AHHHH!!! I think I'm gonna join you in the squealing! Robotech/Macross was my introduction to Anime. Thanks for the news! =D

Okay - I can't stand Anime - I hated it with a vengence - I even mocked the Comic Con crowd this year for it's Anime.

HOWEVER, I love reading your blog. Even when it's on an subject that I'm not even close to being fond of - I still love reading it for the amusement that ensues as you describe (sometimes in vivid detail and sarcasm) the good and bad of a show.

Girl!!!!!
I was crazy over this when I was a kid! LOL! And I mean CRAZY!

WOOOOOOOOOTTTT woooooooooottt!!!!
....but lets cross our fingers and hope it will be worth the $ 9,50 for the movie ticket and the popcorn.... but I'm oh so excited!!!!

P.S:Tobey please dont mess this up for me....i forgave you for the lame performance on your lats spider man.... don't you dare play with my childhood memories too....

ok, so i reallly cannot relate. i had my own era of voltron, daimos and transformers, but you seem pretty hard core on this robotech stuff! and just likeQuestions 987, i may not be a huge anime fan but your writing certainly had me going. kinda makes me wonder if my childhood would've much been more colorful with robotech and it's probably-bad-ass-in-its-time soundtrack... hmmmm...

man
i was into power rangers back in the day
now i read about this robotech stuff and i feel retarded.

Ummm, is this comicon.com? Nope, was never a Robotech warrior. Do own a dozen or so of Miyazaki's mint-condition DVDs. Is that enough to bond with ya guys? Or whenever you want to talk Star Wars, i'm also in.

OMGGGGAAAAWWWDD!!!
MA-KE-ROS!
hahaha..i used to shout it out along with the song..just realized how i missed them..

Oh my gosh, I remember RoboTech!!! Nostalgia!!
I remember me and my brother waking up at 6:45 am and watching RoboTech peacefully before we went off to school. It was the only time we didn't bricker about who had the remote. I clearly don't remember their names, but I clearly remember how peaceful and endearing watching ROBOTECH was to me.

My favorite scene was when the two lead characters got trapped underground. And then there was the love relationship between an alien and a human. I vaguely remember stuff, but I love it.
If anyone knows where I can get it, I kinda wanna watch it again. It brings back such fond memories. :)

omg i totalli rmb this.... hahahaha >

Actually the reason for the possible casting of Tobey Maguire is that his production company along with Warner Bros. have purchased the rights together for Robotech. From what I read he's actually still considering the role so its not a given yet that he would play the lead. We've got to keep our fingers crossed that the movie does get made. I think the success of Transformers makes this more of a possibility--- not like in years past where projects where anime/cartoons/comics movies always wound up being shelved (or were so low budget that they weren't worth seeing). I think Robotech would be interesting but I'm actually more of a Voltron fan myself (the lions not the cars).
I'll try to keep an open mind about it.
I've also read that they are considering doing a Dragonball Z live action...now that I'm not sure about :p

Hello!!
MACROSS! Gosh brings back childhood memories, looks like Tobey is starring it, (I just saw the update an hour ago) and will produce it as well.
Loved the scene ho are they going to do it, the one when Rick and Lin minmae was trapped in one of the hulls with zero gravity, and she had that glow in the dark or maybe a light up dress, I was thrilled to see that over and over again, also when Rick and lisa got back to earth only to find out that they were the only ones in there because it was totally destroyed.
I just wonder who is going to play minmae and Lisa?
And yes just like you lynda, it was one of those anime that my brother and I totally kept quiet and watched intently without changing channels.

My Dad is realy into Robotech and i watched a couple episodes of it.....I think its a good anime and if it's somehwat like the Transformers move then ill defintely like it :)

The theme song truly brings back memories. I remeber how cool I was with my friends when I bought this die-cast model of the Valkyrie which Rick Hunter drove complete with the hard to find battle armor, ooohh. I had to glue back on the antenna though when my stuhead cousin accidentally stepped on it. Toys then were built using heavy materials like alloys which was cool unlike plastic toys today. So you better not swallow those Japanese toys made in the eighties or else your dead. Anyway FYI I was rooting for minmei than Lisa "Nancy Drew" Hayes. Did you know that Rick and Lisa actually got married later on. Yeah I was quite the mega geek back then. Anyway I think rick hunter should be played by an american actor like either Adrian Grenier who plays Vincent Chase in Entourage or Ashton kutcher, and minmei be played by non other than Eun-Hye hahaha. Or better yet a really really cute kPOP girl.

I watched bits and pieces of Macross a long time ago, when I was still in Secondary school. At that time, Macross only comes in tapes and incomplete at my country. The only thing I had is a figurine and a illustration book of Macross and Orguss which I burned my pocket for. Thank you for uploading the songs. They really bring back memories.

Found one person uploading it in veoh.com

http://www.veoh.com/series/ROBOTECHcom?searchId=3816458945527216762&rank=0

Sigh...I just wanted to say thank you for this. Hearing Minmei's "war cry song" again I still remember the feeling watching them go off into battle. Sounds kind of funny now but back then it seemed soo cool. I remember getting up at 5am just to watch this show before going off to grade school. Just wanted to say thanks for the oppurtunity to reminisce.

ps. I think you are an incredible writer, just love the fluidity and your ability to express different thoughts into words, it kind of puts me at ease. Thanks again! =)

I remember watching this when I was a just a little girl in the late 80's to early 90's. Me and my brothers were such fanatics over the anime that my second brother bought every graphic novel that he could find on Robotech be it technical or fiction while my eldest brother has bought all the Robotech series novels, the ones where Rick, Lisa and the gang went to the Zentradi home world and met the Invids. I think my youngest brother bought the Robotech manga while he was studying in Japan. I myself bought a DVD set of the anime series. We were one Robotech-crazy siblings then and still is now.

I also do not like Min-mei. Not because she was a popular girl or anything but because she was such a weakling, always needed rescuing especially by Rick. It's a good thing that the Zentraedi has never heard a singing voice before or else she wouldn't be as popular as she is.

Although I love watching Rick sparring up with Lisa, my favorite couple of the anime is actually Max and Miriya. They were so loving together and I think Miriya is awesome as the regal Zentradi warrior turned spunky Robotech pilot. Why did I say regal?! Well, she did have an air abt herself when she was a Zentradi, the pride that honour is everything. That's the only reason why she was willing to be downsized, to infiltrate the Robotech ship just so she could kill Max which comes to another reason why they are my favorite couple. I always like the storyline of hate turning to love. I'm a believer in love conquers all.

Btw, would I sound too weird if I say I had a crush on Rick back then?

but you know....they did have a macross film out in Hollywood. It was called, Stealth...but it was based more on Macross Plus than anything. The storyline and even the ship design.

But if they do make a film for Robotech, they better cast someone really cool to play Max Sterling......and someone really hot in playing Miriya.

Being only a teenager, I absolutely had no idea about this sci-fi anime, ROBOTECH. I've just been recently a reader of Dramabeans/Javabeans.... (Not exactly, since two months ago....) Anyways, I have been browsing animes and Robotech caught my attention. However, it was oh so briefly because I foolishly convinced myself, "This is such an old one. Besides, what's up with the songs?" (Like you said, non-fans will not appreciate the soundtrack). Then, I saw this article and told myself, "Wow, she portayed this in such a way that I have to catch more of this one-of-a-kind show!" Like you, I am more particularly interested in The Macross Saga, and being the love-sick teen I am, I can't help but drool over Rick Hunter and wish with all my heart that someone like him exists in this world. (But I still have LOTS of years to come, you never know if I find someone like him! Hehehe....) I still haven't watched the real thing, (Do you know where I can watch it for free? I still need to earn the money to but the complete box set... But I just know it's worth it.) but I have read many episode guides, and talked to many fellow fans. I do think that Lisa is overly-serious, but I was (and still am) on her side every single time. I just didn't like Minmei and her selfish attitude. (You're right about the whole "hating the popular girl for being popular even if you envied her" comment). But when I got a glimpse on the ending, I thought, "MORE!". I mean, Lisa and Rick went through so many obstacles regarding their relationship, and I think they deserve more. I did watch the 2nd movie, "ROBOTECH II: The Sentinels" wherein Rick and Lisa got married, but there still should have more! Like a kiss or something... (Not like the "order"-of-Lisa kiss, but just a sweet kiss. (I'm being such a hopeless romantic because of this ROBOTECH..)

I also agree with you about the fact that they HAVE TO make this show as good (or even better) than the original, or else, fans will protest. And really, Tobey should Max... But who do you have in mind to play Rick? Or Lisa? Or Minmei?

But, ALL-IN-ALL, I just REALLY want to thank you VERY MUCH for this article. That through its splendid words, I realized that ROBOTECH was more than an anime worth watching. It was an anime that will remain in my heart forever, and that's all because of you! (BTW, I can no longer download the songs.... Will you try to fix it? Pretty please.....)

I remember watching the old VHS of this show when I was a kid.

Robotech left a massive influence on my life. Awesome story, Characters and Ideas.

You know, all that stuff that's getting harder find in anime these days.

I'm having a hard time waiting for this movie already.

But seriously, I don't think Tobey Maguire would be good for Max either. I don't think he's a bad actor or anything, I just don't think he should play either of them.

Off the top of my head, I think the guy who plays Dean on Supernatural would be better!

But, to be perfectly honest, I don't really care about stars in it. I just hope they do it right (You know, unlike Transformers when you watched it the second time, or first depending on how big a fan you were).

I think I'd like it better if they just did the think in pure, ultra-highly rendered anime, regardless of celebrities.

Oh, sorry to double post, but I just felt like saying:

From a guy's point of view, I never hated Min-Mei...just that freaking Kyle!!

And seriously, Questions987, don't make such generalizations and stop being such a bigot.

There.

Ok, super sorry to triple post, but I only noticed this a bit ago.

When I said Dean from Supernatural, I meant Sam. I keep getting them confused ever since that day I was flicking through channels and saw the guy who plays Sam being called 'Dean' on a certain ABC family show.

Surprisingly, Robotech holds up a lot better than most of those other fondly remembered 80s toons. Transformers barely has legs to stand on. Voltron is hysterical (watch them try to write their way around the deaths of major characters). But Robotech maintains some semblance of story, and remains -- dare I say it? -- mature for a kid's toon. Upon rewatching, I actually got kinda misty eyed when rick, laid out in a hospital bed, is told about Roy. Sssshhhh. Don't tell the internet.

Maguire is producing this adaptation and wants to star. I'm a little sad about that. I loved his Peter Parker, but he's just too damn old for Rick Hunter at this point. Plus, in my heart of hearts, I had kind of hoped they might actually cast somebody remotely asian in the lead. But no, Hollywood ain't ready for that. Obviously, as Forbidden Kingdom proves. Who makes a film starring the two biggest martial arts stars since Bruce Lee, and then decides to revolve the plot around a white boy from Boston? Seriously? Ugh. Anyway, you are not alone in your childhood-fannery of Robotech.

Robotech was also my first introduction to anime. Even now as I read through the comments written here, it brings back so much nostalgia. I'm pleasantly surprised that they're going to make a live-action movie about it. I agree that Toby McGuire shouldn't play Rick. I'd say Jake Gyllanhaal would be a better cast for the lead of Rick Hunter. He's got that pretty-boy face and charm that Rick also has. Btw, you weren't the only one that had a crush on a fictional character...this girl once did too....but who can blame me....Rick Hunter is so adorably cute...for a cartoon character.

I was looking for information on the Robotech movie when I found this blog entry.

Thought you might like to know that there is new information!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080616/film_nm/kasdan_dc

Robotech was my first real exposure to anime as well and I'm really looking forward to this movie!

Robotech is the last remaining "good thing" about my childhood - as mentioned earlier, Transformers and Voltron were infomercials Robotech clearly stood out (although I did enjoy Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors, but never got the entire giant plant thing they always seemed to be driving on).

Anyways, I have a post that pitches the SDF-1 against the Enterprise - keep or delete, you decide.

http://www.factpile.com/archives/247

Thanks,

Paul

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I recently ordered the full Robotech set on DVD and have been watching it as I recently also gave up drinking and don't have much else to do. Every episode reminds me of my childhood. Obviously the story doesn't hold up as well, and I skip past certain parts, but the overall look, feel and battle scenes with Minmay singing are still awesome. "Stagefright" is a legit good song! lol, I think. Is there any recent anime as good as Macross was? I gave gundham wing a try, but it wasn't the same, probably due to lack of any childhood memories associated with it.