History Anime / Megazone23

** The ''WesternAnimation/SilverHawks'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats'' pinball machines in ''Part II''.

* ArtShift: Most obvious between Parts I([[SuperDimensionFortressMacross Haruhiko Mikimoto]]'s character designs) and II ([[{{Anime/Kite}} Yasuomi]] [[MezzoForte Umetsu]]'s), which feature the same characters, but with mostly more natural hair colours.
** YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Mostly averted in Part II; Yui's hair changes from green to brown, and the only characters with unusual hair colors are the biker gang (dyed), Eve (VirtualGhost)... and B.D., who went from brunette to WhiteHairedPrettyBoy.
*** RetGone: Eve's hair color changed to be exclusively platinum blond in Part III, ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' and Aoi Garland, despite the latter two portrayals being set in Parts 1 and 2. This is even retconned within the series when [[spoiler:The original Megazone 23's Eve is visited by the real Eve and Eiji]], and even they have platinum blond hair!

* ShoutOut[=/=]CulturalCrossReference: The ''WesternAnimation/{{Silverhawks}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}'' pinball machines in ''Part II''.
** The movie the kids go to in Part I? StreetsOfFire
** Here's one that isn't cross-cultural: The cops in the car that Shogo kicks are [[LupinIII Lupin and Jigen]] lookalikes.
** Mai's dufflebag? Branded with a {{Dagger of Kamui}} logo.
** Megazone 23 Part III even has a shout out to itself, in that the first four 'employees' in a employee listing Eiji studies are Shogo's three friends, and a fourth whose surname, Miyasato, is the same as Miyasato Kumi, the singing voice of Eve.

*** RetGone: Eve's hair color changed to be exclusively platinum blond in Part III, ''SuperRobotWars'' and Aoi Garland, despite the latter two portrayals being set in Parts 1 and 2. This is even retconned within the series when [[spoiler:The original Megazone 23's Eve is visited by the real Eve and Eiji]], and even they have platinum blond hair!

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*** RetGone: Eve's hair color changed to be exclusively platinum blond in Part III, SuperRobotWars and Aoi Garland, despite the latter two portrayals being set in Parts 1 and 2. This is even retconned within the series when [[spoiler:The original Megazone 23's Eve is visited by the real Eve and Eiji]], and even they have platinum blond hair!

* SuperRobotWars: Appears in ''[[SuperRobotWarsDestiny Super Robot Wars D]]''.

* ArtShift: Most obvious between Parts I and II, which feature the same characters, but with mostly more natural hair colours.

Not to be confused with [[FanFic/UndocumentedFeatures MegaZone]].[[hottip:*:Brian Bikowicz, the co-author of ''UndocumentedFeatures'', legally changed his name to [=MegaZone=] because he was such a big fan of this anime.]]

* ArtShift: Most obvious between Parts I and II, which feature the same characters. Eve stays almost exactly the same, however.

* VirtualCelebrity: Eve Tokimatsuri

The original American distributions of ''Megazone 23'' were anything but impressive. It was briefly released in North America by Harmony Gold as ''{{Robotech}} the Movie''. Carl Macek crudely spliced in footage from ''{{Robotech}}'' to force a linkage between the two shows, and of course the [[{{Macekre}} usual Macek dub script]] was conjured up out of nothing to replace the original dialogue. [[strike:Macek]]Harmony Gold also produced a dub of ''Part 2'' (with a different cast and set of character names), which was only released in Japan as an aid for teaching English. (It's introduction scene used footage of the alternate ending for ''Part 1'' that was produced for the Robotech movie). Creator/StreamlinePictures later produced a straight dub of Part 1 with the same cast as the International Part 2 (but Japanese character names), but couldn't release Parts 2 and 3 due to their financial problems and inevitable shutdown. Later, Creator/MangaEntertainment released an un-butchered version of Part 3 for the UK on VHS, but the result, reportedly, was still horrendous.

The original American distributions of ''Megazone 23'' were anything but impressive. It was briefly released in North America by Harmony Gold as ''{{Robotech}} the Movie''. Carl Macek crudely spliced in footage from ''{{Robotech}}'' to force a linkage between the two shows, and of course the [[{{Macekre}} usual Macek dub script]] was conjured up out of nothing to replace the original dialogue. [[strike:Macek]]Harmony Gold also produced a dub of ''Part 2'' (with a different cast and set of character names), which was only released in Japan as an aid for teaching English. (It's introduction scene used footage of the alternate ending for ''Part 1'' that was produced for the Robotech movie). Streamline later produced a straight dub of Part 1 with the same cast as the International Part 2 (but Japanese character names), but couldn't release Parts 2 and 3 due to their financial problems and inevitable shutdown. Later, Manga Entertainment released an un-butchered version of Part 3 for the UK on VHS, but the result, reportedly, was still horrendous.

The original American distributions of ''Megazone 23'' were anything but impressive. It was briefly released in North America by Harmony Gold as ''{{Robotech}} the Movie''. Carl Macek crudely spliced in footage from ''{{Robotech}}'' to force a linkage between the two shows, and of course the [[{{Macekre}} usual Macek dub script]] was conjured up out of nothing to replace the original dialogue. [[strike:Macek]]Harmony Gold also produced a dub of ''Part 2'' (with a different cast and set of character names), which was only released in Japan as an aid for teaching English. (It's introduction scene used footage of the alternate ending for ''Part 1'' that was produced for the Robotech movie). Streamline later produced a straight dub of Part 1 with the same cast (but Japanese character names), but couldn't release Parts 2 and 3 due to their financial problems and inevitable shutdown. Later, Manga Entertainment released an un-butchered version of Part 3 for the UK on VHS, but the result, reportedly, was still horrendous.

The original American distributions of ''Megazone 23'' were anything but impressive. It was briefly released in North America by Harmony Gold as ''{{Robotech}} the Movie''. Carl Macek crudely spliced in footage from ''{{Robotech}}'' to force a linkage between the two shows, and of course the [[{{Macekre}} usual Macek dub script]] was conjured up out of nothing to replace the original dialogue. [[strike:Macek]]Harmony Gold also produced a dub of ''Part 2'', which was only released in Japan as an aid for teaching English. (The release also included the alternate ending for ''Part 1'' that was produced for the Robotech movie as an extra). Later, a different production house released a dub of an unbutchered version, but the result, reportedly, was still horrendous.

Released somewhere around 1986, ''Megazone 23'' is historically signficant for being one of the very first {{OVA}}s and also was one of the first anime to extensively interweave music with the plot. The story itself was a mindbender at the time, and is a forerunner of such later American works as ''Film/TheMatrix'' and ''DarkCity''. Since then, the plot twists and the character types have become standard in anime, almost cliche in some instances, but as a certified classic it is still worth seeing.

For decades, only bootleg [[FanSub fansubs]] of the original show were available in America, but it was rereleased with a new English dub in the summer of 2004 by ADVFilms.

* MacrossMissleMassacre: used by the Army in Part I against the alien threat with dubious results.

Released somewhere around 1986, ''Megazone 23'' is historically signficant for being one of the very first {{OVA}}s and also was one of the first anime to extensively interweave music with the plot. The story itself was a mindbender at the time, and is a forerunner of such later American works as ''TheMatrix'' and ''DarkCity''. Since then, the plot twists and the character types have become standard in anime, almost cliche in some instances, but as a certified classic it is still worth seeing.

* AdamAndEvePlot: Eve's interest in Shogo turns out to be in determining whether his love for Yui, and to a lesser extent his concern for his friends, might make them all candidates for repopulating earth after A.D.A.M. destroys the Megazone.

* ArtShift: Most obvious between Parts I and II, which feature the same characters. Eve stays almost exactly the same, however.

* ArtShift: Most obvious between Parts I and II, which feature the same characters. Eve stays almost exactly the same, however.

* HoYay: ''Part II''

Teenager Shogo Yahagi is a motorcycle nut with few cares in the world; he and his friends do little more than ride around and have fun. This all changes when one of his older friends leaves a mysterious, incredibly-advanced motorcycle called the Bahamut in Shogo's possession. The Bahamut is far more than it seems, and a mysterious cabal of [[{{MIB}} men in black]] seems willing to do anything to get it back. Soon, Shogo discovers some of the secrets hidden in the Bahamut, and it leads him to even more -- secrets that will completely change his understanding of the world he lives in.

* {{MIB}}

* ShoutOut[=/=]CulturalCrossReference: The ''{{Silverhawks}}'' and ''{{Thundercats}}'' pinball machines in ''Part II''.

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-->''Operator 7-G, please respond!''

* DecoyGetaway: "Who? ''WHO'' did you say? [[{{Americanization}} Johnny... Winters]]? [[{{Narm}} So sorry, I DON'T KNOW THE GUY!]] [Laughs]" (From the Harmony Gold dub of ''Part II''.)