Weve been selling comics since 1961 our first sale. Comic book version of the robotech sentinels cartoon series, a sequel to the robotech macross series, that was planned but never fully made. Robotech is the american title given to three different japanese. The sentinels this was suppose to be the plot line after the macross story arch was over. Set in 1999, the 36episode macross introduced the extraterrestrial robotech masters. The sentinels, for eternity comicsin 1988, despite earlier efforts for steve jackson games on the. The sentinels, for eternity comicsin 1988, despite earlier efforts for steve jackson games on the car wars game line. Since players want to play some of the exotic alien races, the campaign begins after the sdf3 arrives in the fantoma system. But it got canceled and the masters plot line that we all know about took. Robotech is an americanjapanese 85episode adaptation of three unrelated anime television series from three different fictional universes made between 19821984 in japan. The sentinels in this movie consisting of the first three episodes of the abortive tv sequel series, we rejoin the characters of the first macross portion of the series a couple of years after the destruction of superdimensional fortesses 1 and 2. This article is a list of all of the vehicles in the anime robotech. It was created out of the animation that was completed for the unfinished sentinels tv series. The sentinels is a great example of what can go wrong when business ventures fail.
The sentinels carried palladiums robotech rpg away from earth and into a distant galaxy, based on the shortlived animated series of the same name. The aborted 65episode sentinels series would have followed the ongoing. Only three episodes were ultimately animated before the project was cancelled in 1986, and a featurelength film was released from footage taken from the completed episodes. Robotech is a science fiction franchise that began with an 85episode anime television series produced by harmony gold usa in association with tatsunoko production and first released in the united states in 1985. Watch all 24 robotech episodes from season 2,view pictures, get episode information and more. The sentinels book i last edited by pikahyper on 090419 08. As has been noted, the original 3part series was actually footage from 3 completely separate and unrelated japanese series, edited and redubbed with major story changes to tie them all together. In 1988, carl macek collected much of the unused designs from robotech ii. Robotech archives sentinels volume 1 by chris ulm, tommy. Breetai, voiced by tony clay is the fleet commander of an armada of the imperial zentraedi forces sent to recover the lost sdf 1 during the first robotech war. Until you earn points all your submissions need to be vetted by.
Despite the numerous changes and a modern controversy, the macross saga. Only three episodes were ultimately animated before the project was canceled in 1986, and a featurelength film was released from footage taken from the completed episodes. The sentinels, during the wedding of rick hunter and lisa hayes, claudia can be seen briefly smiling from beyond the grave. The sentinels was an attempt to continue the original 1985 robotech television series. The aborted 65episode sentinels series would have followed the ongoing adventures of rick hunter and lisa hayes and the rest of the robotech expeditionary force during the events of the robotech masters and. However, the unforeseen threat of the invid regent emerges from across the galaxy. This small video was supposed to be a 65 original episode series, but that was not to. Believe it or not, all these references come straight from the original robotech ii. Even on the official robotech website, it only lists the sentinels movie with part 2 ii as part of its original title the recent dvd released version only says robotech. Basically rick, lisa, max and breetai plus others create the robotech expeditionary force and begin a quest to find the homeworld of the robotech masters, to learn more.
The sentinels was a movie released in 1988 on vhs by palladium books. Characters and names were changed to better appeal to a western audience and episodes were edited to conform with the new robotech storyline. I was probably being born at the time when this show was first being aired, so i cant really relate to how it was recieved in 85, but from watching the other cheesy war and action cartoons, this was, by far, the most realistic because of its uncensored views on the hardships of war come on, nobody even got hurt in gi joe. Of the 101733 characters on anime characters database, 35 are from the anime robotech ii. It was the first original, animated robotech production since the release of robotech ii. They first became publicly known for their work on robotech ii. Notice that everyone keeps on talking about rebuilding the sdf3. The sentinels was an attempt by harmony gold usa to continue. The robotech roleplaying game, based on the robotech and robotech ii. The sentinels, expands upon the events in genesis climber mospeda, and also. Shadow chronicles was released theatrically in january 2007 and released on region 1 dvd in february 2007. Home series robotech official order season 0 episode 5 robotech ii.
Robotech is an animated science fiction franchise produced by harmony gold usa. Along with ben dunns ninja high school, the sentinels became one of the flagship titles of malibu. The sentinels was originally developed as a 65 episode. For those who are looking for the original version of the sentinels, please refer to the following download link. The shadow chronicles was released between 20082018. Birthplace of the flowers of life and their agents of retribution, the invid nexus for an unfolding of events that had left the galaxy reshaped and. Comicos robotech comics consisted almost entirely of adaptations of the robotech tv episodes, released alongside or just after their tv airings. It was written by tom mason and chris ulm, illustrated by brothers jason and john waltrip, and lettered by clem robins, gary kato, and steve haynie.
Carl macek, the man who brought the robotech phenomenon to the united states, tells the story of the sentinels. The sentinels was a movie released in 1988 on vhs by palladium. The sentinels in a daring plan to take the destructive war for robotechnology away from the earth, the sdf3 is constructed to lead an expedition to confront the robotech masters on their own ground. The cyclone veritech ride armor is a fictional powered armor derived from the vr series ride armor designed by artmics shinji aramaki for the japanese anime series genesis climber mospeada. Carl macek screenplay, ardwight chamberlain dialogue 1 more credit. The aborted sentinels series would have followed the ongoing adventures of rick hunter and lisa hayes and the rest of the robotech expeditionary force ref during. Your peaceful mission to the robotech masters has turned into a war for survival against the vengeful invid. Find great deals on ebay for robotech ii sentinels book 3. They soon followed up with other spinoff comic series, such as robotech genesis. The sentinels did not reuse animation from another anime other than some flashback footage from macross.
The legend of zor, as well as one a few official swimsuit issues. The japanese series was adapted by carl macek to become the first act of the american tv series robotech. The sentinels, which also included his story outline for the rest of the unfinished series, with an explanation behind. This was to be the offical sequel to robotech, or at least one of them. World killers was a robotech novel written by jack mckinney published in 1988. The sentinels movie is part 2 as it says in the title. In this issue, the robotech expeditionary force finally meets the sentinels face to face, a group of various alien species whose home planets are all prisoners of the invid, and they want the refs help in pursued.
The first intended sequel to the original robotech series was a 65episode series titled the sentinels, which began to be produced in 1986. Rather than releasing them sequentially, they released all three series at once. Within the combined and edited story, robotechnology refers to the scientific advances discovered in an alien starship that crashed on a south pacific island. The sentinels a new beginning mason, tom, ulm, chris, waltrip, jason, waltrip, john on. The sentinels depicted the sdf3 under the final stages of construction within the giant robotech factory in orbit around the earth in the year 2022. The real reason weve seen no new robotech since 2006. Now, that said, robotech 2 the sentinels was the backstory of what happened to the surviving characters at the end of macross chap1 and the end of new generation chap3. Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. Robotech 2 the sentinels book 1 1988 2nd printing comic books. List of robotech vehicles neo encyclopedia wiki fandom. In a daring plan to take the destructive war for robotechnology away from the earth, the sdf3 is constructed to lead an expedition to confront the robotech masters on their own ground. Robotech is the american title given to three different japanese anime television series, bundled together for tvsyndication purposes.
This edit will also create new pages on comic vine for. Of the 85 tv episodes, only danas story was not directly adapted. It was adapted from three original and distinct, though visually similar, japanese anime television series super dimension fortress macross, super dimension cavalry southern cross. Comics directly corresponding with the fifth novel rubicon were not released, despite a series bearing the same name from antarctic press. The shadow chronicles was completed and screened at film festivals in august 2006. The following companies have released robotech comics over the years. Teen and up audiences 1 mature 1 include warnings creator chose not to use archive warnings 1 no archive warnings apply 1 graphic depictions of violence 1 include categories fm 2 other 1 multi 1 include fandoms robotech 3 robotech ii. The sentinels series, was originally published by palladium books from 1986 to 1995 and reprinted until 1998. For those not familiar, robotech was a 3 chapter animated series produced in america, and culled from 3 separate animated series from japan that were slightly retooled and bashed together and then dubbed in english to be shown here, in the us. The sentinels was an attempt by harmony gold usa to continue the original 1985 robotech television series. For many fans the cyclone is the signature design of robotech s third generation and mospeada.