Robotech: Macross Saga

It is not so bad, just go watch Macross. The people working on Robotech haven't done anything great with the franchise. They are known more for their lawsuits than their animation. There are some fans of the novels, but that is kind of niche. The people working on the Macross franchise consistency put out new media, and most of it is extremely well-done(Macross 7 withstanding YMMV). Harmony Gold should find a way to make-up with Bandai, just as Bandai needs to make up with Tatsunoko. I heard Battletech managed to resolve their disputes with the Unseen and are now able to use Macross designs. Imagine something like this for Robotech. Harmon Gold could make new material with the more popular Macross designs, and a legal English Blue-Ray sub/dub release of the Macross material could hit the US.Here's to wishful thinking.   See 5 other replies

Yeah don't forget about Revell, they produced models from three different Animes in a Series called Robotech Defenders.
I think there is like 6 companies with some form of rights to Robotech/Macross.
-FASA for battletech, which became Mechwarrior, which Microsoft bought, then sold to another company.
Comico - for Robotech series comic form, which I think they are out of business.
Revell - for various models of the of Macross plus the name Robotech. Which HG made deal with to use the name.
Harmony Gold - for the US rights, which was remasterd (Very Badly) by ADV, I mean come on a crashing jet with a prop driven airplane sound? Which Funanimation bought
There also is a company with the book format of Robotech.
Plus the pure hate Bandai has got for Robotech fans.
Plus the Clash of the bioroids English cut up awful dub of the Macross Movie.
Then the two movies related to Macross from Manga video, which were ok in some ways.Of course the japanese have gotten, tons of macross stuff in the form of the First Macross series, The movie Macross "Do you remember love", Macross Zero, Macross 7, Macross Frontier, and a couple others.The pain U.S. we fans have endured.
So it's all very very complicated.   See 5 other replies

Battletech licensed many mechs from Macross and a few other anime. Unfortunately for Fasa who owned battletech they licensed them from the original companies in Japan. Harmony Gold owned the rights to distribution in America and sued Fasa making them pull many of their mechs. I am not sure licensing images is something I'd call a total rip off, on top of that the Battletech universe is entirely different than the Macross universe so outside the licensed mechs very little was the same.   See 5 other replies