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The [[Revival]] is something of a crapshoot. When reviving a show, the makers have access to a ready-made audience, improving their odds of success. However, if the revival is too much like the original, (mostly unfavorable) comparisons to the original are inevitable, and they run the risk of being inaccessible or irrelevant to the new audience (after all, the show which spawned the revival had long-since died). If the revival is too different, it alienates fans of the original, and there are few foes more formidable than an enraged fan-base. When it fails, it fails spectacularly. When it succeeds, it tends to last longer than the original, though it does not always attain the same cultural status.

 

 

See also [[Uncanceled]], which is the restoration of the original, largely unchanged, as opposed to a new series based off the old. The differences are sometimes entirely behind-the-scenes.

 

== [[Anime]] ==

* ''[[Macross]]'' is fairly unique among other anime series in the fact that it goes through constant revivals every few years with a few movies, [[OVA|OVAs]], and mangas sprinkled in between. First there was the original ''Macross'' series that aired from 1982-1983. ''Macross7'' was aired from 1994-1995 and was based on a colony ship with two main characters from the original series being carried over. The most recent 2008 series, ''[[Macross Frontier]]'', takes place several decades after ''Macross 7'' in a different colony ship.