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{{short description|American-Japanese science fiction media franchise}} {{About|the franchise|other uses|Robotech (disambiguation)}} {{Use American English|date=April 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox media franchise |image = RobotechTitle1985.jpg |imagesize = <!--Numbers only; do not enter "px"--> |caption = Title screen from the 1985 television broadcast |creator = |owner = [[Harmony Gold USA]] |origin = [[Robotech (TV series)|''Robotech'']] (1985) |books = {{Plainlist| * ''Robotech Art 1'' (1986) * ''Robotech Art 2'' (1987) * ''Robotech Art 3: The Sentinels'' (1988) * ''The Art of Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles'' (2007) }} |novels = [[Robotech (novels)|''Robotech'' novels]] |short_stories = |comics = [[Robotech (comics)|''Robotech'' comics]] |graphic_novels = |strips = |magazines = |films = {{Plainlist| * {{nowrap|''[[Robotech (TV series)#Codename: Robotech|Codename: Robotech]]'' ({{circa}} 1985)}} * {{nowrap|''[[Robotech: The Movie]]'' (1986)}} * {{nowrap|''[[Robotech II: The Sentinels]]'' (1988)}} * {{nowrap|''[[Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles]]'' (2006)}} * {{nowrap|''[[Robotech: Love Live Alive]]'' (2013)}} }} |shorts = |tv = |atv = [[Robotech (TV series)|''Robotech'']] (1985) * {{nowrap|''Robotech: The Macross Saga''}} * {{nowrap|''Robotech: The Masters''}} * {{nowrap|''Robotech: The New Generation''}} |tv_specials = |tv_films = |dtv = |plays = |musicals = |games = ''[[Robotech Collectible Card Game]]'' |rpgs = [[Robotech (role-playing game)|''Robotech'' role-playing games]] |vgs = {{Plainlist| * ''[[Robotech: Crystal Dreams]]'' (cancelled) * ''[[Robotech: Battlecry]]'' (2002) * ''[[Robotech: The Macross Saga]]'' (2002) * ''[[Robotech: Invasion]]'' (2004) * ''[[Robotech: The New Generation]]'' (2007) }} |radio = |soundtracks = |music = [[Robotech music|''Robotech'' music]] |toys = {{ubl|''[[Robotech Defenders]]''|''[[Robotech Robolinks]]''}} |attractions = |otherlabel1 = |otherdata1 = |otherlabel2 = |otherdata2 = |otherlabel3 = |otherdata3 = |website = |footnotes = <table><tr><td>{{Infobox animanga/Footer}} }} '''''Robotech''''' is an American-Japanese [[science fiction]] [[Media franchise|franchise]] that began with an 85-episode [[anime]] television series produced by [[Harmony Gold USA]] in association with [[Tatsunoko Production]]; it was first released in the [[United States]] in 1985.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 |date=2005 |edition=2nd |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-1476665993 |pages=671β674}}</ref> The show was adapted from three original and distinct, though visually similar, Japanese anime television series (''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]'', ''[[Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross]]'', and ''[[Genesis Climber MOSPEADA]]'') to make a series suitable for syndication.<ref>{{cite news|title=The 'Robotech' master|work=San Francisco Chronicle|date=2010-05-06|url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/The-Robotech-master-2480888.php|access-date=2010-10-25|first=Jeff|last=Yang|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20101026164309/http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-05-06/entertainment/20888023_1_carl-macek-animation-stop-motion|archive-date=2010-10-26}}</ref> [[File:U.N. Spacy Roundel.svg|thumb|right|200px|U.N. Spacy Roundel]] In the series, ''Robotechnology'' refers to the scientific advances discovered in an [[SDF-1 Macross|alien starship]] that crashed on a South Pacific island.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://uk.anime.ign.com/articles/847/847799p1.html|title= The Past, Present and Future of Macross|access-date= 2010-04-20|work= [[IGN]]|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100725224848/http://uk.anime.ign.com/articles/847/847799p1.html|archive-date= 2010-07-25}}</ref> With this technology, Earth developed robotic technologies, such as transformable [[mecha]], to fight three successive extraterrestrial invasions.<ref>{{cite news|title=An Introduction to Robotech|work=Robotech.com|url=http://www.robotech.com/infopedia/intro/|access-date=2008-09-01|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914105444/http://www.robotech.com/infopedia/intro/|archive-date=2008-09-14}}</ref>
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