Super Dimension Fortress Macross

Super Dimension Fortress Macross
Original Title	超時空要塞マクロス (Chōjikū Yōsai Makurosu)
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio 1	Intersound, Inc.
Dubbing Studio 2	ADV Studios
Voice Director 1	Robert V. Barron
Voice Director 2	David Povall
Voice Director 3	Matt Greenfield
Recorded	1985 2005
Dub Country	United States
Original Country	Japan
Episodes	36
Year	1982-1983

Super Dimension Fortress Macross (超時空要塞マクロス Chōjikū Yōsai Makurosu) is a 1982 anime television series created by Studio Nue, Artland and Tatsunoko. It is the first part of two franchises: The Super Dimension series and the Macross series.

Synopsis In 1999, an alien spaceship crashes on South Ataria Island and makes the human race aware of other life in space. Ten years later, the ship is reconstructed and christened as the SDF-1 Macross. However, on the day of its maiden voyage, an alien race called the Zentradi make their appearance on Earth—thus beginning Space War I, a UN Spacy/Zentradi war that would change the history of both races forever.

Dubbing History

Robotech

Main article: Robotech

The series was first licensed by Harmony Gold in 1984 with the intention of dubbing the series for home video release. Harmony Gold released the first English-language version of Macross on VHS that autumn, which covered the first three episodes with a new English theme song, adapted dialogue scripts, and several name changes. This release was cancelled after one release in favor of a syndicated release.

From the desire to syndicate Macross came Robotech. The minimum requirement for a show to be syndicated was 65 episodes; which the former fell 29 short. Carl Macek's solution was to create a multi-generational series, editing and connecting Macross with two other unrelated series with similar elements and art styles, Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross and Genesis Climber MOSPEADA.

Macross made up the first season of Robotech. The adaptation was relatively faithful to the original, and unique for a dub of its time, unafraid of keeping character deaths intact (in fact, it added some - some of the main characters die in Robotech when they didn't in the original). Though, scenes of nudity were censored, some bits of violence were edited or watered down and character names were changed to be more American-sounding. A remaster of the series done in 2004 re-instated most of the censored scenes. Later episodes were heavily edited to tie the series in with the others, including some scenes from Southern Cross spliced within and the sequel hook in the original Macross was removed.

ADV Films Dub

In 2005, ADV Films announced they had sub-licensed the original Macross from Harmony Gold and were going to do an uncut dub of the series. It was later announced that the original Japanese voice actress of Lynn Minmay, Mari Iijima, who had emigrated to Los Angeles in 1986 to expand her music career, was to reprise her role for the English dub. To commemorate this, Robotech.com then allowed fans to post online questions that would be answered by Mari Iijima herself.

ADV folded in 2009, and their release has gone out of print. This dub was formerly streamed on Hulu from February of 2010 to February of 2013. In 2014, the first 18 episodes of the ADV Dub, along with the Robotech version, was released on DVD by Lionsgate Entertainment as Robotech: The Classic Collection through Amazon.com. A second volume has yet to appear.

Cast

Image	Character	Name (Robotech)	Seiyū	Robotech	ADV Dub
	Hikaru Ichijo	Rick Hunter	Arihiro Hase	Tony Oliver	Vic Mignogna
	Misa Hayase	Lisa Hayes	Mika Doi	Melanie MacQueen	Monica Rial
	Roy Focker	Roy Fokker	Akira Kamiya	Daniel Woren	Brett Weaver
	Lynn Minmay		Mari Iijima	Rebecca Forstadt	Mari Iijima
	Claudia La Salle	Claudia Grant	Noriko Ohara	Iona Morris	Christine Auten
	Hayao Kakizaki	Ben Dixon	Katsumi Suzuki	Richard Epcar	Jason Douglas
	Maximilian Jenius	Maximilian Sterling	Shō Hayami	Cam Clarke	Chris Patton
	Milia Fallyna Jenius	Miriya Parina Sterling	Eri Takeda	Edie Mirman	Luci Christian
	Bruno J. Global	Henry J. Gloval	Michio Hazama	Greg Finley	John Swasey
	Shammy Milliome	Sammy Porter	Sanae Miyuki	Robin Levenson	Hilary Haag
	Kim Kabirov	Kim Young	Hiromi Tsuru	Lara Cody	Kira Vincent-Davis
	Vanessa Laird	Vanessa Leeds	Run Sasaki	Wendee Lee	Nancy Novotny
	Warera Nantes	Bron	Katsumi Suzuki	Jan Rabson (eps. 9-14)	Mark X. Laskowski
				Sam Fontana (eps. 16-25)
				Michael Sorich (eps. 26-35)
	Loli Dosel	Rico	Tsutomu Fujii	Robert Axelrod	Greg Ayres
	Conda Bromco	Konda	Kōsuke Meguro	Bill Capizzi	Xero Reynolds
	Lynn Kaifun	Lynn Kyle	Hirotaka Suzuoki	Eddie Frierson	Christopher Ayres
	Chief Engineer	Dr. Emil Lang	Minoru Inaba	Gregory Snegoff	Mike MacRae
	Kamjin Kravshera	Khyron	Kōsuke Meguro		Illich Guardiola
	Moruk Laplamiz	Azonia	Narumi Tsunoda	Alexandra Kenworthy	Tiffany Grant
	Britai Kridanik	Breetai	Eiji Kanie	Tony Clay	John Gremillion
	Exsedol Folmo	Exedore	Ryūsuke Ōbayashi	Ted Lehmann	Andy McAvin
	Oigul	Grel	Minoru Inaba	Richard Epcar	Mike Vance
	Golg Boddole Zer	Dolza	Osamu Ichikawa	Mike Reynolds	Mike Kleinhenz
	Narration		Noriko Ohara	John J. Smith	Christine Auten

Additional Voices

Robotech Robert Axelrod Arlene Banas Etienne Bannliett Robert V. Barron Bill Capizzi Frank Catalano Cam Clarke Lara Cody Richard Epcar Charles Fleischer Barbara Goodson Melora Harte Jerry Hauck Alexandra Kenworthy Jason Klassi Steve Kramer Wendee Lee Robin Levenson Carl Macek Kerrigan Mahan Edward Mannix Michael McConnohie Edie Mirman Kris Noel Pearson David Povall Simon Prescott Jan Rabson Mike Reynolds Gregory Snegoff Michael Sorich Ellyn Stern David A. Thomas Daniel Woren Tom Wyner

ADV Dub Robert Anderson Leraldo Anzaldua Christopher Ayres Greg Ayres Bob Biggerstaff Howard Block Jessica Boone David Born Charles Campbell Victor Carsrud Emily Carter-Essex Marty Fleck Tiffany Grant Matt Greenfield John Gremillion Kalyn Hemphill Jay Hickman Junie Hoang Mark X. Laskowski Paul Locklear Mike MacRae Kelly Manison George Manley Rob Mungle Nancy Novotny Mariela Ortiz Monica Passley Sasha Paysinger Rick Piersall Marcy Rae Xero Reynolds Phil Ross Robert Schleyer Gene Tognacci John Tyson Mike Vance Kira Vincent-Davis Brett Weaver Stephanie Wittels

Notes

• Mari Iijima's decision to reprise her role as Lynn Minmay (a role she said has been "bitter & sweet") was dedicated to the memory of Hikaru's voice actor and her close friend Arihiro Hase, who committed suicide in 1996.
  • Iijima the second voice actor ever to provide both the Japanese and English voices for the same character. The first being Miyuki Sawashiro who provided the Japanese voice of Puchiko in the 2003 OVA Leave it to Piyoko! and the English voice in the 2005 English dub.
• Harmony Gold's initial test dub of the first 3 episodes of Macross used the same voice cast that the Robotech adaptation did, with the lone exception of the narrator; whose voice was provided by Tom Wyner instead of John J. Smith. This dub also used a couple different character name changes, where Hikaru is renamed "Rick Yamada", and Misa Hayase is renamed "Lisa Hayase"

Video Releases

See Robotech for releases of its adaptation of "The Macross Saga"

Distributor	Year	Format	Contents	Region	Country
ADV Films	2006		The Complete Series	1 NTSC	United States
			7 Volumes
Lionsgate Entertainment	2014		Episodes 1-18*
			1 Volume

*Includes both ADV Dub and Robotech version.

See Also

• Macross: Do You Remember Love?
• Robotech

External Links

• Super Dimension Fortress Macross (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• The Super Dimension Fortress Macross at the Internet Movie Database