Robotech (TV series)

Robotech
Title screen from the 1985 broadcast
GenreEpic, Mecha, Space opera
Created byCarl Macek
Based onPart 1
Super Dimension Fortress Macross
(by Studio Nue)[1][2]
Part 2
Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross
Part 3
Genesis Climber MOSPEADA
Screenplay by
see list
Story byCarl Macek[4]
Directed byRobert V. Barron
Ippei Kuri
Uncredited:
Noboru Ishiguro
Yasuo Hasegawa
Katsuhisa Yamada[a]
Starring(see below)
Narrated byJ. Jay Smith
Theme music composerUlpio Minucci
ComposerUlpio Minucci
Country of originUnited States
Japan (o.v.)
No. of series3
No. of episodes85 (list of episodes)
Production
ProducersCarl Macek
Ahmed Agrama
AnimatorTatsunoko Production
Running time25 minutes
Production companiesHarmony Gold USA
Uncredited:
Studio Nue
Artland
Artmic
Original release
NetworkFirst-run syndication
Sci-Fi Channel
Cartoon Network
KTEH
Crunchyroll Channel
ReleaseMarch 4 (1985-03-04) –
June 28, 1985 (1985-06-28)
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Robotech is an American 85-episode adaptation of three unrelated Japanese anime television series (from three different fictional universes) made between 1982 and 1984 in Japan; the adaptation was aired in 1985. Within the combined and edited story, Robotechnology refers to the scientific advances discovered in an alien starship that crashed on a South Pacific island.[5] 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.[6]

  1. ^ Knott, Kylie (27 February 2019). "He created Macross and designed Transformers toys: Japanese anime legend Shoji Kawamori". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  2. ^ Barder, Ollie (December 10, 2015). "Shoji Kawamori, The Creator Hollywood Copies But Never Credits". Forbes. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Robotech: The Macross Saga (TV)". CrystalAcids. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
  4. ^ Yang, Jeff (2010-05-06). "The 'Robotech' master". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2010-09-16.
  5. ^ "The Past, Present and Future of Macross". IGN. Archived from the original on 2010-07-25. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
  6. ^ "An Introduction to Robotech". Robotech.com. Archived from the original on 2008-09-14. Retrieved 2008-09-01.


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