- Original series feature “Codename Robotech”
- Commentary by series developer Carl Macek
- “Robotech II: The Sentinels” feature
- Original “Macross” pilot
- Unaired pilot for “Genesis Climber Mospeada”… MUCH MUCH MORE!
Product Description
A massive alien battle cruiser crash lands on Earth in the midst of a bloody global war. With the possibility of a more perilous threat looming the human race puts aside their differences and collectively undertakes the arduous task of rebuilding the spacecraft redubbed the SDF-1 to defend the Earth should its extraterrestrial masters come to reclaim it. Eventually the alien Zentraedi invade Earth to collect the SDF-1 and the technology it contains forcing the inexp… More >>
Robotech – Protoculture Collection
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#1 by Ronnie Clay on April 16, 2010 - 9:43 am
I only seen half of the Mactoss saga but it’s really good so far. The animation I didn’t like is some episodes but the plot is good and the characters are cool. You will like this if you like the anime show gundam
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by M. Bell on April 16, 2010 - 11:56 am
I LOVE Robotech. I grew up with it. I am not bothered by the number of releases like others, but in this case, I am deeply disappointed with the huge change to the series: the credits. Originally, the 3 series’ openings and closings were edited together quite nicely-timed well with the music. In this case, the openings feature footage only from the current generation (macross, southern cross, new generation). BAD. And the titles, the credits are annoying. They blur and scale in and out. They tried to keep everything in motion, but instead it is bothersome. The moving text with the highly animated backdrop does not work well at all. And lastly, the outside box art is pretty good with Rick and Scott, but the inner art is scarce and unexciting. Otherwise, the show looks and sounds great. I just can’t get over the opening and closing credits.
Rating: 1 / 5
#3 by Ciro on April 16, 2010 - 12:53 pm
Being a fan of picking up complete sets, I was thrilled to see almost 100 hours of Robotech in one box.
That is, until I got to pop the discs in. The first thing I noticed is that, unlike most Anime DVDs, the discs didn’t include a Japanese audio track, nor subtitles. The lack of subtitles becomes even more an issue given the rather overzealous “normalizing” of the sound track. Whenever the scene cuts from the chaos of battle noise to a more quiet scene, such as on the bridge of SDF-1 or the Zentradi commander, the volume is barely audible for some several seconds or more of (usually important) dialogue.
I’ve not seen the other releases of the series combined into this box set, so I don’t know if this problem spans them all or if it’s a specific issue with the “remix.”
Rating: 2 / 5
#4 by Niki R. on April 16, 2010 - 1:04 pm
RE: review > yeah… what everyone else said… RE: shopping…
For anyone who has not really been looking around for this DVD set, I passed by the local Best Buy and found the same item for $83.99. To make the buying experience more fun, I received a gift certificate from a friend of mine during the holidays making this purchase a $63.99 + tx experience. Thanks Amy… Think I may have located my lost childhood after all these years. > NR
Rating: 3 / 5
#5 by Robert Janney on April 16, 2010 - 3:35 pm
Robotech was good, but really confusing the way it combined completely three separate anime into one story! Add on that when you first watch it, you probably didn’t even realize that …
Save yourself some head scratching and horrible plot modification to make the three series “fit”. Get the original anime series subbed/dubbed instead!
Or go find newer Macross titles like Macross Zero or Macross Frontier! (sadly only available as an import from Japan for now). Hopefully the legal issues with Harmony Gold claiming to own all Macross distribution internationally will be resolved so Macross Zero and Frontier will see US & European release!
Rating: 2 / 5