Robotech 3000
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| Robotech 3000 | |
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| Directed by | Carl Macek |
| Produced by | Jason Netter |
| Written by | Carl Macek |
| Release date(s) | 2000 (proposed) |
| Running time | 3 minutes (trailer only) |
| Language | English |
Robotech 3000 was Harmony Gold's attempt to cash in on Y2K-themed entertainment right before the turn of the millennium. After the relative success of Voltron: The Third Dimension and Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles, a new Robotech sequel was proposed to jump on the 3D CG bandwagon with producer Jason Netter and writer Carl Macek at the helm. The story was based during an era of peace under an interplanetary federation a thousand years in the future, supposedly to avoid conflicts with Robotech's convoluted continuity.
Some of the new concepts presented were Veritech Excavators, Proteus-group starships, but none of the trademark anime-look and transformable mecha of the earlier series were ever seen. The response to the Robotech 3000 promotional trailer at the 2000 FanimeCon anime convention was disastrous. By the 2000 San Diego Comic-Con, it was revealed that the CG project had been canceled as American animation studio Netter Digital hit hard times. An attempt was made to salvage the series as an anime-style production at Tatsunoko Productions (the original Japanese studio that animated Robotech) and some pre-production art was produced, but this too was cancelled as a new regime of staffers joined Harmony Gold to once again reboot the Robotech franchise.
The protracted development and release of Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles has generated frequent comparisons with Robotech 3000 along with Robotech II: The Sentinels, another problematic project that had been cancelled in 1986.
[edit] External links
- Universe 3000 - The home for Robotech 3000 fandom.
- Robotech 3000 Trailer - The CG trailer seen at Comic-Con.
- Robotech.com FAQ - The official "line" about abandoned projects such as the Sentinels and RT3000.
| Robotech | |
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| Animation | Robotech (TV series) • Robotech: The Movie • The Sentinels • Robotech 3000 • The Shadow Chronicles |
| Video games | Robotech: Crystal Dreams • Robotech: Battlecry • The Macross Saga • Invasion • The New Generation |
| Franchise | Art books • Collectible card games • Comics • Novels • Music and Soundtracks • Role-playing games |
| Robotech Wars | First Robotech War • Malcontent Uprisings • Second Robotech War • Third Robotech War |
