Robotech II: The Sentinels

Robotech II: The Sentinels (1988)

Robotech II: The Sentinels was an attempt to continue the original 1985 Robotech television series. The project was cancelled in 1986. The aborted Sentinels series would have followed the ongoing adventures of Rick Hunter and Lisa Hayes and the rest of the Robotech Expeditionary Force (REF) during the events of The Robotech Masters and The New Generation series.

Date of release
1988-09-01
TMDB
7.8 / 10 (24)
Runtime
1h 15m
Genres
Animation, Science Fiction
Director
Carl Macek
Collection
Robotech Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

Robotech II: The Sentinels is a 1988 American animated film written and directed by Carl Macek. Part of the Robotech franchise, it is set between the events of The Macross Saga and The Masters from the original 1985 television series. The film follows Rick Hunter, now a major general, as he leads Earth's forces aboard a new space station on a diplomatic mission to the Robotech Masters, while the Masters find themselves under attack from the Invid.

Production history

The Tatsunoko Production animation studio assigned the first script drafts to writers Sukehiro Tomita (Macross, Mospeada) and Hiroshi Ohnogi (Macross). According to director Carl Macek, the Japanese animators initially tried to relate the project to the original versions of Macross, Southern Cross, and Mospeada, until Harmony Gold explained the differences made in Robotech's adaptation with diagrams and charts.

Carl Macek's original plan was to have 13 weekly story arcs consisting of 5 episodes each. Each 5-episode arc could then be edited into a 2-hour movie and sold on home video for additional revenue.

Upon viewing the completed animation, Macek felt that scenes featuring new characters (such as Jack Baker, Karen Penn and The Invid Regent) had received much more care and attention by the animators than those with the original Macross characters (Rick Hunter, Lisa Hunter, Max Sterling).

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