Robotech
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| Robotech | |
| The fighting mecha of Robotech (First Generation, Macross) in action. | |
| Format | Animated Anime Space Opera |
| Run time | 85 x 25 minutes |
| Creator | Harmony Gold |
| Starring | Tony Oliver (Rick Hunter), Melanie MacQueen (Lisa Hayes), Dan Woren (Roy Fokker) |
| Country | USA (based on animated content from Japan) |
| Network | syndicated |
| Original run | March 1985 – ? |
| No. of episodes | 85 |
Robotech is an 85-episode science-fiction television series about three successive extraterrestrial invasions of Earth. It was one of the first anime released in the United States to largely preserve the complexity and drama of its original Japanese source material. Produced by Harmony Gold USA, Inc. in association with Tatsunoko Prod. Co., Ltd., Robotech is a story adapted with edited content and revised dialogue from the animation of three different mecha anime series: The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross, and Genesis Climber Mospeada. Harmony Gold's cited reasoning for combining these 3 unrelated series was that the American TV stations had a minimum number of episodes (65) for weekday syndication at the time, and none of the three series met that requirement alone.
Harmony Gold hired American writers to adapt the scripts of the three Japanese series. This complicated process was supervised by producer Carl Macek, a pioneer of the anime industry in United States. The adaptation of Robotech was developed in nine months, although writer Gregory Snegoff said in ideal conditions, it should have taken 18 months. The Japanese scriptwriters of the three component series were not credited in the final release.
This combination resulted in a storyline that spanned three generations: The characters in The Macross Saga, their children in The Robotech Masters saga, and their descendants in The New Generation saga as they must fight three destructive wars in succession over a powerful energy source called "Protoculture". Notably, the original Southern Cross was originally intended to be a massive, end-all-be-all space opera, but was cancelled by low ratings in Japan before it could be completed. Its inclusion as part of The Robotech Masters saga actually increased fan awareness of Southern Cross.
Harmony Gold attempted to produce several sequels and spinoffs, most notably Robotech II: The Sentinels, but only enough footage for a single feature was completed. The project fell through due to problems with toy licensing and changes in the Japanese yen-US Dollar exchange rate, among other reasons. The Sentinels saga continued to be chronicled in the novelizations by Jack McKinney and a comic book adaptations by the Waltrip brothers.
Announced at Anime Expo 2004, the latest incarnation currently in production is Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles. The first teaser trailer debuted one year later at Anime Expo 2005 for the 20th anniversary of Robotech, but no specific release date has been set and, at present, no distribution channel has even been announced. At present, it's unclear if the series will be released on TV or go straight to DVD.
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Robotech (Harmony Gold) chronology
The "Robotech chronology" (according to Harmony Gold) is described in the present article, the timeline is described in the Robotech Wars detailed article.
| Year | Saga (Generation) | |
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| 1999 - 2014 | (1) | Robotech: The Macross Saga (1985) |
| 2022 - | Robotech II: The Sentinels* (1986) | |
| 2027 | Robotech the Movie: The Untold Story* (1986) | |
| 2029 - 2030 | (2) | Robotech: The Robotech Masters (1985) |
| 2042 - 2044 | (3) | Robotech: The New Generation (1985) |
| 2044 - | Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles (2005) |
Note: Asterisked works are now considered "secondary continuity," that is that their events exist in the continuity of Robotech but "don't count" when conflicts arise with the "main continuity" that are the three-part Robotech TV series (four with the addition of 2005's Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles).
In 2002, with the publication of the Wildstorm (DC) comics, Harmony Gold officially decided to retcon the Robotech Universe. The following Robotech material is now relegated to the status of secondary continuity:
- The Sentinels in all its incarnations
- Robotech: The Movie (which, in the strictest sense, never was canon)
- All comic book stories published by Comico, Eternity, Academy, and Antarctic Press.
- The Palladium Books RPGs
- The Jack McKinney Novels, most notably End of the Circle.
While these materials are not precisely "retired" or "removed" from the continuity, their events are subject to critical review, and are strictly subordinate to the "official" events of the 85-episode animated series (especially the Jack McKinney novels, which strayed further and further into mysticism as the Sentinels novels progressed).
Original Series Episodes
| The Macross Saga | The Robotech Masters | The New Generation |
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Original Series Cast & Crew
Executive & Creative Staff: Ahmed Agrama - Executive Producer, Jehan Agrama - Associate Producer, Debbie Alba - Dialogue Director, Robert V. Barron - Supervising Director / Writer / Dialogue Director, Ardwight Chamberlain - Writer, Greg Finley - Writer, Dialogue Director, Kent Hayes - Production Manager, Jason Klassi - Writer, Steve Kramer - Script Editor / Writer / Dialogue Director, Carl Macek - Producer / Story Editor, Mike Reynolds - Writer / Dialogue Director, Gregory Snegoff - Script Editor / Writer / Dialogue Director, Tao Will - Writer
Production Crew: Jorge Allia - Transfer, Leonardo Araujo - Recording Engineer , George Bours - Recording Engineer, Guillermo Coelho - Video Tape Engineer, John Reiner - Recording Engineer, Bryan J. Rusenko - Chief Engineer, Eduardo Torres - Recording Engineer, Gerardo Valdez - Transfer, Joel Valentine - Final Re-Recording
Music Staff: Michael Bradley - Composer / Songwriter / Lancer's Singing Voice, Alberto Ruben Estevez - Music Composer, Ulpio Minucci - Composer / Main Theme, John Mortarotti - Music Editor, Arlon Ober - Composer / Arranger / Songwriter, Reba West - Minmei's Singing Voice, Thomas A. White - Executive Music Producer
Cast: Robert V. Barron - Admiral Hayes, Bill Capeze - Robotech Masters / Konda, Frank Catalano - Rand / Bobby / Dennis Brown, Cam Clarke - Max Sterling / Lancer, Tony Clay - Breetai, Lara Cody - Kim / Jason, Richard Epcar - Ben Dixon / Grel / Lunk, Greg Finley - Henry Gloval / Leonard, Reba West - Lynn Minmei, Eddie Frierson - Lynn Kyle, Barbara Goodson - Marie Crystal / Sera, Melora Harte - Musica, Alexandra Kenworthy - Azonia / Regis, Steve Kramer - Angelo Dante, Ted Layman - Exedore, Wendee Lee - Vanessa, Susie London - Rook, Melanie MacQueen - Lisa Hayes / Marlene / Ariel, Michael McConnaghie - Rolf Emerson, Kerrigan Mahan - Sean Phillips, David Millbern - Louie Nichols, Edie Mirman - Miriya / Nova Satori, Iona Morris - Claudia Grant, J. Jay Smith - Narrator, Mike Sorich - Sparks, Melissa Newman - Dana Sterling, Tony Oliver - Rick Hunter, Paul St. Peter - Zor Prime / Corg / Romy, Mike Reynolds - Dolza / Senator Russo, Gregory Snegoff - Khyron / Fredricks / Scott Bernard / Dr. Lang / Mayor, Dan Woren - Roy Fokker, Thomas Wyner - Jonathan Wolff
Television Broadcast
- Television debut: Robotech originally aired in 1985 in first-run syndication, meaning it was sold directly to local television stations without having been run on a network first — this was part of a trend in animation in the 1980s. Previously, local stations would rerun theatrical cartoons like Looney Tunes or shows that had previously aired on network TV on Saturday mornings. This changed after He-Man and the Masters of the Universe introduced a new economic model: shows sold directly for first-run to stations, driving and funded by sales of related toys. Though the original Robotech series did well in ratings, the attempt to cash in on toys may have doomed Robotech II: The Sentinels as the original series attracted older viewers, not necessarily the children targeted by the toy line. The failure of the Matchbox toy line is cited as a primary reason for the cancellation of the Sentinels series.
- Subsequent airings: Robotech appeared on cable television in the 1990s, on both the Sci-Fi Channel, and on Cartoon Network, which made the curious decision to run only episodes 1 through 60, bailing out at the end of the Robotech Masters story-line. Cartoon Network recently reran selected episodes of Robotech as part of a "Giant Robot" special. KTEH, a public television station in San Jose, California also aired Codename: Robotech. Robotech currently airs daily on The Anime Network.
Home Video
- Family Home Entertainment (FHE) first attempted to release one episode per VHS tape, but only got through a handful of early episodes before abandoning this approach. The company then heavily edited the 36-episode Macross Saga portion into six feature-length tapes, cutting out episode introductions and slower scenes, and ignoring the Masters and New Generation segments entirely. A third VHS run finally succeeded at releasing the entire series with 2 uncut episodes per tape over a total of 42 volumes.
- Palladium Books, which once published a Robotech Role-playing game, also released VHS home videos of part of the series as well as Robotech II: The Sentinels via mail-order.
- Streamline Pictures, founded by Macek after the end of Robotech, released a series of "Perfect Collection" VHS videos, which included two episodes of Robotech along with their corresponding episodes of Macross, Southern Cross, or Mospaeda, completely uncut and subtitled, allowing viewers to see exactly what changes were made.
- ADV Films, the largest distributor of anime, began releasing the entire series on DVD in 2001, typically with six episodes per disc. The first box sets of the series (dubbed the Robotech Legacy Collection) included extra discs with special features ranging from Robotech II: The Sentinels to pre-Robotech dubs of the first Macross and Mospeada episodes. Complete collection box sets were also released, containing all the episodes of each of the 3 Robotech sagas minus the extras discs. In 2003, ADV began to release Robotech: Remastered, using digitally remastered footage made available from the recent releases of Macross, Southern Cross, and Mospeada which included the restoration of some scenes cut from the original Robotech release, new opening/ending sequences, 5.1 stereo surround sound with re-done sound effects, and new eyecatch sequences. Many fans prefer the unremastered version of the series because it represents Robotech that they love and remember as it first aired on television without the distraction of new sound effects. Also, the extent of the new footage is said to be limited to sequences that did not require newly recorded dialogue. Finally in 2005, ADV announced yet another re-release of a "Protoculture MegaSet" containing all the remastered episodes and extras discs in one big box. Detractors criticize these DVD re-releases as part of industry trend to entice buyers to double-dip.
- The original Macross series was released on DVD in 2002 by anime specialty company AnimEigo, subtitled and unedited in its pre-Robotech form. Several Macross sequels are also available on DVD from various manufacturers. The original Southern Cross and Genesis Climber Mospeada series were both released on DVD in 2003 by ADV Films. At Anime Expo 2005, ADV Films announced that they are considering creating an uncut dub for Macross.
Unfinished Sequels
Robotech: The Movie
Also called Robotech: The Untold Story, this theatrical film was the first new Robotech adventure created after the premiere of the original series. It used footage from the direct-to-video Mega Zone 23 spliced with Southern Cross, and had only a tenuous link to the television series. It disappeared after a failed test run in Texas. Harmony Gold relinquished their license to Mega Zone 23 after director Carl Macek washed his hands of the project, so any home video release is unlikely except for a few VHS tapes that had been in limited circulation in Europe. Some animatics and other supplemental material were released as extras with ADV Films' Robotech DVD release. Academy released a comic adaptation of the movie in 1995 that bore scant resemblance to the actual movie. Additionally, elements from the movie were used in the plot of the novel The Masters Gambit.
Robotech II: The Sentinels
This aborted series would have followed the continuing adventures of Rick & Lisa Hunter and the rest of the Robotech Expedition during the events of The Robotech Masters and The New Generation. The feature-length pilot is comprised of the first three (and only) episodes that were produced for the series. It introduces the SDF-3 along with its crew and gives an overview of their new mission. The most significant event is the wedding of Admiral Rick Hunter to Admiral Lisa Hayes. Being a sequel/spinoff to the combined series, The Sentinels featured characters from all three Robotech sagas, including the Hunters and the Sterlings from The Macross Saga, Dana Sterling and Bowie Grant from The Robotech Masters, and Jonathan Wolfe of The New Generation. Among the newly created characters were young cadet rivals Jack Baker and Karen Penn, whose early love-hate relationship mirrored Rick and Lisa's; Vince Grant, brother of Claudia and father of Bowie Grant; and the Regent, the villainous leader of the Invid. Dr. Emil Lang, a supporting character in the Macross Saga, would return as a main character. This series would notably feature a human villain in the form of T.R. Edwards who was introduced in Comico's Robotech: The Graphic Novel. According to director Carl Macek in Robotech Art 3, the proposed series was canceled after the crash of the Dollar/Yen exchange rate and lack of support by toy partner Matchbox. Subsequent efforts to petition the completion of this series have gone nowhere, but the pilot was released on VHS by Robotech RPG publisher Palladium. The Sentinels is currently available as part of one of the Robotech DVD releases from ADV Films. Author Jack McKinney completed a novelized version of the Sentinels storyline in paperback.
Robotech: The Odyssey
Producer Carl Macek revealed ideas for another proposed series, Robotech: The Odyssey, which would have created a circular storyline that would end where the original Robotech began in a giant 260-episode cycle to fill up all the weekdays in a year. After the failure of Sentinels, Odyssey never went into development, though its ideas were worked into the McKinney book The End of the Circle.
Robotech 3000
Carl Macek attempted another sequel with the development of Robotech 3000. Again, the idea was abandoned midway into production after negative reception within the company and later fan reception at FanimeCon 2000. It now exists only in trailer form on the official Robotech website.
Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles
In 2002, Tommy Yune announced development on a new sequel which was not named until 2004 as Robotech: Shadow Force. The storyline is supposedly a direct continuation of the unresolved ending of the original series. The overall title of the story arc was soon changed to Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles. From late 2004, Harmony Gold representatives have held panels at anime conventions, showing production art and CG animatic previews. The first trailers with finished animation were finally shown at Anime Expo and Comic-Con 2005. Though NewType USA has reported that progress has reached the post-production phase for completion in 2005, the 20th anniversary of Robotech, no specific release date or distribution channel has been set.
Comic books
A little known Robotech:Defenders limited comic book series was first published by DC Comics in 1984. Based on the Revell line of plastic models, this series of models actually combines mecha designs from Macross, Orguss and Dougram. It bears no relation to the Harmony Gold series and actually predates the animated series by about a year.
Five other companies have published Robotech related comics:
Comico (1984-1989)
Comico's Robotech comics consisted almost entirely of adaptations of the Robotech TV episodes. Rather then releasing them sequentially, they released the three series at once. Of the 85 TV episodes, only Dana's Story was not directly adapted; it was later re-published in an expanded graphic novel. The main reason for this was not to provide spoilers for the outcome of the Macross Saga.
The Robotech Graphic Novel was not based on any TV episodes, but instead provided a "back-story" for some elements of the TV series. The events of the Graphic Novel also were depicted in the first Robotech Novel.
- Macross Saga
- Masters Special (lengthened adaptation of Dana's Story)
- Masters
- New Generation
- Graphic Novel (prequel)
Eternity (1988-1994)
Eternity initially started with direct adaptations of the Sentinels novels into comic format. However, they also began writing additional stories that expanded the canon beyond the initial 85 animated episodes and Sentinels. Also, as the series progressed, the writers began deviating from the Sentinels novels, adding new story elements and new characters. For the entirety of the Eternity run, the artwork Sentinels adaptation was handled by Jason and John Waltrip.
When Malibu Comics were purchased by Marvel Comics, Eternity (a Malibu imprint) was closed. The Robotech comics licence was acquired by Academy comics, an independent publisher.
- Robotech II: The Sentinels
- Legend of Zor
- Malcontent Uprisings
- Cyberpirates
- Invid War
- Invid War: Aftermath
- Return to Macross
Academy (1994-1996)
Academy comics acquired the Robotech licence from Malibu, as well as Jason and John Waltrip and long-time Robotech comics writer Bill Spangler. Academy initially re-launched all of Eternity's then current comic series, as well as several new lines. The Sentinels comic picked up directly from where Eternity had left of, with the Waltrips taking over the writing as well as the artwork.
While the Academy Sentinels comics were well-received, the other comics suffered from often inconsistent writing and artwork. Both Aftermath and Clone were cancelled prematurely after their writer/artists left the company. Despite these problems, the Academy Robotech comics were often well received by fans.
in 1996, Harmony Gold abruptly revoked Academy's Robotech licence, handing it to Antarctic Press. No reason was ever given, however the most likely explanation is that Antarctic simply offered more money. Academy folded shortly thereafter.
- Robotech II: The Sentinels (continued)
- Return to Macross (continued)
- Invid War: Aftermath (continued)
- Robotech: Clone (retitled to Robotech: Mordecai)
- Robotech: Warriors
- Worlds of Robotech
- Robotech: Destroid (retitled to Macross Missions)
- Robotech Academy
- Robotech: Mechangel
- Robotech The Movie (Adapatation)
Antarctic Press (1997-1998)
These stories consisted chiefly of stand alone side stories and spinoffs featuring mostly the original Macross saga characters. Most of the stories were strongly revisionist in nature and sometimes involved established characters acting out of character, even occasionally to the point of camp. Because of Antarctic's decision not to enlist the talents of John and Jason Waltrip to finish The Sentinels (which by the end of its Academy run was 80% complete storywise), many fans are highly critical of Antarctic press' Robotech comics. (An uncofirmed story attributes the decision to a personal disagreement between the Waltrips and Ben Dunn while they worked for Malibu.)
Most notably criticised was Sentinels Rubicon, which theoretically picks up many years after the Sentinels story would have concluded. Those two issues bore no resemblance to any previous (or subsequent) Robotech material, and featured art that was virtually incomprehensible. Rubicon ended abruptly two issues into a proposed seven-issue series, with many fans applauding the decision.
In general, Antarctic press Robotech comics are widely considered the least popular Robotech comics. Antartcic's Robotech licence was abruptly revoked in 1998, with no explanation offered. Most fans, given the choice between more of their Robotech comics or none at all were happy with the latter.
- Robotech: Megastorm
- Robotech: Rolling Thunder
- Robotech: Prototype (initially a back-up story, re-titled as Variants)
- Vermillion
- Wings of Gibraltar
- Special Operations
- Class Reunion
- Sentinels: Rubicon
Wildstorm (DC) (2002-present)
- Robotech: From The Stars
Covers the early years of Roy Fokker and the VF-1 development program before the launch of the SDF-1. Also features young Rick Hunter at the flying circus, the battle against the Anti-Unification League, and Roy's early dealings with Claudia, Jan Morris, and Colonel Edwards. Based on Robotech TV series continuity and unrelated to Macross Zero. This comic series notably diverges from the events previously described in the McKinney novels with a new account of the discovery and adaptation of the SDF-1 (Gloval is introduced as a Russian submarine captain), Robotechnology, and a redesigned version of Lt. Col. T.R. Edwards.
- Robotech: Love & War
Follows the relationship of Max & Miriya from a more backstory angle, including Max's early friendship with Ben on Macross Island before the launch of the SDF-1. Includes the companion story Little White Dragon about Minmei's first movie.
- Robotech: Invasion
Details Lancer's early adventures under the 10th Mars Division and expands his relationship with Carla. Not really an adaptation of the video game, but covers the first REF attempt to liberation the Earth and ends with the arrival of Scott Bernard and the 21st Mars Division. The side story Mars Base 1 expands on the adventures of Lisa Hayes' first love Karl Riber. Features a couple alternate covers by original Mospeada character designer Yoshitaka Amano.
- Robotech: Prelude to the Shadow Chronicles
Written by Jason and John Waltrip, this series picks up with many elements from secondary sources such as the Sentinels novels and comics, but it is not an exact continuation of the Waltrips' previous comics. Rather, it retcons it to fit with the new "official" continuity and provide a prelude to the forthcoming Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles series.
Del Rey novelizations
Robotech was adapted into novel form by "Jack McKinney", a pseudonym for the team of James Luceno and the late Brian Daley, who fleshed out the chronology in greater detail along with the use of fictitious quotes in the style of Dune. Many Robotech fans consider the McKinney novels to be an unofficial canon of its own, despite notable divergences in the writing from Harmony Gold's current official animation-based canon. For example, the novels introduce the concept of the "Shapings of the Protoculture," which were never mentioned in the TV series. The following are the list of novels released by Del Rey in publishing order:
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Despite no longer being considred canon, the novels have been recently re-issued by Harmony Gold.
Video games
Robotech spawned four video game licenses, of which only three were released:
- Robotech: Crystal Dreams for the Nintendo 64 game system. This was cancelled before release. The game would have taken place during the period between the SDF-1's destruction and the launch of the SDF-3. A continuity nightmare, the game had a Zentraedi invasion during what was scripted in the series as a period of peace.
- Robotech: Battlecry (2002) for the Microsoft Xbox, PlayStation 2, and GameCube. The gameplay takes place in the Macross era and parallels the events in the Animation for that Era. Multiplayer support is limited to one-on-one.
- Robotech: The Macross Saga (2002) for the Game Boy Advance, a side-scrolling shooter.
- Robotech: Invasion (2004) for the Microsoft Xbox and the Sony PlayStation 2. First person shooter. The gameplay covers the New Generation part of the story with support for single player missions and multiplayer online matches. Features cyclones which are the transformable body armor/motorcycles.
Impact
While anime shows were brought to the US as early as the 1960s, such as Astro Boy, Speed Racer, and Kimba the White Lion, most were heavily bowdlerized for American audiences, with violence, deaths of major characters, sexual references, etc., completely edited out for what was assumed to be an audience of young children. Robotech broke with this tradition by leaving in some of those elements, and is thought by many to be the show that kicked off American interest in Japanese animation, leading to a boom in North American consumption of anime that is still growing as of this writing. Robotech was frequently among the top ten anime lists of American anime magazines such as Anime Insider, Animerica, Newtype USA, and others.
Robotech had a similar impact in other places of the world, including Canada, Argentina, Chile, and China, where in the summer of 2004, it was awarded "Best Robot-theme Anime of all time" at the Cartoon Channel of China Education Television. It is highly likely that if you grew up in any of those countries during the 1980s, you watched at least some of its episodes. (Robotech did not start its broadcast in China until 1991.) As in the US, it helped begin a slow but continuous rise in the consumption of anime where also was honored with an award for its contribution to the science fiction genre by The North American Science Fiction Convention (Cascadia Con) and The Science Fiction Museum Hall of Fame .
That said, Robotech is also extremely polarizing among anime fans. Some critics consider the show to be an abomination that runs rough-shod over its original sources by westernizing character names, making some censor-appeasing edits, and changing the stories of three wholly unrelated series to pass them off as a cohesive whole. (Some compare it to Woody Allen's camp Japanese movie re-dub What's Up Tiger Lily?).
In an effort to combine the storylines of three different Japanese series, certain characters underwent drastic role changes with little explicit character development or plot exposition. Notably Rick Hunter (one of the main characters of the Macross segment) was changed—by a line of dialogue—from an ordinary yet pivotal fighter unit commander into an unseen admiral who is said to have ordered the destruction of Earth under the controversial rationale of saving it from the enemy. The line by an unnamed commander on the SDF-4 in the episode "Dark Finale" was, "I've been ordered by Admiral Hunter himself to obliterate the planet completely."
In addition, the 65-episode minimum guideline cited as the reason to combine the episodes applied specifically to weekday syndication. Contemporary series such as Star Blazers and The Transformers series were initially syndicated weekly before reaching the 65 episode mark. The guideline also did not necessitate a combined storyline. Adaptations like Voltron adapted two unrelated Japanese series without initially combining the storylines until a crossover special years later. Defenders counter that such changes were critical for getting the show onto American television, given the cultural and economic environment of 1985. In the current climate of broadcast and cable television, such conditions do not exist.
Robotech has been the subject of two parodies by the fandub group Seishun Shitemasu: Robotech 3: Not Necessarily the Sentinels and Robotech 4: Khyron's Counterattack (using footage from, respectively, Gunbuster and Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack).
Internal Links
- Earth Military Forces: Robotech Defense Force | Army of the Southern Cross (includes United Earth Forces and the Global Military Police) | Robotech Expeditionary Force
- Robotech Defense Force (Macross Saga): Bridge Bunnies | Roy Fokker | Captain Henry J. Gloval | Claudia Grant | Rick Hunter | Lisa Hayes | Lynn Minmei | Lynn Kyle | Max Sterling | Miriya Parina Sterling |
- United Earth Forces: Dana Sterling | Louis Nichols | Bowie Grant | Angelo Dante | Eli Anatole Leonard | Marie Crystal | Nova Satori | Rolf Emerson | Sean Phillips
- Robotech Masters Forces: The Robotech Masters | Robotech Elders | Karno | Musica | Zor Prime
- New Generation Characters: Scott Bernard | Lunk(Jim Austin) | Annie "Mint" LaBelle | Lance Belmont(Lancer) | Rand | Rook Bartley | Sue Graham
- Invid Forces: Invid Regis | Ariel | Sera | Corg
- General Mecha: Veritech fighter
- Macross Era Mecha: VF-1 Valkyrie | Destroids
- Robotech Masters Era Mecha: VF-8 Logan | VHT-2 Spartas | VFH-10 Auoran AGACS
- New Generation Mecha/ REF Mecha: VF/A-6 Alpha | VFB-9 Beta | CRV-3 Cyclone and CRV-4 Heavy Cyclone
External links
Official Sites:
- ROBOTECH.COM - Harmony Gold's official Robotech website.
- ROBOTECH Bibliography - Comprehensive listings of books in and out of print.
- ROBOTECH: Prelude to the Shadow Chronicles - Official site of the new comic series.
- ADV Films - The current distributor of Robotech DVDs.
- Hero Factory Games - Maker of the upcoming Robotech collectible card game (CCG).
Fan Sites: (English)
- Roboblog III: The Odyssey - Detailed blog covering the Shadow Chronicles DVD and comic prequel
- Robotech Shadow Chronicles Group - New group for the upcoming sequel, Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles
- Shadow Chronicles News - The latest scoop on the new Robotech sequel.
- Robotech Museum - A historical archive of Robotech collectibles.
- The Robotech Companion - Extensive Robotech episode and background information.
- Robotech Reference Guide - Unofficial Encyclopedia of Robotech.
- Robotech Research - Extensive Robotech Role-Playing (RPG) site.
- Chronology Central's Robotech page - Chronologically integrated listing of the cartoon and comic storylines.
- U.E.Group - Dedicated to Robotech 3D fan film projects.
Fan Sites: (International)
- Robotech Union @ China - Chinese language fansite dedicated to Robotech.
- Robotech Espanol - Spanish language fansite with the latest news and rumors
- Herederos de Zor Argentina - Spanish language fan club seen on Latin American TV.
- РОБОТЕК - All about Robotech in Russian.
- Macross-City Russia - Russian language fansite with the latest news and external subtitles.
- Robotech Mordecai Youth Inertia - Japanese language fan site of the Robotech Clone comics.
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