Editing Robotech (section)

=Reception=
You have to remember, Robotech was one of '''the''' biggest anime of the mid-80s... but it's also so edited, even beyond the whole "weld three unrelated series together by redubbing them" thing and the addition of a constantly intervening narrator, that a lot of anime purists revile it. At the same time, this was the first mainstream encounter with "cartoons" that had serious storylines and genuine depth; this was one of the first times that 80s kids saw main characters '''die'''. No beating around the bush, either, characters were legitimately killed off! Because of this, there's also a very loyal fandom for the series as well.

The novelizations, however, are [[skub]] in printed form, being pretty much hated by almost every fan, save for a small crowd of diehards, and have been ignored by all other delves into the series.

So why does the anime fanbase hate it so much ''now?'' Well, consider [[Battletech]]. Particularly the whole "Unseen" debacle. Well, Harmony Gold has been like that with the entire ''Macross'' franchise, which as noted below, has gone well beyond the original series in the years since. Harmony Gold's litigious nature has for a very long time been one of the factors(but not the only one) in keeping much of the Macross series stuck in Japan.