原作第1話を描いたアニメが、2016年11月27日から開催されたジャンプスペシャルアニメフェスタ2016にて上映され、2017年5月2日発売予定のコミックス第11巻アニメDVD同梱版に収録される予定。

1890年，一场世纪大赛“SBR”于美国举开。全长共6000公里，是人类史上第一场骑乘马匹横越北美大陆的比赛！为了拿下高达5千万美元（60亿日元）的冠军奖金，一群强悍的冒险家们正式展开了他们的争战！

Toya Senji is talentless. He's tried everything but he can't seem to excel at anything no matter how hard he tries. Then he meets Haito, a Kendo champion and... humanity's protector? She uses the Stem of Reincarnation to draw on the abilities of her past lives, but it only works when she slits her own throat. And now she wants Toya to join her?!

公元2067年，以银河系边境的星系为中心，丧失自我而狂暴化、极尽破坏之能事的“Var”症候群，正在逐渐扩大。察觉事态严重性的星间复合企业体，为了将这一症状镇静化，将少女们的“战术音乐组合Walküre”与执行共同作战的“Valkyrie部队”编成到一起。
另一方面，“风之王国”的被称作“空中骑士团”的“谜之Valkyrie部队”开始行动。在“原始文明的遗产”之谜的交错当中，超越星系的热切恋情与友情的物语开幕。
《超时空要塞》新作动画《超时空要塞Δ》制作的消息于2014年10月发表。2015年9月正式确定标题，同年10月29日举办了制作发表会，12月31日放送特别节目。

Macross Delta is set in the year 2067, 8 years after the events of the latest Macross TV series, Macross Frontier. The story focuses on Walküre, a team of talented idols and the Delta Squadron, a team of experienced Valkyrie pilots as they battle against the Var Syndrome, a mysterious phenomena that is consuming the galaxy and there is also the mysterious Aerial Knights Valkyrie fighter team of the Kingdom of Wind.

On the day Touma Kamijou and Index see Academy City's space elevator, Endymion in the distance, they meet a Level 0 girl with an amazing singing voice, Arisa Meigo. As the three enjoy their time together after school, magic-user Stiyl Magnus suddenly attacks them. His target: Arisa. Why would a girl from the science side be targeted by someone from the magic side, Touma wonders. In the chaos of Stiyl's attack, he tells Touma, Index and Arisa that she might cause a war between the magic side and the science side.