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* This troper does not know the name of this particular trope, but it's worth noting that some of the scenery is based on real locations in Orange County, California:

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* This troper does not know the name of this particular trope, but it's worth noting that some Some of the scenery in the [=OVAs=] is based on real locations in Orange County, California:
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** The Haydonites from ''WesternAnimation/RobotechTheShadowChronicles'' are similar to Sharon Apple's true form, suggesting that if it hadn't been for Saban raiding the staff, allowing Manga Entertainment to license the OVA, Harmony Gold would've tried to incorporate the OVA into the Robotech canon.

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** The Haydonites from ''WesternAnimation/RobotechTheShadowChronicles'' are similar to Sharon Apple's true form, suggesting that if it hadn't been for Saban raiding the staff, allowing Manga Entertainment to license the OVA, Harmony Gold would've tried to incorporate the OVA into the Robotech canon.canon.
* This troper does not know the name of this particular trope, but it's worth noting that some of the scenery is based on real locations in Orange County, California:
** The statue at the space port is designed after the statue of John Wayne as found in his namesake airport.
** The spaceport's docking area is based on Dana Point Harbor, a bit south of the aforementioned airport.
** New Edwards AFB? That comes from Edwards Air Force Base - not in Orange County, but up in the desert by Lancaster, about an hour and a half from John Wayne if the traffic is very light.
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** This lead to the removal of most of the contents of the first OVA episode, a post-sex scene between Lucy and Isamu (and the only boob shot of the movie), a more stylized rendering of Guld's final battle, some minor scene editing/shuffling, and some music changes.

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** This lead to the removal of most of the contents of the first OVA episode, a post-sex scene between Lucy and Isamu (and the only boob and ass shot of the movie), a more stylized rendering of Guld's final battle, some minor scene editing/shuffling, and some music changes.



** Compared to the [[Anime/{{Macross}} rest of the franchise from which it comes]], this is a rare exception - the retail [=DVDs=] had a large print run in the early to mid 2000s and were widely available for decades, and the movie version was a staple of the [[Creator/{{Syfy}} Sci-Fi Channel]] throughout the noughts. By all indications, the only reason it got through the infamous ''Macross'' legal snarls surrounding Creator/TatsunokoProduction, Harmony Gold, Creator/StudioNue[=/=]Creator/{{Satelight}} and Big West was due to ''absolutely overwhelming'' pressure for release from basically every other corner of the industry; fans wanting a legitimate release in an era just before digital downloads were prevalent, critics wanting another excellent production to be released internationally, and similarly other animation distributors wanting an excellent product out strengthening the marketplace rather than being held back and producing no profit at all for anyone. It helped that at the time Manga Entertainment was able to snap it up, Harmony Gold was in chaos after a staff-hunting raid by [[Creator/SabanEntertainment Haim Saban]], and nobody was paying attention to make a legal challenge; once they ''did'' realize what happened, the above kicked in to make challenging it far too dicey a proposition from a PR perspective.

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** Compared to the [[Anime/{{Macross}} rest of the franchise from which it comes]], this is a rare exception - the retail [=DVDs=] had a large print run in the early to mid 2000s and were widely available for decades, and the movie version was a staple of the [[Creator/{{Syfy}} Sci-Fi Channel]] throughout the noughts. By all indications, the only reason it got through the infamous ''Macross'' legal snarls surrounding Creator/TatsunokoProduction, Harmony Gold, Creator/StudioNue[=/=]Creator/{{Satelight}} and Big West was due to ''absolutely overwhelming'' pressure for release from basically every other corner of the industry; fans wanting a legitimate release in an era just before digital downloads were prevalent, critics wanting another excellent production to be released internationally, and similarly other animation distributors wanting an excellent product out strengthening the marketplace rather than being held back and producing no profit at all for anyone. It helped that at the time Manga Entertainment was able to snap it up, Harmony Gold was in chaos after a staff-hunting raid by [[Creator/SabanEntertainment Haim Saban]], and nobody was paying attention to make a legal challenge; once they ''did'' realize what happened, the above kicked in to make challenging it far too dicey a proposition from a PR perspective.

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* ExecutiveMeddling - The story was originally written as a feature length movie, but the studio was unwilling to risk the production budget for a theatrical release straight off, so it was re-edited into a four episode OVA, with the theatrical version edited to be closer to the original screenplay following a year later.

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* ExecutiveMeddling - ExecutiveMeddling: The story was originally written as a feature length movie, but the studio was unwilling to risk the production budget for a theatrical release straight off, so it was re-edited into a four episode OVA, with the theatrical version edited to be closer to the original screenplay following a year later.



* NoExportForYou - Compared to the [[Anime/{{Macross}} rest of the franchise from which it comes]], this is a rare exception - the retail [=DVDs=] had a large print run in the early to mid 2000s and are still widely avaiable, and the movie version is often a staple of the [[Creator/{{Syfy}} Sci-Fi Channel]]. By all indications, the only reason it got through the infamous ''Macross'' legal snarls surrounding Creator/TatsunokoProduction, Harmony Gold, Creator/StudioNue[=/=]Creator/{{Satelight}} and Big West was due to ''absolutely overwhelming'' pressure for release from basically every other corner of the industry; fans wanting a legitimate release in an era just before digital downloads were prevalent, critics wanting another excellent production to be released internationally, and similarly other animation distributors wanting an excellent product out strengthening the marketplace rather than being held back and producing no profit at all for anyone. It helped that at the time Manga Entertainment was able to snap it up, Harmony Gold was in chaos after a staff-hunting raid by [[Creator/SabanEntertainment Haim Saban]], and nobody was paying attention to make a legal challenge; once they ''did'' realize what happened, the above kicked in to make challenging it far too dicey a proposition from a PR perspective.
** It also helps ''Macross Plus'' has very few vocal songs (some already in English or CypherLanguage) and most of the themes are instrumentals, compared with later series.

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* NoExportForYou - NoExportForYou:
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Compared to the [[Anime/{{Macross}} rest of the franchise from which it comes]], this is a rare exception - the retail [=DVDs=] had a large print run in the early to mid 2000s and are still were widely avaiable, available for decades, and the movie version is often was a staple of the [[Creator/{{Syfy}} Sci-Fi Channel]].Channel]] throughout the noughts. By all indications, the only reason it got through the infamous ''Macross'' legal snarls surrounding Creator/TatsunokoProduction, Harmony Gold, Creator/StudioNue[=/=]Creator/{{Satelight}} and Big West was due to ''absolutely overwhelming'' pressure for release from basically every other corner of the industry; fans wanting a legitimate release in an era just before digital downloads were prevalent, critics wanting another excellent production to be released internationally, and similarly other animation distributors wanting an excellent product out strengthening the marketplace rather than being held back and producing no profit at all for anyone. It helped that at the time Manga Entertainment was able to snap it up, Harmony Gold was in chaos after a staff-hunting raid by [[Creator/SabanEntertainment Haim Saban]], and nobody was paying attention to make a legal challenge; once they ''did'' realize what happened, the above kicked in to make challenging it far too dicey a proposition from a PR perspective.
** *** It also helps ''Macross Plus'' has very few vocal songs (some already in English or CypherLanguage) and most of the themes are instrumentals, compared with later series.series.
** And of course, in the huge wave of ''Macross'' release announcements in July of 2022, [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-07-01/macross-plus-macross-ii-anime-offered-overseas-on-blu-ray-disc/.187281 a Blu-ray version]] of ''Plus'' was naturally announced alongside the other releases as a priority, now being handled by UK-based Anime Ltd.
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** Sharon Apple is basically a Music/{{Vocaloid}}. The motion-capture performer aspect has since become emblematic of yet another type of virtual performer - [[Main/VirtualYouTuber VTubers]]. "Hologram touring" is (as of 2019) a blossoming business [[https://www.fastcompany.com/90365452/hologram-concert-revolution-like-it-or-not-meet-company-touring-whitney-houston-buddy-holly that is gaining legitimacy.]]

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** Sharon Apple is basically a Music/{{Vocaloid}}. The motion-capture performer aspect has since become emblematic of yet another type of virtual performer - [[Main/VirtualYouTuber VTubers]]. "Hologram touring" is (as of 2019) a blossoming business [[https://www.fastcompany.com/90365452/hologram-concert-revolution-like-it-or-not-meet-company-touring-whitney-houston-buddy-holly that is gaining legitimacy.]]
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** Sharon Apple is basically a Music/{{Vocaloid}}. Meanwhile, "hologram touring" is (as of 2019) a blossimg business [[https://www.fastcompany.com/90365452/hologram-concert-revolution-like-it-or-not-meet-company-touring-whitney-houston-buddy-holly that is gaining legitimacy.]]

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** Sharon Apple is basically a Music/{{Vocaloid}}. Meanwhile, "hologram The motion-capture performer aspect has since become emblematic of yet another type of virtual performer - [[Main/VirtualYouTuber VTubers]]. "Hologram touring" is (as of 2019) a blossimg blossoming business [[https://www.fastcompany.com/90365452/hologram-concert-revolution-like-it-or-not-meet-company-touring-whitney-houston-buddy-holly that is gaining legitimacy.]]
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** Forward-swept wing aircraft are nothing new - the YF-19 was inspired by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_X-29 the Grumman X-29]]. The closest we got to having a forward-swept wing fighter in regular service was the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-47 the Sukhoi Su-47 Berkut]] which looks ''uncannily'' similar to the YF-19's fighter mode and even had a similar reputation of AwesomeButImpractical as the prototype YF-19 had.

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** Forward-swept wing aircraft are nothing new - the YF-19 was inspired by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_X-29 the Grumman X-29]]. The closest we got to having a forward-swept wing fighter in regular service was the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-47 the Sukhoi Su-47 Berkut]] which looks ''uncannily'' similar to the YF-19's fighter mode and even had a similar reputation of AwesomeButImpractical as the prototype YF-19 had.
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** Forward-swept wing aircraft are nothing new - the YF-19 was inspired by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_X-29 the Grumman X-29]]. The closest we got to having a forward-swept wing fighter in regular service was the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-47 the Sukhoi Su-47 Berkut]] which looks ''uncannily'' similar to the YF-19's fighter mode and even had a similar reputation of AwesomeButImpractical as the prototype YF-19 had. However, compared to the ''Macross'' universe in which the forward-swept wing became a [[Anime/Macross7 standard]] [[Anime/MacrossFrontier feature]] [[Anime/MacrossDelta in all]] future protagonist Valkyrie-type jets, the Russians sadly never progressed to the mass-production stage with the ''Berkut'', leaving it one-of-a-kind.

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** Forward-swept wing aircraft are nothing new - the YF-19 was inspired by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_X-29 the Grumman X-29]]. The closest we got to having a forward-swept wing fighter in regular service was the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-47 the Sukhoi Su-47 Berkut]] which looks ''uncannily'' similar to the YF-19's fighter mode and even had a similar reputation of AwesomeButImpractical as the prototype YF-19 had. However, compared to the ''Macross'' universe in which the forward-swept wing became a [[Anime/Macross7 standard]] [[Anime/MacrossFrontier feature]] [[Anime/MacrossDelta in all]] future protagonist Valkyrie-type jets, the Russians sadly never progressed to the mass-production stage with the ''Berkut'', leaving it one-of-a-kind.
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** Forward swept wing aircraft are nothing new - the YF-19 was inspired by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_X-29 the Grumman X-29]]. The closest we got to having a forward-swept wing fighter in regular service, however, was the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-47 the Sukhoi Su-47 Berkut]] which looks ''uncannily'' similar to the YF-19's fighter mode and even had a similar reputation of AwesomeButImpractical as the prototype YF-19 had. However, compared to the ''Macross'' universe in which the forward-swept wing became a [[Anime/Macross7 standard]] [[Anime/MacrossFrontier feature]] [[Anime/MacrossDelta in all]] future protagonist Valkyrie-type jets, the Russians sadly never progressed to the mass-production stage with the ''Berkut'', leaving it one-of-a-kind.

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** Forward swept Forward-swept wing aircraft are nothing new - the YF-19 was inspired by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_X-29 the Grumman X-29]]. The closest we got to having a forward-swept wing fighter in regular service, however, service was the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-47 the Sukhoi Su-47 Berkut]] which looks ''uncannily'' similar to the YF-19's fighter mode and even had a similar reputation of AwesomeButImpractical as the prototype YF-19 had. However, compared to the ''Macross'' universe in which the forward-swept wing became a [[Anime/Macross7 standard]] [[Anime/MacrossFrontier feature]] [[Anime/MacrossDelta in all]] future protagonist Valkyrie-type jets, the Russians sadly never progressed to the mass-production stage with the ''Berkut'', leaving it one-of-a-kind.
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** Forward swept wing aircraft are nothing new - the YF-19 was inspired by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_X-29 the Grumman X-29]]. The closest we got to having a forward-swept wing fighter in regular service, however, was the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-47 the Sukhoi Su-47 Berkut]] which looks ''uncannily'' similar to the YF-19's fighter mode and even had a similar reputation of AwesomeButImpractical as the prototype YF-19 had- compared to the ''Macross'' universe in which the forward-swept wing became a [[Anime/Macross7 standard]] [[Anime/MacrossFrontier feature]] [[Anime/MacrossDelta in all]] future protagonist Valkyrie-type jets, the Russians sadly never progressed to the mass-production stage with the ''Berkut'', leaving it one-of-a-kind.

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** Forward swept wing aircraft are nothing new - the YF-19 was inspired by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_X-29 the Grumman X-29]]. The closest we got to having a forward-swept wing fighter in regular service, however, was the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-47 the Sukhoi Su-47 Berkut]] which looks ''uncannily'' similar to the YF-19's fighter mode and even had a similar reputation of AwesomeButImpractical as the prototype YF-19 had- had. However, compared to the ''Macross'' universe in which the forward-swept wing became a [[Anime/Macross7 standard]] [[Anime/MacrossFrontier feature]] [[Anime/MacrossDelta in all]] future protagonist Valkyrie-type jets, the Russians sadly never progressed to the mass-production stage with the ''Berkut'', leaving it one-of-a-kind.

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** Forward swept wing aircraft are nothing new - the YF-19 was inspired by
[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_X-29 the Grumman X-29]]. The closest we got to having a forward-swept wing fighter in regular service, however, was the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-47 the Sukhoi Su-47 Berkut]] which looks ''uncannily'' similar to the YF-19's fighter mode and even had a similar reputation of AwesomeButImpractical as the prototype YF-19 had- compared to the ''Macross'' universe in which the forward-swept wing became a [[Anime/Macross7 standard]] [[Anime/MacrossFrontier feature]] [[Anime/MacrossDelta in all]] future protagonist Valkyrie-type jets, the Russians sadly never progressed to the mass-production stage with the ''Berkut'', leaving it one-of-a-kind.

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** Forward swept wing aircraft are nothing new - the YF-19 was inspired by
by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_X-29 the Grumman X-29]]. The closest we got to having a forward-swept wing fighter in regular service, however, was the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-47 the Sukhoi Su-47 Berkut]] which looks ''uncannily'' similar to the YF-19's fighter mode and even had a similar reputation of AwesomeButImpractical as the prototype YF-19 had- compared to the ''Macross'' universe in which the forward-swept wing became a [[Anime/Macross7 standard]] [[Anime/MacrossFrontier feature]] [[Anime/MacrossDelta in all]] future protagonist Valkyrie-type jets, the Russians sadly never progressed to the mass-production stage with the ''Berkut'', leaving it one-of-a-kind.

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