Robotech/Episodes

Robotech is an 85 episode English adaptation of three seperate anime series combined into one (The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross and Genesis Climber MOSPEADA). Robotech was produced by Harmony Gold USA in association with Tatsunoko Production Co., Ltd. and was first released in the United States in 1985. Some critics look down upon the show for its extensive edits to the source material (Westernizing character names, editing for content and chiefly, forging a connection between three previously unrelated series).

Harmony Gold's cited reasoning for combining these unrelated series was its decision to market Macross for American weekday syndication television, which required 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.

The series aired on Cartoon Network's Toonami block from January 12, 1998 to May 29, 1998. It also appeared on Toonami's Midnight Run from July 10, 1999 to December 25, 1999, and was also part of Giant Robot Week in 2003.

All 85 episodes of Robotech have been released on DVD.