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A cult anime series about three wars fought by Earth with alien technology against alien enemies over control of a powerful energy source. 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.

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,

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,

''[[Choujiku Kidan Southern Cross|Super Dimension Calvary Southern Cross]]'', and ''[[Genesis Climber Mospeada]]'', and to turn the whole thing into a multi-generational saga, using ''Macross'''s Protoculture--now retrofitted to be the fuel source behind the various technology used by the different races--as the uniting factor between each series.