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"Robotech" (1985): :  -- An alien ship crashes on Earth and the tech and secrets it bears lead Earth into three destructive interplanetary wars.
"Robotech" (1985): :  -- An alien ship crashes on Earth and the tech and secrets it bears lead Earth into three destructive interplanetary wars.

Overview

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Director:
Robert V. Barron
Writers:
Gregory Snegoff (staff writer) &
Robert V. Barron (staff writer) ...
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Seasons:
1 full episode list
Genre:
Animation | Sci-Fi more
Plot:
An alien ship crashes on Earth and the tech and secrets it bears lead Earth into three destructive interplanetary wars. full summary
User Comments:
The greatest anime of all time more (27 total)

Cast

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Katy Amaizo ... Claudia Grant (1 episode, 1985)
Jean-Claude Ballard ... Narrator (1 episode, 1985)
Cam Clarke ... Maximillion Sterling (1 episode, 1985)
Lara Cody ... Kim Young, Jason (1 episode, 1985)

Greg Finley ... Henry Gloval, Anatole Leonard (1 episode, 1985)
Rebecca Forstadt ... Lynn Minmei (1 episode, 1985)
Ted Layman ... Exedore (1 episode, 1985)
Wendee Lee ... Vanessa Leeds (1 episode, 1985)
Michèle Lituac ... Lisa Hayes (1 episode, 1985)
Iona Morris ... Claudia Grant (1 episode, 1985)
Tony Oliver ... Rick Hunter (1 episode, 1985)
Dan Woren ... Roy Fokker (1 episode, 1985)
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Series Directed by
Robert V. Barron (unknown episodes)
 
Series Writing credits
Robert V. Barron (unknown episodes)
Ardwight Chamberlain (unknown episodes)
Greg Finley (unknown episodes)
Jason Klassi (unknown episodes)
Steve Kramer (unknown episodes)
Mike Reynolds (unknown episodes)
Gregory Snegoff (unknown episodes)
Tao Will (unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Ahmed Agrama .... executive producer (unknown episodes)
Jehan Agrama .... associate producer (unknown episodes)
Carl Macek .... producer (unknown episodes)
 
Series Original Music by
Ulpio Minucci (unknown episodes)
Arlon Ober (unknown episodes)
 
Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Noboru Ishiguro .... director: Japanese language version (unknown episodes)
 
Series Sound Department
George Bours .... sound engineer (unknown episodes)
 
Series Visual Effects by
Bill Newton .... digital restoration (unknown episodes)
Tommy Yune .... main title design & credits (unknown episodes)
 
Series Other crew
Debbie Alba .... dialogue director (unknown episodes)
Robert V. Barron .... dialogue director (unknown episodes)
Greg Finley .... dialogue director (unknown episodes)
Steve Kramer .... dialogue director (unknown episodes)
Mike Reynolds .... dialogue director (unknown episodes)
Gregory Snegoff .... dialogue director (unknown episodes)
 

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Additional Details

Runtime:
Argentina:30 min
Country:
USA | Japan
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (1985) | Dolby Digital (2004 restoration)
Certification:
Finland:K-7 (DVD) | Canada:PG (TV rating) | Argentina:Atp | USA:TV-Y7
Company:
Harmony Gold more

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Trivia:
The decision to create this series came from Carl Macek who was disappointed at the crude alterations made to "Kagaku ninja tai Gatchaman" (1972) in the creation of "Battle of the Planets" (1978). He wanted to import an anime series of his own and have it faithfully translated for the Western market. However, the best series he could obtain, "Chôjikû yôsai Macross" (1982), had only 36 episodes, which was far too few for the standard 65-episode syndication package that the North American TV market demanded. To fix that problem, Macek decided to acquire two similarly-themed series, "Chôjikû kidan Sazan Kurosu" (1984) and _"Kikô sôseiki Mosupîda" (1983)_. He then connected the series as a grand epic of succeeding generations of characters in the series that are forced to fight three successive wars over an alien energy source called Protoculture that the enemy is desperate to capture. more
Movie Connections:
Edited from "Chôjikû yôsai Macross" (1982) more
Soundtrack:
Look Up! (The Sky is Falling) more

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8 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
The greatest anime of all time, 6 August 2003
Author: keyblade1000

Robotech is one of my favorite anime of all time. I love the old 80's style of animation. Early Japanese animation is great, some old anime is even better than the new stuff. Robotech is a very detailed series in Japan it's called Macross. One day I would like to see the japanese version. I have all of them on DVD except volume 8 which is part of the Robotech Masters series(season 2). The charaters are so unique and different and the love story is so much better than those other cliches used in today's anime, video games and movies. If you love watching the series you should also try Robotech Battlecry, even though you are using a character that doesn't even exist in the series it's a good game for any Robotech fan. If you are new to anime, Robotech is the perfect anime to start with. Robotech was one of my first.

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