Robotech was not only the 3rd serialized anime to be imported from Japan, after Star Blazers & Voltron: Defender of The Universe, but there were three separate story arcs over the course of a 17 week season in 1985. 85 episodes total, and all three arcs were adapted into comics here in the US by Comico, the same publisher that also adapted Star Blazers.
Comico, to their credit, expanded upon the original stories that first aired in Japan from 1982-4 in their adaptations. Producer Carl Macek also assisted with the comics adaptations. If you weren't there on the ground floor, it was hard to follow the story in midstream, but it was escapist fare of tweens and teens.
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The series returned to American shores twice in the 90's, first on the Sci-Fi Channel (now SyFy), then on Cartoon Network, and is currently available on Netflix.
No rating. Didn't see enough.
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