Robotech is cool!

[Shao Feng-Li]

My friend lance from my dojo lend me the Macross saga on six dvds. all 36 epi. heh my first anime EVER on dvd. im not done with it yet, but its so cool. its age shows though. 1985. but heck, there isnt even cussing in it! what do you guys think of it?

[Kite]

I think I need to watch the DVDs I checked out from my libary befoe thursday.

[Shao Feng-Li]

yes watch it! and no need at all to worry either

[brantelg]

ROBOTECH ROCKS!!! Also, if you want higher quality, just watch the newly Remastered DVDs.

[shooraijin]

Eh, I don't know. The "Remastered DVDs" are certainly more vivid-looking but they're so high-contrast that they wash more subtle details out trying to clean up the image. AnimEigo seems to be doing a better job with their Macross restoration, but that's Macross, not Robotech.

Anyway, yes, Robotech is one of the classics. I remember it as a kid, although I watched a lot more Voltron than I ever did Robotech. Now if only Voltron would come out on DVD!

[brantelg]

Thanks shooraijin! I didn't even know that the Remastered DVDs were like that! I havent seen them, I just heard of 'em.

[shooraijin]

I agree -- the idea sounded really good and I always thought that the transfer on the original DVD set(s) was really crufty, so when I heard about the Remastered series, I thought I'd pick it up ... until I saw it in the local Suncoast on the TVs. While the original transfer was muddy, the remastered versions just wash everything out, and only the colour seems improved. I think what they did was try to clean up their original transfer rather than make a new one, and the corners cut show (if this really *is* a new transfer, which I don't know for sure, they definitely did a poor job).