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Picking up where the original series left off, Scott Bernard continues his search for Rick Hunter and the fate of the SDF-3.Picking up where the original series left off, Scott Bernard continues his search for Rick Hunter and the fate of the SDF-3.Picking up where the original series left off, Scott Bernard continues his search for Rick Hunter and the fate of the SDF-3.
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Richard Epcar
- Vince Grant
- (voice)
- …
Eddie Frierson
- Louis Nichols
- (voice)
- …
Mark Hamill
- Commander Taylor
- (voice)
- …
Yuri Lowenthal
- Marcus Rush
- (voice)
Melanie MacQueen
- Marlene Rush
- (voice)
Chase Masterson
- Janice
- (voice)
Edie Mirman
- Maia Sterling
- (voice)
Iona Morris
- Jean Grant
- (voice)
Arthur Santiago
- Alex Romero
- (voice)
Gregory Snegoff
- Scott Bernard
- (voice)
- (as Greg Snegoff)
- …
Michael Sorich
- Sparks
- (voice)
Kari Wahlgren
- Ariel
- (voice)
Dan Woren
- General Reinhardt
- (voice)
- …
Rossy Aguirre
- Maia Sterling
- (Spanish version)
- (voice)
Saúl Alvar
- Expeditionary pilot
- (Spanish version)
- (voice)
Yamil Atala
- Sparks
- (Spanish version)
- (voice)
Storyline
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- TriviaThe producers, at the time of production, were not legally allowed to make this film appear to be a sequel to the Japanese series "Super Dimensional Fortress Macross (1982)" or use any of its main characters. To avoid this appearance, characters from the original "Robotech (1985)" such as Minmei ("Minmay" in the original Japanese) and Lisa Hayse ("Misa Hayase") were scrapped due to their similar sounding names. The one returning character, "Rick Hunter," was able to be used because his name sounded nothing like the original Japanese ("Hikaru Ichijô") and his appearance was drastically altered as to not resemble the original character. This was also the reason why Maia gave her heritage as "half alien" instead of being more specific (half Zentraedi, being the daughter of Max and Mirya).
- GoofsVince Grant eventually orders the abandonment of the Icarus and evacuation to the Ark Angel. However, when the Ark Angel takes off, the "abandoned" Icarus is shown flying right beside it.
- Quotes
Vince Grant: If we make it out of this alive, my wife's gonna kill me.
Scott Bernard: Looking forward to it, sir.
- Crazy creditsThe end of the broken film at the beginning of the title sequence fits with the other end of the broken film from the opening credits of the original 'Robotech' television series.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Music of Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles (2007)
- SoundtracksIt's You
Written by Ulpio Minucci and Marcia Woods
Arranged and produced by Scott Glasgow
Performed by Chase Masterson
Featured review
I, too, am speechless
However, my lack of speech is more out of respect for the original series than anything else. As a long-time fan who grew up on Robotech every day after school, it is extremely hard for me to speak about the series with harsh words. And yet, that's what I feel I must do.
This movie is a prime example of why Americans (or maybe just Harmony Gold) should NEVER, EVER, EVER be allowed to do Japanese-style anime. To begin with, the plot is predictable, the dialog is terrible and the voice acting even worse. Seriously, the voice acting is worse than a bad dubbing job. However, even if all of that were true, at least there should be some great eye candy for Robotech fans, right? Really cool robots flying around, new aliens to gawk at, cameos from old characters, cool new armor, etc. Wrong, you get NONE of that.
The mecha in this movie is so utterly disappointing. On the Earth side, you get Alpha and Beta Fighters with a short scene with Cyclones. Not a single new mecha. Not only that, but the mecha are rendered in the worse CGI I have seen in decades. Simplistic models with no texture mapping at all (AT ALL!!), no cell-shading or any other advance techniques to maintain an anime-style feel. Just pathetic. On the Invid side, all you ever see are the standard Invid Troopers (they may even be Scouts, I didn't get a good enough look). For the "Children of the Shadow", you only get to see their mecha for about 5 minutes towards the end, and the mecha design is really primitive compared to Japanese designs.
Overall, it's hard to believe that this movie was made twenty years after the original series. If you watch the many sequels for series such as Macross, each one brings to the table advancements in animation, character and mecha design. The Shadow Chronicles is a step backwards in each of these areas. If you are super die-hard fan as I am, you will probably ignore this review and see the movie anyway, because you need to see for yourself. However, just be prepared to have your childhood memories ripped to shreds.
This movie is a prime example of why Americans (or maybe just Harmony Gold) should NEVER, EVER, EVER be allowed to do Japanese-style anime. To begin with, the plot is predictable, the dialog is terrible and the voice acting even worse. Seriously, the voice acting is worse than a bad dubbing job. However, even if all of that were true, at least there should be some great eye candy for Robotech fans, right? Really cool robots flying around, new aliens to gawk at, cameos from old characters, cool new armor, etc. Wrong, you get NONE of that.
The mecha in this movie is so utterly disappointing. On the Earth side, you get Alpha and Beta Fighters with a short scene with Cyclones. Not a single new mecha. Not only that, but the mecha are rendered in the worse CGI I have seen in decades. Simplistic models with no texture mapping at all (AT ALL!!), no cell-shading or any other advance techniques to maintain an anime-style feel. Just pathetic. On the Invid side, all you ever see are the standard Invid Troopers (they may even be Scouts, I didn't get a good enough look). For the "Children of the Shadow", you only get to see their mecha for about 5 minutes towards the end, and the mecha design is really primitive compared to Japanese designs.
Overall, it's hard to believe that this movie was made twenty years after the original series. If you watch the many sequels for series such as Macross, each one brings to the table advancements in animation, character and mecha design. The Shadow Chronicles is a step backwards in each of these areas. If you are super die-hard fan as I am, you will probably ignore this review and see the movie anyway, because you need to see for yourself. However, just be prepared to have your childhood memories ripped to shreds.
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- tonicboy
- Sep 21, 2008
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- Robotech: Shadow Force
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- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
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- 1.78 : 1
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By what name was Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles (2006) officially released in India in English?
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