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<p><i>Robotech</i> is an American-Japanese <a href="/facts/Science_fiction/d9hE2Lwt">science fiction</a> <a href="/facts/Media_franchise/IBzGhQjA">franchise</a> that began with an 85-episode <a href="/facts/Anime/d5j1by0m">anime</a> television series produced by <a href="/facts/Harmony_Gold_USA/lXJvl28H">Harmony Gold USA</a> in association with <a href="/facts/Tatsunoko_Production/cRG0Rexe">Tatsunoko Production</a>; it was first released in the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a> in 1985. </p><p>The show was adapted from three original and distinct, though visually similar, Japanese anime television series (<i><a href="/facts/Super_Dimension_Fortress_Macross/avzssArY">Super Dimension Fortress Macross</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Super_Dimension_Cavalry_Southern_Cross/WlypyyEF">Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/Genesis_Climber_MOSPEADA/hFd8Cbwl">Genesis Climber MOSPEADA</a></i>) to make a series suitable for syndication. </p> <p>In the series, <i>Robotechnology</i> refers to the scientific advances discovered in an <a href="/facts/SDF-1_Macross/avzssArY">alien starship</a> that crashed on a South Pacific island. With this technology, Earth developed robotic technologies, such as transformable <a href="/facts/Mecha/1uX6xzT8">mecha</a>, to fight three successive extraterrestrial invasions. </p>