Robotech - The Shadow Chronicles Movie
by Tommy Yune, Dong-Wook Lee
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Canada
DVD Cover Information
Actor: Dan Woren, Eddie Frierson, Gregory Snegoff, Iona Morris, Michael SorichDirector: Dong-Wook Lee, Tommy Yune
Brand: Funimation
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Animated, NTSC, Surround Sound, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 88 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-02-06
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Funimation
Movie Reviews of Robotech - The Shadow Chronicles Movie
Movie Review: Robotech - The Shadow Chronicles Movie
Summary: 4 Stars
This was a great start to the end of the Robotech Macross Saga DVDs. It's an excellent movie, with great action. It follows in the tradition of the Robotech series. It leaves many questions unanswered and leaves you waiting for the series to continue. However, the series has never been finished. In spite of this, I highly recommend this movie to all Robotech fans.
Summary of Robotech - The Shadow Chronicles Movie
Everyone thought the war was over but the darkest battle has only just begun.Spectacular mecha action explodes onscreen in this long-awaited and eagerly-anticipated sequel to the blockbuster anime series that spawned a generation of fans!
The legendary Admiral Hunter is missing as a deadly new adversary threatens the vulnerable survivors of the Robotech wars. Vince Grant and Scott Bernard must race against time to unravel a treacherous mystery that could spell the end of the human race!
Features the voice talents of Mark Hamill (Star Wars) and Chase Masterson (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
Extra features include Birth of a Sequel; featurette with director Tommy Yune composer Scott Glasgow and more. Winner
Created for the 20th anniversary of the popular Robotech continuity, The Shadow Chronicles Movie picks up where 85-episode series ended. In 2044 A.D., humanity is at war with the alien Invid, who occupy most of the Earth. The Invid ruler takes her people to "a higher plane" to escape the Children of the Shadows, aliens dedicated to the destruction of any race that possesses Protoculture. (Illogically, they fear the power of Protoculture, but they can destroy its users.) New characters and ones from the original series battle the Children of Shadows until a cliffhanger ending that makes it clear a sequel must be in production.
Although it helped to create the audience for anime in America, the original Robotech was an anomaly: a Japanese show that never aired in Japan. Producers at Harmony Gold edited together the unrelated series Super Dimension Fortress: Macross, Genesis Climber Mospeada, and Super-dimensional Cavalry Southern Cross. The Shadow Chronicles Movie is also an anomaly: an "anime" feature made primarily in the U.S. and Korea. Although they've added lots of flashy CG effects to the space battles, the film lacks the qualities that made the series a hit. Like Star Wars, Robotech used an interstellar conflict as a backdrop for a tale about friendship, romance, and heroism. The filmmakers spend the first half-hour of Shadow Chronicles filling in background material for new viewers; the rest is so packed with exposition and action, there's no time to get to know the characters--or care about them. The movie will appeal primarily to fans of the series and its manifestations in games, toys, novels, etc. (Rated TV PG, suitable for ages 12 and older: violence, alcohol use) --Charles Solomon
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