Robotech

{{Infobox television | image = RobotechTitle1985.jpg | caption = Title screen from the 1985 broadcast | genre = Epic, Mecha, Space opera | runtime = 25 minutes | producer = Carl MacekAhmed Agrama | director = Robert V. BarronNoboru Ishiguro (Macross) | creator = Carl Macek | based_on = Part 1:Super Dimension Fortress Macross(by Studio Nue)Part 2:Super Dimension Cavalry Southern CrossPart 3:Genesis Climber MOSPEADA | story = Carl Macek | screenplay = Ardwight ChamberlainGreg FinleySteve FloodJason KlassiSteve KramerMike ReynoldsGregory SnegoffJim WagerTao WillWinston RichardTom Wyner | starring = (see below) | narrated = J. Jay Smith | theme_music_composer = Ulpio Minucci | composer = Ulpio Minucci | country = United StatesJapan () | animator = Tatsunoko Production | company = Harmony Gold USAStudio NueArtlandArtmic | network = First-run syndicationSci-Fi ChannelCartoon NetworkKTEH | first_aired = | last_aired = | num_series = 3 | num_episodes = 85 | list_episodes = List of Robotech episodes | related = {{Plainlist| Codename: Robotech Robotech: The Movie Robotech II: The Sentinels Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles Robotech: Love Live Alive }} }}Robotech is an American 85-episode adaptation of three unrelated Japanese anime television series (from three different fictional universes) made between 1982 and 1984 in Japan; the adaptation was aired in 1985. Within the combined and edited story, Robotechnology refers to the scientific advances discovered in an alien starship that crashed on a South Pacific island. With this technology, Earth developed giant robotic machines or mecha (many of which were capable of transforming into vehicles) to fight three successive extraterrestrial invasions. BackgroundRobotech was one of the first anime televised in the United States that attempted to include most of the complexity and drama of its original Japanese source material. Produced by Harmony Gold USA, Inc. in association with Tatsunoko Productions Co.