My 12 year old daughter has discovered Robotech on Netflix. We have made it to episode 20 and she wants to watch more every night after school. A new fan in the making.

@SecretGalaxyTV

6 жыл бұрын

Awesome.

@phoboskittym8500

6 жыл бұрын

that is so so awesome... like as a life long fan i am not afraid to say that when i read that some tears welled up...

@HalfBreedMix

6 жыл бұрын

cool kid.

@boxtank5288

6 жыл бұрын

Cool. :)

@darthpaul99

6 жыл бұрын

Amazon Prime has the whole series as well as the original Japanese series it was based on.

I love Robotech. It was one of my favorite cartoons ever. The story is complex and mature for the time, and Macek did an amazing job given the limitations. However, Harmony Gold has completely run the IP into the ground with a combination of greed, laziness and incompetence.

Slight correction: Comico published 85 Robotech comics rather than 36(plus the Genesis and Dana's Story graphic novels). They dd a fortnightly publishing schedule - Macross, then two weeks later Masters, and two weeks after that New Generation, and then repeat. They adapted each episode of the show into a separate comic, so Masters ended at issue 23 and New Generation at 25, and then finally Macross Saga at 36.

@ironwarmonger

6 жыл бұрын

The focus seams to be on Macross, because Macross is the most popular of the part of Robotech and seams to be the one that the Anime Antifa seams to bet teh most out raged about. Comico's Robotech has 36 issues and one Graphic Novel. The others were separate with 23+I Graphic novel and 25 Issues each. Also missed were the Wildstorm comics (part of DC), who make 5 mini series in the early 2000's.

I never watched Robotech as a kid, I was 100% Transformers. As I grew up I discovered just how good of a series Robotech was, ans still is.

@dhu55ein9

4 жыл бұрын

Lol you could've watched both

@dhu55ein9

4 жыл бұрын

@Mr. Al robotech was pretty good though

@morganrobinson8042

3 жыл бұрын

There's always OG Jetfire.

Damn, just seeing that Palladium RPG book cover makes me *so* nostalgic for highschool days. I loved Robotech as a kid, but spent a lot of my teen years playing tabletop RPGs. Palladium RPGs are kind of... rough... but I *loved* those Robotech (and TMNT) games they did.

@TalkingAboutGames

4 жыл бұрын

I highly recommend you check out the current Robotech Roleplaying Game, it combines combat with soap opera drama in a sort of feedback loop kind of way, reall cool.

Part 4 - Harmony Gold vs FASA!

@ZeroKnightHell

6 жыл бұрын

what I've been waiting for since the first video

@SecretGalaxyTV

6 жыл бұрын

Just following the timeline as the facts are presented. I think the Battletech stuff is up next.

@jedijc5411

6 жыл бұрын

You Mean Harmony Gold Vs. The World!

@Kissamiess

6 жыл бұрын

That's what I'm here for too, but this other stuff has proven to be fascinating as well.

@mechaboydx

6 жыл бұрын

I know it's not exactly in the channel's wheelhouse, but I'm hoping Dan brings up the number of Macross sequels that HG is keeping from being (officially) released outside of Japan.

Part 4: The Robotech vs. Battletech wars Part 5: The failure of Robotech RPG Tactics and Harmony Gold loses the license Part 6: Jetfire was the best Gen 1 Transformer

@SecretGalaxyTV

6 жыл бұрын

We go where the facts take us.

@johndunkelburg5143

5 жыл бұрын

The legal battles between Harmony Gold and FASA/Catalyst Games are interesting because Harmony Gold may not have had the iron-clad sole distribution rights to the franchise because the agreement they had was with Tatsunoko, while the actual legal rights to the Macross property lay with Studio Nue. This allowed Catalyst Games (the company founded by Jordan Weisman, who had retained the rights to BattleTech after FASA folded) to legally bring the original mecha designs from Macross back into their game.

Ah Robotech RPG, many hours of fun...

@Skorion69

3 жыл бұрын

@@dave23024 That it does, took me several years after I started playing to track down copies of all the Robotech books, 90% were easy but a couple of them took some real grunt work.

The History of Robotech volumes 1-3 were epic, I look forward to volume 4.

The Comico graphic novel is allegedly written by Macek; it's closer to canonical than anything else.

I read the novels when I was in middle school. Really cool stuff.

Just wanted to say thank you for doing what you do.

@SecretGalaxyTV

6 жыл бұрын

You're welcome. Thanks for watching!

I ran out of bread crumbs half way through the video and now I'm lost and can't find my way out lol

Love to see you review the Adv. of the Galaxy Rangers. One of my fav shows from the 80's, and I vaguely recall a toy line based on the series.

The RPG got me into Robotech because it used the same system as the TMNT RPG and we wanted a cross-over. Viva Myria!

@phoboskittym8500

6 жыл бұрын

yah i used to bring Robotech Characters into RIFTS

@SciFiFan2012

6 жыл бұрын

The TMNT rpg was so much fun.

@ironwarmonger

6 жыл бұрын

I was into RPG before Robotech, but Robotech introduced me to Palladium Books. For that I dislike Robotech. PB and KS have been a great source of pain in my life. And after my major blunder getting involved in the Robotech Tactics Game Kickstarter and I am very happy that is finally coming to an end.

@yellowgut

6 жыл бұрын

ironwarmonger paladium gets a bad rap, but I don’t understand why, not the best system, no role master, or v&v, but not bad.

@SciFiFan2012

6 жыл бұрын

ironwarmonger you helped that KS too? I was wondering how many of us there were lol

I came home from school one day back in 1998 and caught the closing moments of a show I had never seen before. "Coming up next time on the exciting, amazing adventures of Robotech." I rushed home from school the next day and never missed an episode from that point on. I fucking love Robotech.

Everyone has their entrance into anime; Robotech was mine. I remember waking up early in the morning to watch cartoons, and found a fighter pilot telling his steak to wait for him as he was called out to defend his home. He died that episode. My child mind was blown. How was I so affected by the actions of a character I just met? Why wasn't death a thing in other cartoons? *This* cartoon had a continuous story arc! Suddenly, without my realization, Transformers, G.I. Joe, and He Man had already become second-best. A few years later, I had all of my friends reading Robotech novels and playing the Robotech RPG, while I sought ought any anime I could find on VHS. Then came Akira...

@SecretGalaxyTV

6 жыл бұрын

And that is exactly what Harmony Gold was hoping would happen. For all the crap they take for abusing the Macross license, they did introduce Anime to the west.

@HalfBreedMix

6 жыл бұрын

Yup, I got introduced to Robotech thru my Invid Shock Trooper toy; however, it was Akira that got me into anime (a consoler at the language camp brought back a VHS tape of it from Japan) .

@chillywilly883

5 жыл бұрын

My experience was the same.....like wait the good guy died? That can happen? Incidence lost lol.

@unlimitedrabbit

5 жыл бұрын

But what happened to the steak? JKJK

@MusicMatic707

5 жыл бұрын

Ben dying still hits me hard and that is 20-30 years after I first saw him die...

You guys havent even touched on the BattleTech or Exo-Squad stuff yet, let alone the spectacular disaster of the Robotech Tactics Kickstarter (that one gets so dramatic it includes an attempted suicide!). In other words, we need a Part IV already!

Those first couple Robotech II comic book covers are definitely something special.

This story is so deep! I feel like I need to watch Part 1 and 2 again just as a refresher!

The two biggest obstacles to there being more Robotech is firstly Harmony Gold themselves they can't decide what the hell they actually want to happen and secondly no company writer or anything/anyone else will work with them because of their reputation for being completely batshit insane and unreliably litigious.

@De4dByD4wn

6 жыл бұрын

Well said. Robotech changed my life as a kid & its messed what happened w/ liscensing but there are plenty of examples of publishers, game co.s, toy makers & movies prod.s overcoming these kinds of problems in the best interest of fans. Ill always be nostalgic for Robotech, but everything HG produced w/said liscense was garbabe & they've arguably squandered potentially the greatest anime liscense EVER for 30+ yrs. Maybe in 2021 once they R finally OUT of the mix, the embargo on anything Macross can finally exist in the US & be done justice

@hannahleith52

6 жыл бұрын

De4dByD4wn Unfortunately the only financial value of the entire Robotech franchise at this point is a way to copyright squat on Macross and Battletech/Mechwarrior.

@De4dByD4wn

6 жыл бұрын

Yuup. Thats what kills me, there should be 30+ yrs of board & console games, movies, toys, all the things other great liscenses bring. Its been sooo long 2days gen prolly wont even appreciate its greatness, for its time

@hannahleith52

6 жыл бұрын

De4dByD4wn All we can hope is that the internets rumours about the copyright expiring in 2021 are true and at least then we might get the rest of Macross.

@De4dByD4wn

6 жыл бұрын

I saw a video by an actual lawyer & anime fan(i forget the link) but he actually broke down the court docs, many of which were sealed thru multiple arbitrations over the yrs & shed light on alot of rumor & misconception over the yrs. Namely how insidious HG's been w/ their lawsuits over designs they KNEW they didnt own after like 96' or sumthin. Every1 involved is DONE w/ them & the 2021 thing seems legit. I used 2 give HG a lil benefit of tha doubt & credit for bringin it to the US, but at what cost? At this point its good #% riddance.

So, I'm guessing that's why in 1994 Ninja High School went back to it's original publisher Antarctic Press because of Eternity being bought by Malibu / owned by Marvel. Because as the way Marvel does things Ben Dunn would have lost his ownership rights to Ninja High School.

The Waltrip brothers’ adaption of the Sentinels has to be considered close to canon.

Trivia: Macross #1's artist was Svea Stauch, Carl Macek's wife. In the fall of 84, HG tried to market Macross as a series of VHS OVAs that would be released with three episodes edited together into one feature. Only one was made before HG decided to go with the Robotech concept. Rick Hunter was Rick Yemada and Lisa Hayes went by her original name, Misa Hiyase.

I think it’s fair to say Harmony Gold are their own worst enemy..

@SecretGalaxyTV

6 жыл бұрын

They really exploited a loophole that was only open for a limited amount of time and then just misplayed the hell out of it and refuse to let it go.

Loving this, looking forward to part 4

I remember watching your video where you had robotech figures and you mentioned not knowing much about robotech and now look at you working on part 4. Thank you sir for putting in the work to gather what i feel is great information for a long time fan

@SecretGalaxyTV

6 жыл бұрын

It was inevitable that I would have to get into to it to some degree. Always loved the Valkyrie and my friends watched, but it never connected for me. Good to have learned quite a bit at this point, though.

Been waiting for this vid!!! Thank you!❤️🇨🇦

@SecretGalaxyTV

6 жыл бұрын

You're welcome. Thanks for watching!

Astro Boy was my first anime but Tekkaman Blade was what really got me hooked. Like Robotech, Tekkaman Blade had some pretty heavy themes for kids to wrap their heads around but hey, we handled it (still love it). My older siblings got me into Robotech/Macross after Tekkaman Blade disappeared from the TV. To me, what made the 'first season' are the characters, the drama, and mecha (Valkyrie kicks any mecha's ass). You've got all this visually stunning artwork, cool mechamorphosis, an extinction event that we somehow survived, a human/zentradi enemies-turned-romance with a baby...it beat the snot out of the boring cartoons that catered to kids/young teens. Kids in the late 90s and beyond will never understand the struggle; they had anime handed to them on a platter thanks to DBZ. Kids of the 80s/early 90s? With the exception of a few standouts (Voltron, He-Man and She-Ra for the nostalgia and John Erwin's VA!!), 'it's animated therefore kids will enjoy it' was our lot. Anime inspired the imagination. I'm grateful for Harmony Gold and the efforts from other dub companies to bring us what they could. The voice actors were awesome, too. Tony Oliver, Melanie MacQueen, Edie Mirman, Gregory Snegoff (his Kyron was legendary), Iona Morris, Barbara Goodson, Cam Clarke, Reba West (even though Minmei was annoying as all hell, she did have a sweet voice)...yeah.

I am so happy these videos were made!

@SecretGalaxyTV

6 жыл бұрын

We aim to please!

Robotech was geared towards middle schoolers and up. Before Robotech, we watched Star Blazers. Another show called Captain Harlock Space Pirate also aired after school. Unfortunately, Captain Harlock disappeared from my local TV station before the series completely aired.

Thanks Dan! I didn’t know much about Robotech before watching these videos.

Novels are great. My first experience with parts 2 and 3. Brian Dailey was also the writer for another greater. And non..ehem...canon product. Star Wars radio drama!

I've been a fan of Robotech since it's original run on TV. The original 85 episodes were groundbreaking and amazing. But the fact is that Carl Macek had to shoehorn the story he was trying to tell into the pre-existing visuals. The Jack McKinney novels are the realization of that story. The TV show was the rough draft, the novels are the "real" story of Robotech. And before someone says "But Harmony Gold says....". Fuck Harmony Gold, it ain't up to them. It's up to the fans.

Man! I owned almost everything shown in this video, hard to believe I forgot. Btw, great rpg, and you missed battletech!!!!!

@SecretGalaxyTV

6 жыл бұрын

Didn't miss Battletech. This video was sort of sidestep to cover some of the things that were happening with other Robotech stuff at the time. There's a lot of layers to this whole thing. Hard to put all in one video. Or, at this point, 3 (so far).

@lollerkeet

6 жыл бұрын

It's amazing that you're half an hour in without saying 'unseen' yet.

Huge part of my life! Blew my mind when I was a kid, and if they don't keep the original Valkyrie design. I am going to be pissed royally!

can't wait for part 4

I forgot that James Luceno was half of Jack McKinney. I used to buy the Robotech books the day they came out and would read through them in a day, I enjoyed them that much. I really enjoyed Luceno's Star Wars novels and consider them some of the best of the extended universe.

Wow, volume 3 already? I love you guys.

@SecretGalaxyTV

6 жыл бұрын

Can't promise they'll all have such a quick turnaround.

Great work as always, thank you 👍

@SecretGalaxyTV

6 жыл бұрын

You're welcome. Thanks for watching.

the mention of the Robotech RPG and I look to my left.... "yep... still on my bookshelf"

BRAVO! Keep up the great work! So glad I subscribed :)

Part 4! Whoot! Keep it up!

The books #1-6 by Jack McKinney are my canon.

LOL Did HG send you a cease and desist order? Where is part 4?

@djaii328

3 жыл бұрын

More importantly, who are the 4 people who down-voted this video?

If I was an in a position to be an investor of sorts, like big West is now, I would see all this as a huge opportunity. Nothing is canon except the original series. The original toy line was missing its key element/money maker, the Valkyries. And especially if I'm already working with Harmony Gold on a current project, then it's probably in my best interest to fund a continuation of the original Robotech series and FINALLY release the Valkyries everyone has waited almost their whole lives for. Just saying, if I was Big West, that's what I would do.

So far History of Robotech Vol I and 3 were great. Not faulting this channel at all however Harmony Gold's decision on how to market Robotech and continue make it successful let down the fans. Vol 2 video explains it but it is so complicated to truely understand their actions and/or lack off. Bring on the History of Robotech Vol. 4 plz.

@SecretGalaxyTV

6 жыл бұрын

Not sure when it will happen, but it will happen. Probably going to be at least one more after that too.

Man! It just keeps getting better and better, this is becoming easily one of my favorite videos you’ve done. I would love to see a remake of the series but I’m so fearful of how wrong that could go, I hope that when they do the movie, it won’t be so bad 😕

@SecretGalaxyTV

6 жыл бұрын

I'm guessing it would be all "Michael Bay'd."

I met one of the authors. I was working in a comic book store in Annapolis Maryland. He came in a few times and interviewed me for research on a new book he was writing. I got a few autographed books and some mall food court lunches out of the deal. I remember him being super nice.

@SecretGalaxyTV

6 жыл бұрын

Nice!

Aside from the veritechs Gotta have that sweet opening music. That was one of the best cartoon opening songs I can remember when it comes to fitting its show and being appealing.

And now for the next Robotech merch from Harmony Gold...Valkyrie Stripper Poles! Shake it for the cassssssssssssshhhhhhhhhh! Great continuing Robotech vids Dan!

To be canon or not to be, that is the question. ;) Very informative series of videos, and very helpful clearing up and explaining the mess that is known as Robotech, I can't wait for the next video.

You can’t spell Harmony Gold without “harm”. What they did do Macross is a tragedy really.

@BonusEggs4Sale

3 ай бұрын

No it isn't, Robotech rules

Love the Hx videos, Dan!

Seeing the books for Robotech brought back a lot of memories. I remember my friends from primary school and I had gone to a different high school, and once I moved back close to our old neighbourhood, we all got back in touch and we played a series of games where our characters were part of a robotech unit protecting Australia from enemies from out of space. It was pretty awesome, and I think we got six or eight games done before we all had to do that adult thing called getting jobs etc. Great times, great memories before the internet became huge.

That name Harmony Gold is just beautiful

Great series the original was. Appreciate the rundown on the background nightmare after that... Good stuff 😉

As someone who worked behind the scenes with Eternity Comics, Academy Comics and Harmony Gold, this was a very chaotic time. I felt especially bad for the woman (Jean Elane) who coordinated the Robotech titles for Academy Comics when their license had been unceremoniously yanked. I didn't even know what had happened until she began weeping over the phone. I was asking her about a new "Robotech" comics advertisement that Ben Dunn's company Antarctic Press was displaying in the merch room at an anime convention when the details all spilled out. It was an abrupt end to that chapter in Robotech's comic book history...

So what if the RPG and books aren't cannon, if they won't give us more Robotech, we'll make our own. My promise to other fans: if I hit the lottery, The Sentinels will be made, and made right.

@dtester

6 жыл бұрын

Thexsoar the Bearded - As much as I liked the show in my younger days. I recognize that the show being made of 3 diff anime lead to a mess of a story after part 1. I'd much rather see a reboot like the did with Voltron.

@thexsoar

5 жыл бұрын

Done. It'll be done right, or it won't be done.

@tylerputo

5 жыл бұрын

just watch macross and its multiple continuations and save your money

Discussing what is "Canon" for Robotech is silly, given its origins.

@morganrobinson8042

3 жыл бұрын

I saw some fan pages in the early 2000's that tried. They were wild, wild nonsense. Taught me a bit about justifications in worldbuilding though.

Awsome video

Love these videos. I had moved past Robotech story two decades ago, but these are a nice reminder of when it wasn't the current Charlie Foxtrot that Harmony Gold has made of it. To say nothing of the Bizarro World that the anime sequels became as Idols became the focus over literary everything else.

I was introduced to Robotech and Macross through Hulu about 8 years ago. I started reading the comics recently published by Titan, and how I wish it were canon...

I really enjoyed Robotech and its novels. I only collected a few of the comics way back when. LOved the vids on this.

@SecretGalaxyTV

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

The issue with the Palladium RPG was character creation was time consuming and almost required a calculator and a Doctorate in Applied Mathematics(just like every other Palladium RPG). It was extremely fun, and worth the headache.

No matter what you say, the novels were awesome and completely fleshed out the entire story of this epic better than anything else could have. Nothing else could have done this as comprehensively as the authors did. Do yourself a favor and read them. 👍

@syntaxusdogmata3333

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Plus... I distinctly remember reading that Carl Macek dubbed the novels canon. I just wish I remember where I saw it.

I remember having most of the rpg books and some of those novels. No telling what happened to them but it was cool seeing that stuff again.

Cant' wait to hear your take on the disastrous Robotech miniatures game KS by Palladium.

@SecretGalaxyTV

6 жыл бұрын

Probably going to be in Part 5. I don't think Part 4 is going to get that far along in the timeline of events to cover that KS.

@phoboskittym8500

6 жыл бұрын

i was hoping to play that... but they crowd funded it which is stupid...

@jackmakinson-sanders7279

6 жыл бұрын

I was a playtester and had rule input on that game.

freaking love this series!

@SecretGalaxyTV

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

There are really old pictures of Macross artwork that are incredibly detailed out there and compared to the early comics for robotech, its a stark contrast.

The Valkyrie Fighter -VF-1. I could not agree more. The original design is the best.

@SecretGalaxyTV

6 жыл бұрын

It's a timeless design. really don't have to do anything to update it.

@gtf234

5 жыл бұрын

@@SecretGalaxyTV And they never really did materially update the Variable Fighter over all these years both in and out of narrative. Be it the original VF-1 Valkyrie, the VF-4 Lightning, the VF-11 Thunderbolt, VF-14 Vampire, all the way to the VF-27 Lucifer (the last production model to date, everything since the VF-27 have been experimental YF models), they all are the same fundamental concept of a fighter jet that folds out into a humanoid robot. Kawamori just nailed a perfect concept and design back then- he's designed nearly every one of them ever since the original 1982 show, he knows it isn't broken and doesn't need fixing.

There is no mention of the full-length animated feature 'Robotech : The Shadow Chronicles' made in 2006 by Harmony Gold, which picks up after the events of The Third Generation (Genesis Climber MOSPEADA) & incorporates minor elements of 'Robotech II : The Sentinels' into it's storyline. There was also a follow-up animated feature film in 2013 produced by Harmony Gold called 'Robotech : Love Live Alive'

Great video, another fair and factual account. I am looking forward to your next video.

@SecretGalaxyTV

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Thanks to you there was soo much I never knew about Robotech/Macross btw I played as a Zentran/Micron hybrid in the Southern Cross RPG my career even extended into the Invid Invasion saga and lived to see the end of the war.

@SecretGalaxyTV

6 жыл бұрын

Hey I'm learning all this as we go as well. I knew next to NOTHING before Vol 1 of this series.

Wish you could’ve also tied in Macross DYRL, Macross Plus , Macross 2 etc. since you’ve been explaining Japanese original storylines for Mospeda and Southern Cross. Thanks I learned so much. I was 9 year old fan and then came back to rediscover at 16 years old.

I remember watching an English dubbed version of macross of satellite around 82 or 83. I was only 6 or 7 at the time. But it was before 1985. I was 10 at that time.

I loved the Robotech series. It first aired in the Gulf in the early 90s. It was a big hit out here. These are the kind of series they should remake and re-release for a new generation to enjoy.

Canon: Macross saga (anime), Malcontent uprisings ( US comic), Macross: Do you remember love? (anime), Macross plus (anime). Everything else (yes even Macross zero) can be used for future story fodder or be purged (especially Macross 7 and Macross delta).

I hope you continue this series. To piggyback what I posted on part 1. For three years I watch the same 10 episodes over and over again. My family get stationed to the DC area. Birthday come around and I go to a mall I believe on or near the Maryland side of DC. I see something called Suncoast video. I am confronted with rack and rack of VHS tapes. No overwhelmed bit a kid in a candy story. I get to the back corner of the store. On a double wide encap I SEE 85+ TAPES FOR ROBOTECH. I say the hell with it all and go to the food court and stuff my face with pizza and a gryo.

I still have all the novels. And if they aren't considered canon they should be because they're basically retelling the story verbatim up to a point at least. Then they get into the area past the series but still focus on what was given in the series.

@dzgames7629

3 жыл бұрын

The novels are more cannon than the original series in my opinion.

That Scott Bernard thing had me rolling ‼️😂

Best content on this channel. 3 gold coins to Dan + toy galaxy

@SecretGalaxyTV

6 жыл бұрын

Oh man I'm going to blow those gold coins on something dumb for sure. Probably toys.

I actually had the Robotech Defenders comics, and love them. Given the name of it, but its lack of connection to the Robotech anime, I was UTTERLY confused as a young teen

I'll be interested to see if in part 4 you talk about the Shadow Chronicles, or Macross II and Macross Plus...all of which I enjoyed. I was big into The Sentinels, especially as it became known to me through the RPG, and had the video of it as well.

My God. 7:03. Thought I was having a stroke. Funny.

I remember when those Jack McKinney novels first came out. I was tempted to read a couple just to see... but by then I was in college and there was a ton of other sci-fi calling out to me.

The Galaxy Rangers... Omg

Robotech is my favorite. The only thing I need from Robotech is the series that was put together. I only read the Macross era McKinney novels and loved them. They went in to more thoughts and feelings of the characters and some concepts not covered. I found some Robotech comics in a comic books store a few months back. I looked through them, and though they told an alternate version of the story, it looked really good and I wouldn't mind reading them. There are some comics that Harmony Gold put out that go with the series and I really enjoyed. I also loved the video games that came out on the PS2. Those HG comics and video games touched on some new and under developed characters that, to me, were brought in to the story and helped extend the universe.

So, who else here lost money on Palladium's Robotech RPG Tactics miniatures kickstarter? *raises hand*

@CM-wv8ns

6 жыл бұрын

sleeplessknight99 i only spent disposeable income in the new(er) RPG books because i thought it would be 'official' canon since Palladium was supposedly working close with HG writers of Shadow Chronicles. I still got the Macross II RPG books Palladium did in the 90s which sadly has an easier game system [i.e. the older one] to learn & use than the current Robotech RPG...

Whoa, had no idea that McKinney was actually a pseudonym for TWO people. I loved those books! I think I read the macross portion of the books before I actually saw the entirety of that saga of the show. Good times.

@lorcannagle

6 жыл бұрын

Brian Daley actually died in 1996, before the publication of the last Robotech novel. While James Luceno wrote it on his own, he maintained the McKinney pen name for the book.

So cool.

second month of '19, still awaiting part (vol.) 4. hope it's soon. i'll keep my fingers Macrossed.

On Feb 3, 2007, at the Shadow Chronicles Movie Premiere Q and A, Carl Macek was asked if the Movie or the series was 'Canon' because the movie retcons the series so much. (The most obvious being that the Aurora was changed to Maia, and other ending details changed). Carl's response was that because books, movies, comics and TV all require a different type of storytelling, details have to be changed between the different formats in order to maintain a compelling story. He then said that they were ALL canon, just told from a different perspective. When asked to elaborate on it later, he was dismissive and said that all stories of Robotech are canon in the same way that both the Macross series and Macross: Do You Remember Love are both canon in Japan.

At the end of the day Harmony Gold litigation days are over since it was established that they were basically granted rights by owners who didn't own them in the first place according to the Japanese court findings 20+ years ago. The aribtrator rendered his findings and their suit against PGI (and by extension Harebrained Schemes) was dismissed with extreme prejudice.

Read all the novels. All. Of. Them. They were all mostly good, but I really enjoyed The End of Circle. Canon or not, the story worked and I would love to see them one day adapted into comics or film.

Wow! I thought part 3 of this video series was sort of a joke!😀 thanks for making this.

You left off the Palladium RPG book: Robotech II The Sentinels.

The "CUT" guy giggled...

This has been a great series! . Will Part 4 be coming? I was anxiously waiting to hear about the litigation against the BattleTech franchise. Which I think that finally got resolved last year..maybe.

Hopefully you'll be covering the law suit with Harmony Gold and FASA (and later Catalyst Game Labs) about the whole the "Unseen" 'Mechs in Battletech in part 4 since you brought up Harmony Gold and protecting their rights at all costs.