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Are Battlestar and Macross the same thing? How about their movie version?

"Macross" was produced by Japan's Dragon Company in 1982. After it was transmitted to the United States, because the length of the film was too short and did not comply with the relevant regulations of the U.S. radio and television department, the broadcaster (American Golden Voice Company) The two animated works "Mecha Genesis" and "Macross", both produced by Tatsunoko, were re-filmed and processed, and they were followed by "Macross" to form an 85-episode animation. It's "ROBOTECH".

The Japanese Dragon Company later released a movie version of "Macross" based on "Macross". The plot is basically a condensed version of the TV version (the plot of 60 is the same, but the story It is compact, and the sound and visual effects are much better than the TV version, making it enjoyable to watch). However, the American version of "ROBOTECH" has never been released in a movie version.

Since 1999, HG has registered the "MACROSS" trademark worldwide and has used legal means to prohibit other companies from selling Macross products. This move greatly affected the interests of Japanese production companies. Since the authorization of the American company was granted by Tatsunoko, the Japanese company filed a series of legal proceedings with the "Tokyo District Court" in 2002. From February 2002 to October 2005, after a series of three-year lawsuits, the verdict was: Japanese companies can produce and publish the rights to the Macross series locally, but they cannot release the Macross animation series to the world unless they compensate the American company. China is accustomed to calling it Macross. At the same time, the ruling also stipulated that Japanese companies cannot make modifications to the first generation "Macross", which means that the Japanese company will never be able to produce a sequel to the first generation "Macross". There can only be an independent sequel to "Macross".

The sequels released by Japanese companies include:

Macross 2 love again (the story that happened later, the protagonist is a reporter)

Macross 7 (1994) (Flame The Legend of Barsana...the power of song~~)

Macross PLUS (1994) (the pictures and music are quite exquisite, and the plot is also good)

Macross ZERO (2002) (Macross ZERO (2002) The prequel to Macross seems to have little to do with the subsequent stories (when the Skeleton Squad was first compiled)

Macross Frontiers (the latest story)

Although the American company has the right to register, (Battlestar) itself was not produced by itself, so no subsequent sequels or related products have been released.

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