fighter]] was destroyed by Brera. The explosion of a ''Vajra'' carrier nearby shattered Brera Sterne's head implant thus freeing him from Grace's control afterwards. He then proceeded to encourage Ranka in shrugging off Grace's influence. Brera eventually teams up with Alto and covers him while he defeats Grace O'Connor in the end.
[[ka:ნობელის პრემიის ლაურეატები ლიტერატურის დარგში]]

[[kk:Әдебиеттен Нобел сыйлығы]]
;{{nihongo|Ranzou Saotome|早乙女 嵐蔵|Saotome Ranzō}}
[[sw:Tuzo ya Nobel ya Fasihi]]
:Alto's father and the 18th [[sōke]] of the Saotome family. A very strict person, he has trained his son harshly since youth which has resulted in their current estranged relationship. However, after a close brush with death, Ranzou is willing to make amends with Alto and officially name him successor to the Saotome family.
[[la:Praemium Nobelianum Litteraturae]]

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;{{nihongo|Elmo Kridanik|エルモ・クリダニク|Erumo Kuridaniku}}
[[lt:Nobelio literatūros premija]]
:{{anime voices|Tōru Ōkawa}}
[[hu:Irodalmi Nobel-díj]]
:The president manager of the small talent agency "Vector Productions". He heard Ranka's singing by chance and scouted her, becoming her manager. However, after Leon Mishima realizes that Ranka Lee's singing has an effect on the ''Vajra'' he assigns Grace O'Connor as Ranka's new manager and fires Elmo. He was seen taking shelter in the same bunker as Sheryl and watching her sing during a ''Vajra'' attack. Elmo became Sheryl Nome's new manager some time later.
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[[ms:Hadiah Nobel dalam Kesusasteraan]]
;{{nihongo|George Yamamori|ジョージ・山森|Georuge Yamamori}}
[[nl:Nobelprijs voor de Literatuur]]
:{{anime voices|Tōru Ōkawa }}
[[ja:ノーベル文学賞]]
:The director of [[Macross Zero#Series notes|the "Bird Human" film]]. Gave [[Ranka Lee]] the part of [[Mao Nome]] after the original actress was wounded during a car accident caused by a wild beast attack. This impulsed Ranka's musical career into stardom. The character's physical appearance was based on that of series director [[Shoji Kawamori]].
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;{{nihongo|Dr. [[Mao Nome]]|Dr. マオ ノーム|Dokuta. Mao Noomu}} <b> (Macross Zero) </b>
[[oc:Prèmi Nobel de literatura]]
:The Mayan sister of [[Sara Nome]] who was also involved in the events of ''[[Macross Zero]]''. Apparently Ozma Lee knew her. In 2047 she was a scientist in the 117th Long Distance Research Fleet and headed a project to manage and prevent a ''Vajra'' related viral infection (the ''V-Type'' infection) with Grace O'Connor and Ranshe Mei as her assistants. She had a background in researching Protoculture Civilization too. Mao is known to have had a family, a daughter by whom she had a grand daughter at the time of her fleet's demise. This grand daughter, who has inherited Mao's earrings, is believed to be Sheryl Nome. Mao is presumed to have been killed during the destruction of the 117th fleet.
[[pl:Nagroda Nobla w dziedzinie literatury]]

[[pt:Nobel de Literatura]]
;{{nihongo|Ranshe Mei| ランシェ|}}
[[ro:Premiul Nobel pentru Literatură]]
:{{anime voices|Maaya Sakamoto}}
[[qu:Nobel Suñay Simi Kapchiypi]]
:[[Ranka Lee]]'s and Brera Sterne's mother who was a leading scientist in the 117th Long Distance Research Fleet and worked in Dr. Mao's team in 2047. She later appeared to Ranka in a vision when she was held captive inside a ''Vajra'' mothership. Like Sheryl Nome, Ranshe was also infected with the "V-Type" infection while pregnant with Ranka, what gave Ranka permanent immunity to the otherwise lethal infection. She is believed to have died during the destruction of the 117th fleet.
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==References==
[[simple:Nobel Prize in Literature]]
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[[uk:Нобелівська премія з літератури]]
[[bat-smg:Nuobele literatūras premėjė]]
[[zh:诺贝尔文学奖]]

Revision as of 07:10, 10 October 2008

This is a list of characters from the anime series Macross Frontier. They had been unveiled on the official website in early December 2007.[1]

Main characters

Ranka Lee (ランカ・リー, Ranka Rī)
Voiced by: Megumi Nakajima
  • Age: 16
A petite, lively and cheerful, although naive, girl with green hair. She suffers from amnesia as a result of witnessing the destruction of the 117th Long Distance Research Fleet, in which her biological family perished. As an adopted younger sister of S.M.S. ace Ozma Lee, she initially attends a girl's high school at the urging of her brother while working part-time in the Chinese restaurant "Nyan-Nyan". She later transfers to the Mihoshi Academy to facilitate her singing career after being discovered at the Miss Macross contest and an ensuing movie. Ranka started off as a huge fan of Sheryl Nome. She has loved singing since her childhood and dreams to become a singer. She is one-quarter Zentradi, which gives her the ability to have her hair move on its own according to her feelings, as well as having an above-average resistance to space vacuum. She has developed a crush on Alto Saotome, specially after being rescued by him when the Vajra first attacked Macross Frontier fleet. It is revealed that she has a deep connection to the Vajra, as her songs confuse them and she feels severe pain whenever large amounts of Vajra are killed in her vicinity. The exact nature of this ability has been explained as the result of her mother's exposure to the "V-Type" infection during pregnancy. Ranka is referred to as the "little queen" by Grace O'Connor, suggesting that her relation to the Vajra may be more than it seems. In episode 21, she left the Macross Frontier fleet (along with her bodyguard Brera Stern) while trying to deliver her Vajra pet "Ai-Kun" to the rest of its species. She and Brera eventually find the planet of origin of the Vajra. Ranka is captured by them, just as she recalls her past and realizes that Brera is her biological brother. While being held on the Vajra planet, she realizes that everything that happened to the 117th fleet was her fault because her singing attracts the Vajra. Grace O'Connor managed to manipulate Ranka into compromising the Vajra fold communication network, allowing her to send the Vajra against the incoming Macross Frontier fleet during their final battle. However, with the help of Alto and company, she manages to break free from Grace's influence and rallies the Vajra to side with the Frontier fleet to defeat Grace. In the final scene, she is seen telling Sheryl that she will not allow herself to lose, whether in singing or in love.
Sheryl Nome (シェリル・ノーム, Sheriru Nōmu)
Voiced by: Aya Endo, singing voice: May'n
  • Age: 17
Known as the "Galactic Fairy", she is a pop idol from Macross Galaxy fleet. She constantly tops music charts, and it is said that it is impossible not to hear her songs if you live in this galaxy. Naturally, her popularity is soaring high in sister fleet, Macross Frontier. Due to her beauty and singing talent, she is a very proud and self-assured person. Sheryl has recognized the singing talent of Ranka Lee and often offers to help her 'behind the scenes' to realize her dream of singing. Sheryl's first encounter with Alto Saotome was when he served as a backup 'performer' at her first concert in Frontier. Eventually, she also develops a crush on him. Sheryl is apparently a failed experimental subject called Fairy 9 and was "discarded" by Grace O'Connor in Galia 4, but she made it back to Frontier together with Michael in his VF-25G. Confronting Grace O'Connor for sabotaging her career, she was told that she used to be an anonymous and homeless orphan girl living in Galaxy's slums, where Grace picked her up for the Fairy 9 project. Grace also revealed that Sheryl is suffering from a terminal "V-Type" infection and will soon die in the absence of a cure. Crushed by the revelation, she almost quit singing altogether if not were Alto's encouragement and the desperation brought on by a vicious Vajra assault on Frontier. While Sheryl was singing for a charity concert, Luca Angelloni found that her infection gave her similar abilities to those of Ranka Lee in producing fold waves through her singing, albeit to a lesser extent. Leon's administration immediately sought her help, instantly resurrecting her singing career, for the final assaults against the Vajra. A messaged photograph found by Ozma and the rest of the S.M.S. deserters in the remains of the 117th fleet suggests that Sheryl Nome is in fact Dr. Mao Nome's biological granddaughter, with her fold quartz earrings possibly inherited from Mao. It also suggests that her mother fell on hard times shortly after "death" of her grandmother. During the final battle, Ranka Lee cures Sheryl's infection by sending the "V-Type" microbes from her brain into her abdomen, resulting in Sheryl having the same capability as Ranka to link up with the Vajra through singing. Sheryl then joins Ranka in rallying the Vajra to side with the Frontier fleet and defeat Grace. In the final scene, she along with Ranka welcomes Alto onto the Vajra home planet and accepts Ranka's friendly challenge on singing and love.
Alto Saotome (早乙女アルト (novel：早乙女 有人), Saotome Aruto)
Voiced by: Yuichi Nakamura
  • Age: 16 → 17
A high school student in the Mihoshi Academy Pilot Training course. As a result of his fine features and long hair he is often mistaken for a girl at first glance, even receiving the nickname 'Hime' (Princess). His appearance was inherited from his late mother, Miyo. Despite his appearance, he is otherwise a rather normal boy, though somewhat aloof and standoffish. Born into a well-known Kabuki family, his persistent yearning for the skies has made for a thorny relationship with his father. Alto is now undertaking pilot courses at Mihoshi Academy. He is constantly fretting about living aboard Macross Frontier. After getting the chance to pilot the VF-25 Messiah variable fighter (due to its original pilot Henry Gilliam being killed by a large type Vajra) his flying skills bring the attention of Ozma Lee, who accepts him as a candidate for the S.M.S. Skull Squadron. He has developed emotional bond with both Ranka Lee and Sheryl Nome, despite not knowing how he truly feels for both of them. When S.M.S. grew suspicious of Leon and breaks away from the Frontier fleet, Alto was one of the few S.M.S. members who stayed behind on Frontier. He joins the N.U.N.S. forces and is assigned as squad leader (3 fighters) with call sign Sagittarius-1. As a result, he was given a new VF-171EX variable fighter. After being told by Leon Mishima that Ranka may become a tool for the Vajra in their war against mankind, Alto vows to kill her if necessary to save the Macross Frontier fleet. He was presumed dead after his VF-171EX was destroyed by Brera Sterne's VF-27 during the initial stages of the final battle between the Macross Frontier fleet and the Vajra. However, Alto had actually jettisoned from the VF-171EX before it was shot down. He then resumes the fight in his original VF-25 Messiah, stopping Grace O'Connor in the end by using Michel's sniper rifle and aided by Brera who had broken free from Grace's control. As the Frontier fleet lands on the Vajra home planet, he abandons his damaged VF-25 in the atmosphere, giving it a finally salute and fullfilling his dream of flying in a real sky with his EX-Gear, overflying Sheryl and Ranka as they await him on the ground. Alto is shown using the same flying hand technique as Isamu Alva Dyson while his VF-25 was in slave mode.

Mihoshi Academy

Michael Blanc (ミハエル・ブラン, Mihaeru Buran)
Voiced by: Hiroshi Kamiya
Alto's classmate and friendly rival. He is an excellent marksman, and his motto is to always acquire his targets, be it an enemy or a woman—maintaining his reputation as a considerable ladies' man. He is the originator of Alto's nickname, "Alto Hime" (Princess Alto). Aside from leading a normal school life, he is also the 2nd Lieutenant of the S.M.S. Skull Squadron and pilots a blue VF-25G (gunner/sniper version). He initially expresses doubt over Alto joining the Skull Squadron, but later accepts him. For normal daily life he wears corrective glasses. His older sister Jessica took care of him since childhood after their parents died, but she committed suicide a few years ago after being disgraced by a friendly fire incident. Michael is also one of the most observant characters, noticing the love triangle between Alto, Ranka, and Sheryl as well as catching on to Grace's insidious plot behind the scenes. He is a childhood friend of Klan Klan. Michael Blanc was killed after being stabbed by a stage 2 Vajra and thrown into space during the events of episode 20, just after telling Klan that he loved her while saving her from a Vajra assault in the S.M.S. micronization/macronization chamber. His VF-25G was eventually piloted by a micronized Klan, and its sniper rifle was used by Alto to destroy Grace, thus ending the conflict with the Vajra.
Luca Angelloni (ルカ・アンジェローニ, Ruka Anjerōni)
Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama
Alto and Michael's junior classmate. He is often frustrated with his seniors, who like to give him a hard time. He is a genius with computers and military electronics. As with Michael, he is a member of the S.M.S. Skull Squadron. He pilots a green RVF-25 (reconnaissance version). His fighter is custodied by three pet Ghost Drones (which he calls Shimon, Johanne and Petero, or Simon, John and Peter) that respond to his verbal commands. His penchant for naming objects with Biblical names extends to his EX-Gear, which he calls "Samson". He is also the heir to the L.A.I. corporation, which means he has access to exotic technologies and is somewhat involved in Grace and Leon's plans. It is also strongly hinted that he has a crush on his classmate Nanase Matsuura. After Nanase was injured and Michael was killed due to the Vajra attack inside the Frontier, Luca, together with Alto, vowed to destroy the Vajra. He flew the new Recon version of the VF-171EX until the final battle with the Vajra, where he switched to his original RVF-25 and with Klien Klan towed Alto's VF-25 to him. During the final battle Luca disengaged the leash program on his Ghost Drones for the first time to counter Macross Galaxy's V-9 Ghost Attack Drones. While the drones were eventually destroyed, they succeeded in covering Alto to complete the mission. After fleet lands on Vajra homeworld, he seen rushing to Nanase Matsuura bedside as she wakens from her injuries.
Nanase Matsuura (松浦 ナナセ, Matsuura Nanase)
Voiced by: Houko Kuwashima
Another classmate of Alto, Michael and Luca, Matsuura is also Ranka Lee's friend. A shy, quiet and voluptuous girl with glasses, she also works in the same "Nyan-Nyan" restaurant as Ranka and supports her dream of becoming a singer. Nanase Matsuura does possess artistic abilites and can draw very well too. She was recently hired by Grace to become Ranka's costume designer. Nanase was severely wounded in her right eye and other parts of her body during a Vajra attack inside Macross Frontier. Sheryl Nome took her into a shelter for medical attention, thus saving her life. However, due to the injuries she became unconscious and did not reawaken until the Frontier fleet landed on the Vajra homeworld.

Civilian Military Provider S.M.S. (Strategic Military Services)

Ozma Lee (オズマ・リー, Ozuma Rī)
Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi
The top ace in the S.M.S. private military company and leader of Skull squadron, he holds the rank of Major. A former N.U.N.S. pilot, he has plenty of combat experience backing him up. He is a fan of Fire Bomber and often plays their songs in his car or while at home, and also named one of Skull Squadron's battle formations after one of their songs ("Planet Dance"). Although laid-back and careless on the outside, he knows when to be serious, and believes that the real duty of a soldier is to care for his subordinates and civilians. He is somewhat overprotective of his sister Ranka Lee, and lies to her about his work so she will not worry about him, telling her he has a desk job in a company's personnel department. He is actually unrelated to Ranka by blood and is only her adopted brother, constantly blaming himself for the failure of protecting her real family during a Vajra attack on the 117th Large Scale Research Fleet 11 years ago.
He also had a prior romantic relationship with NUNS 2nd LT Cathy Glass sometime in the past, which makes their current working relationship on Macross Quarter a little tense at times.
He is seen in episode 02 driving what seems to be a replica of a first generation 1986 Lancia Delta Integrale painted in his VF-25's color scheme.
Like Cathy Glass, Ozma Lee had grown suspicious of Leon Mishima's intentions and confronted him only to be arrested by his men. However, he and Cathy escape and find the body of president Howard Glass after Leon had him killed inside Battle Frontier. He and Cathy are found by Bobby and return to the Macross Quarter to tell the truth about Howard Glass' death. Ozma learns that Ranka has left the Frontier fleet to recover her memories and decides that he must also choose his own path. When S.M.S. resorts to piracy and separates from the Frontier fleet in the Macross Quarter, Ozma battles Alto and, before joining the Macross Quarter in its fold jump, tells Alto that he has improved and reminds him to choose his own path. He was one of the primary investigators at Galia 4, where the Macross Quarter uncovers the truth behind the Vajra and the corrupted factions in both the Galaxy and Frontier fleets. After Macross Quarter rendezvous with the Frontier fleet during the final battle, he joins the foray and fires reaction missiles at Grace. However, the missiles prove ineffective against Grace, who having compromised the Vajra queen now wields an impenetrable super-dimension energy shield. Eventually he manages to cover Alto so he can defeat Grace. In the closing scene, he is seen to be back with Cathy as the Frontier fleet settles on the Vajra home planet.
Canaria Berstein (カナリア・ベルシュタイン, Kanaria Berushutain)
Voiced by: Houko Kuwashima
First lieutenant in the S.M.S. and the pilot of Skull Team's VB-6 König Monster variable bomber. Although she rarely speaks, when she does her words have great weight and she often advises Ozma. Canaria also serves as a military medic for S.M.S. She is married and has a young son named Eddie. Canaria leaves them at Frontier after departing with Ozma and the rest of the S.M.S. desertors. During the climatic battle against the Vajra, she fires at the Battle Galaxy bridge, distracting it long enough for the Macross Quarter to destroy its Macross Cannon and enabling the Battle Frontier to destroy the Battle Galaxy ship itself.
Klein Klan (クラン・クラン, Kuran Kuran)
Voiced by: Megumi Toyoguchi
A blue-haired Zentradi female (Meltrandi) who is in command of the all-female S.M.S. Pixie Squadron, with the rank of captain. As a childhood friend of Michael Blanc, she actually harbors a crush on him that does not seem to be reciprocated until too late. She is also a top ace Queadluun-Rea power-armor pilot. Due to a certain genetic anomaly, she appears her age as a fully-developed Meltrandi while macronized, but becomes physically a juvenile in her micronized form. This makes her the perfect target for Michael's mockery. In episode 20 Klan reveals her love to Michael in the heat of battle, only to watch helplessly from the macronization chamber how he dies trying to protect her. Michael's last words of confession prompts her to tell Alto to be honest with his feelings for Sheryl and Ranka, in the process revealing Sheryl's fatal infection to Alto. When the Macross Quarter deserts the Frontier fleet, Klan is one of those who stayed behind, saluting the ship as it launches past her. During the final battle, her Quaedluun-Rea was critically damaged by Brera Sterne, but she sprung back into action in Michael's VF-25 while in micronized form, trumping her sniping skills. In the climatic confrontation with Grace, her VF is damaged while covering Alto, so she gave Michael's sniper rifle to Alto, with which he defeated Grace.
Nene Rora (ネネ・ローラ, Nene Rōra)
Voiced by: Aya Hirano
A tall (by Zentradi standards) pink-haired Meltlandi who is part of the all-female S.M.S. Pixie Squadron. A calm, gentle and kind character. She remained in the Frontier fleet along with Klan, Luca and Alto during the recent S.M.S. desertion. She is seen on the surface of the Vajra home planet in macronized form after the human-Vajra conflict subsided.
Raramia Reremia (ララミア・レレニア)
A red-haired Meltlandi who is part of the all-female S.M.S. Pixie Squadron. A boyish looking young woman with an intense gaze. She died in Episode 14 when her Queadluun-Rea power-armor received a direct hit during battle with the Vajra. Raramia never spoke once during the entire series.
Jeffrey Wilder (ジェフリー・ワイルダー, Jefurī Wairudā)
Voiced by: Tōru Ōkawa
Captain of SMS Macross Quarter. A colonel in the S.M.S. ranks, he used to be a pilot in an U.N. Forces aircraft carrier early on his career. A seasoned veteran, he has a beard and a horizontal scar across his face as proof of his previous combat experience. Though a very polite officer, he can become highly mischievous when the situation requires it. It is mentioned that he lost his wife some time ago. When he receives an order from Richard Bilrer that the S.M.S. would be disbanded and then reincorporated into the N.U.N.S. (just as he learned the truth regarding President Glass' death from Cathy and Ozma) Wilder declares that the S.M.S. are now pirates instead of soldiers and successfully convinces the other S.M.S. members (excluding Klan, Nene, Alto and Luca among some others) to join them. He then commands the Macross Quarter to detach itself from the Frontier and go into a fold jump. After he and his crew investigated the truth behind the Vajra attacks and the corrupted factions from the Galaxy and Frontier fleets at Galia 4, he filed a report to the government on Earth and took his ship to the Vajra home planet to help stop the conflict between humanity and the Vajra. He asks Monica Lange, if she will stand with him when they go to confront Leon and the Vajra, showing that he knew her feelings for him and that he shared them too. Captain Wilder brings Macross Quarter back to the Vajra homeworld and presents evidence of Leon's involvement in the assassination of President Glass and his working with the true enemy, the co-conspirators from Macross Galaxy fleet. He and his crew are victorious in defending Battle Frontier. Both his ship and Battle Frontier confronted Macross Galaxy's flagship, Battle Galaxy and destroyed it. He is later seen on the surface of the Vajra planet with rest of bridge crew and Monica Lange at his side.
Bobby Margot (ボビー・マルゴ, Bobī Marugo)
Voiced by: Kenta Miyake
Highly skilled helmsman of the S.M.S. mothership, SMS Macross Quarter. Somewhat stern in appearance, he is "just like a girl inside", as he often says. He was a hair stylist, as well as a make-up artist, somewhere in the past. He is well-liked by female crew members for his good understanding of others. He's an openly gay man and has not-so secret feelings for Ozma, however he says he's "Way beyond the point in life where he needs his love to be reciprocated." Tends to constantly criticize N.U.N.S. actions on a regular basis. Apparently very feminine, calm and soft-spoken during peace time, he will become quite serious, daring and aggressive during combat. He is also considered a fan of Nekki Basara from Macross 7, as he refers to him as Basara-Sama
Monica Lange (モニカ・ラング, Monika Rangu)
Voiced by: Rie Tanaka
One of the bridge operators of SMS Macross Quarter. In charge of the main search radar and chief of the main operator group, she has a serious leader personality type. It was revealed later that she is enamoured with Captain Wilder. In episode 24, Captain Wilder show he know of his love for him and show he loves her as well. She and he are later seen on Vajra homeworld together with rest of the bridge crew.
Mina Roshan (ミーナ・ローシャン, Mīna Rōshan)
Voiced by: Aya Hirano
One of the bridge operators of SMS Macross Quarter. Currently in charge of internal warship status management. Despite having an IQ of 180, she sometimes has trouble adjusting to the pace of her fellow teammates. She is proud of her high level of intelligence. Mina is also of Indian ancestry.
Ram Hoa (ラム・ホア, Ramu Hoa)
Voiced by: Kaori Fukuhara
One of the bridge operators of SMS Macross Quarter. In charge of communication and main weapons control. A person of not too many words that tends to classify everything that she comes into contact on a regular basis.
Henry Gilliam (ヘンリー・ギリアム, Henrī Giriamu)
Voiced by: Takashi Oohara
A pilot in the S.M.S. Skull Team and Ozma Lee's second in command. He lost his life in Episode 01 while defending the Macross Frontier fleet in the first Vajra attack of 2059. His VF-25 Messiah variable fighter is now piloted by Alto.
Richard Bilrer (リチャード・ビルラー, Richādo Birurā)
Voiced by: Tadashi Miyazawa
The mysterious macronized Zentradi owner of the S.M.S. Civilian Military Provider Company. Has multiple artificial implants in his body and some of them enable him to receive telephone calls directly into his left ear. As shown in Episodes 14 and 15, Mr. Bilrer is a model train otaku and dreams of connecting the whole galaxy using the mysterious fold quartz obtained from the Vajra. It was revealed during the final episode of the series that he has a picture of the long lost celebrity Lynn Minmay inside the fold quartz in his ring and that he intended to meet her again using the Vajra's fold communication network.
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S.M.S. member who was killed by the Vajra during their assault into the S.M.S. macronization chambers in Episode 20. Alto and his friends find her body while escaping from the enemy.

New United Nations/ Military related

Cathy Glass (キャシー・グラス, Kyashī Gurasu)
Voiced by: Sanae Kobayashi
  • Age: 23
A N.U.N.S. General Staff second lieutenant attached to the Macross Frontier, she is also the President's daughter. A good thinker, she has both brain and looks. After having graduating from university with honors, she joined NUNS and is being fast-tracked into the elite. A very competent officer, she sometimes lacks flexibility. In the Miss Macross contest, she would be placed on a championship level (she was actually a runner-up on the 8th contest). She had a relationship with Leon Mishima without her father's knowledge and was formerly in a relationship with Ozma Lee before that. She became part of the SMS Macross Quarter crew during a mission to rescue the Macross Galaxy fleet from the Vajra. Like Ozma, she had grown suspicious of Leon's intentions and confronted him only to be arrested by his men. However, she and Ozma escape and find the body of her father after Leon had him killed at the gangway of Battle Frontier. Later, they return to the Macross Quarter after being found by Bobby, and they tell everyone of the truth about Howard Glass’s death. She later joins the Macross Quarter crew into exile to investigate the truth and participates in the final battle. After the Frontier fleet settles on the Vajra home planet, she is seen to be back with Ozma Lee.
Howard Glass (ハワード・グラス, Hawādo Gurasu)
Voiced by: Tomomichi Nishimura
The forth elected president of the New United Nations Government and also the administrative director of the Macross Frontier fleet. His administration was responsible for the creation of the Frontier colony fleet. As president, he shoulders all political decisions to ensure the security and well-being of his citizens. He is also Cathy's father. President Glass died on episode 20 after being gunned down (as well as his two personal bodyguards) en route to the Battle Frontier bridge by Leon Mishima's men.
Leon Mishima (レオン・三島, Reon Mishima)
Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita
The President's aide and Chief of Staff. An ever calm and composed man, he is President Glass' close associate. He is a constant source of all political trends and winds, and is in a relationship with Cathy Glass. He knows far more about the Vajra than it seems and apparently is working in secret with Grace O'Connor. In episode 15 it is revealed that he also helped Grace to lure the Vajra to Frontier. He assigned Brera Sterne, a cyborg, as Ranka Lee's personal bodyguard. Ozma and Cathy confronted him on his planned "Coup d'état", but Leon told that them that they were too late as he already had a sniper targeting Howard Glass. However, the sniper is killed during a Vajra attack, and Glass escapes. Eventually Mishima succeeds and the president is murdered by his men inside Battle Frontier, what gives him total control of practically all N.U.N.S. forces in the Frontier fleet. After this, he becomes the fifth president of the Frontier government.
Leon also betrays Grace by ordering her execution, but she single-handlely murders his men and escapes from Frontier. Later, Leon reveals to Alto the findings about Vajra and surprises him by stating that they are using Ranka to destroy humanity. Leon also declares to Macross Frontier's population that they have only three months of oxygen left to sustain themselves and that the only way they can survive is to annihilate the Vajra and claim their planet for the people of the fleet.
During the final battle with the Vajra, the Macross Quarter returns from exile and saves the Battle Frontier from a Vajra fleet attack. Then Captain Wilder reveals to N.U.N.S. officials that Leon was behind the Vajra attacks as well as the murder of President Glass, leading to his prompt arrest.
Machida (マキー, Mashiida)
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N.U.N.S. VF-171 pilot from the Macross Frontier fleet.
Captain Wilen (ウィラン大尉, Wiran Taii)
Voiced by: Daisuke Matsuo
N.U.N.S. pilot from the Macross Galaxy fleet. He reports to the Macross Frontier headquarters that his fleet is under attack by a large horde of Vajra.
Jessica Blanc (ジェシカ, Yessica Brancu)
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Michael Blanc's older sister who took care of him after their parents died. Also a N.U.N.S. pilot, she commited suicide after being blamed for the death of a fellow pilot during a friendly fire incident 4 years ago. They were both in a relationship and it is generally assumed by authorities that Jessica killed her lover in revenge for breaking up with her.
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Macronized Zentradi leader of the N.U.N.S. 33rd Naval/Marine Fleet stationed in planet Galia 4. He and his men helped Alto Saotome fight Tehmzin's rebellion and rescue Sheryl.
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Macronized Zentradi advisor of the N.U.N.S. 33rd Naval/Marine Fleet stationed in planet Galia 4. Died during the "Dimension Eater" explosion when the Assault Module of the Queadol-Magdomilla Class Fleet Command Battleship was destroyed.
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Macronized Zentradi soldier of the N.U.N.S. 33rd Naval/Marine Fleet stationed in planet Galia 4. He was the leader of a rebel faction that kidnapped Sheryl when she was unable to give her concert. Tehmzin was one of the many Zentradi who were disruntled with the peace between Zentradi and Humans, and longed to restart the war and reassert Zentradi dominance in the galaxy. Alto Saotome defeated him in battle.

Others

Grace O'Connor (グレイス・オコナー, Gureisu Okonā)
Voiced by: Kikuko Inoue
The series' main antagonist, Grace first appears as Sheryl's manager from Galaxy Fleet and as a person with a gentle and calm attitude. She appeared to often upset her employer despite having considerable abilities. Grace also showed bio-mechanical implants that allowed her to digitally record certain images into her mind, as well as receive cellphone calls directly into her right ear. She also appeared to be secretly working with Brera Sterne as his superior.
In the 13th episode, it is revealed that Grace is a cyborg as well, as she unleashes from her arm a series of conduits to activate a weapon of mass destruction called a "Dimension Eater". She apparently perishes in the ensuing fold dislocation, calmly wishing everyone from Macross Frontier good luck before the Dimension Eater engulfs her and then almost half of the planet of Galia 4, triggering a large scale Vajra attack on the Frontier fleet in the process and destroying the N.U.N.S. 33rd Naval/Marine fleet base on the planet surface. It was revealed later that Grace uploaded her mind into another cyborg body. Returning to Macross Frontier, she picks up Ranka Lee and becomes her manager.
Back in 2047, she was a scientist in the 117th Long Distance Research Fleet and worked in Dr. Mao Nome's team, surviving the destruction of the fleet during the Vajra attack a year later. It is believed she is chief suspect of cause of the destruction of the fleet. In 2053, she continued the research on the V-Type infection in Galaxy Fleet, using Sheryl Nome as the test subject and manufacturing Sheryl's entire idol status for her purposes.
Grace is later betrayed by Leon Mishima who orders her assassination, but she single handlely kills Leon's men and escapes from Frontier in her own VF-27 variable fighter. Grace eventually rendezvous with Brera and reveals to him that Ranka is his sister, but immediately activates his slave mode forcing him to follow her orders. Afterwards she discovers the location of the main Vajra Queen and merges her cybernetic body with it. Eventually she manages to compromise the Vajra fold communication network by manipulating Ranka and sending the Vajra against the Macross Frontier fleet during their final battle. Grace and her cyberlinked fellow conspirators from Galaxy fleet merge with the Vajra network gaining total control over them, while she declares that they do not need "Little Queen" Ranka anymore as they feel the power of controlling the Vajra's galactic scale "Body". She becomes power-mad and declares war against anyone who opposes her, sending compromised Vajra war fleets to human/zentradi colony fleets and even to Macross City on Earth.
In the end, Ranka and Sheryl's songs release the Vajra from her control and she is soundly defeated by the combined Vajra, S.M.S. and Macross Frontier fleet forces. Grace O'Connor is literally executed by Alto Saotome who used Michel's VF-25G sniper rifle to destroy her in the end.
Brera Sterne (ブレラ・ストーン, Burera Sutōn)
Voiced by: Sōichirō Hoshi
Also known as Brera Mei, he is the mysterious pilot of the crimson VF-27 variable fighter that Alto Saotome encounters for the first time inside a Vajra carrier. Brera seems to know how to play the first part of Ranka's song "Aimo" using his harmonica. After saving Ranka from a wild beast attack, the injuries Brera sustained revealed that he is also a cyborg. He harbors a great deal of concern for Ranka's well-being, but he doesn't exactly know why. A picture discovered by Alto Saotome inside the ,Macross Class SDF Global that revealed that Brera had some kind of connection to Ranka before becoming a cyborg.
It is eventually revealed that he is a Major in the Galaxy Fleet Antares Squadron. He is currently Ranka's bodyguard and also likes to listen to Ranka's songs, describing the feeling he gets from her songs as being enveloped in a universe that accepts him instead of rejecting him. Brera assists Ranka Lee into delivering her stage 2 Vajra pet "Ai-kun" to the rest of its species. Some time later he and Ranka find the planet of origin of the Vajra. Grace O'Connor tells Brera that Ranka Lee is his younger sister, but then she activates his slave mode forcing him to follow her orders. During the final battle Grace makes Brera help the Vajra by destroying Alto's VF-171EX and apparently killing him in the process. However, Alto had actually jettisoned before his variable fighter was destroyed by Brera. The explosion of a Vajra carrier nearby shattered Brera Sterne's head implant thus freeing him from Grace's control afterwards. He then proceeded to encourage Ranka in shrugging off Grace's influence. Brera eventually teams up with Alto and covers him while he defeats Grace O'Connor in the end.
Ranzou Saotome (早乙女 嵐蔵, Saotome Ranzō)
Alto's father and the 18th sōke of the Saotome family. A very strict person, he has trained his son harshly since youth which has resulted in their current estranged relationship. However, after a close brush with death, Ranzou is willing to make amends with Alto and officially name him successor to the Saotome family.
Elmo Kridanik (エルモ・クリダニク, Erumo Kuridaniku)
Voiced by: Tōru Ōkawa
The president manager of the small talent agency "Vector Productions". He heard Ranka's singing by chance and scouted her, becoming her manager. However, after Leon Mishima realizes that Ranka Lee's singing has an effect on the Vajra he assigns Grace O'Connor as Ranka's new manager and fires Elmo. He was seen taking shelter in the same bunker as Sheryl and watching her sing during a Vajra attack. Elmo became Sheryl Nome's new manager some time later.
George Yamamori (ジョージ・山森, Georuge Yamamori)
Voiced by: Tōru Ōkawa
The director of the "Bird Human" film. Gave Ranka Lee the part of Mao Nome after the original actress was wounded during a car accident caused by a wild beast attack. This impulsed Ranka's musical career into stardom. The character's physical appearance was based on that of series director Shoji Kawamori.
Dr. Mao Nome (Dr. マオ ノーム, Dokuta. Mao Noomu) (Macross Zero)
The Mayan sister of Sara Nome who was also involved in the events of Macross Zero. Apparently Ozma Lee knew her. In 2047 she was a scientist in the 117th Long Distance Research Fleet and headed a project to manage and prevent a Vajra related viral infection (the V-Type infection) with Grace O'Connor and Ranshe Mei as her assistants. She had a background in researching Protoculture Civilization too. Mao is known to have had a family, a daughter by whom she had a grand daughter at the time of her fleet's demise. This grand daughter, who has inherited Mao's earrings, is believed to be Sheryl Nome. Mao is presumed to have been killed during the destruction of the 117th fleet.
Ranshe Mei (ランシェ)
Voiced by: Maaya Sakamoto
Ranka Lee's and Brera Sterne's mother who was a leading scientist in the 117th Long Distance Research Fleet and worked in Dr. Mao's team in 2047. She later appeared to Ranka in a vision when she was held captive inside a Vajra mothership. Like Sheryl Nome, Ranshe was also infected with the "V-Type" infection while pregnant with Ranka, what gave Ranka permanent immunity to the otherwise lethal infection. She is believed to have died during the destruction of the 117th fleet.

References

  1. ^ Macross F Cast List 0!
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