In 2009, an alien search party arrived from hyperspace to reclaim their lost. Yes, i guess hell finally froze over, and someone at harmony gold read and watched everyones thoughts and opinions on robotech the untold story, and has decided give the movie a new chance of life. The movie the untold story was created from footage from the tv series super dimensional cavalry southern cross originally filmed in 16mm and the ova megazone 23, and new footage made in the megazone style by the megazone artists specifically for the movie filmed in 35mm. Feddy, jeremy, mike man, who thought cannon films, producers of such classics as death wish 2, cyborg, and superman iv would be a good choice for robotech. He felt it was a disaster area, mostly due to interference and major changes to the original unreleased cut of the film forced upon him by producers at cannon films. The untold story, resulted in a complete mess of a show. During the first robotech war, the robotech masters remained unknown to humanity, who believed that the zentraedi were their only concern. Unfortunately this did not pan out and shadow chronicles was all we were going to get.
Reedited version of a japanese tv serial combined with a directtovideo anime, released in the u. The movie begins and narration over scrolling, star warsstyle, text fills in the basic background to the robotech story. The recognizable original themes were composed by ulpio minucci and orchestrated by arlon ober. A lot of japanesse heroes of the time sportted a similar cut. Next article robotech the untold story to get an official release april fools 2 thoughts on the 100th post. The film was created by splicing together footage from the japanese directtovideo movie megazone 23 part i and animated television series super dimension cavalry southern cross, and had only a loose connection to the robotech tv show. Robotech the untold story to get an official release.
The movie, also credited as the untold story, was a english theatrical adaptation. Earlier today, frank and ahmed agrama, have announced that they have reobtained the rights to all three parts of megazone 23. The film was produced by cannon films, which demanded changes at the last minutecausing macek to include footage from the masters saga story arc. The movie was based on another mikimotoishiguro collaboration, the oav megazone 23 kawamori and studio nue were not involved in megazone. Currently im working on a project to restore robotech. The untold story was supposed to be a straight dub of megazone 23 part i, but because the cannon films executives were. The untold story in 1999 an alien spaceship crashed onto the earth. Databanks found in the ship were transferred to the earth robotech computer complex. The untold story, is a feature film and was the first new robotech adventure created after the premiere of the original series. Tvpast forums robotech the movie, the untold story fonts. Carl macek story, ardwight chamberlain screenplay 2 more credits. In recent weeks, the big news locally has been the test market release of the robotech movie the untold story. The untold story, is a 1986 animated science fiction film created by carl macek, based on robotech, the original television series and franchise created by harmony gold.
Hidden on board were the secrets of a unique science known as robotechnology. Its not a onetime custom job for the film, nor is it cg zarana, spaceage. It was adapted by carl macek into a spinoff of the robotech series. The story was radically changed to fit into the robotech continuity. The minds behind robotech descended to wondercon 2019 and gave fans a taste of whats to come in various media, including an upcoming liveaction movie. Believe its the robotech movie which got released in europe and south america. Robotech music consists of the musical scores written for the original 1985 robotech television series and its various sequels and spinoffs, including robotech video games. Apparently the robotech masters are still spoiling after their defeat at the hands of the earth defence forces and have hatched a new plan for revenge. Given how many anime fans were very vocal with their distaste of macek retooling anime for the american market, there wasnt.
This is the actual music video from robotech the moviethe untold story. Destroy all podcasts dx episode 35 robotech the movie. So any oldschool anime fan probably knows about the robotech movie, and how it. The first robotech war erupted over the vessel, ending with victory for. The untold story, omitting footage for which the license. Featuring the band 3 dog night performing in my heart written by michael bradley for the movie. Reconstructed version of what the original cut of the movie may have been like had harmony gold been able to secure the theatrical rights to macross. With kerrigan mahan, iona morris, diane michelle, gregory snegoff. The untold story was supposed to be a straight dub of megazone 23 part i, but because the cannon films executives were not happy with the original ending, macek rewrote the script, spliced in footage from super dimensional cavalry southern cross, and commissioned idol co. The tumultuous production of this robotech movie, otherwise known as robotech. The untold story to dvd quality using the recent megazone 23 dvds, the recent.
The 1986 theatrical film used footage from part one of megazone 23 spliced with the southern cross and had only a tenuous link to the television series. The movie the untold story opening titles use a phototype from the early 1970s. The untold story 1986 action, animation, music, romance, scifi usa. The untold story, was the first new robotech adventure created by harmony gold usa after the 1985 premiere of the original television series. The film was created using footage from two unrelated anime, the film megazone 23 part i and super dimension cavalry southern cross.
Robotech the movie preservationfan edit original trilogy. Uses animation from megazone 23 part i and super dimension cavalry southern cross. If you are a fan of the classic anime robotech in any form, whether it be comics, tabletop games, or rpg, the people at harmony gold have lots in store for you. The untold story to dvd quality using the recent megazone 23 dvds, the recent southern cross dvds, and footage from the international version. The untold story, a fitting subtitle for a film that macek and hardcore anime fans who despised americanization could live with being lost. The story is very, very bad, and you cannot forgive the action of megazone when have nothing to do with robotech. Initially a major success, its relatively adult story content is credited with introducing western audiences to the sophisticated dramatic potential that japanese animation had to offer, or even possible for animation itself. However, they became known to the rdf following the zentraedis defeat. Find the latest news, discussion, and photos of robotech. The untold story part 2 clustm4n november 11, 2015 3. With a special note to robotech the moviethe untold story as i think it is included sort of in the complete set. The movie, also credited as the untold story, was a english theatrical adaptation of the japanese ova megazone 23, part 1.
All that need be said is unreasonably demands from the japanese anime studio and the distributor forced a lot of changes to. The movie blendered megazone 23, some scenes from southern cross, and a whole new animated ending together. The untold story the movie author twistybit date 30oct2011, 3. The short robotech 3000 promo is also included, as is a tweaked version of the untold story robotech movie, the latter edited for licensing issues to remove the megazone 23 material and not in nearly as good video quality as the rest of the sets story your guys call on if you wish to get this. The robotech masters were a fanatic military cult of tirolians. The untold story, is a 1986 americanjapanese science fiction animated film based on the robotech tv series and robotech franchise created by harmony gold usa. The secret robotech movie harmony gold did produce a robotech movie called the untold story.
Robotech the untold story reconstruction by harmony goldcanon. Robotech is a science fiction franchise that was launched by an 85episode adaptation of three. Robotech is a cult anime series about three wars fought by earth with alien technology, against alien enemies, over control of a powerful energy source. The untold story was supposed to be a straight dub of megazone 23 part i, but because the cannon films executives were not happy with the original ending, macek. Their space fortress that crashed on earth contains the memory matrix the greatest storehouse of. The untold story, is a 1986 americanjapanese science fiction animated film based on the robotech tv series and. Julian costas singer aka claudio costa nas award winning composer.
Still, its worth noting that cannon briefly dabbled in anime, a boundless territory that certainly couldve satisfied their exploitation desires over time. The behind the scenes chaos of the production of robotech the movie caused its director, carl macek, to practically disown the film altogether. The untold story, is a 1986 americanjapanese science fiction animated film based on the robotech tv series and ro. The panel was moderated by harmony golds kev mckeever, who started. In usa it ironically was an untold story because it was not released. With robotech the second generation robotech masters and megazone 23 into one miserable movie, that have no logic. Takes place before the second robotech war in the robotech universe.
I havent found a name for it yet but it has been used by the cousteau society since 1973. Robotech the movie the untold story by harmony gold. Disappointed by the failure of their minions to recover the protoculture matrix aboard the sdf1, they decided to handle. Theatrical trailer for the unreleased 1986 film robotech.
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