Robotech (1985)★ 8.5/10
- Action
- Adventure
- Animation
- Sci-Fi
Directed by: Ippei Kuri, Robert V. Barron
Written by: Carl Macek, Robert V. Barron, Ardwight Chamberlain, Greg Finley, Jason Klassi
An alien spaceship crash lands on Earth and the technology and secrets she bears lead Earth into three destructive interplanetary wars.
- Original title
- Robotech
- Storyline
- In the year 1999, an alien battle fortress crash lands on an island in the South Pacific. Over the next ten years, mankind repairs and refits this fortress, using the advanced "robotechnology" found aboard her to create fighter planes that can transform into giant robots. As soon as the repaired fortress is ready for launch, the aliens to whom she belongs finally discover its location. Thus begins a series of wars that will devastate the planet Earth. This television series was created by Carl Macek from three Japanese television series, Super Dimensional Fortress Macross, Super Dimensional Cavalry Southern Cross and Genesis Climber Mospeada.
- Rating
- 8.5 / 10 · 4,356
- Companies
- ARTMIC Studios, Anime Friend, Artland, Big West, Color Friend, Fuji Television Network (Fuji TV), Harmony Gold, Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS), 2x2, A&E Home Video, ADV Films, AMV-4, Argentina Video Home, Cartoon Network, Crunchyroll, DeAPlaneta, Discovery Force Channel, Discovery Toons, Déclic Images, Eleven, FUNimation Entertainment, Family Home Entertainment (FHE), GMA 7, GRV6, Guangdong Qianhe Audio & Video, Italia 7, La Cinq (La 5), MBC 3, Madman Entertainment, Manga Entertainment, Netflix, Palladium Books, Pluto TV, Prem1ere, RTQ7
- Release dates
- US March 4, 1985
- AR January 1, 1986
- IT January 1, 1986
- CO January 1, 1987
- MX January 1, 1987
- FR May 25, 1987
- HK January 1, 1992
- AU November 1, 2002
- NZ November 1, 2002
- GB January 1, 2005
- IE January 1, 2005