What came First?

-TemprateRage- · Post by **-TemprateRage-** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 5:39 pm

I never seen the Anime Robo Tech..but someone told me that Gundam was a rip off of Robo Tech....so i was wondering which was out first...the first episode of the first Gundam Serires, or Robo Tech....and is there a site with alot of neat information like this..i have trouble finding good ones.

ryu amata · Post by **ryu amata** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 5:57 pm

Robotech was first if i'm not mistaken..... but i'm not sure if its a rip-off someone told me it kind of eveolved into Gundam but that doesn't make much sense so i'm not sure.

AKH257 · Post by **AKH257** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 6:48 pm

i think gundam was first it was in the 70s i think and robotech was mid 80s

RichLather · Post by **RichLather** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 6:58 pm

You young'uns are so amusing.

Superdimensional Fortress Macross premiered in Japan in 1982, with the theatrical feature Macross: Do You Remember Love coming out in 1984. Today there's Macross Zero, which is a prequel series to the events of the original show.

This is the show that most people think of when the word "Robotech" is used. Robotech hit US airwaves in 1985, and was an amalgam of three unrelated shows: Macross, Southern Cross (the one with Dana Sterling), and Genesis Climber Mospeada (the one with Scott Bernard and the motorcycle armor).

Mobile Suit Gundam is an older show, and was released in April 1979. Theatrical versions of the TV show followed the same year, and up through 1982. Offshoots from the original series have been released up to the present day, with Gundam Seed.

AKH257 · Post by **AKH257** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 7:02 pm

see richlather proved i was right

RichLather · Post by **RichLather** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 7:05 pm

All it took was about 10 minutes of online research to get the exact dates. Anyone can do it if their Google-fu is up to scratch.

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 7:28 pm

RichLather wrote:All it took was about 10 minutes of online research to get the exact dates. Anyone can do it if their Google-fu is up to scratch.

Everyone was google-fu searching..

doo doo doo doo doo da doo doo doo

Those clicks were fast as lightning!

matt1568 · Post by **matt1568** » Wed Jan 22, 2003 12:20 am

rocotech is the bomb i love old school anime. dont get the wrong idea though i love most anime.

CaTaClYsM · Post by **CaTaClYsM** » Wed Jan 22, 2003 12:22 am

it's all just one big thexter (or is it thexder?) rip off

Mr Pilkington · Post by **Mr Pilkington** » Wed Jan 22, 2003 12:36 am

One is neither a rip off of another. Yes indeed gundam did precede Robotech, but robo-anime have been around for many, many years. Tetsujin 28-go (aka: Gigantor, aka: Ironman Number 28) was circa 1963. Even Tetsuwan Atom (aka: Astro boy) was oldschool robo-anime, although he wasn't as massive and crinos as a gundam, he still was mechanical in many ways. So to argue that Robotech was a rip of Gundam, despite it apparent differences. Then indeed is gundam a rip-off of Tetsuwan?

I think not, but do discuss!