History Anime / Megazone23

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* LostInTranslation: In Part I, when Shogo calls Eve, he mentions "Bahamut Six"; Both the Streamline and ADV dubs have Eve misinterpret it as "Babamucho"; the pun works better in Japanese, where "Bahamut" is written as "バハムット", to which Eve misinterprets it as "ババムッチョ".

* ArmorPiercingSlap: Shogo gives one to Yui for trying to be a dancer in television, by attempting to sleep with a producer.

* TamerAndChaster: While there are only a few nude scenes with Ryo, Lisa and Eve, none of Part 3 features any type of sex scenes that were most prominent within the previous parts.

The original American distributions of ''Megazone 23'' were anything but impressive. The first part was briefly released in North America by Harmony Gold and Creator/TheCannonGroup as ''{{Anime/Robotech}} the Movie''. Originally, ''Robotech the Movie'' was intended to be handled like the Macross Saga of ''Robotech'': otherwise similar to the original with the exception of music and dialogue changes to fit the ''Robotech'' setting. It was also intended to be a parallel story to the Macross Saga. However, Tatsunoko Productions was promoting ''Anime/MacrossDoYouRememberLove'' the same time and insisted that Carl Macek not use ''Macross'' elements to avoid confusion.[[note]]This is in spite of Macek originally wanting to adapt ''Do You Remember Love'' to the ''Robotech'' setting but getting shot down, which lead to ''Megazone 23'' being used in the first place.[[/note]] (The Cannon bosses also wanted less female characters and more robots & guns and weren't fans of ''Megazone'''s downer ending.) As a result, Macek crudely spliced in footage from ''Anime/SuperDimensionCavalrySouthernCross'' to force a linkage between the two shows and commissioned animation studio The Idol Company to make a new ''Robotech'' compliant ending. Of course, the [[{{Macekre}} Macek dub script]] replaced the original dialogue, which was barely connected to the original ''Megazone 23'' or the ''Robotech'' setting. The film is no longer considered part of the ''Robotech'' canon and, unlike the original ''Megazone 23'', the chances of a future home video release with better quality are considered very low.

* Curb-StompBattle: The Dezalg simply have superior weaponry compared to the humans, unsurprisingly dwindling their opponent's numbers by the end of Part II.

* KnifeNut: Eiji Takanaka's fighting style while in a Garland.

** Even in the new dub, the line is pretty hammy. "Huh? Yahagi? Sorry, pal, ''WRONG ASSHOLE!''"

** 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 white-haired.

** Most obvious between Parts I([[Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross Haruhiko Mikimoto]]'s character designs) and II ([[{{Anime/Kite}} Yasuomi]] [[Anime/MezzoForte Umetsu]]'s), which feature the same characters, but with mostly more natural hair colours.

** RetGone: Eve's hair color changed to be exclusively platinum blond in Part III 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!

* DownerEnding: All three parts end pretty badly.
** To Part 1 -- [[spoiler:after StormingTheCastle, Shogo is soundly defeated by B.D., who decides that he's NotWorthKilling - or thinks he's dead but doesn't even care enough to check.]]
** Downer Endings also happen with Part 2 and Part 3. [[spoiler: In Part 2, most of the population of Megazone Two Three perishes when the ADAM system tears the colony ship apart, and in Part 3, EVE banishes herself into space inside Eden City's computer core to stop the end of the world.]] Though one could argue that in Part 3's case, it's a BittersweetEnding instead.

* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: Averted in the beginning of ''Part II'', where Shogo and his friends are completely harmless enthusiasts (though Shogo likes to pull off crazy stunts), but played straight in ''Part II'' with the bosozoku gang Shogo and Yui join up with.

** Shogo starts out as a hapless twentysomething nobody. Then he gets a superbike that turns into a robot. ''Then'' he becomes and outlaw and starts hobnobbing with dangerous lunatics.

* TranslationConvention: Throughout the series, various displays have romanized versions of names as well as english terms, with very little on-screen use of japanese text.

The original American distributions of ''Megazone 23'' were anything but impressive. The first part was briefly released in North America by Harmony Gold and Creator/TheCannonGroup as ''{{Anime/Robotech}} the Movie''. Originally, ''Robotech the Movie'' was intended to be handled like the Macross Saga of ''Robotech'': otherwise similar to the original with the exception of music and dialogue changes to fit the ''Robotech'' setting. It was also intended to be a parallel story to the Macross Saga. However, Tatsunoko Productions was promoting ''Anime/MacrossDoYouRememberLove'' the same time and insisted that Carl Macek not use ''Macross'' elements to avoid confusion.[[note]]This is in spite of Macek originally wanting to adapt ''Do You Remember Love'' to the ''Robotech'' setting but getting shot down, which lead to ''Megazone 23'' being used in the first place.[[/note]] (The Cannon bosses also wanted less female characters and more robots & guns and weren't fans of ''Megazone''s downer ending.) As a result, Macek crudely spliced in footage from ''Anime/SuperDimensionCavalrySouthernCross'' to force a linkage between the two shows and commissioned animation studio The Idol Company to make a new ''Robotech'' compliant ending. Of course, the [[{{Macekre}} Macek dub script]] replaced the original dialogue, which was barely connected to the original ''Megazone 23'' or the ''Robotech'' setting. The film is no longer considered part of the ''Robotech'' canon and, unlike the original ''Megazone 23'', the chances of a future home video release with better quality are considered very low.

** Downer Endings also happen with Part 2 and Part 3. [[spoiler: In Part 2, most of the population of Megazone Two Three perishes when the ADAM system tears the colony ship apart, and in Part 3, EVE banishes herself into space inside Eden City's computer core to stop the end of the world.]]

Macek and 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 also used footage of the alternate ending for ''Part 1'' that was produced for the ''Robotech'' movie as a prologue). 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.

Macek and 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 also used footage of the alternate ending for ''Part 1'' that was produced for the ''Robotech'' movie as a prologue). 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.

* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: Averted in the beginning of Part I, where Shogo and his friends are completely harmless enthusiasts (though Shogo likes to pull off crazy stunts), but played straight in Part II with the bosozoku gang Shogo and Yui join up with.

The original American distributions of ''Megazone 23'' were anything but impressive. The first part was briefly released in North America by Harmony Gold and Creator/TheCannonGroup as ''{{Anime/Robotech}} the Movie''. Originally, ''Robotech the Movie'' was intended to be handled like the Macross Saga of ''Robotech'': otherwise similar to the original with the exception of music and dialogue changes to fit the ''Robotech'' setting. It was also intended to be a parallel story to the Macross Saga. However, Tatsunoko Productions was promoting ''Anime/MacrossDoYouRememberLove'' the same time and insisted that Carl Macek not use ''Macross'' elements to avoid confusion.[[note]]This is in spite of Macek originally wanting to adapt ''Do You Remember Love'' to the ''Robotech'' setting but getting shot down, which lead to ''Megazone 23'' being used in the first place.[[/note]] (The Cannon bosses also wanted less female characters and more robots & guns and weren't fans of ''Megazone''s downer ending.) As a result, Macek crudely spliced in footage from ''Anime/SuperDimensionCavalrySouthernCross'' to force a linkage between the two shows and commissioned animation studio The Idol Company to make a new Robotech compliant ending. Of course, the [[{{Macekre}} Macek dub script]] replaced the original dialogue, which was barely connected to the original ''Megazone 23'' or the Robotech setting. The film is no longer considered part of the Robotech canon and, unlike the original ''Megazone 23'', the chances of a future home video release with better quality are considered very low.

The original American distributions of ''Megazone 23'' were anything but impressive. The first part was briefly released in North America by Harmony Gold and Creator/TheCannonGroup as ''{{Anime/Robotech}} the Movie''. Originally, ''Robotech the Movie'' was intended to be handled like the Macross Saga of Robotech: otherwise similar to the original with the exception of music and dialogue changes to fit the Robotech setting. It was also intended to be a parallel story to the Macross Saga. However, Tatsunoko Productions was promoting ''Anime/MacrossDoYouRememberLove'' the same time and insisted that Carl Macek not use Macross elements to avoid confusion.[[note]]This is in spite of Macek originally wanting to adapt Do You Remember Love to the Robotech setting but getting shot down, which lead to ''Megazone 23'' being used in the first place.[[/note]] (The Cannon bosses also wanted less female characters and more robots & guns and weren't fans of ''Megazone''s downer ending.) As a result, Macek crudely spliced in footage from ''Anime/SuperDimensionCavalrySouthernCross'' to force a linkage between the two shows and commissioned animation studio The Idol Company to make a new Robotech compliant ending. Of course, the [[{{Macekre}} Macek dub script]] replaced the original dialogue, which was barely connected to the original ''Megazone 23'' or the Robotech setting. The film is no longer considered part of the Robotech canon and, unlike the original ''Megazone 23'', the chances of a future home video release with better quality are considered very low.

The original American distributions of ''Megazone 23'' were anything but impressive. The first part was briefly released in North America by Harmony Gold and Creator/TheCannonGroup as ''{{Anime/Robotech}} the Movie''. Carl Macek crudely spliced in footage from ''Anime/SuperDimensionCavalrySouthernCross'' to force a linkage between the two shows (and apparently the Cannon bosses wanted less girl talk and more Giant Robot fights), and of course the [[{{Macekre}} usual Macek dub script]] was conjured up out of nothing to replace the original dialogue. Macek and 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 also used footage of the alternate ending for ''Part 1'' that was produced for the ''Robotech'' movie as a prologue). 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.

** "Who? ''WHO'' did you say? [[DubNameChange Johnny... Winters]]? [[{{Narm}} So sorry, I DON'T KNOW THE GUY!]] [Laughs]" (From the Harmony Gold dub of ''Part II''.)
** Even in the new dub, the line's pretty narmy. "Huh? Yahagi? Sorry, pal, ''WRONG ASSHOLE!''"

* DisneyDeath

* FighterLaunchingSequence

* MagicalSecurityCam

** The title was once commonly transliterated as Megazone Two-Three, and may have originated with the Robotech fandom. Carl Macek was known to use this title when discussing the film. The actual title is an indirect reference to the 23 districts of Tokyo.
** The title of the series in rendered in Katakana as "Megazon Tsu Suri", So "Megazone Two Three" IS the intended pronunciation. Has nothing to do with fandom or Macek.

* {{Roboteching}}

* SparklingStreamOfTears
* StuffBlowingUp

* EvilMinions

* ''Megazone 23 Sin'', a reboot of Part I as a television anime. (ANN article [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-06/megazone-23-sin-remake-project-starts-crowdfunding-for-promo-video/.118472 here]].)

* AlmostLethalWeapons: At the end of Part II. (See UnexplainedRecovery.)

* AlmostLethalWeapons: At the end of Part II.