Originally intended to be a continuation of the popular and successful robotech, only three episodes were ultimately animated before the project was canceled in 1986, and a featurelength film was released from. What follows is a list of all the music that appeared in the standard version of robotech ii. Within the combined and edited story, robotechnology refers to the scientific. Maceks attempt at a new series to immediately follow the macross saga was robotech ii. Remix, an allnew series that will take beloved characters and iconic mecha to places fans have never seen before. The sentinels was supposed to be a sequel to the original. Before i even get started, i have to address the question of which came first, robotech ii. List of robotech vehicles neo encyclopedia wiki fandom.
Only three episodes were ultimately animated before the project was cancelled in 1986, and a featurelength film was released from footage taken from the completed episodes. The sentinels was an attempt to continue the original 1985 robotech television series. Get the best deals on robotech film discs when you shop the largest online selection. Its incurable my long long text 22 chapters is about ref last year on tirol in parallel with the regess being on the earth the haydonnites plans and the protoculture as well. Story and characters were still the focus, mature themes, great animation for a tv series for its time, and it felt like robotech. The sentinels movie is part 2 as it says in the title. After a twentyyear absence, robotech returned as a feature film.
Only three episodes were ultimately animated before the project was canceled. The sentinels is a great example of what can go wrong when business ventures fail. However, the unforeseen threat of the invid regent emerges from across the galaxy. The shadow chronicles was completed and screened at film festivals in august 2006. Tom mason is an american comic book writer who worked for eternity comics and malibu comics. A retelling of mckinneys novelization of the never completed tv series. Rick hunter begins as a pacifist flying circus pilot, and ends up a highly decorated hero, instrumental to the victory the earth won in the first robotech war. A planned 65episode fourth installment in the saga was never completed, but the first four episodes and some additional footage were combined into the feature robotech ii.
The sentinels includes the first 3 episodes were then spliced together into one movie along with promotional video. Intimations of a new threat posed by the distant robotech masters serve as a leadin to the second part of the epic. The sentinels with special commentary by carl macek an attempt at. The sentinels, being made of the completed episodes of what should have been a whole series, has the indications the tirolians and the robotech expeditionary force will both fight the regents faction of the invid and the regess announcing her intention to deploy the sensor nebula, that will show up in the masters and lead to her. The sentinels on vhs and laserdisc after the palladium books releases went out of print. Robotech ii the sentinels vhs tape 1987 rare lost episodes free ship vcr. Shadow chronicles was released theatrically in january 2007 and released on region 1 dvd in february 2007. Robotech currently airs daily on the anime network. The sentinels was a movie released in 1988 on vhs by palladium books. The idea of this topic is to start a crusade to make harmony gold finish robotech ii. The real reason weve seen no new robotech since 2006 robotech. Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. The ship is introduced in the finished animation of robotech ii. It was created out of the animation that was completed for the unfinished.
The opening for robotech 2 the sentinels in pure vhs quality. He had a huge part in robotech comics during their time at eternity comics and academy comics, most notably aiding in the writing of robotech ii. This version contains only footage used from the southern cross, with a disclaimer stating the film. I also read that tcss version of the sentinels movie has the macross. The sentinels, expands upon the events in genesis climber mospeda, and also fills in story gaps left unplugged in macross and southern cross. Such as the logans and the formidable cyclones, there is even two upgradeds of the original veritech known as the alpha and beta. Within the combined and edited story, robotechnology refers to the scientific advances discovered in an alien starship that crashed on a south pacific island. Sometime after the war against the zentradi, lisa hayes is now an admiral leading a new expadition on the sdf3. Another common complaint is the altered character designs for the returning macross saga characters.
As of january 7, 2007, the show also airs in canada on space and retro. The sentinels, is one of the fictional characters in the anime television series robotech. Edie mirman in the tv series, and by catherine battistone in robotech ii. The shadow chronicles is the 2006 animated sequel to the 1985 robotech television series. Robotech is my favorite story since ive seen the first episode of the macross saga in 1995. Robotech is a longrunning 1985 present series of animation, comics, and toys. The series was meant to tell the story of the pioneer missionthe further adventures of the heroes of the first robotech war and their interaction with the coalition of species known as the sentinels. The storyline is continued in a series of robotech novels from del rey. As the robotech expeditionary force prepares to confront the robotech masters at their home planet, the invid are already. The aborted 65episode sentinels series would have followed the ongoing. The sentinels, this new cut is much more in line with the remastered 85 and serves a stronger transition into the masters with subtle.
Under this deadline, daley and luceno divided the robotech timeline into twelve segments and worked on different segments simultaneously i. Robotech is a 85episode science fiction anime produced by harmony gold usa in association with tatsunoko production co. Robotech is the american title given to three different japanese anime television series, bundled together for tvsyndication purposes. The original robotech, while not furry, has a sequel, robotech ii. For those not familiar, robotech was a 3 chapter animated series produced in america, and culled from 3 separate animated series from japan that were slightly retooled and bashed together and then dubbed in english to be shown here, in the us.
Until you earn points all your submissions need to be vetted by other comic vine. Daley wrote book 1 while luceno wrote book 2, then traded completed manuscripts for revision and style. Plus is has the sentinels film one disk four of the extras and the modern. Even on the official robotech website, it only lists the sentinels movie with part 2 ii as part of its original title the recent dvd released version only says robotech. Comic book version of the robotech sentinels cartoon series, a sequel to the robotech macross series, that was planned but never fully made. Robotech ii the sentinles is a great movie to fill us in on what has happened since the first robotech war.
Supposedly its been postponed because of the omnipresent threat of a liveaction robotech movie, but who. The untold story, is a feature film and was the first new robotech adventure created after the premiere of the original series. The sentinels 1988 as the robotech expeditionary force prepares to confront the robotech masters at their home planet, the invid are already ravaging it. Only three episodes were ultimately animated before the project was canceled in 1986, and a featurelength film was released from footage taken from the completed.
The sentinels, but the launch is never seen because the rest of the series was never completed. The third and final series of comics dealing with the robotech ii. In this issue, the robotech expeditionary force finally meets the sentinels face to face, a group of various alien species whose home planets are all prisoners of the invid, and they want the refs help in pursued. Originally intended to be a continuation of the popular and successful robotech, only three episodes were ultimately animated before the project was canceled in 1986, and a featurelength film was released from footage taken from the completed episodes. The first intended sequel to the original robotech series was a 65episode series titled the sentinels, which began to be produced in 1986. As has been noted, the original 3part series was actually footage from 3 completely separate and unrelated japanese series, edited and redubbed with major story changes to tie them all together. Get the best deals on robotech vhs tapes when you shop the largest online selection at. The sentinels was supposed to be a sequel to the original robotech series. The aborted 65episode sentinels series would have followed the ongoing adventures of rick hunter and lisa hayes and the rest of the robotech expeditionary force during the events of the robotech masters and. These features alone are worth the purchase for sure, but there are still many more left. The sentinels was an attempt by harmony gold usa to continue. Keep in mind that this show takes place 8 years after macross saga.
Robotech is an americanjapanese 85episode adaptation of three unrelated anime television series from three different fictional universes made between 19821984 in japan. The sentinals will keep even the most loyal original robotech fan on the edge of their seat. It was the first original, animated robotech production since the release of robotech ii. December, the sdf3 was launched in search of the robotech masters and took command of the pioneer expedition. This issue features a timeline and summary of the events that occurred in the entire robotech saga, from zors birth, through the macross, sentinels, masters and new generations sagas to the search for the lost sdf3. The sentinels in a daring plan to take the destructive war for robotechnology away from the earth, the sdf3 is constructed to lead an expedition to confront the robotech masters on their own ground. The sentinels 31 december, the pioneer expedition aided with the cleanup on tirol from the recentlydefeated invid threat. It uses footage from the megazone 23 part 1 ova original video animation. They can combine together to make a nearly invivcible mecha combo.
With the aid of the sentinels, aliens formerly in the masters empire now under the invid yoke, a group of ref soldiers set off to defeat the invid. Robotech geisha world wiki fandom powered by wikia. The complete series, will arrive on dvd october 18, 2011. Bold text denotes that this is the first appearance of that piece of music. Kteh, a public television station in san jose, california aired the macross and new generation storylines, as well as the robotech ii. The aborted sentinels series would have followed the ongoing adventures of rick hunter and lisa hayes and the rest of the robotech expeditionary force ref during the events of the robotech masters and the new generation series.
The sentinels were a coalition of worlds that were part of the robotech masters empire. The complete series collection, a 29minute version of robotech. In a daring plan to take the destructive war for robotechnology away from the earth, the sdf3 is constructed to lead an expedition to confront the robotech masters on their own ground. She is a combat pilot that serves in the zentraedi forces. The sentinels had failed to get off the ground in the 80s and. Only three episodes were ultimately animated before the project was canceled in 1986, and a featurelength film was released from. The sentinels did not reuse animation from another anime other than some flashback footage from macross. With only three episodes produced before the projects cancellation, the completed. After the collapse of their empire, the masters abandoned tirol and left their conquered planets vulnerable to attack at the hands of the regent. Even with the character designs as they turned out in the sentinels film i feel that the product had a lot of promise. Im fond of all tv show, mckinney novels and comic series.
The macross saga and an extra on robotech protoculture collection. This edit will also create new pages on comic vine for. Unlike the original series, it was intended to feature only original animation. The sentinels, which featured anthropomorphic alien characters such as the vulpine garudans and the ursine karbarrans. Accompanied with her old colleagues including her future husband, rick hunter. For those who are looking for the original version of the sentinels, please refer to the following download link. This was to be the offical sequel to robotech, or at least one of them. Only three episodes were ultimately animated before the project was canceled in 1986, and a featurelength film was released from footage taken from the completed episodes. Robotech protoculture complete collection dvd set comic cons. You can expect all of the episodes to receive the re.
Some animatics and other supplemental material were released as extras with adv films robotech dvd release. The original twelve novels were written to a tight twelvemonth deadline, so that the books could be released one per month. In 1994, streamline pictures also released an incomplete series of perfect collection vhs videos. Nobody can say that the marriage scene wasnt truly one of the most beautiful parts of the robotech series. It was created out of the animation that was completed for the unfinished sentinels tv series. It was adapted from three original and distinct, though visually similar, japanese anim. The first three episode have been completed, both in the original film and in their own. Sure it has its good and bad moments but in the end i give it a 1010. Miriya is a female warlord and is considered the greatest warrior of all the zentraedi. Robotech is reborn from the ashes of event horizon.
Apr 04, 2009 the opening for robotech 2 the sentinels in pure vhs quality. If you are fan of deleted scenes, there are over 2. Make offer robotech ii the sentinels vhs tape 1987 rare lost episodes free ship vcr anime. New writer brenden fletcher motorcrush, isola and artist elmer damaso robotech voltron, marvel mangaverse boot up robotech. It is bad for a movie but one must remember that robotech ii the sentinels was produced as a tv series thus resulting in mediocre tv series level animation. The real reason weve seen no new robotech since 2006. The sentinels, a planned sixty five episode series, was infamously never finished and all fans were left with was a movie compilation of the first three episodes.
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