>>6410269Naturally, I thought Top Gun. However, Top Gun is from 1986. Macross is from 1982.
I remember reading somewhere that Roy Fokker was influenced by Sleggar of 0079, even as far as calling him "the son of Sleggar".
From there, Roy apparently was an influence in SEED's Mwu, with the "older pilot/rookie" dynamic that's repeated in Roy/Hikaru and Mwu/Kira.