'Robotech'
Genre	Mecha, Science Fiction, Space Opera
TV anime: 'Robotech: The Macross Saga, The Masters, The New Generation'
Directed by	Robert V. Barron
Studio	Harmony Gold USA, Tatsunoko
Network	syndicated ABS-CBN
Original run	March 4, 1985 – July 1985 (USA)
No. of episodes	85 x 25 minutes (IMDb)
Movie: Robotech: The Movie (aka. The Untold Story)
Directed by	Carl Macek & Noboru Ishiguro
Produced by	Ahmed Agrama & Toru Miura
Music by	Three Dog Night
Studio	Harmony Gold USA, Tatsunoko, IDOL Co.
Released	July 25, 1986 (Texas, limited)
Runtime	82 minutes (IMDb)
OVA: Robotech II: The Sentinels
Directed by	Carl Macek
Studio	Harmony Gold USA, Tatsunoko
No. of episodes	1 (remainder of series cancelled)
Released	1987 (VHS) 2001 (DVD)
Runtime	85 minutes (IMDb)
TV anime: 'Robotech 3000'
Directed by	Carl Macek
Studio	Harmony Gold USA, Netter Digital
Network	(never aired)
Original run	2000 (proposed) – (cancelled)
No. of episodes	3 minutes (trailer only)
Movie: Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles
Directed by	Tommy Yune & Dong-Wook Lee
Produced by	Jason Netter
Music by	Scott Glasgow
Studio	Harmony Gold USA, Tatsunoko, DR Movie
Released	August 25, 2006 (festival) January 5, 2007 (USA) February 6, 2007 (DVD) March 14, 2007 (Australia) July 23, 2007 (UK)
Runtime	88 minutes (IMDb)

Robotech is a science fiction franchise that was launched by an 85-episode adaptation of three different anime television series. Within the combined and edited story, Robotechnology refers to the scientific advances discovered in an alien starship that crashed on a South Pacific island. With this technology, Earth developed giant robotic machines or mecha (many of which were capable of transforming into vehicles) to fight three successive extraterrestrial invasions. Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... The main cast of the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) “Animé” redirects here. ... Robotech is a shortened version of robotechnology, in context of a science fiction media franchise that includes: Robotech, the 1985 animated television series that first debuted in North America. ... Image File history File links RobotechTitle1985. ... 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The original television series (1985)

Main article: Robotech (TV series)

Robotech was one of the first anime released in the United States that largely managed to preserve the complexity and drama of its original Japanese source material. Produced by Harmony Gold USA, Inc. in association with Tatsunoko Prod. Co., Ltd., Robotech is a story adapted with edited content and revised dialogue from the animation of three different mecha anime series: The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross, and Genesis Climber Mospeada. Harmony Gold's cited reasoning for combining these unrelated series was its decision to market Macross for American weekday syndication television, which required a minimum of 65 episodes at the time (thirteen weeks at five episodes per week). Macross and the two other series each had fewer episodes than required since they originally aired in Japan as weekly series. Robotech is an 85-episode animated science fiction television series about three successive extraterrestrial invasions of Earth. ... The main cast of the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) “Animé” redirects here. ... Harmony Gold is a television production and distribution company established in 1983. ... Tatsunoko Production Co. ... For the fictional robot, see Mecha. ... The Super Dimension Fortress Macross ) is an anime television series. ... Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross. ... Genesis Climber Mospeada ) is an anime science fiction series. ...

This combination resulted in a storyline that spans three generations as mankind must fight three destructive Robotech Wars in succession over a powerful energy source called "Protoculture": In the fictional world of Robotech, the Robotech Wars are a series of devastating wars through the first half of the 21st century. ... The Protoculture is term from science fiction anime series Super Dimension Fortress Macross and its American adaptation, Robotech. ...

• The First Robotech War (The Macross Saga) concerns humanity's battle against the Zentraedi, a race of giant warriors who are sent to earth to retrieve the flagship of the Robotech Master Zor. The ship contains the last known source of Protoculture in the universe.

• The Second Robotech War (The Masters) begins when the creators of the Zentraedi, the Robotech Masters, attempt to take up where the Zentraedi left off and capture the protoculture held within the remains of the SDF-1.

• The Third Robotech War (The New Generation) occurs after the alien Invid have been alerted to the existence of Protoculture on Earth by events that transpired at the end of the Second Robotech War. The planet is conquered, then enslaved and it is up to the Robotech Expeditionary Force to retake their ancestral homeland.

In the fictional world of Robotech, the First Robotech War (February 2009-April 2011) was a conflict between the earth-based Robotech Defense Force and the alien Zentraedi. ... In the fictional world of Robotech, the Second Robotech War (2029-2030) was a conflict between the earth-based Army of the Southern Cross and the alien Robotech Masters. ... Combatants Robotech Expeditionary Force, Earth-based resistance cells the Invid Commanders Resistance cells have no real commander; REF commanded by Admiral Rick Hunter the Invid Regess Strength tens of thousands of resistors worldwide; exact REF strength unknown but up to one million men and women under arms, hundreds of space...

Home video

Following the original broadcast, the series enjoyed popularity on home video in VHS and DVD formats from the following distributors: Bottom view of VHS cassette with magnetic tape exposed Top view of VHS cassette with front casing removed The Video Home System, better known by its abbreviation VHS is a recording and playing standard for analog video cassette recorders (VCRs), developed by Victor Company of Japan, Limited (JVC) and launched... Size comparison: A 12 cm Sony DVD+RW and a 19 cm Dixon Ticonderoga pencil. ...

For more information, see Robotech (TV series): Home Video Releases

• Family Home Entertainment (VHS) (First six-tape run of The Macross Saga was heavily edited, with roughly 38 minutes of footage cut from each six-episode tape.)
• Palladium Books (VHS)
• Streamline Pictures (VHS, Laserdisc)
• ADV Films (DVD Region 1 - North America)
• Manga Entertainment (DVD Region 2 - UK)
• Madman Entertainment (DVD Region 4 - Australia)
• FUNimation Entertainment (DVD Region 1 - USA) (Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles - Release date: 02/06/2007)

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Sequels and spinoffs

Robotech: The Movie

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Robotech: The Movie (1986)

Main article: Robotech: The Movie

Also called Robotech: The Untold Story, this theatrical film was the first new Robotech adventure created after the premiere of the original series. It used footage from the Megazone 23 Part 1 OVA (Original Video Animation, or made-for-video animated feature) spliced with Southern Cross, and had only a tenuous link to the television series. The movie disappeared from the United States after a failed test run in Texas. Harmony Gold relinquished their license to Megazone 23 after director Carl Macek washed his hands of the project, so any home video release is unlikely except for a few VHS tapes that had been in limited circulation in Europe and Latin America. Megazone 23 ) is an anime series about a future recreation of Tokyo where the citizens are unaware that they live in fabricated reality. ... Original Video Animation ), abbreviated OVA ), is a term used for anime titles that are released direct-to-video, without prior showings on TV or in theaters. ... Official language(s) No official language See languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Largest metro area Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 261,797 sq mi (678,051 km²)  - Width 773 miles (1,244 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ... Megazone 23 ) is an anime series about a future recreation of Tokyo where the citizens are unaware that they live in fabricated reality. ... Carl Macek is an American writer and anime producer of the 1980s and 1990s. ...

Robotech II: The Sentinels

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Robotech II: The Sentinels (1987, cancelled)

Main article: Robotech II: The Sentinels

This aborted American-produced series would have followed the continuing adventures of Rick and Lisa Hunter and the Robotech Expedition during the events of The Robotech Masters and The New Generation. The feature-length pilot is comprised of the first three (and only) episodes that were produced. Being a sequel/spinoff to the combined series, The Sentinels featured characters from all three Robotech sagas and introduced the SDF-3 along with an overview of their new mission. In the fictional world of Robotech, the SDF-3 (conjecturally named Pioneer) is the third Super Dimensional flagship of the United Earth Forces that was first introduced in Robotech: The Sentinels (1986). ...

According to director Carl Macek in Robotech Art 3: The Sentinels, the proposed 65-episode series was canceled after the crash of the dollar/yen exchange rate and lack of support by toy partner Matchbox. Efforts to petition the completion of this series have gone nowhere, but the pilot was released on VHS by Palladium Books and on DVD by ADV Films. Carl Macek is an American writer and anime producer of the 1980s and 1990s. ... Matchbox Superfast window sticker A miniature Matchbox Gowings van Matchbox is a die cast toy brand currently owned by Mattel, Inc. ... Palladium Books (sometimes called Palladium Games) is a role-playing game publisher founded by Kevin Siembieda and Erick Wujcik, best known for their popular, genre-crossing Rifts gaming series (1990-present). ... ADV Films logo ADV Films is the home video publication arm of A.D. Vision based in Houston, Texas. ...

Robotech III: The Odyssey (proposed)

Producer Carl Macek revealed ideas for another proposed series, Robotech III: The Odyssey, which would have created a circular storyline that would end where the original Robotech began in a giant 260-episode cycle to fill up all the weekdays in a year. According to Macek, The Odyssey would have revealed Lynn Minmei to be the mother of Zor, making Minmei the focal point of Robotech.^[1] After the failure of Sentinels, Odyssey never went into development, though its ideas were worked into the Jack McKinney novel The End of the Circle. Carl Macek is an American writer and anime producer of the 1980s and 1990s. ... Omnibus edition Robotech was adapted into novel form by Jack McKinney, a pseudonym for the team of James Luceno and the late Brian Daley, a pair of writers who had been working with Macek since they had collaborated on the animated series Galaxy Rangers. ...

Robotech IV and V (planned)

Fan publication Macross Life interviewed Harmony Gold executive Richard Firth in 1986, where he revealed that Robotech creator Carl Macek had "plans through ROBOTECH 5 which would give us an episode for each day of the year for a year and a half." He also said that these two installments would have brought the series to 285 episodes. Regarding the plot, Firth mentioned a "retired Commodore Hunter, whom ever that may be, could very well be speaking at the graduation of the later day cadets or whatever, and they ask him to tell them the story all over again: it comes back [to the first episode of the series]." Carl Macek is an American writer and anime producer of the 1980s and 1990s. ...

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Robotech 3000

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Robotech 3000 (2000, cancelled)

Main article: Robotech 3000

Carl Macek attempted another sequel with the development of Robotech 3000. This all-CGI series would have been set a millennium in the future of the Robotech universe and feature none of the old series' characters. In the three-minute trailer, an expedition is sent to check on a non-responsive mining outpost and is attacked by "infected" Veritech mecha. Again, the idea was abandoned midway into production after negative reception within the company, negative fan reactions at the FanimeCon anime convention in 2000, and financial difficulties within Netter Digital who was animating the show. It now exists only in trailer form on the official Robotech website. Robotech 3000 was Harmony Golds attempt to cash in on Y2K-themed entertainment right before the turn of the millenium. ... Carl Macek is an American writer and anime producer of the 1980s and 1990s. ... Robotech 3000 was Harmony Golds attempt to cash in on Y2K-themed entertainment right before the turn of the millenium. ... FanimeCon (also known as simply Fanime) is an annual anime convention run by the Anime Resource Group (ARG). ... Netter Digital was a CGI Special Effects company created by Douglas Netter in 1997. ...

Robotech UN Public Service Announcement (2005)

A sixty-second public service announcement for the 60th anniversary of the United Nations, featuring Scott Bernard and Ariel, was animated during the production of The Shadow Chronicles. Although it did not use the original voice actors and the dialogue was somewhat out-of-character, it nonetheless marked the first fully-completed Robotech footage in many years. The foundation of the U.N. The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. ...

Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles

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Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles (2006)

Main article: Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles

In 2002, Tommy Yune announced development of a new sequel movie which was not named until 2004 as Robotech: Shadow Force. The storyline overlaps with and continues from the unresolved ending of the original series. The title of the story arc was soon changed to Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles. The first trailers with finished animation were shown at Anime Expo and Comic-Con International in 2005. It was not until February 2006 when Kevin McKeever, operations coordinator at Harmony Gold, was able to confirm that the pilot movie had been completed. After a series of delays, FUNimation Entertainment was finally announced as the home video, broadcast and theatrical distributor at the 2006 Comic-Con International in San Diego. Harmony Gold has premiered the movie at various film festivals in 2006 and a limited theatrical run in January 2007, and released the DVD on February 6, 2007.^[2] A 2-disc collector's edition is being released in November 2007.^[3] According to Talkcast interviews with the crew, work on another sequel is underway. At AnimeExpo 2004, Harmony Gold revealed that the latest Robotech sequel was scheduled for release in 2005, the 20th anniversary of Robotech. ... Tommy Yune is a comic book author who became known for his manga-style work on Speed Racer, which was followed by a comic industry revival of classic anime shows such as Transformers, Battle of the Planets and Robotech. ... At AnimeExpo 2004, Harmony Gold revealed that the latest Robotech sequel was scheduled for release in 2005, the 20th anniversary of Robotech. ... Anime Expo, abbreviated AX, is an anime convention that usually takes place on the July 4th weekend for 4 days each year in Southern California. ... Comic-Con International, commonly known as Comic-Con or the San Diego Comic-Con, is an annual multigenre fan convention founded as the Golden State Comic Book Convention and later the San Diego Comic Book Convention in 1970 by Shel Dorf and a group of San Diegans. ... FUNimation Entertainment (previously known as FUNimation Productions) is an American entertainment company formed by Gen Fukunaga in the early 1990s to produce, merchandise and distribute anime and other entertainment properties in the United States and international markets. ... // Please note that following the tradition of the English language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2006; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing... 2007 has been referred to, by film and media critics, as the year of the threequels, a nickname referring to both the 2004 summer movie season and several film franchises from that year, which again appear this year: Spider-Man 3, Shrek the Third, Oceans Thirteen, Resident Evil: Extinction... is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Categories: | | | ...

Robotech: Shadow Rising (2009)

On July 27, 2007, at their Comic-Con International panel, Harmony Gold and Robotech director Tommy Yune unveiled the second entry of the "Shadow Chronicles" production, titled "Robotech: Shadow Rising". Pre-production has begun, and a projected release date of sometime in 2009 is currently expected.^[4]

Robotech (Harmony Gold) chronology

The Robotech chronology, according to Harmony Gold, is illustrated below:

For a more detailed timeline, see Robotech Wars

Note: Asterisked works are now considered "secondary continuity," that is that their events exist in the continuity of Robotech but "don't count" when conflicts arise with the "main continuity" that are the three-part Robotech TV series (four with the addition of 2006's Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles). In the fictional world of Robotech, the Robotech Wars are a series of devastating wars through the first half of the 21st century. ... Expanded Universe material (e. ... At AnimeExpo 2004, Harmony Gold revealed that the latest Robotech sequel was scheduled for release in 2005, the 20th anniversary of Robotech. ...

In 2002, with the publication of the Wildstorm (DC) comics, Harmony Gold officially decided to retcon the Robotech Universe. The following Robotech material is now relegated to the status of secondary continuity: This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Expanded Universe material (e. ...

• The Sentinels in all its incarnations.
• Robotech: The Movie (which, in the strictest sense, never was canon)
• Robotech comics published by Comico, Eternity, Academy, and Antarctic Press.
• Robotech RPGs published by Palladium Books.
• Robotech novels written by Jack McKinney, most notably The End of the Circle.

While these materials are not precisely "retired" or "removed" from the continuity, their events are subject to critical review, and are strictly subordinate to the "official" events of the 85-episode animated series. Although certain events in the new feature film (i.e., the final showdown at Reflex Point) proceed in a slightly different fashion from the original Robotech series, such disparities were intentionally introduced by the Harmony Gold producers, but are still considered canonical. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The first issue of Macross was superceded by Robotech: The Macross Saga #2 in 1985. ... Comico - The Comic Company was an American comic book company, headquartered in Norristown, Pennsylvania. ... Antarctic Press, a San Antonio-based company, publishes comics in a style they call American Manga. Founded by Ben Dunn in 1984, their earliest titles were Mangazine and Extremely Silly Comics. ... A line of Robotech pen-and-paper role-playing games based on the Robotech and Sentinels series were published by Palladium Books from 1986 to 2001. ... Palladium Books (sometimes called Palladium Games) is a role-playing game publisher founded by Kevin Siembieda and Erick Wujcik, best known for their popular, genre-crossing Rifts gaming series (1990-present). ... Omnibus edition Robotech was adapted into novel form by Jack McKinney, a pseudonym for the team of James Luceno and the late Brian Daley, a pair of writers who had been working with Macek since they had collaborated on the animated series Galaxy Rangers. ... There are several people named Jack McKinney: Jack McKinney, a pseudonym for the team of James Luceno and Brian Daley, that adapted Robotech into novel form. ...

The Robotech franchise

At the time of its broadcast, Harmony Gold also launched Robotech through a popular line of comics to be followed by novels, role-playing games, toys, and other consumer products. With the cancellation of Robotech II: The Sentinels, many of these licensed products were discontinued, and led to a drought of Robotech product through much of the 1990s, except for publishers who continued the The Sentinels storyline in print. For the band, see 1990s (band). ...

Robotech: The Graphic Novel

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Robotech comics

Main article: Robotech (comics)

Robotech comics were first published in 1984 with DC Comics' short-lived Robotech Defenders and Comico's adaptation of the first episode of the Japanese version of Macross. However, the first adaptation of the Robotech television series did not arrive until 1985 with Comico's Robotech: The Macross Saga #2, which continued from the first Macross issue. The first issue of Macross was superceded by Robotech: The Macross Saga #2 in 1985. ...

The various comic publishers include:

• Comico (1984-1989)
• Eternity (1988-1994)
• Academy (1994-1996)
• Antarctic Press (1997-1998)
• Wildstorm (DC) (2002-present)

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Robotech collectible card game

Main article: Robotech Collectible Card Game

The first Robotech collectible card game was released in 2006 by Hero Factory, which had previously produced Robotech trading cards. Robotech CCG VF-1J The Robotech Collectible Card Game (CCG) is a collectible card game produced by Hero Factory that is set against the science fiction backdrop of Robotech. ... Collectible card games (CCGs), also called trading card games (TCGs), are played using specially designed sets of cards. ...

Robotech music and soundtracks

Main article: Robotech music

Various Robotech soundtracks have been released on records, cassettes, and compact discs since 1988. Robotech music consists of the musical scores written for the original 1985 Robotech television series and its various sequels and spinoffs, including Robotech video games. ... It has been suggested that Childrens gramophone records be merged into this article or section. ... For the meaning of cassette in genetics, see cassette (genetics). ... A Compact Disc or CD is an optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio. ...

• Robotech: BGM Collection, Vol.1 (1988)
• Robotech: Perfect Collection (1988)
• Robotech: Perfect Soundtrack Album (1996)
• Robotech: Battlecry Soundtrack (2002)
• Robotech: Invasion Soundtrack (2004)
• Robotech: The Original Soundtrack (2005)

Omnibus edition

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Robotech novelizations

Main article: Robotech (novels)

Since 1987, Robotech was adapted into novel form by "Jack McKinney," a pseudonym for the team of James Luceno and the late Brian Daley, a pair of writers who had been working with Macek since they had collaborated on the animated series Galaxy Rangers. Using fictitious epigraphs in the style of Dune, McKinney's novels fleshed out the chronology (including adapting the incomplete Sentinels source material) in far greater detail than the original animation. Many Robotech fans consider the McKinney series to be an unofficial canon of its own, despite notable divergences in the writing from Harmony Gold's current official animation-based canon. Despite no longer being considered core-continuity by Harmony Gold, the novels have been recently re-issued by Del Rey Books as Omnibus compilations. Omnibus edition Robotech was adapted into novel form by Jack McKinney, a pseudonym for the team of James Luceno and the late Brian Daley, a pair of writers who had been working with Macek since they had collaborated on the animated series Galaxy Rangers. ... James Luceno (born in 1947) is the New York Times bestselling author of three Star Wars: The New Jedi Order novels, Agents of Chaos: Heros Trial, Agents of Chaos: Jedi Eclipse and The Unifying Force. ... Brian Daley (born Brian Charles Daley, 22 Dec 1947, Englewood, NJ; died, 11 Feb 1996 in Maryland, of pancreatic cancer) was an American science fiction novelist. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers. ... In literature, an epigraph is a quotation that is placed at the start of a work or section that expresses in some succinct way an aspect or theme of what is to follow. ... Dune is a science fiction novel written by Frank Herbert and published in 1965. ... Del Rey Books is a branch of Ballantine Books, which is owned by Random House. ...

Robotech art books

Main article: Robotech art books

In 1986, Starblaze Graphics published Robotech Art 1, a reference book containing artwork, Japanese production designs, and episode guides from the original television series. This was followed by Robotech Art 2, which was largely a collection of art by various American artists and fans. In 1988, Carl Macek collected much of the unused designs from Robotech II: The Sentinels into Robotech Art 3: The Sentinels, which also included his story outline for the rest of the unfinished series, with an explanation behind its cancellation. In 2007, Stone Bridge Press published The Art of Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles. Robotech art books are a series of publications comprised of the artwork, designs, and sometimes the production background of the Robotech television series and its spinoffs. ... Starblaze Graphics was an imprint of The Donning Company, a publishing company established in the mid-1970s to publish illustrated books. ...

Robotech role-playing games

Main article: Robotech (role-playing game)

In 1986, Palladium Books published a role-playing game based on the Robotech series. The successful run also included RPG books covering The Sentinels. Contractual issues in the wake of Harmony Gold's aborted Robotech 3000 project, as well as a general refocusing of the company on production of its flagship Rifts line, caused Palladium to eventually forgo renewing the Robotech license. The Robotech RPG line went out of print as of June 30, 2001. According to a report from the February New York Comic-Con, a new Robotech RPG license deal is in the works. A line of Robotech pen-and-paper role-playing games based on the Robotech and Sentinels series were published by Palladium Books from 1986 to 2001. ... Palladium Books (sometimes called Palladium Games) is a role-playing game publisher founded by Kevin Siembieda and Erick Wujcik, best known for their popular, genre-crossing Rifts gaming series (1990-present). ... This article is about games in which one plays the role of a character. ... Rifts is a multi-genre role-playing game created by Kevin Siembieda in 1990 and published continuously by Palladium Books since then. ... is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...

Robotech: Battlecry for PS2

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Robotech video games

Robotech spawned five video game licenses, of which the most recent three were released:

• Robotech: Crystal Dreams for the Nintendo 64 game system. This was aborted when its publisher, Gametek, went under in 1998. The game would have taken place during the period between the SDF-1's destruction and the launch of the SDF-3. A continuity nightmare, the game had a Zentraedi invasion during what was scripted in the series as a period of peace.

• Robotech: Battlecry (2002) for the Microsoft Xbox, Sony PlayStation 2, and Nintendo GameCube. The gameplay takes place in the Macross era, and features a storyline running exactly concurrent with that era's historical events. Multiplayer support is limited to one-on-one. Several of the voice actors from the original series, including Tony Oliver, Melanie MacQueen, Dan Woren, and Cam Clarke, reprised their original roles, or voiced new characters in this game. The game was a relative success, even though many fans complained of the over-cartoonified look of the game.

• Robotech: The Macross Saga (2002) for the Game Boy Advance, a side-scrolling shooter that resembles the Japanese Super Famicom game Macross: Scrambled Valkyrie.

• Robotech: Invasion (2004) for the Microsoft Xbox and the Sony PlayStation 2. First/third person shooter. The gameplay covers the New Generation part of the story, with support for single player missions and multiplayer online matches. Features Cyclones, transformable body armor/motorcycles. As with Battlecry, several of the original voice actors reprised their roles.

• Robotech: The New Generation (2007) for mobile phones. A top-down scrolling shooter that covers the New Generation part of the story, leading up to the Shadow Chronicles. The player can play as one of three characters (Scott, Rook and Rand), each with their own special weapons. The player also has the ability to change into "Battloid Mode" through the collection of Protoculture. Robotech: The New Generation features famous music from the TV series, as well as the most evil of all the villains.

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Effect

While animé shows were brought to the US as early as the 1960s, such as Astro Boy, Speed Racer, and Kimba the White Lion, most were heavily bowdlerized for American audiences, with violence, deaths of major characters, sexual references, et cetera, completely edited out for what was assumed to be an audience of young children. Robotech, along with the earlier Star Blazers (1974), broke with this tradition by leaving in some of those elements, and they are frequently credited as the series that helped spur a greater American interest in Japanese animation, leading to the current animé industry in North America. Robotech was frequently among the top-ten animé lists of American anime magazines such as Anime Insider, Animerica, Newtype USA, and others. Cascadia Con gave Harmony Gold an award for Robotech 's contribution to the science-fiction genre. The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... Astro Boy is the American title for the Japanese animated series Tetsuwan Atom , which roughly translates to Mighty Atom and literally to Iron-arm Atom) first broadcast on Japanese television from 1963 to 1966. ... Speed Racer is the title of an English adaptation of the Japanese anime Mach Go Go Go ), a series which centered around automobile racing. ... Kimba the White Lion , lit. ... Thomas Bowdler (July 11, 1754 – February 24, 1825), an English physician, who published The Family Shakespeare, is best known as the source of the eponym bowdlerize (or bowdlerise[1]), the process of expurgation, censorship by removal, of material thought to be unacceptable to the intended audience, especially children or religious... Space Battleship Yamato ) is a Japanese science fiction anime series and the name of its eponymous space craft. ... Anime Insider is a monthly publication published by Wizard Entertainment. ... Animerica is one of the original magazines reviewing anime and manga in North America. ... Newtype USA, November 2004. ... Cascadia Con was the 8th North American Science Fiction Convention, held in SeaTac, Washington on September 1-5, 2005 at the Seattle Airport Hilton and Conference Center. ...

Robotech had a similar effect in other places of the world, including Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Ecuador, Greece, Mexico, Panama, Peru, and the Philippines. In China, during the summer of 2004, it was awarded "Best Robot-themed Animé of all time" by the Cartoon Channel of China Education Television. It is highly likely that someone growing up in any of those countries during the 1980s watched at least some of its episodes. (Robotech did not start its broadcast in China until 1991.) As in the US, it helped continue a slow but continuous rise in the consumption of animé.

That said, Robotech is often an extremely polarizing subject amongst animé fans. Some critics consider the show to be an abomination that runs roughshod over its original sources by Westernizing character names, making some censor-appeasing edits, and changing the stories of three wholly-unrelated series (some compare it to Woody Allen's camp Japanese movie re-dub What's Up, Tiger Lily?) to pass them off as a cohesive whole. Series writer/actor Greg Snegoff did say in an interview on the now-defunct Shadow Chronicles News fansite that, "afterwards, we received compliments from the Japanese who thought our dialogue and stories were better than the original," and Protoculture Addicts magazine reports in a Robotech fifth-anniversary article that those compliments came from the production company Tatsunoko. However, Animag magazine (issue 11) and Animerica magazine (issue 9, volume 4) reports that the original Macross creators at Studio Nue and Artland, such as story creator Shoji Kawamori and chief director Noboru Ishiguro, expressed their concern over the Robotech adaptation, and surprise on its differences. Woody Allen (born Allen Stewart Königsberg on December 1, 1935) is a three-time Academy Award-winning American film director, writer, actor, jazz musician, comedian, and playwright. ... Whats Up, Tiger Lily? is the first film directed by Woody Allen. ... The cover of Protoculture Addicts, Issue #87 (January 2006). ... Animerica is one of the original magazines reviewing anime and manga in North America. ... Shoji Kawamori , born February 2, 1960), is a renowned Japanese anime creator and designer, having created or co-created such notable series as The Vision of Escaflowne, Earth Girl Arjuna, Genesis of Aquarion, and nearly every chapter of the Macross series. ... Noboru Ishiguro (石黒昇, Ishiguro Noboru) was born in Tokyo, Japan on August 24, 1938. ...

In an effort to combine the storylines of three different Japanese series, certain characters underwent drastic role changes, with little explicit character development or plot exposition. Notably, Rick Hunter (one of the main characters of the Macross segment) was changed — by a line of dialogue — from an ordinary-yet-pivotal fighter-unit commander into an unseen admiral, who is said to have ordered the destruction of Earth under the controversial rationale of saving it from the enemy. The line by an unnamed commander on the SDF-4 in the episode "Dark Finale" was, "I've been ordered by Admiral Hunter himself to obliterate the planet completely." This article is about the character from Robotech. ... The SDF-4 Izumo is the fourth Super Dimensional flagship of the United Earth Forces that was seen in the finale of the fictional Robotech universe. ...

In addition, the 65-episode minimum guideline cited as the reason to combine the episodes applied specifically to weekday syndication. Contemporary series such as Star Blazers and Transformers were initially syndicated weekly before reaching the 65-episode mark. The guideline also did not necessarily require a combined storyline; adaptations like Voltron coupled two unrelated Japanese series without directly combining the storylines. (A year later, 20 additional Voltron episodes and a crossover special were created for American audiences by Toei Animation, after the first daily run of 104 episodes.) The Transformers (G1) 1984-1987, U.S. This page is a partner page to Transformers Universes, listing the various television series that the Transformer toyline has spawned since its creation in 1984. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Toei Animation Company, Limited ) (JASDAQ: 4816) is a Japanese animation studio owned by the Toei Company. ...

Shortly after completing Robotech, Carl Macek would make the less-well-known Captain Harlock and the Queen of a Thousand Years in a similar fashion by combining two Leiji Matsumoto series, Captain Harlock and Queen Millennia, together and altering the storyline significantly. In this case, however, the two animés were spliced together in a manner where the stories of the characters occurred simultaneously, not one after the other. Captain Harlock and the Queen of a Thousand Years was an animated science fiction television series produced by Harmony Gold USA. The series was created by Carl Macek in a similar fashion as Robotech by combining two unrelated anime series, Captain Harlock and Queen Millennia, together and reworking their plots... Leiji Matsumoto (松本 零士 Matsumoto Reiji) is a well-known creator of several anime and manga series. ... Captain Harlock , lit. ...

Robotech has been the subject of two parodies by the fandub group Seishun Shitemasu: Robotech 3: Not Necessarily the Sentinels, and Robotech 4: Khyron's Counterattack (using footage from, respectively, Gunbuster and Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack). The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Gunbuster, known in Japan as Aim for the Top! ) is a six episode anime OVA series created by Gainax in 1988. ... Mobile Suit Gundam: Chars Counterattack is an anime movie set in the primary (UC) timeline of Gundam, taking place in UC0093. ...

Pop. Culture

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References

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External links

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• ROBOTECH.COM - Harmony Gold's official Robotech website.
• ROBOTECH Bibliography - Comprehensive listings of books in and out of print.
• ROBOTECH: Prelude to the Shadow Chronicles - Official site of the new comic series.
• ADV Films - The current distributor of Robotech DVDs.
• Hero Factory Games - Maker of the upcoming Robotech collectible card game (CCG).
• Manga Entertainment UKs Robotech section

Fan Sites: (English)

• Robotech: Zentradi War - Side scrolling Robotech arcade game]
• The Invid Connection (Beyond Reflex Point) - Information on Robotech and Macross
• The UN Navy Web-Site - Includes information about military organization in Robotech
• Roboblog III: The Odyssey - Detailed blog covering the Shadow Chronicles DVD and comic prequel
• Robotech Shadow Chronicles Group - New group for the upcoming sequel, Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles
• Robotech Companion News Central - The Central Source for Daily Robotech News and Fandom Activities.
• The Unofficial Robotech Reporter - 100% Unauthorized. 65% Cynical. (Retired)
• Space Station Liberty - TalkShoe talk radio/podcast with frequent interviews and roundtables
• Robotech Museum - A historical archive of Robotech collectibles.
• Robotech MMO - A fan built MMORPG based on the Robotech Universe.
• The Robotech Companion - Extensive Robotech episode and background information.
• Robotech Reference Guide - Unofficial Encyclopedia of Robotech.
• Steelfalcon.com- Loads of info on Robotech/Macross mecha and ships
• Robotech Research - Extensive Robotech Role-Playing (RPG) site.
• ROBOTECH: The Role-Playing Game - Extensive Robotech Role-Playing Game based heavily on Palladium Robotech RPG.
• Armies of The Southern Cross Recruitment Manual - Extensive Robotech Role-Playing (RPG) covering Southern Cross Armies.
• Visions of Robotech - Essays about Robotech, especially military ranks & organization
• Robotech: Attention on Deck! - First-person fan novel about a Robotech Naval Aviator.
• Chronology Central's Robotech page - Chronologically integrated listing of the cartoon and comic storylines.
• U.E.Group - Dedicated to Robotech 3D fan film projects.
• Seishun Shitemasu - Creators of Robotech 3: Not Necessarily the Sentinels and Robotech 4: Khyron's Counterattack (unofficial spinoffs)
• RDF Underground - Home of the other Robotech Podcast, the RDF Underground. Life. Protoculture. Everything.

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• Sitio para fanaticos de Robotech, con información muy completa, descargas y cuenta con un Mini-Shop propio(en español)
• Super Dimensional Site - French fansite about the Robotech universe.
• Robotech Union @ China - Chinese language fansite dedicated to Robotech.
• Robotech Espanol - Spanish language fansite with the latest news and rumors
• РОБОТЕК - All about Robotech in Russian.
• Macross-City Russia - Russian language fansite with the latest news and external subtitles.
• Robotech Mordecai Youth Inertia - Japanese language fan site of the Robotech Clone comics.
• STEEL FALCON.COM – Extensive fan Mecha info.
• The New ROBOTECH - RPG fan material.

Video Games:

• Robotech: The New Generation – Preview video of the upcoming Robotech: The New Generation mobile game.

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