Robotech also deleted several scenes, and the dubbing was largely inaccurate at times. Many times, they were just making up shit, causing the entire moral, mood, and tone of the series to change. The songs were entirely changed from the Japanese version, and Minmei (robotech) had nowhere as many songs as Minmay (Macross) did, and Mari Iijima as Minmay in Macross was angelic, particularly compared to her bitchy Robocrap equivalent.
One particular thing that really pissed me off about Robotech is the fact that they attribute the Valkyries' ability to transform to its powersource, which they call 'Protoculture'. In Macross, Protoculture is the ancient civilization that aided in the evolution of humankind and Zentradi. There were NO Robotech Masters, there were no bullshit Invid, and the Macross in the SDF Macross TV series was a Supervision Army ship (which if you've watched Macross 7, is a Protodeviln-possessed army, and yes the Zentradi had been fighting them for centuries), NOT a Robotech master ship found in Robotech. In SDF Macross (NOT Robotech), the reason the Zentradi wanted the Macross was due to the Zentradi's lack of ability to effect repairs on their ship, as well as the human's thermonuclear fusion weapon technology (known as reaction weaponry for historical reasons in Japan). In Robotech, it's because the SDF-1 (notice how it's NOT called the Macross, as Macross is the island in Robotech) contained the last of the Protoculture power source. It's ridiculous, particularly when Harmony Gold tried to make it make sense using pure dialogue and no footage to back it up (obviously, since it didn't exist in SDF Macross). Minmei's songs in Robotech often talked about winning wars and beating the enemy, whereas Minmay's (Macross) songs were always about love and peace among humans and Zentradi. The differences between the two series are even more apparent when the SDF Macross: Do You Remember Love? movie is brought into play.
It's changes like the ones I listed above that really make Macross and different and superior series to Robotech. There's many more discrepencies, and I don't care what anybody says. Macross is Macross, and Robotech is Robotech. Macross != Robotech, or more accurately, Macross > Robotech.
One particular thing that really pissed me off about Robotech is the fact that they attribute the Valkyries' ability to transform to its powersource, which they call 'Protoculture'. In Macross, Protoculture is the ancient civilization that aided in the evolution of humankind and Zentradi. There were NO Robotech Masters, there were no bullshit Invid, and the Macross in the SDF Macross TV series was a Supervision Army ship (which if you've watched Macross 7, is a Protodeviln-possessed army, and yes the Zentradi had been fighting them for centuries), NOT a Robotech master ship found in Robotech. In SDF Macross (NOT Robotech), the reason the Zentradi wanted the Macross was due to the Zentradi's lack of ability to effect repairs on their ship, as well as the human's thermonuclear fusion weapon technology (known as reaction weaponry for historical reasons in Japan). In Robotech, it's because the SDF-1 (notice how it's NOT called the Macross, as Macross is the island in Robotech) contained the last of the Protoculture power source. It's ridiculous, particularly when Harmony Gold tried to make it make sense using pure dialogue and no footage to back it up (obviously, since it didn't exist in SDF Macross). Minmei's songs in Robotech often talked about winning wars and beating the enemy, whereas Minmay's (Macross) songs were always about love and peace among humans and Zentradi. The differences between the two series are even more apparent when the SDF Macross: Do You Remember Love? movie is brought into play.
It's changes like the ones I listed above that really make Macross and different and superior series to Robotech. There's many more discrepencies, and I don't care what anybody says. Macross is Macross, and Robotech is Robotech. Macross != Robotech, or more accurately, Macross > Robotech.