new Robotech series

[videoworx]

just read that there's a new series starting development for release in 2005. Here's the blurb:

With the unexpected conclusion to the war with the Invid, the people of Earth are finally liberated and an expedition prepares to search for Admiral Hunter's missing fleet. However, another mystery unfolds as a deadly new adversary threaten to test the limits of the Expeditionary Force's use of Shadow Technology.

Not every Robotech fan is digging this, especially considering the history of this series...
but what the hell - this is my favourite anime show of all time, and even though I love the open ending to New Generation, this would be a great "what if" tribute...

more news to be released at comic-con in a few weeks...

[MoonSka0]

Originally Posted by videoworx

Not every Robotech fan is digging this, especially considering the history of this series...

This new series could go either way. I'll keep an open mind until we see more. Hopefully it'll be a worthy addition to one of my favorite anime series. Thanks for the info!

[limacharliewhiskey]

Is this the same series that has been in the works since 2002? I'm a huge Robotech fan, but I'm not overly optimistic about this even coming out.

[videoworx]

Is this the same series that has been in the works since 2002? I'm a huge Robotech fan, but I'm not overly optimistic about this even coming out.

no, that was an all-CG version called Robotech 3000 (or some other number) - thankfully that went nowhere (it would have looked like that god-awful CG voltron series that was on a few years ago). I don't mind some CG for the mecha (like Yukikaze, or Macrozz Zero), but CG characters look like poo when done for a weekly series.

This new series is called Shadow Force, and that's all the info Harmony Gold is releasing right now...

[limacharliewhiskey]

Originally Posted by videoworx

no, that was an all-CG version called Robotech 3000 (or some other number) - thankfully that went nowhere (it would have looked like that god-awful CG voltron series that was on a few years ago). I don't mind some CG for the mecha (like Yukikaze, or Macrozz Zero), but CG characters look like poo when done for a weekly series.

This new series is called Shadow Force, and that's all the info Harmony Gold is releasing right now...

Thanks for the summary. That's exactly what I remember reading.

I recently bought Yukikaze, and those aerial dogfights were pretty sweet. If the new Robotech has anything like that, I'm all over it.

I'm just curious. Is this Shadow Force concept based off a novel? I've read the Sentinels novels and that final novel (End of the Circle, Circle of the Rubicon, I forget the exact title, but something like that), and those were pretty good. Were there any other novels, and is this Shadow Force based off any of them?

[videoworx]

There's an awful lot of speculation going on in the official robotech forums (here, for instance)

[GaLvAtRoN187]

i really wish they would release Macross Zero here in the states, i got the 4 episodes Fan Subbed in high enough quality but would love them in anamorphic widescreen or 5.1 surround sound