Kikou Souseiki Mospeada

Real robots are a subgenre of the mecha genre, in which the mechas are depicted as realistic warmachines as opposed to the superheroistic depiction of the super robot subgenre. It was started in 1979 by Mobile Suit Gundam.

Series I hope will get added to future super robot wars games.

Some 80s anime with openings I really like. I'll probably add more to the list with time.

This is a part of a series of stacks that are about artistic tendencies in anime (and that border the fine line between sophisticated and pretentious).

This stack is a work in progress.

Bibliography:
Clements, Jonathan. "The Brown Screen: Trended change in Japanese animation 1966–83." Anime: A History. Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. 154-155.
Condry, Ian. "When Anime Robots became real." The Soul of Anime. Duke University Press, 2013. 117-119, 122-127.
Hack, Brett Anthony. "Screens, Clichés, and Revolutions: Code Geass and the Mediated Imagination of Change." Anime and Social Imagination: Media Fictions in Japan’s Age of Neoliberalism. 2021. Nagoya University, PhD thesis. 160-162.

This is the second part of a collection of articles where I aim to explore the evolution of anime related music. This part of the list attempts to collect a list of most iconic performances on the "New Age" of anime music.

The term "New Age" used in this list refers to a phase after the "Anime Songs" phase. During this phase there started being more "tie-up songs" that that essentially were "tied" to the animated series in order to gain more exposure and market reach to the song itself. This was an interesting approach for many as it opened a new model on how to sell these products to the market.

The theme songs essentially dropped that strong connection to the series demonstrated by their lyrics and the emotion invoked by the song related to the series. Instead of that the song and the lyrics talk about the series or the characters with an indirect manner forming a supposed link between the performance and the series in question.

The supposed link consists of "the spirit" of the performance which refers to the indirect nature of the performance in relation to the series itself, and "the product" which refers to the stand alone nature of the performance itself as observed without the supposed connection to the initial series. The root of "the spirit" can be said originating from the earlier phase.

These types of theme songs were more common and popular after 1980s. The defining moment that can be said had influence on changing the theme songs away from this model is the popularity of the series "Urusei Yatsura" and how it used to promote a several "tie-up" songs that in contrast to "Anime Songs" by their nature don't necessarily have anything to do with the series, story or the characters as far as the direct approach goes.

I will write my thoughts on each of the entries on this list to further explain why I think the series and the theme songs included as a combined package have attained "iconic" status when it comes to the scene of "New Age" anime music in contrast to the "Anime Songs". I will also give a score related on how well "the spirit" and the "product" perform parallel to each other while complimenting the series as a whole. The series are ordered based on that score.

The term "iconic" in this list is defined by the popularity and how deeply established the spirit and the elements of the performance relating to the spirit establishing the product are in addition of them being supposedly intertwined with the series as a whole experience.

Related stacks:

Chapter 1 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/24451
Chapter 2 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/24454
Chapter 3 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/24455

List of anime that aired in Peru. This third part is going to cover anime that originally aired in the 80's. The stack is going to be updated if some title is missing or hasn't been aired in Peru.

Anime from the list of cyberpunk animation and comics compiled by fan Andrew Stoker in the early 2000s.

Anime that were used for foreign markets to mix-match together and redub in order to create a wholly original plotline. Also known as Macekre for Carl Macek, creator of the most notable example of this practice, Robotech.

I, and I suspect many others, have fond memories of Robotech. I understand MAL rules and accept the fact Robotech does not qualify for entry here. Still...

When I first watched the series, I had no idea of the studio relationships, development history, production woes, and legal entanglements. This stack sheds some light through reference to YouTube explainer videos. Searching YouTube for Robotech will turn up a bunch of videos, several of which go through the troubled history of the franchise. Everyone seems to agree on the general facts surrounding the various people and events but each has its own perspective.

MercuryFalcon 27K subs: "... lawsuits, scandals, broken promises, tax fraud, embezzlement, unpaid royalties, Swiss bank accounts, and statutes of limitation." Robotech playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWwm0eq4S9E4AvkabwAfCrvyQkiVFLf91

RetroBlasting 119K subs: Plenty of nostalgia for the 1980s, plenty of hate for Capt. Gloval. Robotech playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZIxaT6XsvKrYP6q17L5fPvxMUi-_A-2p

Secret Galaxy 385K subs: Part 5: licenses normalized, Robotech live action???
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCYSDJQezavKQNm6zCRKJ6Lur9cE-sfCY

Robotech not on MAL:
-- Robotech
-- Robotech the Movie
-- Robotech II The Sentinels
-- Robotech The Shadow Chronicles

(Somehow, 85 episodes of Robotech have been on YouTube for over 6 years.)

(Somehow, Robotech the Movie remastered in 1080p has been on YouTube for over a year.)

(Somehow, Robotech II The Sentinels Re-mastered has been on YouTube for over 4 years.)

If you watch any of these videos, the YouTube algorithm will likely recommend more Robotech content for your viewing pleasure.

Prominet member of Vancouver anime scenes

based on his YT series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuCjDb3AP-cTKX_jghvRYxLMyQpwihAJR&feature=shared

sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1F83J8K7jZ9smMxPC8iow2MSEB6DfRObn/edit#gid=457076431

A comprehensive list of every real robot anime universe.

Before Gundam became a heavyweight franchise in 1985, there were several mecha anime in the early 80s that had more engaging, serialized stories and realistic, complicated characters and worldbuilding, but still shared a lot of similarities with 1970s mecha anime. This is a list of such mecha anime.

Robotech is an American 85-episode adaptation of three unrelated Japanese anime television series (from three different fictional universes) made between 1982 and 1984 in Japan; the adaptation was aired in 1985.

The series is divided into three chapters or sagas:

Robotech: The Macross Saga (Episodes 1-36) (Adapted from Super Dimension Fortress Macross TV series).

Robotech: The Robotech Masters (Episodes 37-60) (Adapted from Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross TV series).

Robotech: The New Generation (Episodes 61-85) (Adapted from Genesis Climber MOSPEADA TV series).

Continuing after the original series:

Robotech: The Movie (Adapted from Megazone 23 Part 1 OVA film. It also uses footage from Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross TV series.)

Robotech: Love Live Alive (Adapted from Genesis Climber MOSPEADA OVA Love, Live, Alive).

The Big Channel was an Argentinian cable channel (1991-2000) aimed at children, owned by Pramer. It was associated with the former toy importer, Cartan.

This is a list of the most important mecha series from the Showa era, every one of these shows released between 1972 and 1988 and had a substantial impact on the genre and helped shape it. They're compiled in chronological order, and director is listed when he's important person in his own right.