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This in turn led to a major rise in popularity of anime that was oriented towards the original Japanese productions unedited by American producers—somewhat ironic, because '''''Robotech''''' is actually a [[Cut and Paste Translation]] of three different anime series, edited together by Carl Macek of [[Harmony Gold]], who wanted to bring the Japanese anime ''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]'' to western television, but was unable to since it did not possess the sixty-five episodes needed for a syndication deal. Macek's solution was to tie ''Macross'' to two other unrelated series with similar elements and art styles,
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The series was thus divided into three sagas, each based on its respective parent show and portraying a particular generation of characters. These are:
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Consequently Harmony Gold's more recent sequels, most notably the completely original feature-length film ''[[Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles]]'', are all set in or after the part of the Robotech timeline drawn from ''Mospeada''.
The live-action rights were purchased by [[
In 2019, Harmony Gold's license agreement with Tatsunoko to use ''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]'', ''[[Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross]]'', and ''[[Genesis Climber Mospeada]]'' in ''Robotech'' was extended - the existing agreement will no longer end on March 14, 2021, but instead [https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-robotechmacross-license-has-been-extended-exclusive/ will continue "well into the future"]. As a side-effect, this means that ''Robotech'' might become available on Sony's streaming platform run by their subsidiary [[Funimation]], [https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/robotech-finds-new-home-at-funimation/ according to ''Den of Geek''].
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