>>11475251
>what a bizarre thing to do in a mecha series.
You don't know Macross if you think a pacifistic protagonist is the weirdest thing it has. This is a universe where music magically buffs allies or debuffs enemies.
> you could move people with music played on a speaker..
Funny you say that - they actually make military-grade speaker packs for most VFs in the series, and they literally exist just to broadcast music - not sonic attacks, not ECM jammers, just music usually sung by pop idols. Basara's is no exception (see pic rel), his is just modified to broadcast his performances as he jams out on his guitar in the cockpit.
>>11475236
>>11475265
The Fire Valkyrie is a custom VF-19. The stock version of it, the VF-19 (and its prototype, the YF-19), comes with a gun pod by default, so even if Basara doesn't use his, it still came with one before he modified it. That being said, this guy's gun looks like a black version of Basara's custom sound pod gun rather than the stock gun pod - it's just painted black and has blue plates on it now.
>>11475286
>Man it really just should've been Hot Rod shouldn't it?
Blaster would have been far more fitting, if you knew the character and franchise he's from.