Robotech: Difference between revisions

* [[Lost in Translation]]: A strange case came about as part of the translation of ''[[Genesis Climber Mospeada]]'' to "New Generation". While in most cases the script rewrite is accurate enough (barring necessary rewrites for "protoculture" and bowdlerization) to assume the Robotech writers had translations of the Japanese scripts to work from, sometimes just having a script isn't enough. The writers were confused because there are [[Only Six Faces]] in anime and assumed that the superimposition of {{spoiler|the deceased Marlene}}'s face over {{spoiler|the Invid simulagent Aisha/Ariel}}'s in the episode where {{spoiler|Aisha/Ariel}} was introduced meant the two characters were supposed to be identical save for their hair color (and so they ended up getting the same name and even the same voice actress, as well as some nonsense about cloning and genetic memories carrying over in the tie-in novels).<br /><br />In actuality, they ''weren't'' supposed to be identical--it was just post-traumatic stress flashbacks on Scott/Stick's part coupled with the general similarity of faces in anime. When Harmony Gold was working on the ''Shadow Chronicles'' sequel, which was mostly a direct continuation of "New Generation", ''Mospeada'' writer Shinji Aramaki made the mistake clear (and pointed out that the whole idea was actually rather creepy). As a result, in ''Shadow Chronicles'' {{spoiler|Ariel}} got a new voice actress, and suddenly insisted Scott stop calling her by {{spoiler|his dead girlfriend}}'s name (among other retcons).