You know those bootleg toys from China that are basically rip offs of American toys? Robotech was a bootleg rip off of three different anime: Super Dimensional Fortress Macross, Nadesco, and some other anime all haphazardly tied together. So basically, we kids back in the day got scammed out of a good story.
@TomDracoRyu I don't really know what those are but ok. lol, I really thought the 3rd Gen of Robotech was superb. The one with the Invid, the Biker Mechs, and Shock Troopers. never saw much of the 2nd gen. and 1st gen was epic (The Zentradi). all the key plots came from those 3 anime?
The so called "1st gen" with the Zentradi is Macross. The "biker mechs" and "shock troopers" came from Southern Cross. And the other gen probably was Genesis Climber MOSPEADA. Three completely different anime, that are completely unrelated storywise, were tied together haphazardly to make Robotech. You should watch the original Macross, at least. Much better than Robotech.
@TomDracoRyu TomDracoRyu Ironically,however it was Robotech, that got me to seek out Macross, which in turn got me truly hooked on anime especially those with mecha.
@TomDracoRyu That's not right. The macross story is there. Macross wasn't being continued at the time anyway. What you get is some alternate universe with the second and third show. We didn't get the story of southern cross or that other one. And maybe those are good and its a shame but we got the best translation of its time of Macross.
the first Gundam came out in japan in 79, macross came out in 82. Robotech came out in the early 90s as an edited version of 3 series taped together, Super Dimensional Fortress Macross, Orguss and Hyper Dimension southen cross
Maybe your referring to the order in which they were introduced in america. In which case yes Robotech did come first,
@demodular So it was mid 80s huh? I guess that goes to show us what censors could do in those days. Edited up the arsehole, way worse than 4kids!(of course i'm not talking about the "family values kids of editing)
@MrInuhanyou123 I wrote a paper on children's TV violence when I was a kid :) I grew up at a good time, IMO, 70's 80's toons and the rise of Videogames. But also these gave rise to much paranoia. Most toons on American TV in the 80's were made to do one thing, sell toys. They were in fact, 30 min commercials. Many children's rights groups put pressure (forced) on the toy companies to have a percentage of educational content in the shows, e.g., GI Joe PSA's. I knew this and still had fun
It's too bad that the same people (Harmony Gold) that dubbed the original SDF-Macross to what is known as Robotech, are the same people who has legally kept the continuation of the Macross story from being shown in the U.S. The creators of Macross has recently released "Macross Frontier," which shares similarity to the original SDF-Macross which we all loved during the 80s (Love triangle, transformers, music, saga, etc.). Unfortunately, our kids will not have the chance to view it thanks2 H.G.
I've never even seen a single episode of Robotech and yet I get chills every time I see this promo. I don't want to be that guy who comes in spouting "HURR TODAYS TELEVISION IS SHIT COMPARED TO BACK THEN", but goddamn... it really WAS a special time.
Oh yes it did way waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back when it first started ^^ RIPtoonami it was a GREAT run thill they killed you MUAWWWWWWWWWW I hate what Adult swim has become more BS less anime
@EATeezey The first line up was Thundercats, Random 15 minute show (like Space Ghost or Herculoids), Voltron, (some other 15 minute show), then New Johnny Quest.
Sailor Moon, Robotech and eventually DBZ all came along later. Unless by "first line up" you mean "Moltar Days"
I haven't seen this show since I was like 6 years old, this stirred up a lot of memories. The thing that sticks out in my mind till this day is the nude girl showering scene in one of the first few episodes haha
@KaeruthePaladin FYI to you and everyone else who see's this promo. All the Robotech episodes are legally on Youtube in HD. They do have commercials, but they are at least set up as Robotech Episode 1, 25 min. and not Robotech Episode 1 part 1 10min crap.
my whole childhood right here, Toonami was fucking great. It had its own little spot on CH where CN didn't even matter no more. As if Toonami was its own channel, man I miss being a kid right about now.
I would do absolutely anything if someone could find the original track to the background of this vid. At this point after looking so hard for it, id pay someone to find it
Oh man this one takes me WAAAY back. What i remember most about this one was how freaked out the Zentradi got whenever they saw a man and woman kiss each other. Now as part of my "reliving my childhood" im enjoying the remastered edition of Robote... sorry, Super Dimension Fortress Macross. By the way, does SDF-1 stand for "Super Dimension Fortress One"?
looks a little olde as far as the animation goes, but as long as its not "I'm going to announce all of my moves before I make them because it makes me feel awesome in a way that's really lame" it's okay with me.
I want to watch more anime, but it's somewhat hard to find anime that's good. Thankfully theres Ghost in the Shell. So I guess I want to know, is this as good, or even close?
@AdmiralGreenscreen Robotech is crap in comparison to the original, which is "SDF-Macross." If you liked Ghost in the shell, I think you'll enjoy "Macross Frontier," which came out with a TV series (2007), and two part movie version (Macross: The false songstress (2009), and Macross: Wings of goodbye (2011). If you're interested in retro anime, I'd suggest "Macross: Do You Remember Love?" (1984), which was the highest budgeted anime of its time and ranked as one of the best animes created.
Imagine growing up on happy 'edu-tainment' animation in the United States. One day you flip to CN. You hear a bad-ass beat.. For 30 seconds you see robots machine-gunning other robots, military tactical-jargon playing out a struggle across the void, a man DIES onscreen and a woman morns him. You see a nuke go off as a pilot looks on in horror. you hear the challenge "LETS GET ON WITH IT!" , the show of force and the epic, implying line "Main Cannon ready to fire". Toonami was very, very special
@cnwanna I remember explicitly this promo and that dude getting blown up... I was 9 y/o at the time... and it really seems like a gentle introduction to the evils of the real world.. I just feel sorry when this edutainment generation finally wakes up and sees that nothing is sacred and no one is safe.. the real world sucks.
I remember as a kid I when I heard this song, I know a promo was coming on for something new and fucking sprinted as fast as I could into the house just to get to a tv.
the intro alone is why i have now seen over 200 animes and still going saw dis intro at like 5 and was like wat is this stuff i must watch it im 18 now and in college partyyys go college =)
i have every episode of robotech on VHS.
a gift from my dad.
robotech the greatest action series cartoon next to dragonball z IMO
StanwoodSpartans 1 week ago
0:16 lol you think this would be on CN today in 2012? when i saw that all i said was DAMN!
Chumba131 2 weeks ago
What is the Song?
captainpike332 2 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
spring/summer of 1998...so good
8ghosts 3 weeks ago
OMG! my childhood :`)
Tears of NOstalgia*
CobraLats 3 weeks ago
Now THIS is Motherfucking Toonami.
RandomQueenKJ 1 month ago
What is the track used in this ? I must have it!!!
Farvan893 1 month ago
My very first anime show!! xD
AnDuKn0Thi5MaN 1 month ago
The memorys just come rushing back when I see these
Master20Bucks 1 month ago
Gundum may be more popular. But Robotech came first. :) One of my all time favorite anime. Thanks for uploading.
KoopaNinj 1 month ago
@KoopaNinj haha, no, it didn't. The original Gundam came out in 1979 and and Macross, the oldest of the bunch, wasn't until 1982.
mouseynezu 3 weeks ago
@mouseynezu I thought Robotech came to America first?
KoopaNinj 3 weeks ago
@KoopaNinj
You know those bootleg toys from China that are basically rip offs of American toys? Robotech was a bootleg rip off of three different anime: Super Dimensional Fortress Macross, Nadesco, and some other anime all haphazardly tied together. So basically, we kids back in the day got scammed out of a good story.
TomDracoRyu 2 weeks ago
@TomDracoRyu I don't really know what those are but ok. lol, I really thought the 3rd Gen of Robotech was superb. The one with the Invid, the Biker Mechs, and Shock Troopers. never saw much of the 2nd gen. and 1st gen was epic (The Zentradi). all the key plots came from those 3 anime?
KoopaNinj 2 weeks ago
@KoopaNinj
The so called "1st gen" with the Zentradi is Macross. The "biker mechs" and "shock troopers" came from Southern Cross. And the other gen probably was Genesis Climber MOSPEADA. Three completely different anime, that are completely unrelated storywise, were tied together haphazardly to make Robotech. You should watch the original Macross, at least. Much better than Robotech.
TomDracoRyu 2 weeks ago
@TomDracoRyu I agree, but most of us at the time of airing didn't know the difference.
captainpike332 2 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
@captainpike332
Which is sad because all three by themselves are great, but Robotech throws that out the window.
TomDracoRyu 2 weeks ago
@TomDracoRyu TomDracoRyu Ironically,however it was Robotech, that got me to seek out Macross, which in turn got me truly hooked on anime especially those with mecha.
captainpike332 1 week ago in playlist Favorite videos
@TomDracoRyu That's not right. The macross story is there. Macross wasn't being continued at the time anyway. What you get is some alternate universe with the second and third show. We didn't get the story of southern cross or that other one. And maybe those are good and its a shame but we got the best translation of its time of Macross.
GadGades 1 week ago
@TomDracoRyu macross, southern cross and orguss.
Needless to say the most badass scenes you see in this promo are from macross
MrInuhanyou123 1 week ago
@KoopaNinj actually no it didn't lol.
the first Gundam came out in japan in 79, macross came out in 82. Robotech came out in the early 90s as an edited version of 3 series taped together, Super Dimensional Fortress Macross, Orguss and Hyper Dimension southen cross
Maybe your referring to the order in which they were introduced in america. In which case yes Robotech did come first,
MrInuhanyou123 1 week ago
@MrInuhanyou123 Yeah that's what I meant.
KoopaNinj 1 week ago
@MrInuhanyou123 I was 15 when Robotech came out. It was 1985. It's the reason that I got into industrial design son!
demodular 5 days ago
@demodular So it was mid 80s huh? I guess that goes to show us what censors could do in those days. Edited up the arsehole, way worse than 4kids!(of course i'm not talking about the "family values kids of editing)
MrInuhanyou123 5 days ago
@MrInuhanyou123 I wrote a paper on children's TV violence when I was a kid :) I grew up at a good time, IMO, 70's 80's toons and the rise of Videogames. But also these gave rise to much paranoia. Most toons on American TV in the 80's were made to do one thing, sell toys. They were in fact, 30 min commercials. Many children's rights groups put pressure (forced) on the toy companies to have a percentage of educational content in the shows, e.g., GI Joe PSA's. I knew this and still had fun
demodular 5 days ago
@demodular
Lol the more ya know, and knowing is half the battle.
(no seriously, you educated me on that, thanks)
MrInuhanyou123 5 days ago
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demodular 5 days ago
i grew up watching fat tom and his eventual upgrade form. whos THIS GUY??
nynosix 1 month ago
@nynosix He's Moltar the very first Toonami host, he's also a space ghost villain
theoriginalpdogg90 1 month ago
I miss toonami. Damm u CN!!!!
bebito1a 1 month ago
the good old days huh i miss them :( but i have netflixs :)
thegodofdeath001 1 month ago
lol man i that beat ues to scared the crap out of me as a kid.
gokuhiphop113 1 month ago
Anyone know the name of this song?
XxTouhou00xX 2 months ago
All robotech episodes r on netflix streaming
tsa0706 2 months ago
@tsa0706 or on a 3 DVD box set, which i bought at CD Trade post today, "HELLLLL YEEEAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!"
GraandMasterWalrusz 1 month ago in playlist Liked videos
goose bumps... I has them
nash1344 2 months ago
Never again will we see epic shows on CN in this post 9/11 nightmare we live in. At least we still have the internet (for now).
Sturmdude 2 months ago
This show looks as EPIC as the original Mobile Suit Gundam
cavezon16 3 months ago
It's too bad that the same people (Harmony Gold) that dubbed the original SDF-Macross to what is known as Robotech, are the same people who has legally kept the continuation of the Macross story from being shown in the U.S. The creators of Macross has recently released "Macross Frontier," which shares similarity to the original SDF-Macross which we all loved during the 80s (Love triangle, transformers, music, saga, etc.). Unfortunately, our kids will not have the chance to view it thanks2 H.G.
808jspekeg6 3 months ago 2
I've never even seen a single episode of Robotech and yet I get chills every time I see this promo. I don't want to be that guy who comes in spouting "HURR TODAYS TELEVISION IS SHIT COMPARED TO BACK THEN", but goddamn... it really WAS a special time.
Jayblin 4 months ago 6
ahhh, I miss being 5 years old
MichaelCasanovaMusic 4 months ago
still one of my favorites from when I was kid in the 80's
DangerousD6969 4 months ago
I loved this opening. Where can I download the beat.
FlawedGames 4 months ago
OMG!!! Robotech!!! This really takes me back...
EATeezey 4 months ago
Robotech was my Gundam before Gundam was released stateside in the late 90's and Wing in 2000. The two sagas will forever remain in my heart.
frozenray0079 4 months ago
that
was
bad
ass
TheGlockParty 5 months ago 2
Oh yes it did way waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back when it first started ^^ RIPtoonami it was a GREAT run thill they killed you MUAWWWWWWWWWW I hate what Adult swim has become more BS less anime
MansonsGothGurl19 5 months ago
I never knew this aired on Toonami.
Haktsu 6 months ago
@Haktsu Yep. Robotech was in the first line-up.
EATeezey 4 months ago
@EATeezey The first line up was Thundercats, Random 15 minute show (like Space Ghost or Herculoids), Voltron, (some other 15 minute show), then New Johnny Quest.
Sailor Moon, Robotech and eventually DBZ all came along later. Unless by "first line up" you mean "Moltar Days"
GuillermoSmyser 4 months ago
What's the song called?
wesgriff1 6 months ago
DAMN I DIDNT WATCH THIS!!!!
cavezon16 6 months ago
Nostalgia: I just had an epic dose of it right there...... o.o Thank you for uploading these happy moments of my childhood.
shanksblade 6 months ago
I haven't seen this show since I was like 6 years old, this stirred up a lot of memories. The thing that sticks out in my mind till this day is the nude girl showering scene in one of the first few episodes haha
KaeruthePaladin 6 months ago
@KaeruthePaladin FYI to you and everyone else who see's this promo. All the Robotech episodes are legally on Youtube in HD. They do have commercials, but they are at least set up as Robotech Episode 1, 25 min. and not Robotech Episode 1 part 1 10min crap.
gungriffen 3 months ago
@gungriffen They're not in HD.
SlimD716V2 3 months ago
@gungriffen
Thanks man I did not know that, I'll have to check some episodes out when I get some free time.
KaeruthePaladin 3 months ago
thats the new intro? WTF?
SomedaysDreamersBC 6 months ago
my whole childhood right here, Toonami was fucking great. It had its own little spot on CH where CN didn't even matter no more. As if Toonami was its own channel, man I miss being a kid right about now.
MrGudMuzic 7 months ago
toonami made my balls drop @ 10 years old
PimpSlapNoJutsu 7 months ago 10
I would do absolutely anything if someone could find the original track to the background of this vid. At this point after looking so hard for it, id pay someone to find it
ADHD7777 7 months ago
glad this was on netflix :)
setokaiba200x 8 months ago
@cnwanna thats how I found toonami I was like this is the best thing I ever seen epic
newjustice1 8 months ago
Do you know the name of the music being used?
MrMovieBrat 8 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
I WANT THIS SONG
dopejoel 8 months ago
Okay i gotta watch Robotech now* Runa away*
KamenRiderPredator13 9 months ago
Oh man this one takes me WAAAY back. What i remember most about this one was how freaked out the Zentradi got whenever they saw a man and woman kiss each other. Now as part of my "reliving my childhood" im enjoying the remastered edition of Robote... sorry, Super Dimension Fortress Macross. By the way, does SDF-1 stand for "Super Dimension Fortress One"?
Indignation211 9 months ago
@Indignation211 SDF-1 =Super dimensional fortress 1. yup, it does
SageofTalos 9 months ago
looks a little olde as far as the animation goes, but as long as its not "I'm going to announce all of my moves before I make them because it makes me feel awesome in a way that's really lame" it's okay with me.
I want to watch more anime, but it's somewhat hard to find anime that's good. Thankfully theres Ghost in the Shell. So I guess I want to know, is this as good, or even close?
AdmiralGreenscreen 10 months ago
@AdmiralGreenscreen Robotech is crap in comparison to the original, which is "SDF-Macross." If you liked Ghost in the shell, I think you'll enjoy "Macross Frontier," which came out with a TV series (2007), and two part movie version (Macross: The false songstress (2009), and Macross: Wings of goodbye (2011). If you're interested in retro anime, I'd suggest "Macross: Do You Remember Love?" (1984), which was the highest budgeted anime of its time and ranked as one of the best animes created.
808jspekeg6 3 months ago
@808jspekeg6
you fool. the garbage you speak can never touch miltary science fiction classics like ROBOTECH or MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM:0079
tampatiger10 3 months ago
Man, when this came out at 2:00pm every weekday in 1998, I was hooked on it's rich story.
Retro8bit 10 months ago
I grew up on this show, loved it
darshia33 10 months ago
Just as awesome as I remember.
truthintuning 11 months ago
Oh man this is clearer than it was when I saw it on my ancient tv years ago
ParagonOfEvil 11 months ago
Great Intro
lccramiro 11 months ago
Imagine growing up on happy 'edu-tainment' animation in the United States. One day you flip to CN. You hear a bad-ass beat.. For 30 seconds you see robots machine-gunning other robots, military tactical-jargon playing out a struggle across the void, a man DIES onscreen and a woman morns him. You see a nuke go off as a pilot looks on in horror. you hear the challenge "LETS GET ON WITH IT!" , the show of force and the epic, implying line "Main Cannon ready to fire". Toonami was very, very special
cnwanna 1 year ago 111
@cnwanna That was how i became a robotech and Later Macross fan right there the exact way you described it ha ha.
donkeykong75m 10 months ago 2
@cnwanna I remember explicitly this promo and that dude getting blown up... I was 9 y/o at the time... and it really seems like a gentle introduction to the evils of the real world.. I just feel sorry when this edutainment generation finally wakes up and sees that nothing is sacred and no one is safe.. the real world sucks.
megatron515 8 months ago
@cnwanna Toonami can never be replaced, and never will. Greatest animation block on Cartoon Network.
KoopaNinj 1 month ago
@cnwanna I flipping love the old toonami.
KoopaNinj 3 weeks ago
@cnwanna Toonami was the ONLY program block with guts enough, to show this kind of awesomeness. Nothing will ever replace Toonami. nothing.
KoopaNinj 2 weeks ago 2
@cnwanna Couldn't have said it better myself!! You Sir, are WINNING!!
captainpike332 2 weeks ago
I like to play this intro just before watching the show on net-flicks. Oh sweet nostalgia.
Sturmdude 1 year ago
just goes to show, where there is a will there is a way, good job on remastering.
fordxbgtfalcon 1 year ago 27
AAAAHHHHH!!!! I miss this shit more than I can admit!!!
NumberOneBOB 1 year ago
Thank you for remastering this intro...it is the only Robotech intro that matters. lol.
Malenock86 1 year ago
seriously..one person unliked this video...i guess that person has a brain tumor
EmptyRoxas 1 year ago
I have tis whole series on DVD :D
DarkShadowRage2 1 year ago
I remember as a kid I when I heard this song, I know a promo was coming on for something new and fucking sprinted as fast as I could into the house just to get to a tv.
L337MasterXD 1 year ago
This is my fav show of all time and I started watching it on Toonami. Thanks for uploading this because its super nostalgic.
TheCoolster 1 year ago
I NEED THIS SONG LOL SLIM FIND IT!
emoginja 1 year ago 6
Slim, I don't suppose you have any inside info on this beat?
TheGreatEclipse 1 year ago
I was too young when this came out to appreciate it and now too old with too little time to watch fuck life.
RottenEggCreations 1 year ago
before heero yui, and before armuro ray, their was rick hunter!
XINKAI 1 year ago 2
@XINKAI you mean SDF Macross, Orguss and Southern Cross badly taped together <_<
MInuhanyouM 1 year ago
@MInuhanyouM It's macross, southern cross, and Mospeada. Not Orguss.
ZadNostrom 1 year ago
@ZadNostrom orguss was taped into the movie, sorry my mistake :P
MInuhanyouM 1 year ago
great work
fordxbgtfalcon 1 year ago
I was 4 when Robotech came out back in the 80's, still one of my favorite classic animes
DangerousD6969 1 year ago
good job and thank you for doing it.
RickHunter101 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Please please someone find the original beat for this song. Someone deserves my Money for this hotness.
Also, where is the love button?
punkr0csux 1 year ago
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punkr0csux 1 year ago
the intro alone is why i have now seen over 200 animes and still going saw dis intro at like 5 and was like wat is this stuff i must watch it im 18 now and in college partyyys go college =)
TinyTitian 1 year ago
Pure Badazzery
JesterzPlauge 1 year ago
you should try to meesh/edit in the audio from the Tom era midnight run promo, it's the same music/sounds but with better audio quality.
Sturmdude 1 year ago
AWESOME! I have the whole macross saga on DVD :D
DarkShadowRage2 1 year ago
Real good work. Too bad you can't do anything about the audio.
comwes907 1 year ago
Hate to be "that" guy, but would anyone happen to know where I can find the song/groovy beat?
Longtoof 1 year ago 2
I have the first Macross Saga on DVD, though I got it over 5 years ago
DasOberJagan 1 year ago
The first anime *Robotech* adapted, *Macross,* is on DVD, but it could be out of print now.
cybertronization 1 year ago