Robotech (Series)
- Studio
- Tatsunoko Productions Co. Ltd., Harmony Gold
Characters
Captain Gloval, Rick Hunter, Lisa Hayes, Lynn Minmay, Giant Aliens
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Robert Barron, Jim Wager
Writing
Music
- Music
- Ulpio Minucci
Production notes
This TV series ran for 85 episodes.
Earth is destroyed and several important characters die off after 36 episodes, known as the "Macross Saga."
This is followed by the "Robotech Masters" saga. Characters include Dana Sterling and Scott Bernard.
The show originally was planned as an American video release. It was given to Carl Macek to dub.
The first "Macross" tape starred Rick Yamada and premiered at the 1984 World SF Convention. At the time, the series ran for only 36 episodes, which was too short for TV syndication. Harmony Gold made arrangements to bring the show to TV and asked Macek to find a way to expand the series.
Macek acquired "Southern Cross" and "Mospeada" from Tatsunoko as well, which made for 49 more episodes. He renamed many characters and made links between generations that were not in the original series- which had been totally unconnected before.
The nascent "Robotech" series was tied in with Revell, which owned the "Macross" merchandise rights and already had a line of model kits called "Robotech." This line included robots from other shows, such as "Dougram" and "Orguss," but not from "Southern Cross" or "Mospeada."
Due to the success of the series, "Robotech the Movie" was released. This was an 80-minute dub of the first part of "Megazone 23" for the American market. (Additional footage was animated in Japan for the film and included in the Japanese "Megazone 23" release as a bonus). The movie was depicted as a "side story" within the time of the Robotech Wars, as it was unrelated with the characters or plots of the three original series.
A fourth segment was not completed, although all 65 episodes were written for a Japanese-American co-production. Four partially finished episodes and other material were combined into "Robotech II- The Sentinels," a 90-minute feature-length video which served as Robotech's last appearance in animation.
"Robotech" spun off into a series of novels by Jack McKinney (a pseudonym for James Luceno and Brian Daley) which filled gaps in the story. Four publishers released "Robotech" comics over 14 years. Many of the novels and comics were based on completed scripts for "Robotech II- The Sentinels," althoug most of these were not filmed.
Earth is destroyed and several important characters die off after 36 episodes, known as the "Macross Saga."
This is followed by the "Robotech Masters" saga. Characters include Dana Sterling and Scott Bernard.
The show originally was planned as an American video release. It was given to Carl Macek to dub.
The first "Macross" tape starred Rick Yamada and premiered at the 1984 World SF Convention. At the time, the series ran for only 36 episodes, which was too short for TV syndication. Harmony Gold made arrangements to bring the show to TV and asked Macek to find a way to expand the series.
Macek acquired "Southern Cross" and "Mospeada" from Tatsunoko as well, which made for 49 more episodes. He renamed many characters and made links between generations that were not in the original series- which had been totally unconnected before.
The nascent "Robotech" series was tied in with Revell, which owned the "Macross" merchandise rights and already had a line of model kits called "Robotech." This line included robots from other shows, such as "Dougram" and "Orguss," but not from "Southern Cross" or "Mospeada."
Due to the success of the series, "Robotech the Movie" was released. This was an 80-minute dub of the first part of "Megazone 23" for the American market. (Additional footage was animated in Japan for the film and included in the Japanese "Megazone 23" release as a bonus). The movie was depicted as a "side story" within the time of the Robotech Wars, as it was unrelated with the characters or plots of the three original series.
A fourth segment was not completed, although all 65 episodes were written for a Japanese-American co-production. Four partially finished episodes and other material were combined into "Robotech II- The Sentinels," a 90-minute feature-length video which served as Robotech's last appearance in animation.
"Robotech" spun off into a series of novels by Jack McKinney (a pseudonym for James Luceno and Brian Daley) which filled gaps in the story. Four publishers released "Robotech" comics over 14 years. Many of the novels and comics were based on completed scripts for "Robotech II- The Sentinels," althoug most of these were not filmed.