The sentinels was an attempt by harmony gold usa to continue the original 1985 robotech television series. Just a few months after andy muschietti signed on to direct robotech, the adaptation has a new writer in wonder woman scribe jason fuchs. After a twentyyear absence, robotech returned as a feature film. In another part of the galaxy, an old scientist and his assistant fight for survival while giant space bugs the invid invade their planet. Melanie macqueen credited aline leslie as lisa hayes. The sentinels did not reuse animation from another anime other than some flashback footage from macross. 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 about robotechnology and the people that created it. In this issue, on tirol, everyone is preparing for a visit from the invid regent, while back on praxis, the stranded sentinels are still trying to figure out a way to get off of the planet and burak and tesla have formed a partnership in the dance of death. Initially a major success, its relatively adult story content is credited with introducing western audiences to the sophisticated dramatic potential that japanese animation had to offer, or even possible for animation itself. The mission of the robotech defenders unfolds as they near the launch date of their flaghship the sdf3.
Oct 21, 2019 based on the popular series, robotech 2. It is bad for a movie but one must remember that robotech ii the sentinels was produced as a tv series thus resulting in mediocre tv series level animation. The sentinels is the enthralling film sequel, where two cultures, the citizens of earth and the planet optera, come together to determine the fate of their two worlds in a compelling story of love, courage and the pursuit of freedom. Their mission to take any possible conflict to the stars. 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. 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.
But it got canceled and the masters plot line that we all know about took. Big fan of the entire robotech universe and im glad there are fans with flash skills willing to dedicate the time to make animations. The sentinels a new beginning mason, tom, ulm, chris, waltrip, jason, waltrip, john on. This edit will also create new pages on comic vine for. 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. The original twelve novels were written to a tight twelvemonth deadline, so that the books could be released one per month. Theres alot of synthesizer music and recycled footage from all three robotech sagas another sign of the aborted production. Jun 29, 2006 ive not seen the sentinels movie in a long time, it really brought me back.
Robotech is a cult anime series about three wars fought by earth with alien technology, against alien enemies, over control of a powerful energy source. I was expecting at least a little continuity with the sentinels series that. The sentinels did not reuse animation from another anime. Within the combined and edited story, robotechnology refers to the scientific advances discovered in an alien starship that crashed on a south pacific island. Expand your home video library from a huge online selection of movies at. Rebecca forstadt credited reba west as lynn minmei. Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. This directtovideo release feels like two separate movies. They go into more detail and more importantly, they finish what they started. Maybe if you saw robotech as a kid, have no desire to rewatch it, but want to see what theyve produced since 1988, this would be for you. If you want the sentinels story, pick up the jack mckinney novels. 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 the events of the robotech masters and the new generation series.
The sentinels had failed to get off the ground in the 80s and. The sentinels did not reuse animation from another anime other than some flashback footage from. This issue features a timeline and summary of the events that occurred in the entire robotech saga, from zors birth, through the macross, sentinels, masters and new generations sagas to the search for the lost sdf3. Our heroes the characters from the robotech macross saga prepare to start a grand space expedition.
The sentinels had failed to get off the ground in the 80s and robotech 3000, a proposed cgi series set a thousand years in the future from the shows timeline, had received major. The first 3 episodes were then spliced together into one movie. The untold story, is a feature film and was the first new robotech adventure created after the premiere of the original series. Daley wrote book 1 while luceno wrote book 2, then traded completed manuscripts for revision and style adjustments.
Supposedly its been postponed because of the omnipresent threat of a liveaction robotech movie, but who. The titles will arrive as part of an expansive agreement that includes all rights to the franchise, including home entertainment and merchandising opportunities. Make offer robotech southern cross vhs lot of 5 palladium books harmony gold anime 2 4 57 robotech macross saga volume 16 vhs 1989 f. The sentinels was a movie released in 1988 on vhs by palladium books. Robotech is an americanjapanese 85episode adaptation of three unrelated anime television series from three different fictional universes made between 19821984 in japan.
For those who are looking for the original version of the sentinels, please refer to the following download link. However, the unforeseen threat of the invid regent emerges from across the galaxy. Thanks to depredation and many others for their continued support for the project. Robotech movie gets wonder woman writer sep 12, 2017. Comic book version of the robotech sentinels cartoon series, a sequel to the robotech macross series, that was planned but never fully made. The sentinels which omits the macross flashback scenes and a 29minute version of robotech. Their release includes many of the special features of advs legacy and protoculture collections as well as new features, including a documentary, carl maceks robotech universe, an edited version of robotech ii. The sentinels was an attempt to continue the original 1985 robotech television series. 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 sentinels news and updates at, your home for movie, tv, game, music, and theme park news. Robotech robotech 2 the sentinels espanol latino facebook. The footage is edited to make the two separate movies that alternate. The comic is a partial adaptation of the novel series and a partial adaptation of the cancelled tv series, taking their own twist on the story. The sentinels this was suppose to be the plot line after the macross story arch was over.
Only three episodes were ultimately animated before the project was canceled in 1986, and a featurelength film was released from footage taken from the. All music products are properly licensed and guaranteed authentic. 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 titles will arrive as part of an expansive agreement that includes all rights to the franchise, including home.
It was created out of the animation that was completed for the unfinished sentinels tv series. 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. The sentinels movie is part 2 as it says in the title. Ive not seen the sentinels movie in a long time, it really brought me back. Academy takes place near the end of the second generation of robotechin the time and setting of the aborted tv series robotech ii. Sentinels part ii continues the series in a grand way. Another common complaint is the altered character designs for the returning macross saga characters. The shadow chronicles did produce a film that received limited. The sentinels, expands upon the events in genesis climber mospeda, and also fills in story gaps left unplugged in macross and southern cross. Keep in mind that this show takes place 8 years after macross saga. Originally intended to be a continuation of the popular and successful robotech, 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 sdf1 has been destroyed but with he help of exfoes breetai and exadore they have built the sdf3 created with eh left over robotech technology as well as old zentradi ships to. On top of that, love live alive has no extras, those were saved for complete box set which features this movie, the original japanese love alive, and every other piece of robotech ever. 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 robotech franchise is joining the funimation family. 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 detailed the production of the series by the creator carl macek covering all levels of production and story, as well as. While rick hunter and lisa hayes and the ref prepare for their journey to tirol. The comic was ended in 1996 when academy comics lost their license to print robotech comics. It uses footage from the megazone 23 part 1 ova original video animation. Under this deadline, daley and luceno divided the robotech timeline into twelve segments and worked on different segments simultaneously i.
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