Postby FZeroOne » Thu Sep 05, 2002 8:03 pm
Valkyrie is my preference, but I honestly won't hold it against you if anyone uses Veritech - I just felt I had to say something for the look of the thing. Robotech was formed from three completely unrelated Japanese anime series - Macross, Mospeada and Southern Cross - which had just enough of a similar design "look" to link them together with a rewritten storyline, the need at the time being for an 85 episode series to selll for US syndication. Macross is probably the most unscathed section of Robotech, with the other two by most accounts suffering ever greater changes due to censorship and the rewritten storyline. Having recently seen the original Japanese Macross series unedited, though, I think I know where my loyalties lie... The complicated international licensing issues that have arisen has led to some interesting release situations; Macross - both versions - is currently available in the US; Mospeada and Southern Cross are currently available only in their Robotech forms, but unedited subtitled versions are planned for release in the near future...! Famously, Macross mecha designs were also used in the Battletech board game until quite recently, again due to copyright issues...And don't even get me started on the toys...
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