Robotech

Robotech
Robotech
	Title screen from the 1985 television broadcast
Original work	Robotech (1985)
Owner	Harmony Gold USA
Print publications
Book(s)	Robotech Art 1 (1986); Robotech Art 2 (1987); Robotech Art 3: The Sentinels (1988); The Art of Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles (2007);
Novel(s)	Robotech novels
Comics	Robotech comics
Films and television
Film(s)	Codename: Robotech (c. 1985); Robotech: The Movie (1986); Robotech II: The Sentinels (1988); Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles (2006); Robotech: Love Live Alive (2013);
Animated series	Robotech (1985) Robotech: The Macross Saga; Robotech: The Masters; Robotech: The New Generation;
Games
Traditional	Robotech Collectible Card Game
Role-playing	Robotech role-playing games
Video game(s)	Robotech: Crystal Dreams (cancelled); Robotech: Battlecry (2002); Robotech: The Macross Saga (2002); Robotech: Invasion (2004); Robotech: The New Generation (2007);
Audio
Original music	Robotech music
Miscellaneous
Toy(s)	Robotech Defenders; Robotech Robolinks;

Robotech is an American-Japanese science fiction franchise that began with an 85-episode anime television series produced by Harmony Gold USA in association with Tatsunoko Production; it was first released in the United States in 1985.^[1]

The show was adapted from three original and distinct, though visually similar, Japanese anime television series (Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross, and Genesis Climber MOSPEADA) to make a series suitable for syndication.^[2]

In the series, Robotechnology refers to the scientific advances discovered in an alien starship that crashed on a South Pacific island.^[3] With this technology, Earth developed robotic technologies, such as transformable mecha, to fight three successive extraterrestrial invasions.^[4]

^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 671–674. ISBN 978-1476665993.
^ Yang, Jeff (May 6, 2010). "The 'Robotech' master". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on October 26, 2010. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
^ "The Past, Present and Future of Macross". IGN. Archived from the original on July 25, 2010. Retrieved April 20, 2010.
^ "An Introduction to Robotech". Robotech.com. Archived from the original on September 14, 2008. Retrieved September 1, 2008.

[1] Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 671–674. ISBN 978-1476665993.

[2] Yang, Jeff (May 6, 2010). "The 'Robotech' master". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on October 26, 2010. Retrieved October 25, 2010.

[3] "The Past, Present and Future of Macross". IGN. Archived from the original on July 25, 2010. Retrieved April 20, 2010.

[4] "An Introduction to Robotech". Robotech.com. Archived from the original on September 14, 2008. Retrieved September 1, 2008.

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