The official Twitter account of Bandai Namco's Bandai Collectors division has confirmed on Sunday that the second Macross Frontier film, Macross Frontier ~Sayonara no Tsubasa~, will open in Japan on February 26, 2011. The announcement was made at Girasama Carnival, the summer Macross Frontier event which ran at the Pacifico Yokohama on Sunday.

The first film based on the Macross Frontier television series, Macross Frontier ~Itsuwari no Utahime~, opened on November 21, 2009 and ended with a teaser for the second film.

Update: A two-night Macross Frontier event will run on December 22 at Tokyo's Nippon Budōkan, and on December 24 in Kobe's Port Island Hall. Macross Frontier composer Yoko Kanno is presenting the event, and more details will be revealed on September 9 at 9:00 p.m.