Clash of the bionoids last saw release in 1995 uncut from best film and video under the shorter title macross. In the early 90s after the sucess of robotech in the us toho was using the one license harmony gold didnt buy dyrl and peddled it to just for kids. And this is basically the whole macross story told in a feature length film. The movie, a 90minute feature that was compiled from the american version of macross.
Robotech edited as 6 full length features on vhs by family home entertainment released in 1987. Robotech season 1, and serves as a movie retelling of the series events of space war i in the macross universe. Megazone 23 on its own is pretty good though, id suggest just watching that on its own. With arihiro hase, mari iijima, mika doi, michio hazama. This seems to have occurred independently of the robotech tv series. Robotech is an 85episode adaptation of three different japanese anime science fiction television series, the super dimension fortress macross, the super dimension cavalry southern cross and genesis climber mospeada, under the direction of carl macek. The parts tend to vary in quality, but i overall liked it especially part 1. Southern macrospeada all about macrosssouthern crossmospeadamegazone 23. Reading in a few places it seems like kc might possibly have a license to produce not just robotech macross toys, but also possibly some macross. One version was clash of the bionoids and another version largely uncut but iirc english dubbed in hong kong or was the philippines. If dyrl was out in r1, i would recommend that wholeheartedly.
Macross in clash of the bionoids is an edited translation of chojiku yosai macross. Macrosss north american influence comes from the fact that it was the model and one of three shows used to create robotech, the big gateway anime title of. Super space fortress macross 1984 release info imdb. I never realized until today that max made skull leader in the dyrl movie. It has been heavily criticized by fans of the film for extreme cuts nearly thirty minutes were excised from the movie.
Southern macrospeada all about macrosssouthern cross. Robotech was originally aired in syndication starting in 1985 and has been seen in north america, australia, the philippines, hong kong, south. Bandai 172 vf1as ichijyo hikaru valkyrie do you remember love super. As for the original robotech issue, i dont think anything really happened between the two of them. Robotech forums what happens between rick and minmey. Just for kids label in the late 1980s, renamed clash of the bionoids. So i watched the robotech series almost 20 years ago when my mom mistook it for gundam and fell in love with it, before they removed the weird. The two films are distinct, because the american program was heavily edited for television. I got a copy of something called clash of the bionoids way back when. It was also released as clash of the bionoids long ago on vhs. Details about vhs macross in clash of the bionoids 1984 toho anime rare video collectible. Us renditions used to sell a cd of the robotech soundtrack, now out of print. The last official robotech faq produced by the mailing list is almost a decade old and thus much of the information is quite dated. Concerning harmony gold and robotech anime or science.
An edited rip of the official vhs that cuts off right before the first sex scene is also available on youtube. Clash of the bionoids the sentinels the macross saga vol. Though, i guess wed need to find the japanese ld with the newly animated footage for the ending. Robotech the original broadcast version premiered on united states television 341985. Tohos legendarily bad dub of the first macross movie, originally made for japanese students learning english hence the subtitles. Of course, ive only seen clash of the bionoids so i dont know if anything more was said about the scene in dyrl.
The original movie was actually 115 minutes long, and there were many scenes edited out of the movie for time, and it was a kid movie company that distributed it. In the early 90s after the sucess of robotech in the us toho was using the one. The shadow chronicles, a robotech sequel film from 2006, is a plasticlooking, halffinished mess craftily aimed at fans seeking closure which the movie never provides. Worldwide english title short version macross in clash of the bionoids. Do you remember love merchandise robotech fans not familiar with the film by that name may recognize clash of the bionoids, which was a badly dubbed, heavily edited down us release. I was contemplating the inaccuracy that ive got a sdfm milia type super valkyrie toy parked next to a dyrl max type vf1a. Remember when carl macek put together 3 unrelated animes together to make the robotech tv series. Nupe, my clash has minmay titties and millia zentran potato salad crush au spectaculauuuurrgr.
I wanted to propose this project for a long while, though. So basically, the people in the robotech macross universe make this movie, which is about the first space war between the zentradi and the humans. The robotech chronicles page 3 spacebattles forums. The clash of the bionoids release was later reissued in a kiseki macross box set which also contained their three, 2 episode, dubbed volumes of macross ii. Robotech, kenneth olson, robotech research, rpg, roll playing, scenerios, rogue squadron, mecha, macross, southern cross notes 11102002. They also took do you remember love and took an already bad movie and made it even worse, called it clash of the bionoids.
This was released overseas as clash of the bionoids, however that version had most of the violence and singing cut out, which doesnt do justice to a film where violence and singing are important to the plot. I kind of got the same impression from that scene that you did, especially since it seemed to be directed to an older audience. Macross in clash of the bionoids anime video games. Worldwide english title alternative title macross 84. An edited, englishdubbed version of the feature was also released to video as clash of the bionoids. Concerning harmony gold and robotech sign in to follow this. I must say that im rather impressed with the way this one has been edited to make it look like a part of the original macross series. Reader gail chan sent us some comments comparing the clash of the bionoids version with the uncut original. Macross ii, the only animated project without studio nues direct involvement, was declared a parallelworld story by studio nue. Still, its just one highprofile piece of crap compared to the pile of lousy macross followups.
Clash of the bionoids is, from what i can gather, an edited version of macross. A young pilot in the military named hikaru rescues his idol, the beautiful singer lynn minmay. Watching clash of the bionoids after robotech, not knowing it was a dub of dyrl. Macross became the first third of robotech and had the least amount of changes. This, and maybe recreated robotech the movie with megazone. The concept of a postseries movie as a reselling instead of a sequel was new to meof course now it isnt and is somewhat par the course for macross. No, harmony gold hasnt sold it, and they still hold the license until 2056.
It was a movie based on the japanese macross series but it was absolutely horrible or at least maybe it was because of the dubbing. With kerrigan mahan, iona morris, diane michelle, gregory snegoff. They also sold a video version of the english dub of the macross movie, from which they removed 18 minutes and re titled as clash of the bionoids. With all these titles its very easy to get confused, but all you need to know is its the first macross movie, and it summarizes the macross tv series known over here as robotech. This after seeing this film so many times since the late 80s starting with clash of the bionoids on vhs. The macross thread page 2776 tfw2005 the 2005 boards. The robotech thread page 31 tfw2005 the 2005 boards. This was before the 1985 us robotech series release so the characters have japanese names. It was adapted from three original and distinct, though visually similar. In the theatrical version, humanity is thrown into a three way war between them, the zentraedi, and the meltrandi female zentredi. Clash of the bionoids which cut out 40 minutes of footage including heavy gore, the shower scene nudity, and a slow part of misa and ikaru stranded. This featurelength animated film, dubbed in english, has been compiled using footage from the popular japanese science fiction television series, macross. Mention robotech to any devoted anime fan, and youll wish you hadnt. However, a torrent of the first episode is available.
A reworking of the original macross tv series known as robotech in the u. I know that the robotech masters uses the flowers to extend their lives far beyond normal and they did have numerous clones bodies and how they transfer their consciousness is probably thru the use of telepathy, most likely they are genetically enhanced into them in order to leap frog from one body in a different vessel. Clash of the bionoids movies and tv series macross. The human race is in the middle of a threeway war with a race of giant humanoid aliens split into the zentrans males and meltlans females.
Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. In the next century, a reconfiguring ship think transformer with a pilot called macross carries fifty thousand refugees within its hold as it returns to earth pursued by giant humanoid warriors. The only thing we had of dyrl was that crappy clash of the bionoids dub, which was done byu a different studio, in order to help japanese kids learn english. Celebritys just for kids released dyrl as macross in clash of the bionoids in the usa under a license from toho international co. In robotech minmays speaking and singing voice is done by rebecca forsdadt credited as reba west minmaysva is unknown like most of the cast in the infamous toho based dub of the compilation film do you remember love. Clash of the bionoids has some violence and nudity edited out from the. This is probably one of the worst things i put in my vcr since the celebrity kids who also released macron 1 on video dub of macross. The super dimension fortress macross tv anime news network. Super space fortress macross ld preservation original. The story of robotech continues as dana sterling and the rest of the robotech forces prepares to defend themselves against yet another alien threat, the robotech masters. I am confused about super space fortress macross and clash of the bionoids. The better known of the two us releases of the dub is an edited version that was released by celebrity home entertainments just for kids label in the late 1980s, renamed clash of the bionoids. Reads cover clash of the bionoids yep edited april 9, 2008 by ruskiivfaussie.
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