History Trivia / SuperDimensionCavalrySouthernCross

* TroubledProduction: [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=41uOKFk1T3E This video]] summarises the situation that was happening around ''Southern Cross'' the best, gathered from what little information there exists on the internet. At first, the series was meant to be a parody of the mecha genre, and so Tatsunoko hired a character designer that was best known for ''lolicon manga'' (yes, the kind that are of questionable legality). Alongside that, the main PowerTrio was meant to have names of actual historical figures (the finished product still has Jeanne who is a blatant JeanneDArchetype). Then, after deciding that the series would simply be too risqué, Tatsunoko ordered a massive {{Retool}} which would turn the series into more of a ScienceFantasy anime that was a case of FollowTheLeader to ''Anime/AuraBattlerDunbine'' (and for that note they even hired the character designer that previously worked on ''Dunbine'' to redesign the entire cast, which meant aging up the girls into teenagers). Then even ''that'' went bust aftet ''Dunbine'' became an AcclaimedFlop, and Tatsunoko, no longer certain of what to do and with the series' broadcast premiere date quickly approaching, decided to {{Retool}} the show ''yet again'' into the final form, as the romantic subplot was hastily written in, the fantasy angle becoming pure science fiction, and a trio of animators chosen to design the mecha for the show as "Ammonite"... which explains some of the rather oddball choices, like for example the Spartas hover tanks ''not even having a canopy''. Needless to say, the resulting show was a mess and it ended up [[FranchiseKiller killing]] the ''Super Dimension'' franchise.

* {{Cancellation}}: Was cut down to twenty-three episodes due to less than satisfactory ratings.

* TroubledProduction: [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=41uOKFk1T3E This video]] summarises the situation that was happening around ''Southern Cross'' the best, gathered from what little information there exists on the internet. At first, the series was meant to be a parody of the mecha genre, and so Tatsunoko hired a character designer that was best known for ''lolicon manga'' (yes, the kind that are of questionable legality). Alongside that, the main PowerTrio was meant to have names of actual historical figures (the finished product still has Jeanne who is a blatant JeanneDArchetype). Then, after deciding that the series would simply be too risqué, Tatsunoko ordered a massive {{Retool}} which would turn the series into more of a ScienceFantasy anime that was a case of FollowTheLeader to ''Anime/AuraBattlerDunbine'' (and for that note they even hired the character designer that previously worked on ''Dunbine'' to age-up the girls into teenagers). Then even ''that'' went bust aftet ''Dunbine'' became an AcclaimedFlop, and Tatsunoko, no longer certain of what to do, with the series' broadcast premiere date quickly approaching, decided to {{Retool}} ''yet again'' into the final form, as the romantic subplot was hastily written in, the fantasy angle becoming pure science fiction in the form of the Zor, and a trio of animators chosen to design the mecha for the show as "Ammonite"... which explains some of the rather oddball choices, like for example the Spartas hover tanks ''not even having a canopy''. Needless to say, the resulting show was a (enjoyable) mess and it ended up [[FranchiseKiller killing]] the ''Super Dimension'' franchise.

* TroubledProduction: [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=41uOKFk1T3E This video]] summarises the situation that was happening around ''Southern Cross'' the best, gathered from what little information there exists on the internet. At first, the series was meant to be a parody of the mecha genre, and so Tatsunoko hired a designer that was best known for ''lolicon manga'' (yes, the kind that are of questionable legality). Alongside that, the main PowerTrio was meant to have names of actual historical figures (the finished product still has Jeanne who is a blatant JeanneDArchetype).

* FranchiseKiller: Sorta. ''Southern Cross'' was the third in the "Super Dimension" meta-series produced by Studio Nue, preceded by the much more successful Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross and Anime/SuperDimensionCenturyOrguss. This chapter ended things prematurely. Unsurprisingly, it's the only "Super Dimension" project, and the only series from which ''Anime/{{Robotech}}'' was adapted, that's not yet been released on Blu-ray as of writing.

* FranchiseKiller: Sorta. ''Southern Cross'' was the third in the "Super Dimension" meta-series produced by Studio Nue, preceded by the much more successful Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross and Anime/SuperDimensionCenturyOrguss. This chapter ended things prematurely.
* NoExportForYou: For quite a long time, like the other series that made up ''Anime/{{Robotech}}'' it was not released outide of Japan in its original form. It has managed a brief American appearance on DVD courtesy of the now-defunct ADV, and does at the time of writing (September 2016) appear to be on Amazon Video, but sadly not in the UK in either cae.

* NoExportForYou: For quite a long time, like the other series that made up ''Anime/{{Robotech}}'' it wasnever bot released outide of Japan in its original form. It has managed a brief American appearance on DVD courtesy of the now-defunct ADV, and does at the time of writing (September 2016) appear to be on Amazon Video, but sadly not in the UK in either cae.

* NoExportForYou: For quite a long time, like the other series that made up ''Anime/{{Robotech}} it wasnever bot released outide of Japan in its original form. It has managed a brief American appearance on DVD courtesy of the now-defunct ADV, and does at the time of writing (September 2016) appear to be on Amazon Video, but sadly not in the UK in either cae.

* NoExportForYou: Unlike its sister series (Or ''Anime/GenesisClimberMospeada'', if one goes by ''{{Anime/Robotech}}'' canon), the series has never seen an official release outside Japan in its original form.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Jeanne was the first major role for Creator/MichieTomizawa; Musica was the debut role of Creator/NorikoHidaka. Further, Mika Doi and Arihiro Hase (Misa Hayase and Hikaru Ichijyo in Macross) play Lana Isavia and Bowie Emerson respectively.

* NoExportForYou: Unlike its sister series (Or ''Anime/GenesisClimberMospeeda'', if one goes by ''{{Anime/Robotech}}'' canon), the series has never seen an official release outside Japan in its original form.

* FranchiseKiller: Sorta. ''Southern Cross'' was the third in the "Super Dimension" meta-series produced by Studio Nue, preceded by the much more successful Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross and SuperDimensionCenturyOrguss. This chapter ended things prematurely.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Jeanne was the first major role for MichieTomizawa; Musica was the debut role of Creator/NorikoHidaka. Further, Mika Doi and Arihiro Hase (Misa Hayase and Hikaru Ichijyo in Macross) play Lana Isavia and Bowie Emerson respectively.

* FranchiseKiller: Sorta. ''Southern Cross'' was the third in the "Super Dimension" meta-series produced by Studio Nue, preceded by the much more successful SuperDimensionFortressMacross and SuperDimensionCenturyOrguss. This chapter ended things prematurely.