History Trivia / SuperDimensionFortressMacross

* ActorAllusion: In the ADV dub, this isn't the first time Creator/ChrisPatton (Max) [[LightNovel/FullMetalPanic and]] Creator/LuciChristian (Millia) were paired up together as love interests.

** The hideous legal wranglings over the show did prevent Big West from selling licensed Macross toys [[note]]Yamato Toys' 1/72 and 1/48 transformable Valkyries as well as Valks from ''Anime/MacrossPlus''[[/note]] in America. They even tried selling them under another name[[note]]"Sunwards"[[/note]] but the effort was still shot down by Harmony Gold. Early on, efforts were even made to stop "gray market" importation of the toys in question but this has been mercifully fruitless.

* FanNickname: For the guy currently in charge of the series no less, Creator/ShojiKawamori is known among some fans as the [[{{Engrish}} Hory Froating Head]][[note]]The genesis of this name came from the [=AnimEigo=] release of the series back around 2000: when the first sets were finally ready for shipping, Robert Woodhead posted a gag picture of him and a couple of staffers on their knees holding a copy as if in offering to a gigantic floating head of Shoji Kawamori. The fandom at [=MacrossWorld=] immediately started calling Kawamori both "The Holy Floating Head" and (in parody of {{Engrish}}) "The Hory Froating Head"[[/note]]

* ExecutiveMeddling: The series was actually going to be called ''Megaroad'', but an executive's love for Shakespeare suggested it to be called Theatre/{{Macbeth}}. After some compromising, ''Macross'' was created.

* RoleReprise: A very unusual variation: ADV somehow got Mari Iijima to play Minmay in their English dub of the series--more than 20 years after she originally voiced the character in Japanese!

* IAmNotSpock: Mari Iijima (who played Lynn Minmay): "Maybe you guys have NEVER been typecast as one thing for years and years in life?". And Mari is a good singer in her own right but for some people, she remains "Minmay". She claims to have come to terms with this later in her life, even saying that agreeing to reprise Minmay for the ''Macross'' English dub in 2006 was her way of reconciling herself with the character.

** Inverted across languages: Minmay's voice actress is the same in the original Japanese version and the Creator/ADVFilms (Macross) dub.

* RoleReprisal: A very unusual variation: ADV somehow got Mari Iijima to play Minmay in their English dub of the series--more than 20 years after she originally voiced the character in Japanese!

** Due to the death of Hikaru Ichijou's original voice actor Arihiro Hase in 1996, in all subsequent appearances he is voiced by Creator/KenjiNojima.

** [[http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/sociedad/2015/prototipo-avion-desarrollado-oaxaca-1096028.html A Mexican aerospace company designed a plane]] which looks almost the same like [[http://www.mahq.net/mecha/macross/sdfmacross/fanracer.htm Hikaru Ichijou's Fan Racer]] from the first episodes.

* IAmNotSpock: Mari Iijima (who played Lynn Minmay): "Maybe you guys have NEVER been typecast as one thing for years and years in life?". It is thirty years by this moment - and counting. And Mari is a good singer in her own right but for some people, she remains "Minmay".

* MissingEpisode: For a bout a day or so the production staff faced a very literal example, as the finished broadcast master for one of the episodes was accidentally left on a train by a courier. Fortunately, they were able to recover the film rather than have to recreate it.

* NoExportForYou: Despite the infamous legal issues suffered by the franchise as a whole, the original series actually averted this by received unedited English releases by Creator/StreamlinePictures, Creator/AnimEigo, Creator/ADVFilms (with an uncut dub), Harmony Gold themselves (partnering with A&E/Lionsgate), and in Australia by Creator/MadmanEntertainment. It still hasn't seen a UK release, though.

* ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' and its spinoffs. The key to defeating the unstoppable millions-strong fleet of [[CloningBlues clone troop alien warriors]] is the music of a [[IdolSinger civilian pop singer]]...who lives on the eponymous fortress in a city hastily reconstructed inside a cargo hold after a teleportation accident.
** And then, in ''Anime/{{Macross 7}}'', the universe is saved from [[OurVampiresAreDifferent all-powerful empathic vampires]] by a [[ThePowerOfRock rock band]]. Who fly custom made TransformingMecha, controlled by ''guitars''.

** An artesanal example, in episode 25, we have a [[http://eyeforthings.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/ep25_macross_cake.png wedding cake shaped like the SDF-1 Macross]], Bandai Manager Jerry Chu [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2010-10-18/sdf-1-macross-cake-featured-at-sega-manager-wedding was presented with a cake in the same shape]] at his real-world wedding. The wedding also happened to be held on Lynn Minmay's birthday.
** Recently, [[http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/sociedad/2015/prototipo-avion-desarrollado-oaxaca-1096028.html a Mexican aerospace company designed a plane]] who looks almost the same like [[http://www.mahq.net/mecha/macross/sdfmacross/fanracer.htm Hikaru Ichijou's Fan Racer]] from the first episodes.

* NoExportForYou: A large assortment of absolutely hideous legal snarls between Harmony Gold, Creator/StudioNue, Creator/{{Satelight}}, Creator/TatsunokoProduction, and Big West means that virtually nothing of the ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' series that wasn't incorporated into the original ''Anime/{{Robotech}}'' adaptation has seen the light of day outside of Japan[[note]]This also affects fellow sister series ''[[Anime/SuperDimensionCavalrySouthernCross Southern Cross]]''[[/note]]. ''Anime/MacrossPlus'' apparently got released only due to absolutely ''titanic'' pressure from fans, critics, and other distributors for the parties involved to not completely sit on triple-A-quality material needlessly; the same ''may'' happen to ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'' (especially with the [=DVDs=] and soundtracks of that show pushing sales numbers not seen in at least a decade) but so far no plans for export have been announced (and as time grinds on, it begins to look less and less likely). ''Anime/{{Macross7}}'', ''Anime/MacrossZero'' and various video-game projects and the like stalled out completely and will almost certainly never see release overseas.
** It's gotten so bad that some people with dogs in the fight have said that it may be that ''nobody'' knows who has international rights for some of the ''Macross'' property, in particular "Do You Remember Love?"
*** Robert Woodhead, Creator/AnimEigo CEO, once said he does not expect to ever see a legal US release of ''Do You Remember Love'' because of the titanic, multi-side battle (yep, it's not just Harmony Gold who's in the way, but apparently Shogakukan, Toho and a few others who have some sort of interest in the film).
*** By this point, actually, the rights are pretty much settled. It's just Harmony Gold now threatening to sue the first person to try anything. They'd lose the suit because they actually own absolutely nothing (Japanese courts determined the seller had no right to sell), but until some entity with deep pockets takes that challenge, nothing will be done.
** As noted above, it's not specifically a ''Macross'' problem, it's an industry-wide phenomenon. ''Macross'' just takes the cake for being ensnarled not only inside Japan, but ''outside'' of it too.
*** This legal snarl has caused some severe issues with the ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' franchise. FASA had bought (or they believed they had bought) rights to the designs in good faith, and used the designs without molestation for 10 years[[note]]In case you're wondering, the Valkyrie in its various variants became the Phoenix Hawk, Stinger, Wasp, Crusader and Valkyrie 'Mechs, the Glaug became the Marauder, and the Destroids became the Warhammer, Archer, Rifleman and Longbow. The Regult, while providing the basis for the Ostscout, Ostroc and Ostsol -- though those three were so radically changed in the translation from Macross to [=''BattleTech''=] that they are officially considered by Catalyst to be original art and safe to use [[/note]]. However, FASA and Creator/PlaymatesToys got into a legal battle when Playmates created a toy for their ''WesternAnimation/ExoSquad'' line that closely resembled the ''[=MadCat=]'' 'Mech from ''[=BattleTech=]'' (at the time, FASA was finalizing both toy and TV deals for their game). FASA sued. Harmony Gold had sublicensed ''Robotech'' to Playmates as a tie-in to ''WesternAnimation/ExoSquad'', and noticed that FASA was using the ''Macross'' designs and counter-sued. Nobody quite knows what the actual settlement in the cases were, but [[WordOfGod official word from Catalyst Game Labs, FASA's successor company]] is that the discontinuation of the ''Macross'', ''LightNovel/CrusherJoe'' and ''Anime/FangOfTheSunDougram'' (the latter two which were not owned in any way by HG) designs was an internal decision by FASA to bar all artwork not created in-house to avoid any potential legal hassles, and not a legal mandate from a court. This policy, funnily enough, also forced FASA to stop using designs made bespoke for them by ''Studio Nue'' (the original studio behind ''Macross'') to replace the offending designs for releases of ''[=BattleTech=]'' in Japan.
*** On a side note, Tommy Yune, representative for Harmony Gold, has stated that they're willing to license ''Anime/MacrossZero'' and sublicense it to Creator/ADVFilms, but Big West took the license off the market.
*** On top of all that, you've got the VF-1[=/=][[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 Jetfire]] issue. [=TakaraTomy=] still fears about the figure and its license[[note]]something that's been going on since 1985[[/note]]. Hence why there's no reissue of the character.
*** It still received an unedited US release though by StreamlinePictures, AnimEigo, Creator/ADVFilms (with an uncut dub), Harmony Gold themselves (partnering with A&E/Lionsgate), and in Australia by Madman, but the original series still has yet to see a UK release.
* TheOtherDarrin: Due to the death of Hikaru Ichijou's original voice actor, Arihiro Hase, in 1996, in all subsequent appearances, he is voiced by Creator/KenjiNojima.

** An artesanal example, in episode 25, we have a [[http://eyeforthings.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/ep25_macross_cake.png wedding cake in SDF-1 Macross format]], in the birthday in same day of Bandai Manager Jerry Chu and Mari Iijima voice actor from the Minmay [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2010-10-18/sdf-1-macross-cake-featured-at-sega-manager-wedding they were presented with a cake in the same format]].

*** It still received an unedited US release though by StreamlinePictures, AnimEigo, ADVFilms (with an uncut dub), Harmony Gold themselves (partnering with A&E/Lionsgate), and in Australia by Madman, but the original series still has yet to see a UK release.

* {{Defictionalization}}: An artesanal example, in episode 25, we have a [[http://eyeforthings.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/ep25_macross_cake.png wedding cake in SDF-1 Macross format]], in the birthday in same day of Bandai Manager Jerry Chu and Mari Iijima voice actor from the Minmay [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2010-10-18/sdf-1-macross-cake-featured-at-sega-manager-wedding they were presented with a cake in the same format]].

* NamesToKnowInAnime: ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' creator[=/=]Creator/{{Gainax}} co-founder Creator/HideakiAnno got his start on this series. Creator/ShojiKawamori provided the mechanical designs for the series (and would go on to direct the sequels).

** And then, in ''{{Macross 7}}'', the universe is saved from [[OurVampiresAreDifferent all-powerful empathic vampires]] by a [[ThePowerOfRock rock band]]. Who fly custom made TransformingMecha, controlled by ''guitars''.

* NoExportForYou: A large assortment of absolutely hideous legal snarls between Harmony Gold, Creator/StudioNue, Creator/{{Satelight}}, Creator/TatsunokoProduction, and Big West means that virtually nothing of the ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' series that wasn't incorporated into the original ''Anime/{{Robotech}}'' adaptation has seen the light of day outside of Japan[[note]]This also affects fellow sister series ''[[Anime/SuperDimensionCavalrySouthernCross Southern Cross]]''[[/note]]. ''MacrossPlus'' apparently got released only due to absolutely ''titanic'' pressure from fans, critics, and other distributors for the parties involved to not completely sit on triple-A-quality material needlessly; the same ''may'' happen to ''MacrossFrontier'' (especially with the [=DVDs=] and soundtracks of that show pushing sales numbers not seen in at least a decade) but so far no plans for export have been announced (and as time grinds on, it begins to look less and less likely). ''{{Macross7}}'', ''MacrossZero'' and various video-game projects and the like stalled out completely and will almost certainly never see release overseas.

*** On a side note, Tommy Yune, representative for Harmony Gold, has stated that they're willing to license ''MacrossZero'' and sublicense it to Creator/ADVFilms, but Big West took the license off the market.

* NoExportForYou: A large assortment of absolutely hideous legal snarls between Harmony Gold, Creator/StudioNue, Creator/{{Satelight}}, Creator/TatsunokoProduction, and Big West means that virtually nothing of the ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' series that wasn't incorporated into the original ''Anime/{{Robotech}}'' adaptation has seen the light of day outside of Japan[[note]]This also affects fellow sister series ''[[Anime/SuperDimensionCavalrySouthernCross Souther Cross]]''[[/note]]. ''MacrossPlus'' apparently got released only due to absolutely ''titanic'' pressure from fans, critics, and other distributors for the parties involved to not completely sit on triple-A-quality material needlessly; the same ''may'' happen to ''MacrossFrontier'' (especially with the [=DVDs=] and soundtracks of that show pushing sales numbers not seen in at least a decade) but so far no plans for export have been announced (and as time grinds on, it begins to look less and less likely). ''{{Macross7}}'', ''MacrossZero'' and various video-game projects and the like stalled out completely and will almost certainly never see release overseas.

* NoExportForYou: A large assortment of absolutely hideous legal snarls between Harmony Gold, Creator/StudioNue, Creator/{{Satelight}}, Creator/TatsunokoProduction, and Big West means that virtually nothing of the ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' series that wasn't incorporated into the original ''Anime/{{Robotech}}'' adaptation has seen the light of day outside of Japan. ''MacrossPlus'' apparently got released only due to absolutely ''titanic'' pressure from fans, critics, and other distributors for the parties involved to not completely sit on triple-A-quality material needlessly; the same ''may'' happen to ''MacrossFrontier'' (especially with the [=DVDs=] and soundtracks of that show pushing sales numbers not seen in at least a decade) but so far no plans for export have been announced (and as time grinds on, it begins to look less and less likely). ''{{Macross7}}'', ''MacrossZero'' and various video-game projects and the like stalled out completely and will almost certainly never see release overseas.

*** This legal snarl has caused some severe issues with the ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' franchise. FASA had bought (or they believed they had bought) rights to the designs in good faith, and used the designs without molestation for 10 years[[note]]In case you're wondering, the Valkyrie in its various variants became the Phoenix Hawk, Stinger, Wasp, Crusader and Valkyrie 'Mechs, the Glaug became the Marauder, and the Destroids became the Warhammer, Archer, Rifleman and Longbow. The Regult, while providing the basis for the Ostscout, Ostroc and Ostsol -- though those three were so radically changed in the translation from Macross to Battletech that they are officially considered by Catalyst to be original art and safe to use [[/note]]. However, FASA and Creator/PlaymatesToys got into a legal battle when Playmates created a toy for their ''WesternAnimation/ExoSquad'' line that closely resembled the ''[=MadCat=]'' 'Mech from ''Battletech'' (at the time, FASA was finalizing both toy and TV deals for their game). FASA sued. Harmony Gold had sublicensed ''Robotech'' to Playmates as a tie-in to ''WesternAnimation/ExoSquad'', and noticed that FASA was using the ''Macross'' designs and counter-sued. Nobody quite knows what the actual settlement in the cases were, but [[WordOfGod official word from Catalyst Game Labs, FASA's successor company]] is that the discontinuation of the ''Macross'', ''LightNovel/CrusherJoe'' and ''Anime/FangOfTheSunDougram'' (the latter two which were not owned in any way by HG) designs was an internal decision by FASA to bar all artwork not created in-house to avoid any potential legal hassles, and not a legal mandate from a court. This policy, funnily enough, also forced FASA to stop using designs made bespoke for them by ''Studio Nue'' (the original studio behind ''Macross'') to replace the offending designs for releases of ''BattleTech'' in Japan.

* ''SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' and its spinoffs. The key to defeating the unstoppable millions-strong fleet of [[CloningBlues clone troop alien warriors]] is the music of a [[IdolSinger civilian pop singer]]...who lives on the eponymous fortress in a city hastily reconstructed inside a cargo hold after a teleportation accident.

*** This legal snarl has caused some severe issues with the ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' franchise. When that was new, much of the game was found to be copyright infingement of the ''Robotech'' franchise. Despite a massive redesign, they keep getting sued occasionally. The confusing part is that nobody knows if the entities suing them still have any rights to the IP whatsoever.
**** Not quite true. FASA had bought (or they believed they had bought) rights to the designs in good faith, and used the designs without molestation for 10 years. However, FASA and Creator/PlaymatesToys got into a legal battle when Playmates created a toy for their ''WesternAnimation/ExoSquad'' line that closely resembled the ''[=MadCat=]'' 'Mech from ''Battletech'' (at the time, FASA was finalizing both toy and TV deals for their game). FASA sued. Harmony Gold had sublicensed ''Robotech'' to Playmates as a tie-in to ''WesternAnimation/ExoSquad'', and noticed that FASA was using the ''Macross'' designs and counter-sued. Nobody quite knows what the actual settlement in the cases were, but [[WordOfGod official word from Catalyst Game Labs, FASA's successor company]] is that the discontinuation of the ''Macross'', ''LightNovel/CrusherJoe'' and ''Anime/FangOfTheSunDougram'' (the latter two which were not owned in any way by HG) designs was an internal decision by FASA to bar all artwork not created in-house to avoid any potential legal hassles, and not a legal mandate from a court. This policy, funnily enough, also forced FASA to stop using designs made bespoke for them by ''Studio Nue'' (the original studio behind ''Macross'') to replace the offending designs for releases of ''BattleTech'' in Japan.

*** By this point, actually, the rights are pretty much settled. It's just Harmony Gold now threatening to sue the first person to try anything. They'd lose the suit because they actually own absolutely nothing (Japense courts determined the seller had no right to sell), but until some entity with deep pockets takes that challenge, nothing will be done.

**** Not quite true. FASA had bought (or they believed they had bought) rights to the designs in good faith, and used the designs without molestation for 10 years. However, FASA and Creator/PlaymatesToys got into a legal battle when Playmates created a toy for their ''WesternAnimation/ExoSquad'' line that closely resembled the ''[=MadCat=]'' 'Mech from ''Battletech'' (at the time, FASA was finalizing both toy and TV deals for their game). FASA sued. Harmony Gold had sublicensed ''Robotech'' to Playmates as a tie-in to ''WesternAnimation/ExoSquad'', and noticed that FASA was using the ''Macross'' designs and counter-sued. Nobody quite knows what the actual settlement in the cases were, but [[WordOfGod official word from Catalyst Game Labs, FASA's successor company]] is that the discontinuation of the ''Macross'', ''LightNovel/CrusherJoe'' and ''Anime/FangOfTheSunDougram'' (the latter two which were not owned in any way by HG) designs was an internal decision by FASA to bar all artwork not created in-house to avoid any potential legal hassles, and not a legal mandate from a court. This policy, funnily enough, also forced FASA to stop using deisgns made bespoke for them by ''Studio Nue'' (the original studio behind ''Macross'') to replace the offending designs for releases of ''BattleTech'' in Japan.