Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross.

Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross (超時空騎団サザンクロス Chōjikū Kidan Sazan Kurosu) was the third Japanese animated (anime) series released under the "Super Dimension" moniker by the sponsor Big West. This 1984 science fiction robotic mecha series followed The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (1982-1983), a series created by Studio Nue with Artland and produced by Tatsunoko, and The Super Dimension Century Orguss (1983-1984), a series created by Studio Nue with Artland and produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha. Unlike the other two series, Southern Cross was created and produced almost entirely by Tatsunoko with mechanial designs by its sister studio Ammonite. The three series share some of the same creators, and Macross is referenced by character cameos and inside references by the latter two series. However, the basic stories of the three series are unrelated. Image File history File links Southcross. ... Image File history File links Southcross. ... Anime (アニメ) is a style of animation originating in Japan. ... 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 titular ship, SDF-1 Macross. ... Tatsunoko Production Co. ... The Super Dimension Century Orguss is an anime series. ... Tokyo Movie Shinsha Co. ...

Most of the animation of Southern Cross (with edited content and revised dialogue) was adapted outside Japan for the second part of Robotech, following The Macross Saga, and preceding The New Generation. In this form, it is frequently referred to as Robotech Masters (as it was titled in the comic book adaptation released by Comico). Robotech is an 85-episode animated science-fiction television series about three successive extraterrestrial invasions of Earth. ... Comico - The Comic Company was an American comic book company, headquartered in Norristown, Pennsylvania. ...

Some of the animation from Southern Cross also appeared in the aborted Harmony Gold feature film Robotech: The Untold Story, which was primarily comprised of animation from the original animated video Megazone 23. Harmony Gold is the creator and main distributor of Robotech. ... Original Video Animation (OVA), or Original Animation Video (OAV), is an acronym used in Japan for anime series that are released directly to video, without being first broadcast on television or released on theaters. ... Megazone 23 is an anime series which was inspired by the popular anime program, Macross. ...

Production notes

• The English-subtitled Southern Cross DVD release by Harmony Gold and ADV Films transcribes グロリエ, the home planet in the story, incorrectly as "Gloire" (the Modern French word for 'glory', which would generally be given in katakana as グルワール). Egan Loo informed Steve Yun of Harmony Gold the spelling should in fact be "Glorie" (the Old French equivalent), however it was "too late in the production to correct the spelling in the subtitles and packaging". [1]

• In order to depict The Robotech Masters as occurring on Earth, Harmony Gold editors had to remove a second moon from the sky as was shown in the original Southern Cross. As this was years before digital editing, a complex machine was reportedly involved in the process.

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External links

• Tatsunoko Productions (Japanese)
• Big West (Japanese)