Robotech

Robotech was one of the first Anime to be released in the United States, though it wasn't technically made in Japan. Robotech, dubbed into English and released by the Harmony Gold corporation, fused the story lines of three different Japanese anime series (with some modifications): Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Genesis Climber Mospeada, and Super Dimension Century Southern Cross. The reasoning for combining these unrelated series was that the American TV stations had a minimum number of episodes for weekday syndication, and none of the three series met that requirement alone.

Harmony Gold attempted to produce an original sequel series called the Sentinels, but only three episodes were made. The project fell through due to problems with the toy licensing and changes in the Japanese yen-US Dollar exchange rate, among other reasons.

The official robotech homepage: http://www.robotech.com/