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82-514: Invid Invasion may refer to: A title used in several works of the Robotech fictional universe: The first episode of the third season, see List of Robotech episodes The fictional event, see Third Robotech War The #10 novel, see Robotech (novels) Robotech: Invasion , a video game Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

164-536: A role-playing game based on the Robotech series, including several books covering the Sentinels portion of the storyline. The original Robotech RPG line went out of print as of June 30, 2001, but Harmony Gold and Palladium Books signed an agreement in 2007 to produce a new line of Robotech RPG books, beginning with a book covering and promoting the feature-length film The Shadow Chronicles . The Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles Role-Playing Game sourcebook first book

246-557: A "remastered" version was released on the A&;E DVD set, Robotech: The Complete Original Series DVD . This version has opening titles resembling those found on the "Robotech Remastered" DVDs, as well as a new ending with text explaining the fate of the SDF-3. Also, all of the flashback footage used from "The Macross Saga" has been removed, including the re-used footage from the episode "Wedding Bells". In 2002, Tommy Yune announced development of

328-594: A back-up story in the Eye of the Storm titles. A new ongoing Authority series began the storyline of the Coup d'état crossover, which ran through Authority , Sleeper , Stormwatch: Team Achilles and Wildcats 3.0. Two Winter Special anthologies also came out. Most of the line, except Sleeper , were canceled two years after their introduction. In 2004 , WildStorm revamped its array of sub-imprints. The core titles were grouped into

410-465: A drought of Robotech product through much of the 1990s, except for publishers who continued The Sentinels storyline in print. In 1986, Starblaze Graphics published Robotech Art 1 , a reference book containing artwork, Japanese production designs, and episode guides from the original television series. This was followed by Robotech Art 2 , which was largely a collection of art by various American artists and fans. In 1988, Carl Macek collected much of

492-501: A graphic on their website stating that a live-action Robotech movie was in development with Chuck Russel attached to write and direct. While never formally announced by Harmony Gold, Kickstart Entertainment's announcement of this project was reported by Anime News Network on February 27, 2006. Anime News Network's article was updated on March 1, 2006 saying that this announcement had been removed. On September 7, 2007, The Hollywood Reporter announced that Warner Bros. had acquired

574-482: A license for the lucrative Star Wars license, but lost to the incumbent Dark Horse Comics . Due to declining sales across the U.S. comics industry, and his view that his role as publisher and growing family demands interfered with his role as an artist, Lee left Image Comics and sold WildStorm to DC Comics in late 1998, enabling him to focus once again on art. The deal went into effect in January 1999. DC hailed

656-400: A line of creator-owned comic books which included such popular works as: J. Scott Campbell's Danger Girl , Joe Madureira's Battle Chasers , Humberto Ramos ' Crimson and Out There , Joe Kelly and Chris Bachalo 's Steampunk , Kurt Busiek and Carlos Pacheco 's Arrowsmith , Busiek's Astro City and Warren Ellis 's Two-Step and Tokyo Storm Warning . 1997 also saw

738-500: A marketing tie-in to a similarly named comic book series by DC Comics , which ran for only two issues. At the same time, Harmony Gold licensed the Macross TV series for direct-to-video distribution in 1984, but their merchandising plans were compromised by Revell's prior distribution of the Macross kits. In the end, both parties signed a co-licensing agreement and the Robotech name

820-583: A minimum of 65 episodes at the time (thirteen weeks at five episodes per week). Macross and the two other series each had fewer episodes than required, since they originally aired in Japan as weekly series. On some television stations, the syndicated run was preceded by the broadcast premiere of Codename: Robotech , a feature-length pilot. This combination resulted in a storyline that spans three generations, as mankind must fight three destructive 'Robotech Wars' in succession with various invading forces, each of which

902-436: A new 24-minute pilot episode. The crowdfunding project was to have closed on August 9, 2014; however, on August 2, the project was canceled with a pledge level of US$ 194,574, or 39% of its target. Harmony Gold, however, announced that further plans to fund the project were being explored. At the 2014 Long Beach Comic Con, it was announced that the producers at Harmony Gold were in talks with at least one new media network on

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984-494: A new animated sequel. Originally announced as a television series with a planned 2004 release date, the project was revealed at Anime Expo 2004 as a feature-length film titled Robotech: Shadow Force . The storyline overlaps with and continues from the unresolved ending of the original series. The title of the story arc was soon changed to Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles . The first trailers with finished animation were shown at Anime Expo and Comic-Con International in 2005. It

1066-435: A new imprint titled America's Best Comics as a showcase for Alan Moore . The line includes the titles Promethea , The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen , Tomorrow Stories , Tom Strong and Top 10 . The studio launched Eye of the Storm in 2001 as an experiment. By this time, WildStorm had become largely a "mature readers" imprint. Joe Casey continued writing Wildcats , retitling it Wildcats 3.0 to reflect

1148-518: A pilot for a TV series for the WB Network was made. The pilot never aired and was not picked up as a series, although the pilot was later leaked on the internet. Stormwatch was relaunched as Stormwatch: Team Achilles , about a team of normal soldiers who combat rogue superheroes. Robbie Morrison wrote a one-shot featuring the Authority characters, titled "Scorched Earth" (2003). It was serialized as

1230-503: A prequel to the Sentinels, as both projects were initially meant to share many characters. Harmony Gold producer Carl Macek worked with the OVA's original creators to make the story and the new ending work. The film had to be changed again after the distributor of the film, Cannon Films , saw an incomplete rough cut of the film and were upset by it. They ordered Macek to remove multiple scenes from

1312-481: A revamp of all the Wildstorm Universe titles, including comic-books by writers such as: Alan Moore , Warren Ellis , Adam Warren , Sean Phillips , and Joe Casey . After this revamp the new Wildcats series, Stormwatch and DV8 took the places of the most popular and most commercially successful comics of the Wildstorm Universe. Wildstorm also made a presentation to Lucasfilm Ltd. in an attempt to obtain

1394-578: A single WildStorm imprint, and discarding the "Universe" and "Signature Series" imprints. In 2007 , the WildStorm fictional universe became "Earth-50", part of the DC Comics Multiverse . In April 2008 , Ben Abernathy announced that the events of Wildstorm: Revelations , Wildstorm: Armageddon and Number of the Beast would segue into Wildstorm: World's End , a post-apocalyptic direction for

1476-464: A single continuity. On July 2, 2010, Ecuadorian animator Patricio "Pat" Mosquera uploaded to YouTube a teaser for Robotech Skull Knights . On August 17, 2010, second teaser revealed Rick Hunter standing in front of an image of the VF-4 shown in the final episodes of the original series. Robotech Skull Knights has not been released yet. In July 2013, Patricio Mosquera was included as an animation director in

1558-421: A sub-imprint of Image. He explained: "During the startup of Image Comics, I incorporated my business activities under the name Aegis Entertainment. As Aegis grew and the marketplace changed, I decided a new name would more accurately define the nature of the titles we produce". In conjunction with the name change, former DC editor Bill Kaplan was brought in to oversee production and scheduling, in an effort to combat

1640-421: A third series title Robotech III: The Odyssey , which would have raised the total number or Robotech episodes 215 had both series been produced. He envisioned two additional series ( Robotech IV and Robotech V ) to bring the total number of episodes to around 300, one to air every weekday for over a year. For Robotech III: The Odyssey, Macek stated that his plans were to create a time-travel loop, allowing

1722-477: A total of 65 episodes. In Robotech Art 3: The Sentinels , Carl Macek blamed the cancellation of the series on the crash of the Yen/Dollar exchange rate , which caused toy partner Matchbox to withdraw from the project. Harmony Gold lacked the funds to produce the series on its own, and production ceased after only three episodes. Robotech II: The Sentinels was released on VHS by Palladium Books . In 2011,

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1804-610: A wide variety of genres . Its creator-owned titles included Red Menace , A God Somewhere , and Ex Machina , while its licensed titles included Friday the 13th , A Nightmare on Elm Street , The Texas Chainsaw Massacre , StarCraft , the Dante's Inferno game, The X-Files , and the God of War video game series. DC shut down the Wildstorm imprint in December 2010. In September 2011,

1886-456: Is motivated in one way or another by a desire for a powerful energy source called 'protoculture'. While each of the three animated series used for its footage informs its content, the Robotech storyline is distinct and separate from each of them. Robotech: The Movie , also called Robotech: The Untold Story , is a feature film and was the first new Robotech adventure created after the premiere of

1968-502: The Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles 2-disc collector's DVD, along with behind-the-scenes motion capture footage. In October 2004, veteran animation writer and producer Greg Weisman revealed that he developed an animated spin-off series titled Robotech: Mars Force . When asked about the project, Weisman said that he was under a non-disclosure agreement with Harmony Gold and was only allowed to mention that he developed

2050-692: The Shadow Chronicles production, titled Robotech: Shadow Rising and was to be a co-production with FUNimation Entertainment . Pre-production reportedly began in February 2007 and a projected release date of sometime in 2009 was originally expected. In 2009 Harmony Gold revealed that production had not moved forward since the summer of 2007, due to the announced development deal of a live-action film deal with Warner Bros. in September 2007. At Comic-Con 2012, Tommy Yune announced that Love Live Alive would pave

2132-467: The United Nations , featuring Scott Bernard and Ariel, was animated during the production of The Shadow Chronicles . Although it did not use the original voice actors and the dialogue was somewhat out-of-character, it nonetheless marked the first fully completed Robotech footage in many years. On July 27, 2007, at their Comic-Con International panel, Harmony Gold and Yune unveiled the second entry of

2214-608: The Wildstorm Universe , featured costumed heroes . Wildstorm maintained a number of its core titles from its early period, and continued to publish material expanding its core universe. Its main titles included WildC.A.T.S , Stormwatch , Gen , Wetworks , and The Authority ; it also produced single-character-oriented series like Deathblow and Midnighter , and published secondary titles like Welcome to Tranquility . Wildstorm also published creator-owned material, and licensed properties from other companies, covering

2296-804: The crossover limited series DC/Wildstorm: DreamWar one of the earliest times where DC and WildStorm characters would appear together. The six-issue comic book limited series was written by Keith Giffen , drawn by Lee Garbett , and published by DC Comics . The Stormwatch: PHD title ended in November 2009. The remaining series each received another creative-team shake-up as 2010 began: February's The Authority #18 by Marc Bernardin and Adam Freeman with art by Al Barrionuevo , Wildcats #19 by Adam Beechen with art by Tim Seeley and Ryan Winn , and April's Gen #35 by Phil Hester and art by Cruddie Torian . WildStorm varied its publishing with licensed properties, such as: A Nightmare on Elm Street , Friday

2378-543: The "WildStorm Universe" imprint, the creator-owned properties became the "WildStorm Signature Series" imprint, and all the licensed properties remained under the "WildStorm" imprint. Following Eye of the Storm , WildStorm published fewer WildStorm Universe titles, including Majestic and Wildcats: Nemesis ; Majestic was based on a character that had appeared in DC Comics Superman titles. In August 2006 , WildStorm simplified its "brand" by returning all content to

2460-435: The 13th , The Texas Chainsaw Massacre , Mirror's Edge , World of Warcraft , The X-Files , Dante's Inferno , and God of War . WildStorm has also published original graphic novels from writers Kevin J. Anderson , John Ridley and David Brin . The imprint was shut down in December 2010, with Wildcats (vol. 5) #30 as its last issue, although DC Comics announced that the characters would reappear some time in

2542-471: The CGI effects for Robotech: Academy . Attempts at producing a live-action Robotech have been in development for an extended time , with numerous writers, directors, and actors attached at various times and the film rights changing between studios. Some time prior to February 2006, the company Kickstart Entertainment (founded by Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles and Robotech 3000 producer Jason Netter) featured

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2624-687: The Superman crossover story arc Warworld Saga . A 12 issue WildC.A.T.S series by Matthew Rosenberg and Stephen Segovia ran from 2022 to 2023. The 2023 series Birds of Prey features WildC.A.T.S member Zealot, and the new Outsiders series relaunches the Wildstorm title Planetary with a new version of the character The Drummer as well as the Authority's sentient home The Carrier. The 2023 DC Black Label mini-series Waller vs. Wildstorm featured Wildstorm characters such as Team 7 and Stormwatch . In 2023, James Gunn of DC Studios announced that

2706-676: The WildC.A.T.s characters they released in 1993. In 1995, Wildstorm created an imprint called Homage Comics , centered on more writer-driven books. The imprint started with Kurt Busiek 's Astro City and The Wizard's Tale , James Robinson's Leave It to Chance (with Paul Smith), and Terry Moore 's Strangers In Paradise . Subsequently, the imprint featured works by Sam Kieth , including The Maxx , Zero Girl and Four Women , three of Warren Ellis ' pop-comics mini-series, Mek , Red , and Reload , and Jeff Mariotte 's weird western Desperadoes . In 1997, Cliffhanger debuted

2788-496: The bulk of the scheduled advertising for the series was targeted to children. The film had limited success in Argentina and Belgium . In 2011, A&E Home Video released, as a part of their Robotech: The Complete Series collection, a 29-minute version of Robotech: The Movie containing only footage used from "Southern Cross". There was no attempt to remaster the footage. This aborted American-produced series would have followed

2870-420: The card game, Wildstorms: The Expandable Super-Hero Card Game produced between 1995 - 1997, which was later spun off into a crossover set of cards with Marvel. The crossover was the swan song for the Wildstorm game as Marvel's merchandising clout succeeded in pushing Wildstorm's out of the spotlight. Although the timing was right for their card game, they were too early by a year with a Pog game which used

2952-726: The cast, while WildC.A.T.s villain Helspont appeared in Superman #7 and #8, Grunge appeared in Superboy #8, Zealot appeared in Deathstroke #9, and Spartan appeared in Team 7 #5. Midnighter was a recurring character in Grayson , before spinning off into his own ongoing series. Midnighter and Apollo also appeared in a 6-issue miniseries, Midnighter and Apollo . On February 16, 2017, Wildstorm

3034-461: The company relaunched its entire superhero line with a rebooted continuity in an initiative known as The New 52 , which included Wildstorm characters incorporated into that continuity with its long-standing DC characters. In February 2017 Wildstorm was revived as a standalone universe with The Wild Storm , by writer Warren Ellis . However, the characters were reintroduced to DC continuity in 2021. Wildstorm, founded by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi ,

3116-514: The continuing adventures of Rick and Lisa Hunter and the Robotech Expedition during the events of The Masters and The New Generation . The feature-length pilot is composed of the first three (and only) episodes that were produced. The Sentinels featured characters from all three Robotech sagas and introduced the SDF-3 along with an overview of their new mission. The series was planned to have

3198-466: The continuity, their events are subject to critical review, and are strictly subordinate to the 'official' events of the 85-episode animated series. Robotech (1985) is an original story adapted with edited content and revised dialogue from the animation of three different mecha anime series: Harmony Gold's cited reasoning for combining these unrelated series was its decision to market Macross for American weekday syndication television, which required

3280-532: The decision as one that would "strengthen both WildStorm's ability to expand its editorial goals and diversifying DC's output". WildStorm was editorially separate from DC Comics, and the two companies maintained offices on opposite coasts: Wildstorm in California , and DC in New York City . DC's acquisition of WildStorm allowed their respective universes to co-exist, and characters from either universe could appear in

3362-417: The exception of Japan. After Harmony Gold and Big West reached an agreement which was signed on March 1, 2021 regarding to the Macross and Robotech franchises, announced on April 8, 2021, Big West officially affirmed as part of the deal that they will not take any opposition on Harmony Gold's upcoming live action adaptation of Robotech . Both Harmony Gold and Big West will cooperate on future projects for

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3444-538: The film and to add more violence (most of the scenes removed were scenes setting up characters and showing female characters interacting). Macek reluctantly did what they ordered, and created a new script and rough edit for the film in less than 24 hours. When the distributors saw Macek act out the new film, they were much more pleased with the new cut. The opening night in Texas received a positive response, but Cannon Films pulled out after noting that most attendants were adults;

3526-437: The film rights to Robotech , with Tobey Maguire producing and pursuing the lead role. A Harmony Gold representative stated that the company had been approached by WB and would have "a say" in the film's creative direction. A March 2021 review of a 2008 draft written by S. Craig Zahler by the website Scriptshadow revealed the initial plot was very loosely based on The Macross Saga portion of Robotech . Writers attached to

3608-488: The final minutes of Carl Macek's Robotech Universe , a documentary on the making of Robotech dedicated to the then-recent passing of Macek, Love Live Alive is an adaptation of the 1985 Genesis Climber Mospeada OVA, Love Live Alive , incorporating some brand-new animation. The film was released on DVD on July 23, 2013, by Lionsgate Home Entertainment in North America. This promotional VHS tape created by Matchbox

3690-615: The first episode of the Japanese version of Macross . However, the first adaptation of the Robotech television series did not arrive until 1985 with Comico's Robotech: The Macross Saga Number 2, which continued from the first Macross issue. The various comic publishers include: The first Robotech collectible card game was released in 2006 by Hero Factory, which had previously produced Robotech trading cards. Various Robotech soundtracks have been released on records , cassettes , and compact discs since 1988. Since 1987, Robotech

3772-619: The foreseeable future. For the Sony production, James Wan was announced in 2015 to direct a script written with Kurt Johnstad ; Andy Muschietti took over the project in 2017 after Wan dropped out to direct Aquaman , with Jason Fuchs writing the screenplay from scratch. On April 27, 2022, it was reported that Hawkeye producer and director Rhys Thomas will be directing the film, with duo Art Marcum and Matt Holloway writing. In June 2023, artist Col Price posted images on both social media and his official ArtStation page of concept art he

3854-547: The future of the Robotech universe and feature none of the old series' characters. In the three-minute trailer, an expedition is sent to check on a non-responsive mining outpost and is attacked by "infected" Veritech mecha. The idea was abandoned midway into production after negative reception within the company, negative fan reactions at the FanimeCon anime convention in 2000, and financial difficulties within Netter Digital who

3936-747: The future. DC Comics relaunched its DC Universe imprint in September 2011, which included the integration of the WildStorm characters into the DC Universe. The initial wave of relaunched titles included: Voodoo and Grifter solo series, a revived Stormwatch title featuring Jack Hawksmoor , Midnighter , Apollo , the Engineer , and Jenny Quantum , and a revived version of Team 7 with non-WildStorm characters Deathstroke , Amanda Waller and Black Canary . The Teen Titans spin-off title The Ravagers featured Caitlin Fairchild and Warblade as part of

4018-509: The last episode of The Odyssey to lead directly into the first episode of The Macross Saga. This particular plot detail was eventually adapted into the Robotech novel The End of the Circle by Jack McKinney . In 1986, fan publication Macross Life published an interview with Harmony Gold executive Richard Firth who first mentioned the Robotech IV and Robotech V series plans. Firth said

4100-484: The line. In July of the same year, Christos Gage and Neil Googe published a new WildCats: World's End #1. There followed, in August 2008, a new Authority: World's End #1 by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning with art by Simon Coleby , Gen #21 by Scott Beatty with art by Mike Huddleson , and Stormwatch: PHD #13 by Ian Edginton with art by Leandro Fernández and Francisco Paronzini . That same year, DC releaseld

4182-577: The most consistently, commercially successful comics from Image. These included Lee's own titles WildC.A.T.s and the teen-hero title Gen , illustrated by J. Scott Campbell. Like many other Image titles, some of the WildStorm titles suffered from inconsistent completion and shipping, resulting in "monthly" comics coming out every few months. This era produced a number of titles of varying popularity including Gen , WildC.A.T.s , Stormwatch , Deathblow , Cybernary , and Whilce Portacio's Wetworks . In late 1993, Lee launched Wildstorm Productions as

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4264-462: The movie at various film festivals in 2006, and it was first seen by a public audience at MechaCon on August 9, 2006, where it was showcased as a charity screening to help raise funds for the ongoing Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita recovery effort. A limited theatrical run followed in January 2007, and the film was released on DVD on February 6, 2007. A two-disc collector's edition was released in November 2007. First revealed in late 2011 in

4346-498: The name "Aegis Entertainment" and expanded in subsequent years by other creators, Wildstorm became a publishing imprint of DC Comics in 1998. Until it was shut down in 2010, the Wildstorm imprint remained editorially separate from DC Comics, with its main studio located in California . The imprint took its name from a portmanteau of the titles of the Jim Lee comic series WildC.A.T.S. and Stormwatch . Its main fictional universe,

4428-456: The original animation. Many Robotech fans consider the McKinney series to be an unofficial canon of its own, despite notable divergences in the writing from Harmony Gold's current official animation-based canon. Despite no longer being considered core-continuity by Harmony Gold, the novels have been recently re-issued by Del Rey Books as Omnibus compilations. In 1986, Palladium Books published

4510-552: The original series. It uses footage from the Megazone 23 – Part 1 OVA ( original video animation ; made-for-video animated feature) combined with scenes from "Southern Cross" and additional original animation produced for the film. The original plan for the film was to have it set during the Macross Saga, parallel to the SDF-1's return to Earth from Pluto. The film would also have served as

4592-524: The primary continuity that comprises the three-part Robotech TV series and 2006's Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles . In 2002, with the publication of the WildStorm (DC) comics, Harmony Gold officially decided to retcon the Robotech Universe. The following Robotech material is now relegated to the status of secondary continuity: While these materials are not precisely 'retired' or 'removed' from

4674-527: The product. Paramount had international distribution rights, and later released the film only in a few foreign markets. Toys from both titles were less successful than those made by Todd McFarlane, partly due to poor marketing and partly because the McFarlane toys were targeted at a more mature audience. However, they had a big success copying Wizards of the Coast 's Magic: The Gathering with their introduction of

4756-468: The project included Lawrence Kasdan in June 2008, Alfred Gough and Miles Millar in November 2008, Tom Rob Smith in June 2009, and Michael B. Gordon in February 2015. Nic Mathieu had been announced as director in early 2013. On March 25, 2015, the Robotech franchise was acquired by Sony Pictures ; on July 3, 2015, Harmony Gold clarified that Sony has the rights to release the film worldwide with

4838-448: The prospect of producing the show. As of December 7, 2015, the project remains abandoned. In the 1990s, Seishun Shitemasu , an anime fandubbing group, produced the parodies Robotech III: Not Necessarily the Sentinels and Robotech IV: Khyron's Counterattack , using footage from, respectively, Gunbuster and Gundam: Char's Counterattack , continuing the tradition of the original Robotech's adaptation of unrelated anime series into

4920-514: The release of the TV series, the name Robotech was used by model kit manufacturer Revell on their Robotech Defenders line in the mid-1980s. The line consisted of mecha model kits imported from Japan and featured in anime titles such as Super Dimension Fortress Macross (1982), Super Dimension Century Orguss (1983) and Fang of the Sun Dougram (1981). The kits were originally intended to be

5002-459: The series over to Mark Millar . The Authority fused Silver Age superhero concepts with 1990s cynicism. In the 2004 Wildstorm crossover, Coup d'etat , the Authority takes control of the United States. Ellis and artist John Cassaday created Planetary , about "explorers of the strange", an experiment that merged pop culture, comic book history and literary characters. WildStorm launched

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5084-558: The series. In 2006, Harmony Gold Creative Director Tommy Yune elaborated on the project in the Space Station Liberty Podcast, saying that Mars Force was a series geared at younger audiences, following the children of the Robotech Expeditionary Force. A similar plot would later be used for the canceled 2014 spin-off, Robotech Academy . A sixty-second public service announcement for the 60th anniversary of

5166-690: The shift in tone. The new version was penciled by Dustin Nguyen with inks by Richard Friend. Gen was relaunched with a new first issue, written by X-Men's Chris Claremont. A Gen spinoff, 21 Down , was written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray . After the Point Blank mini-series, Ed Brubaker developed the same themes into the critically acclaimed Sleeper , set in the WildStorm universe. In 2001 Warren Ellis began Global Frequency . The rights for Global Frequency were bought by Warner Bros. in 2004 and

5248-477: The staff list in the IMDb page of Love Live Alive . On December 31, 2012, Cesar Turturro uploaded to YouTube an Argentine fan trailer for Robotech Valkyrie Project . In December 2013 the first episode was uploaded to YouTube, and in January 2014, the second episode was also uploaded. The series was cancelled after Harmony Gold issued a "cease and desist" letter to the producers. The team was, however, hired to do

5330-411: The story would be about a retired Commodore character from The Macross Saga telling a story via flashback, but Macek later refuted that plot detail in a 2007 interview. Macek stated that while he was hoping to do up to five series, nothing was ever written for the final two. Macek attempted another sequel with the development of Robotech 3000 . This all-CGI series would have been set a millennium in

5412-556: The studio to work on the first issue of Cyberforce . Although he worked at the studio, his projects would debut as the work of a new Image "partner studio" firm named Top Cow . Silvestri continued to work out of Wildstorm's studio for about two years. Although WildStorm considered attracting talent, such as John Romita Jr. , from the "Big Two", ( Marvel and DC ), Lee decided to find new talent instead. Lee's talent search yielded Brett Booth in 1992, and J. Scott Campbell in 1993. Apart from McFarlane's Spawn , Wildstorm produced

5494-408: The studio's problems with erratic publication schedules. His attempts to get the studio's characters into other media proved disappointing. A Saturday morning cartoon series of WildC.A.T.s lasted only a single season (1994–1995), while a full-length animated version of Gen was produced but never released in the United States. Disney had acquired the domestic distribution rights, but shelved

5576-463: The title Invid Invasion . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Invid_Invasion&oldid=772130323 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Robotech The show

5658-418: The titles of either imprint. In 1999, WildStorm launched several new titles, including The Authority , a dark and violent superhero comic whose characters fought dirty and had little regard for the rights and lives of their opponents; their only goal was to make the world a better place. Warren Ellis created The Authority as a successor to Stormwatch . He wrote its first twelve issues before handing

5740-421: The unused designs from Robotech II: The Sentinels into Robotech Art 3: The Sentinels , which also included his story outline for the rest of the unfinished series, with an explanation behind its cancellation. In 2007, Stone Bridge Press published The Art of Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles . Robotech comics were first published in 1984 with DC Comics' short-lived Robotech Defenders and Comico's adaptation of

5822-430: The way for Shadow Rising , and one year later announced at Anime Expo that they had resumed work on Shadow Rising. Harmony Gold's trademark of the term "Shadow Rising" was filed in 2007, extended in 2010, but abandoned since 2011. On July 5, 2014, Harmony Gold started a Kickstarter project for Robotech Academy , which Macek had developed before he died. The goal of this project was to raise US$ 500,000 to produce

5904-563: Was adapted from three original and distinct, though visually similar, Japanese anime television series ( Super Dimension Fortress Macross , Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross and Genesis Climber MOSPEADA ) to make a series suitable for syndication. In the series, Robotechnology refers to the scientific advances discovered in an alien starship that crashed on a South Pacific island. With this technology, Earth developed robotic technologies, such as transformable mecha , to fight three successive extraterrestrial invasions. Prior to

5986-423: Was adapted into novel form by " Jack McKinney ", a pseudonym for the team of James Luceno and Brian Daley , a pair of writers who had been working with Macek since they had collaborated on the animated series Galaxy Rangers . Using fictitious epigraphs in the style of Dune , McKinney's novels fleshed out the chronology (including adapting the incomplete Sentinels source material) in far greater detail than

6068-406: Was adopted for the TV syndication of Macross combined with Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross (1984) and Genesis Climber MOSPEADA (1983). The Robotech chronology, according to Harmony Gold, is illustrated below: * Asterisked works are now considered ' secondary continuity '—that is, that their events exist in the continuity of Robotech , but 'don't count' when conflicts arise with

6150-407: Was animating the show. During a 2000 San Diego Comic-Con panel, Macek announced the series was would be re-conceptualized as a traditional, hand-drawn animated series, however that idea was abandoned sometime prior to 2002 in favor of development of what would become Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles . The trailer was hosted on the official Robotech website, and was included in the 2007 release of

6232-475: Was hired to create for the film. While only citing "a few years ago" as the time frame of which they were made, Price's images depict an adaptation of The Macross Saga . At the time of its broadcast, Harmony Gold also launched Robotech through a popular line of comics to be followed by novels, role-playing games, toys, and other consumer products. With the cancellation of Robotech II: The Sentinels , many of these licensed products were discontinued, and led to

6314-514: Was included with their Robotech Wars playset. This video includes two episodes cobbled together from clips of The Macross Saga . Titled "To the End of the Universe" and "Battle Royale", these episodes contain no new footage, and are not meant to follow any continuity established in the TV series. During the production of Robotech II: The Sentinels , Carl Macek had already begun to plot out 13 weeks of

6396-510: Was not until February 2006, when Kevin McKeever, operations coordinator at Harmony Gold, was able to confirm that the pilot movie had been completed. After a series of delays, FUNimation Entertainment was finally announced as the home video, broadcast, and theatrical distributor at the 2006 Comic-Con International in San Diego with the possibility of producing further sequels. Harmony Gold premiered

6478-419: Was officially revived with The Wild Storm #1 by Warren Ellis and Jon Davis-Hunt , a 24 issue series that re-imagined the Wildstorm Universe. On October 11, 2017, Wildstorm launched a second series under The Wild Storm banner with the 12 issue mini-series The Wild Storm: Michael Cray by Bryan Hill . Following the conclusion of The Wild Storm DC Comics announced that a new Wildcats six issue mini-series

6560-548: Was one of the founding studios that formed Image Comics in 1992. Image grew out of Homage Studios and was founded by artists Whilce Portacio , Jim Lee, Erik Larsen , Rob Liefeld , Todd McFarlane , Marc Silvestri , and Jim Valentino in San Diego, California . All but Portacio decided to become full partners in the new firm. At the time, Lee and Portacio were recognized for their work on various X-Men titles at Marvel Comics . In late 1992, penciller Marc Silvestri joined

6642-615: Was released on March 21, 2008, followed by sourcebooks covering the Macross, Masters, and New Generation chapters of Robotech (redrafted to reflect the Harmony Gold canon). Other sourcebooks and supplements are reflected in the Palladium Books production pipeline. WildStorm Wildstorm Productions (stylized as WildStorm ) is an American comic book imprint. Originally founded as an independent company established by Jim Lee under

6724-538: Was to debut August 28, 2019, again penned by Ellis with art by Ramon Villalobos, but was cancelled in 2019. Grifter, Apollo, and The Midnighter appeared in the alternate future timeline series Future State : Dark Detective in 2021. The Wildstorm characters were then officially reintroduced into DC Universe continuity later that year in Batman: Urban Legends #5 and Superman and The Authority . The new Authority team then appeared as supporting characters in

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