I woke up at 6 am before school to watch this when I was a kid. I loved Robotech. Had some heavy themes and a great story. War after desperate war but always a glimmer of hope. Yes, I still want to fly a Veritech. I’m 47 and not ashamed at all.

My school bus let me off at my stop about 10 minutes after Robotech started every afternoon. My father worked night shifts. He would tape the episode on our VCR. I would watch the other cartoons I liked, and then put on Robotech while he started dinner before my mom got home from work. Later, he taught me how to set the automatic VCR recording feature when he picked up the day shift. Every morning I would put a tape in and set it up to start recording at 2:30pm before I left for school. Robotech was absolutely my favorite!

I remember when this came out in March 1985. I was hooked instantly!

It came out in 1988 in Yugoslavia (Serbia) and I was just 6 years old.I was blown away by Robotech!I lived near military airport and MiG-29 that flew above instantly made me love aviation. ROBOTECH FOREVER!!!!

I was 13 when this first aired one episode a day, M-F after school. It is my favorite cartoon of all time. What makes it the best for me is the fact that it was realistic in terms of the struggles humans go through. Whether it was with love or relationships, or combat. Even major key characters died, so there was no favoritism just for being a good guy. Absolutely ahead of its time.

A tribute to our fallen heroes of The Macross Saga: Henry J. Gloval (with his extended narration of Gloval's Report), Claudia Grant, Vanessa Leeds, Kim Young, Sammie Porter, Ben Dixon and Roy Fokker. May you all rest in peace.

Goddammit i thought i will see this shit in real life when I grow up. I'm 45 and still waiting

I was 26 when Robotech came to my area in 1985. It is one of the great anime series in history. I been into anime since 1963.

I remember the exact moment I first saw Robotech in the electronic store, my life was forever changed!

It was 1983 or 84, and I fell in love with these mechs. Best years of my life.🙏

Robotech was what my father rented me while sick as a kid. Nothing but fond memories of this masterpice!

In the Netherlands we had to wait until 1988 before we could watch robotech. I did expect much of it, thinking it would be just a other monster of the week show like battle of the planets, but starting from 1983 i had build a number of modelkits from Macross and i thought it would be nice to see those Valkyries, Destroids and other robots in action for a couple of episodes. Needless to say after the first episode (Boobytrap), i had to take a few minutes to comprehend what the heck it was i just saw. After Bye bye Mars i was completely hooked and now 40 years later i'm sitting on a big pile of manga, anime, modelkits, figures, books, posters and fond memories of my visit to Japan. I know robotech isn't perfect, but i'm still grateful toward Carl Macek for bringing it and other shows to the Western tv screens.

The story starts in 2011, with the captain telling us it started 10 years earlier... So I missed all this war while living through those years.

In 1985 I was a bored 18 year old looking to see what was on TV on a Saturday morning. Ran across Robotech and at first I thought it was a G.I. Joe ripoff. Then I noticed that the pilots were not miraculously ejecting safely when their fighters were blown up like in G.I. Joe. It caught my attention because it showed that people can die in war, which is a reality "cartoons" usually ignore. I've been a fan of the series since then.

I used to run home from the bus back in 1985, just to catch Robotech. The days I caught it, I'd sit transfixed to my tv for 20 minutes, thinking about Veritech fighters and Claudia (I'm a big Roy Fokker fan).

Loved this cartoon. I also noticed that they took 11 episode and combined them to flow into a smooth episode.

I watched this religously. I read all the books. I still have 'The Southern Cross' somewhere. The models i built were mechs. I loved Robotech.

When this came out, a comic book store had small models that we could buy from the series and put them together. They were also in a game called battle droids, which was a BattleTech before it went through it changes. We played the hell out of that game with those models. Loved the Phoenix hawk and archer kit!!

This suddenly appeared in my feed💯💯💯💯💯💯💖💖

It was also THE first cartoon saga where major characters like Roy Fokker died.

Ah nostalgia. I used to watch this with my father back in the 90s.

I am 45 and this was the anime that got me hooked... I am not ashamed to say that I love robotech and anime to this day.

I still remember the day I saw it. It was a Saturday afternoon (1:00 pm, to be exact), on channel 4, in Puerto Rico, In 1986 (dubbed in Spanish, which means it aired a year after the USA premier). Was presented as a movie by the local TV station with sponsors and everything! (I wonder what they would have done have they knew more about the nature of this "cartoon".) It goes without saying I became instant fan and it became part of my pantheon of mecha shows, along Mazinger and Transformers! I also remember having watched Dorvack later on and was expecting the aliens to be giant as well! Note of interest: I got to watch Dorvcak, Mazinger, Gaiking, Steel Jeeg and Captain Harlock, among others basically UNCUT! Those were the days!

I remember vividly being in a Hitz Video rental with my mum, back in the very early 90s. I was too young (5-7) for me to remember exaclty when.. Being allowed to choose anything I wanted to watch and finding the amazing artwork of this little beauty on VHS. Everytime I would go into that rental store I would order that same VHS until I can remember. Probably until they went bust. Not wanting to sound too dramatic but this 'movie' changed my life. I now know all of the backgrounf of Robotech and Marcoss of course, and an avid anime lover in general. I like to think that I was slightly ahead of the curve in the UK, early 90s, several years before DBZ, even before Manga (the movie puplisher, not comics) came to prominence. Quite cute to know I was a nerd even in primary school! Now I have a 3 year old and hoping I can re-watch these things with her as she grows up. I dont write these sort of things anywhere. I know I'm probably writing into the void but it's my ode to one of the building blocks to my life, as silly as it may sound. peace.

I remember, it was a first great cartoon in my life what i see ever. I and my sister Always waited the next episode. Thanks the upload.

I love these historical dramas. they returned to earth back in 2011 after 3 years in space.

"she sure doesnt look 16 to me, haha" haha absolutely went over my head when I was 6. Jesus christ. Awesome 2023 new years nostalgia though

I was THAT 10 year old when this shattered my world way back in 1985...😩

I purchased the entire VHS set back in the early 90's. Best money I ever spent!

The ending with Minmei singing and the book closing brings tears to my eyes.

Excellent Robotech is my favorite! Fantastic memories!

I was 28 when I Discovered this amazing anime show. I was immediately hooked! The story line, music and animation was the best i ever seen. It premiered in Chicago on WPWR channel 60.

Come on, Hollywood, it's time for a movie.

I'm 48 and used to come home everyday after school to watch G.I Joe, Transformers and Robotech in that order. This show was may favorite of the three only slightly edging out Transformers.

The design work was great. Taking already very popular design and styling trends to merge them and then accelerate the evolution of them to more futuristic shapes was something brilliant on the part of the animators. This came out in US in mid 80s i was 10. I remember thinking how sophisticated it seemed.

I love that this has the original sound effects in the intro/outro. That’s how I remember the theme song with mixed scenes from all 3 generations. Cool/unique music as well. I was 12 or 13 in 1985 and it was my favorite animated series. I watched other series like Starblazers, Transformers, Voltron, anime blocks but my heart was with Robotech. I thought it was so cool that G1 Jetfire was really a Robotech figure. Thanks for sharing this.

I cried when i had to leave france when i was 7-8 years old,cause it wouldn't be possible to watch it!! One of the best memories

I'll be 55 in June. I still have ALL the VHS tapes as well as the CD collection for all three sagas.

Im glad i found this on netflix years ago

I enjoyed playing the PS2 game of Robotech. Good memories I'll never forget.

Thank you for sharing this. I remember these fondly from my childhood

I remember seeing this on Saturday morning. The series had already started.I've been looking for this for years!! Yes! They should convert this into DVD or Blu-ray!

I watched this summary of episodes 1-14 up to 1000 times...I was that obsessed back as a 13 year old..I remember watching it as a 4 year old back in 88..then one day at 13..I heard the music on the Sci fi channel and it came back to me piece by piece...I didn't remember Macross. .but remembered the other two series...then saw this summary and I lost myself in it..thankfully a few years later I got to watch all the episodes and my childhood favourite could be laid to rest...will forever be part of who I was...this series was God like...talking abt Macross now..Harmony Gold are a disgrace..however..the voice acting and Ulpio Minucci soundtrack has to be legendary

I like how the whole start of this has no annoying Rick or Minmei garbage lol.

I enjoyed watching Robotech with my brother. I thought it was really cool. I miss cartoons like this. Robotech was the best cartoon I ever seen and I miss it dearly.

Thank you for uploading this.

The musical remastering is awesome

I was 15 years old when Robotech premiered here in San Diego. I remember turning on this show after Transformers and G.I. Joe and thought to myself, what genius show is this? The next day at first period, Robotech was all and my friends could talk about.

Thanks for posting, just finished watching with my son.

I have been looking EVERYWHERE for this!

I’m middle gen-Z and this is my favorite show of all time, I first found it on Netflix a few years ago and I got pretty upset when they removed it, I now own two veratech and the Crunchyroll collectors edition box.

I never realized how much the Starcraft Battlecruiser in-game portrait looked like the Captain of the SDF. And I can't unsee it now.

I got to watch this once a year....Love It!

this was how i was exposed to Robotech - back in like 1991 my father rented this movie for me - and from then on, i was hooked

this brings back some memories

Musics of this version are epic

First morning cartoon I saw with characters dying... buh-bye to GI Joe! Was a Robotech fan from that day forward. Got the paperback books for Gens 1-3 and Full Circle. Just an awesome series!

Gday. In 1986, used to race home from high school, when i was 16 to watch this as it started about 20 minutes after school got out. thought it was the best thing i had ever seen. 2 years later i actually discovered girls liked me and saw a few other things, but i still rate it highly.

Great job on this bring back memories.never did like Robotech Master but the series was fantastic while growing up

Mnogo ti hvala brate.

1st anime I ever saw.

I saw this when it first came out in California I was on guard duty at the time and the show was during my lunch break, we never missed an episode.

Rewatching the series! 🙌❤🙏🤟🔥

been looking for this forever. thanks for posting. you are doing gods work.

I remember when this came out in 1985 I was instantly hooked now I still watch it I have the video box set that includes all the music videos movies excetera as well as all 85 episodes

The only death in entertainment that truly affected me more than Ned Stark was that of Roy Fokker.

This is my childhood. Watched this religously asa kid. All 3 seasons

rick, dana and max sterling...gosh...i missed this series back in 1986

Thank you for this upload 24:21 🎉

What they thought 2011 would be like and what we got are crazy

Yeah, I used to love watching it,every afternoon

What a time machine this is. Thanks

I was 16 and lving in WPB, FL at the time. This was astonishing because of its complexity.

I REMBER WAKING UP AT 4 AM TO WATCH BEFORE SCHOOL EVERY MORNING

this needs to made in to a movie and done right!!!

This show absolutely changed the definition of a "cartoon" for US youth. By far the best animated series story tell of the time. Funny enough, I was in Japan when the original Macross series came out so I had the pleasure to watch it in 2 languages.

I was 8 this was and still one of the best animes of the 80s of course rebranded

Every time I hear this music, I feel like I'm that kid again. Ready for duty!!!

This is without a doubt top 5 best animes from the 80s. Even my boys watch this today, everyone loves a giant robot!

The artwork is great

Purely universal conception of a legendary confrontation of love and space

Cool! I've been searching this film for ages! )) Thanks!

Awesome time watching Robtech

My first anime and loved one. Watched it many times till now !

I went thru a brief robotech phase in the mid 90s. even had Rick's jet as a toy till a school friend as kid to lend it from me then he never bought it back! I'll never forget, Fransisco, I'll never forget.

robotech, ahhh my old friend, it's good to see and HEAR you. carl macec is a genius. he took 3 unsuspecting anime and told a FAR superior story, and a far superior sound track. the music is incredible. truly a masterpiece

Weeee!!!! Ni el sistema de teme transportación del entersprair era tan rápido cómo yo cuando salia del colegio ala tardé para verlo que nostalgias tan bellas ❤❤❤

I rushed home after school to watch this and Starblazers. UPN 41. The good times.

Wow. This movie release the year I born🎉🎉🎉

I just love the fact the earth get totally reckt! But fights back the best they can. Really great story for it's time.

Great Cartoon in 80s where an era of coloured tv start to evolve...

I was 20 years old when this came out anime/cartoons were at their best in the 80s😊

I know the Robotech audio like the back of my hand. Hearing the “new” Captain Gloval lines of this special was quite a treat.

I remember watching this on tv!

Sammy: Captain Gloval no smoking on the ship it's... Gloval: Finish that statement and I'll throw you out of the airlock

My first time seeing this was in New Orleans. I went sent a week with my cousin James he told me about it. We plan to wake up early Monday morning and watch it together. Well he over slept, but I watch it myself. Didn't know it anime. I love the show.

I was 11 when it came out. I was instantly hooked.

Love it thank you

Robotech + Spacebattleship Yamato + Fist of the North Star+ Mobile Suit Gundam a series that has all these elements

Just look at what we had to watch as kids. Now look at the garage kids today watch. It's so sad. I was 6 when this came out.