Codename: Robotech is an animated pilot that preceded the original 1985 Robotech television series. It is set within the events of the First Robotech War.
Editing
Three unrelated anime mashed into coherent American canon.
Score
Uematsu's themes still slap almost 40 years later.
Director
Robert V. Barron
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This pilot single-handedly created the American anime market by proving Japanese animation could sell to syndication.
The SDF-1's design was so iconic that NASA engineers reportedly used it as informal inspiration for modular spacecraft concepts.
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