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Originally Posted by mangalowres
Ok, this will take a while .....
Some years ago ... 15 or 20, I saw parts of a show called Robotec here, it was about a larg Ship that could transform into a Robot and it has had fighters on board which could do the same.
The ship shield defense was operated by a few girls which used trackballike interfaces to shild parts of the ship.
Sooo how does this fit into the Macross univers and current show or doesn't it fit at all, what was the story back then, how did it end, what did happen after that.
What did happen before this current show and who the **** are those aliens.
A little history lesson would be fine  , thanks and bye. |
Robotech: the First Generation is a localized American "adaptation" by Harmony Gold of the original SDF Macross anime TV series. Remixing a show completely for a local audience was apparently common back in the day, which is thankfully now a lost art. (I can just see it "Robotech Frontier - The Young Lancer Chronicles"
).
Robotech itself is a localized anthology of three different unrelated anime shows, namely.
First Generation = The Super Dimensional Fortress Macross
Southern Cross = The Super Dimensional Cavalry Southern Cross
New Generation = Genesis Climber MOSPEADA
The adaption renamed the characters and significantly changed the plot through dubbing made up dialogue to force a sort of continuity between the three series. Of these, New Generation is the least affected by the changes (although the message of the show is subverted), followed by First Generation, with Southern Cross being butchered badly.
Macross shares no continuity with the Robotech line due to major changes made to the backstory of the series (not even the prequel Macross Zero), although the story plays out mostly the same.
Unfortunately there is bad blood between the creators of Macross and Harmony Gold because of a lawsuit over distribution and merchandising rights some time back in the US.