12 Major Differences Between Robotech and Macross

Hello guys, and welcome back! So, when most people think about Robotech, they probably just remember Rick Hunter flying his Veritech Fighter, the SDF-1 battling the giant Zentraedi, and one huge continuous space war going on for generations. But the plot twist is that Robotech was never just a single show. Unlike a normal anime dub, Harmony Gold created it by combining three completely unrelated Japanese anime into a single 85-episode saga. For this video, though, we’ll be focusing only on the first part, the Macross Saga, which was adapted from Super Dimension Fortress Macross. Even then, it wasn’t just translated. Characters were renamed, dialogue was rewritten, an entirely new mythology was invented, emotional scenes were changed, and even the context of the ending played out differently. So today, let’s break down the 12 biggest differences between Robotech and Macross.