History WesternAnimation / RobotechTheShadowChronicles

'''''Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles''''' is the 2006 animated sequel to the 1985 ''{{Anime/Robotech}}'' television series. It is an original production that has nothing to do with any of the ''Anime/{{Macross}}'' sequels [[note]]although it could, if one wanted, be adapted back into ''Anime/GenesisClimberMospeada''...[[/note]] but instead was made exclusively for the American ''Robotech'' fandom.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Although ''Shadow Chronicles'' retcons all versions of ''Robotech: The Sentinels'' out of existence, the ''Prelude to the Shadow Chronicles'' miniseries also functions as a continuation of the Eternity[=/=]Academy comic version; it even begins at the last panel of the last published ''Sentinels'' comic.

* {{Retcon}}: Much of the Sentinels and Robotech movie & book canon was retconned out of existence by this movie, although several of its elements were incorporated into it. To be clear, the Haydonites and getting a huge fleet are evidence that ''something'' happened to the [=SDF3=] after they left for Tirol. It's just that the movie never stops to let us know what all that entailed. And, of course, the nature of the Haydonites lets us know that it's not what the Sentinels novels say. It could easily have happened close to the Sentinels novels way (''Prelude'' does in fact show some of the major Sentinels leaders, and while the details of the end of the Sentinels mission are changed form their novel/comic versions, many of the important things [[spoiler: (like T.R. Edwards working with the Invid and Breetai and the Regent dying together in battle over Optera)]] ''do'' happen). After all, until the betrayal, they were playing 'nice', to make sure the Expedition fleet swallowed their booby-trapped technology. XanatosGambit really: they don't care who destroys who, they just intend to move in and wipe out whatever and whoever is left.

** ''Shadow Chronicles'' features a younger daughter of Max and Myria who has purplish-pink hair, is reasonably well-endowed for her age, is fairly self-confident and sees herself as one of the guys, is a highly competent pilot from a family of pilots, and has a distinctly pink transforming mech. ''Anime/{{Macross7}}''... features a younger daughter of Max and Myria who has purplish-pink hair, is reasonably etc. etc. etc... even their ''names'' sound at least somewhat similar, although they are sufficiently different that the ''Shadow Chronicles'' girl is not a direct {{Expy}}.

A sequel entitled ''Robotech: Shadow Rising'' was put aside in favor of ''[ Robotech: Love Live Alive'', a retooled ''Anime/GenesisClimberMospeada'' OAV that was released alongside a reissue of ''The Shadow Chronicles'' in July 2013.

* {{Retcon}}: Much of the Sentinels and Robotech movie & book canon was retconned out of existence by this movie, although several of its elements were incorporated into it. To be clear, the Haydonites and getting a huge fleet are evidence that ''something'' happened to the SDF3 after they left for Tirol. It's just that the movie never stops to let us know what all that entailed. And, of course, the nature of the Haydonites lets us know that it's not what the Sentinels novels say. It could easily have happened close to the Sentinels novels way (''Prelude'' does in fact show some of the major Sentinels leaders, and while the details of the end of the Sentinels mission are changed form their novel/comic versions, many of the important things [[spoiler: (like T.R. Edwards working with the Invid and Breetai and the Regent dying together in battle over Optera)]] ''do'' happen). After all, until the betrayal, they were playing 'nice', to make sure the Expedition fleet swallowed their booby-trapped technology. XanatosGambit really: they don't care who destroys who, they just intend to move in and wipe out whatever and whoever is left.

A sequel entitled ''Robotech: Shadow Rising'' was put aside in favor of ''[[Anime/RobotechLoveLiveAlive Robotech: Love Live Alive]]'', a retooled ''Anime/GenesisClimberMospeada'' OAV that was released alongside a reissue of ''The Shadow Chronicles'' in July 2013.

* LatexSpaceSuit
* MacrossMissileMassacre

A sequel entitled ''Robotech: Shadow Rising'' was put aside in favor of ''Robotech: Love Live Alive'', a retooled ''Anime/GenesisClimberMospeada'' OAV that was released alongside a reissue of ''The Shadow Chronicles'' in July 2013.

%%* LatexSpaceSuit
%%* MacrossMissileMassacre

* {{Retcon}}: Much of the Sentinels and Robotech movie & book canon was retconned out of existence by this movie, although several of its elements were incorporated into it. To be clear, the Haydonites and getting a huge fleet are evidence that ''something'' happened to the [=SDF3=] after they left for Tirol. It's just that the movie never stops to let us know what all that entailed. And, of course, the nature of the Haydonites lets us know that it's not what the Sentinels novels say. It could easily have happened close to the Sentinels novels way (''Prelude'' does in fact show some of the major Sentinels leaders, and while the details of the end of the Sentinels mission are changed form their novel/comic versions, many of the important things [[spoiler: (like T.R. Edwards working with the Invid and Breetai and the Regent dying together in battle over Optera)]] ''do'' happen). After all, until the betrayal, they were playing 'nice', to make sure the Expedition fleet swallowed their booby-trapped technology. XanatosGambit really: they don't care who destroys who, they just intend to move in and wipe out whatever and whoever is left.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Although ''Shadow Chronicles'' retcons all versions of ''RobotechTwoTheSentinels'' out of existence, the ''Prelude to the Shadow Chronicles'' miniseries also functions as a continuation of the Eternity[=/=]Academy comic version; it even begins at the last panel of the last published ''Sentinels'' comic.

* {{Retcon}}: Much of the Sentinels and Robotech movie & book canon was retconned out of existence by this movie, although several of its elements were incorporated into it. To be clear, the Haydonites and getting a huge fleet are evidence that ''something'' happened to the [=SDF3=] after they left for Tirol. It's just that the movie never stops to let us know what all that entailed. And, of course, the nature of the Haydonites lets us know that it's not what the Sentinels novels say. It could easily have happened close to the Sentinels novels way (''Prelude'' does in fact show some of the major Sentinels leaders, and while the details of the end of the Sentinels mission are changed form their novel/comic versions, many of the important things [[spoiler: (like T.R. Edwards working with the Invid and Breetai and the Regent dying together in battle over Optera)]] ''do'' happen). After all, until the betrayal, they were playing 'nice', to make sure the Expedition fleet swallowed their booby-trapped technology. XanatosGambit really: they don't care who destroys who, they just intend to move in and wipe out whatever and whoever is left.

* ShoutOut: "[[Anime/{{Megazone23}} Security breach in Sector 7-G.]] [[TheSimpsons Security breach in Sector 7-G."]] ''D'oh.''
**The Haydonites refer to the humans as "Protoculture addicts"
* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: The Haydonites are ''much'' more evil than the Invid, who were worse than the Robotech Masters and the Zentraedi.
** The Haydonites, however, are the only Robotech aliens so far who have been clearly and unquestionably evil. The previous three had heavy shades of gray. And to be fair to them, we haven't really seen enough of them or their ultimate goals to know that they're absolutely evil.

* {{Retcon}}: Much of the Sentinels and Robotech movie & book canon was retconned out of existence by this movie, although several of its elements were incorporated into it.
** To be clear, the Haydonites and getting a huge fleet are evidence that ''something'' happened to the SDF3 after they left for Tirol. It's just that the movie never stops to let us know what all that entailed. And, of course, the nature of the Haydonites lets us know that it's not what the Sentinels novels say.
*** It could easily have happened close to the Sentinels novels way (''Prelude'' does in fact show some of the major Sentinels leaders, and while the details of the end of the Sentinels mission are changed form their novel/comic versions, many of the important things [[spoiler: (like T.R. Edwards working with the Invid and Breetai and the Regent dying together in battle over Optera)]] ''do'' happen). After all, until the betrayal, they were playing 'nice', to make sure the Expedition fleet swallowed their booby-trapped technology. XanatosGambit really: they don't care who destroys who, they just intend to move in and wipe out whatever and whoever is left.

* {{Roboteching}}

* ScienceFiction

* LatexSpaceSuit
* MacrossMissileMassacre

* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt

A sequel entitled ''Robotech: Shadow Rising'' was put aside in favor of ''[[Anime/RobotechLoveLiveAlive Robotech: Love Live Alive]]'', a retooled ''Anime/GenesisClimberMospeada'' OAV that was released alongside a reissue of ''The Shadow Chronicles'' in July 2013.

* ConspicuousCG
* CoolShip

* HumongousMecha

* TransformingMecha

* ZergRush: The Invid. We already knew this was their main tactic, but with the movie showing us the space part of the Battle of Refles Point we finally see the Invid going all-out, and they're pretty much throwing at the REF more mechas than the REF has ''missiles''. It also finally drives home ''why'' the REF was so terrified by the idea the Invid could expand beyond Earth: their mechas may be cannon folder, but [[WeHaveReserves there are just too many of them]].

'''''Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles''''' is the 2006 animated sequel to the 1985 ''{{Anime/Robotech}}'' television series. It is an original production that has nothing to do with any of the Macross sequels [[note]]although it could, if one wanted, be adapted back into ''Anime/GenesisClimberMospeada''...[[/note]] but instead was made exclusively for the American ''Robotech'' fandom.

A sequel entitled ''Robotech: Shadow Rising'' was put aside in favor of ''[[Anime/RobotechLoveLiveAlive Robotech: Love, Live, Alive]]'', a retooled ''Mospeada'' OAV that was released alongside a reissue of ''The Shadow Chronicles'' in July 2013.

'''''Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles''''' is the 2006 animated sequel to the 1985 ''{{Robotech}}'' television series. It is an original production that has nothing to do with any of the Macross sequels [[note]]although it could, if one wanted, be adapted back into ''Anime/GenesisClimberMospeada''...[[/note]] but instead was made exclusively for the American ''Robotech'' fandom.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Everyone from the third chapter of ''{{Robotech}}'' except Scott and Ariel.

* ShoutOut: "[[{{Megazone23}} Security breach in Sector 7-G.]] [[TheSimpsons Security breach in Sector 7-G."]] ''D'oh.''

** The Haydonites' robot-head-and-cloak ensemble, for example, is ''very'' similar to the "real" appearance that the Sharon Apple AI unit takes in public appearances, especially at the start of ''MacrossPlus''.
** ''Shadow Chronicles'' features a younger daughter of Max and Myria who has purplish-pink hair, is reasonably well-endowed for her age, is fairly self-confident and sees herself as one of the guys, is a highly competent pilot from a family of pilots, and has a distinctly pink transforming mech. ''{{Macross7}}''... features a younger daughter of Max and Myria who has purplish-pink hair, is reasonably etc. etc. etc... even their ''names'' sound at least somewhat similar, although they are sufficiently different that the ''Shadow Chronicles'' girl is not a direct {{Expy}}.

* ZergRush: The Invid. We already knew this was their main tactic, but with the movie showing us the space part of the Battle of Refles Point we finally see the Invid going all-out, and they're pretty much throwing at the REF more mechas than the REF has ''missiles''.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: In addition to the characters from previous series, several of the films original characters have unnatural hair, including Daryl Taylor and Jean Grant (navy); Janice (pink, although as a holographic simulator it can theoretically be any color she wants; and Maia Sterling (lavender).

'''''Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles''''' is the 2006 animated sequel to the 1985 ''{{Robotech}}'' television series. It is an original production that has nothing to do with any of the Macross sequels [[note]]although it could, if one wanted, be adapted back into ''{{Mospeada}}''...[[/note]] but instead was made exclusively for the American ''Robotech'' fandom.

A sequel entitled ''Robotech: Shadow Rising'' was put aside in favor of ''[[Anime/RobotechLoveLiveAlive Robotech: Love, Live, Alive]]'', a retooled Mospeada OAV that was released alongside a reissue of ''The Shadow Chronicles'' in July 2013.

* StealthPun: The cocky, wisecracking SacrificialLion wingman? His name is [[NightOfTheLivingDead Romero]].

* ExecutiveMeddling: One of the rare positive examples as they managed to distill the near incomprehensible sequel novels into a rather digestible format
** YMMV, some people actually liked the novels and thought them more coherent than this spinoff.

* TheOtherDarrin: While several of the characters from previous ''Robotech'' series, are played by their original actors, Ariel, Louis Nichols, Gen. Reinhardt, and Janice are recast.

* ContinuityNod: Although Robotech doesn't officially include any Macross products past the original 1983 series, a few elements of ''Shadow Chronicles'' do seem to be callbacks for fans of both franchises who are aware of the connection.
** The Haydonites' robot-head-and-cloak ensemble, for example, is ''very'' similar to the "real" appearance that the Sharon Apple AI unit takes in public appearances, especially at the start of ''MacrossPlus''.
** ''Shadow Chronicles'' features a younger daughter of Max and Myria who has purplish-pink hair, is reasonably well-endowed for her age, is fairly self-confident and sees herself as one of the guys, is a highly competent pilot from a family of pilots, and has a distinctly pink transforming mech. ''{{Macross7}}''... features a younger daughter of Max and Myria who has purplish-pink hair, is reasonably etc. etc. etc... even their ''names'' sound at least somewhat similar, although they are sufficiently different that the ''Shadow Chronicles'' girl is not a direct {{Expy}}.
** The end of the movie, in which the Archangel travels off into space to search for the [=SDF-3=], is oddly reminiscent of the more recent Macross series and how they go out into deep space looking for things as well. Granted there it's a search for colonizable worlds, but the fundamentals remain the same.

A sequel entitled ''Robotech: Shadow Rising'' was put aside in favor of ''Robotech: Love, Live, Alive'', a retooled Mospeada OAV that was released alongside a reissue of ''The Shadow Chronicles'' in July 2013.