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Summary: Excellent collection!
Review: I received this dvd collection almost 20 days ago and I just completed the 6 disc collection and let me tell you that I'm very impressed of the quality this collection has! It's...perfect! The quality, the sound, the presentation...I wonder why in god's name this collection took so long to be offered, but this collection is worth the wait. I am 26 years old and back in the mid 80's I was hooked to every cartoon I could muster! He-Man, G.I.Joe (my very favorite), Transformers and of course, Robotech. Buy this collection, enjoy many of the things you were too young to understand and feel like a kid again with this excellent anime of Robotech: Macross Saga!
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Summary: The Robotech Story is more than just ...... space-opera
Review: I think one thing most of these reviewers neglected to mention is that this is an extremely well-written narrative. It's kind of "Stanley Kubrik meets Voltron". This is a lot more than your usual anime "Evil demon must be slain" and it's certainly not cartoon demon porn. This is a bona-fide epic. One that most Westerners will find much more satisfying and palatable than the artsy high-stylization of something like Vampire Hunter D. In addition to some KILLER battle scenes that have never been matched in any cartoon since (you literally cannot comprehend the number of projectiles and combatants that are moving in some of these sequences), this show dealt with the issues of war, comraderie, death, rebirth, love, humanity and sacrifice in a complex and textured way. How many cartoons have you seen where they show the entire earth getting wiped out from ground level? Picture this: a little girl innocently talking to a smiling policeman a split second before they (and the entire population of the earth)are vaporized by a Zentradi weapon of mass destruction RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES. Can you say, "Nipponese grappling with culture defined by two atomic blasts"? I can't think of a cinematic treatment of nuclear war more horrifying than that. Let me say it one more time: IT HAS A GOOD PLOT. YOU WILL BE ENTERTAINED EVEN AS A SOCIALLY-FUNCTIONAL ADULT. If you were a fan of Starblazers or G-Force when you were a kid, then this is the masterpiece of that genre you've been waiting for.
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Summary: Not as good as I remembered.
Review: I was born in '73 and spent the entire 1980's watching and worshipping Robotech. It was a huge part of my childhood and I have many fond memories of the show. I was ecstatic to find this series on DVD but upon watching it I am dissapointed. This box set will probably just sit on my shelf and collect dust. The two main problems with Robotech are lots of times nothing is happening and even when something is happening the animation is horrible. The Robotech animation quality is closer to that of The Flintstones or Scooby-Do than it is to that of Ninja Scroll or Neon Genesis Evangelion. There also seems to be way less action, way less combat than I remember there being. Just my opinion.
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Summary: Long time coming
Review: I've only rewatched about a fourth of this series, after watching them for the first time twenty years ago. It's great fun to revisit these episodes. One thing that is slightly surprising is how well they've held up in my memory, which is a testament to how well written the series is and well executed each episode. Picture quality is not important to me and I refuse to penalize a ground-breaking mid-80s anime for 'unsophisticated' animation or whatever. The animation is as thrilling now as it was then, but what's most important, the story is truly excellent. Excellent characterizations, excellent story development: the Zentraedi, the Veritech fighters, the SDF-1, are all introduced slowly and there was real care given to raising tension and building a universe. I admit I find the very same things annoying that I did so long ago: Minmei is very annoying, for example, and Lisa somewhat stuffy (though my 8-year old self had a crush on her), and some cheesy/ditzy moments. But my excitement at finding this series on sale has been mightily met. This was a cartoon series that rose above what it had to be. It matches its epic scope with clear characterizations, including a surprisingly mature love triangle. Not to mention cool fighters and cool fights. I never knew until now that the three parts of the Robotech saga were joined later by Carl Macek upon US entry. That was brilliant.
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Summary: Long time coming
Review: I've only rewatched about a fourth of this series, after watching them for the first time twenty years ago. It's great fun to revisit these episodes. One thing that is slightly surprising is how well they've held up in my memory, which is a testament to how well written the series is and well executed each episode. Picture quality is not important to me and I refuse to penalize a ground-breaking mid-80s anime for 'unsophisticated' animation or whatever. The animation is as thrilling now as it was then, but what's most important, the story is truly excellent. Excellent characterizations, excellent story development: the Zentraedi, the Veritech fighters, the SDF-1, are all introduced slowly and there was real care given to raising tension and building a universe. I admit I find the very same things annoying that I did so long ago: Minmei is very annoying, for example, and Lisa somewhat stuffy (though my 8-year old self had a crush on her), and some cheesy/ditzy moments. But my excitement at finding this series on sale has been mightily met. This was a cartoon series that rose above what it had to be. It matches its epic scope with clear characterizations, including a surprisingly mature love triangle. Not to mention cool fighters and cool fights. I never knew until now that the three parts of the Robotech saga were joined later by Carl Macek upon US entry. That was brilliant.
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Summary: An awesome collection!
Review: If you watched this show back in the day then I highly recommed buying it to give it another watch or at least rent it.
Being older you see the story arcs a little better along with the love triangle. Minmae is freakin annoying as ever but now you can fast fwd.
Sean
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Summary: Robotech Rules!
Review: It's like one a heck of a flashback to the 80's. Seeing Rick Hunter, Lisa Hayes, Lynn Min-may, Max & Miria...shoot, Even Captain Gloval was cool to see again...It's just like I remembered it every day after school except this time I don't have to wait untill the next day for the continuatuation. The color has definately improved. It also sound's awesome on surround sound. If your a Robotech Fan..heck, if you're just an Anime Fan this is definately one for the collection and a must have for Robotech fans! I'd rate it right along with Akira or Vampire Hunter D..it's just that good!
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Summary: LA MEJOR SERIE ANIMADA!
Review: LA TRILOGIA DE ROBOTECH, COMIENZA CON LA SAGA DE MACROSS, EL PRIMER CAPITULO. ESTE DVD CUENTA CON TODOS EPISODIOS DE LA PRIMERA SAGA. DEJANDO AL ESPECTADOR CON GANAS DE MAS ROBOTECH. EN PARTICULAR PARA MI, ESTA ES LA MEJOR SAGA DE LAS 3. (ROBOTECH LOS MAESTROS) Y EL ULTIMO (ROBOTECH LA ULTIMA GENERACION). TENGAS 15, 30, O 40 AÑOS- ESTA SERIE LLEVA AL ESPECTADOR A UN MUNDO LLENO DE FANTASIA Y AVENTURA EN DONDE SE DISFRUTA DE LOS FAMOSOS VERITECHS, EL SCUADRON SKULL Y LOS ZENTRAEDIS. CONSIDERO QUE ROBOTECH QUEDARA EN LA HISTORIA COMO UNO DE LOS MEJORES TITULOS DEL ANIME. ESPERANDO SIEMPRE ALGUNA VERSION DE HOLLYWOOD EN DONDE SE APRECIE UNA SERIE COMO ESTA CON LOS GRANDES EFECTOS ESPECIALES QUE HOY TENEMOS. AUNQUE ESTE DVD NO TIENE LEYENDAS EN ESPAÑOL NI DOBLE AUDIO.. ESTE TITULO DEBE ESTAR EN LA VIDEOTECA DE CADA AMANTE DEL ANIME.
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Summary: a classic
Review: Like its predecessors Speed Racer, Battle of the Planets and Starblazers, Robotech's contribution to generating a fan base for anime in America is inmeasurable. Even considered on its own merits, it is a great space opera that still stands the test of time. Without it, anime would not have evolved into what it is today. This is why we can't fairly compare the superior series of today(such as Neon Genesis Evangelion) to Robotech on an equal basis; one preceded the other by over 10 years (even though NGE is better both in storyline and art). Robotech is classic Japanese animation and should be viewed as such.
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Summary: If you're going to get Robotech/Macross, get this one
Review: Obviously, a lot of these reviews are fueled by nostalgia. Anyone who says this show looks great is fooling themselves. Being from the 1980s and not having been remastered at all, it looks pretty terrible. Even if they had cleaned up the transfer, which they didn't, it would still look bad in comparison to today's animation because of its age. The art is simplistic at best, and there were a LOT of shortcuts taken in the animation (still frames show up a lot). Then there's the Americanization--new intros, endings, and commercial breaks were thrown together from existing footage, with new text typed over them. These look especially bad, with the text all pixelated and the footage even grainier than the show. The music also leaves much to be desired, mostly because of the time it was made in and the fact that it is a cartoon. Think "Superfriends" and "Scooby Doo" and you're pretty much right on. But, don't go thinking it's all bad, because it's not. The underlying story is actually pretty good. The voice acting is also decent for the most part, and many of the actors who got their start with Robotech have gone on to do a lot of famous voice work, even still working today. Another good thing is that even when it was originally aired, the content was not edited as heavily as some of the more modern anime shows are. Dragonball Z has a lot of the violence and language removed, for example, to the point where major plot points are lost. Robotech, while edited creatively by Carl Macek, takes a much more mature approach and realizes that sometimes in war, people do die. With so many disks available in this one package for such a relatively low price, this is really the only way to get it.
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