Robotech 3000

Infobox Film | name = Robotech 3000


caption =
director = Carl Macek
producer = Jason Netter
writer = Carl Macek
starring =
music =
cinematography =
editing =
distributor = FUNimation
released = 2000 (proposed)
2007 (DVD extra)
runtime = 3 minutes ( [http://www.robotech.com/gallery/mmitem.php?filetype=MOV&id=259 trailer only] )
language = English
budget =
imdb_id = 1091201

"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 "", a new Robotech sequel was proposed to jump on the 3D CG bandwagon with producer Jason Netter and writer Carl Macek at the helm.

tory and development

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. Much of the negative feedback concerned the distinctive artistic style of the original anime series being replaced by generic CGI characters in a style that resembled ReBoot. 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 and begin development on "".

Release on DVD

Though "Robotech 3000" seemed to have fallen victim to the "," the trailer was finally released as part of a collector's edition DVD of "" on November 20, 2007. [cite web| url = http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2007/otakon/harmony-gold | title = Otakon 2007: Harmony Gold | accessdate = 2007-08-05 | date= 2007-07-23 | author = Evan Miller | work = Anime News Network] [cite web| url = http://www.popsyndicate.com/site/story/robotech_the_shadow_chronicles_collectors_edition/ | title = Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles Collector’s Edition - Where my Hovertanks at? | date=2007-11-28 | work = Pop Syndicate]

References

External links

*imdb title|id=1091201
* [http://www.geocities.com/robotechthreethousand/ Universe 3000] - The home for Robotech 3000 fandom.
* [http://www.robotech.com/gallery/mmitem.php?filetype=MOV&id=259 Robotech 3000 Trailer] - The CG trailer seen at Comic-Con.
* [http://www.robotech.com/infopedia/faq/viewexpcat.php?categoryid=5 Robotech.com FAQ] - The official "line" about abandoned projects such as the Sentinels and RT3000.