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Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross is a Japanese science fiction mecha anime TV series released in 1984, as the third of the Super Dimension series. It was adapted as "The Masters Saga" or the "Second Generation" of the American TV series ''Robotech''. Plot In the year 212 ...

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Carl Macek Carl Frank Macek (September 21, 1951 – April 17, 2010) was an American screenwriter and producer. Noted for his work on English-language adaptations of anime during the 1980s and 1990s, he was the creator of the ''Robotech'' franchise and the ...

. ''Robotech'' was originally aired in syndication starting in 1985 and has been seen in North America, Australia, the Philippines, Hong Kong, South Africa, and Europe. 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 (many of which were capable of transforming into vehicles) to fight three successive extraterrestrial invasions.

Episode list

Part 1: The Macross Saga

Part 2: The Masters

Part 3: The New Generation

Bibliography

*''Robotech Art I: The Official Guide to the Robotech Universe'' by Kay Reynolds and Ardith Carlton. The Donning Company, 1986.

References

External links

* {{Robotech

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