What are the Robotech Remastered: Extended Edition DVDs?
In 2004, Harmony Gold with A.D. Vision finally decided to make an attempt to remaster the Robotech TV series completely. This became possible because of the discovery of the original audio reels from 1985. A.D. Vision were finishing the remastering of the original Japanese Southern Cross and Mospeada, and so they believed they could do Robotech. They took the remastered footage from all three Japanese shows and re-edited them into the Robotech format. ADV left as much additional footage they could that didn’t include Japanese dialogue. The footage is mostly extended scenes with more violence and nudity. From there, the audio track had to be overlapped with new sound effects to create the 5.1 surround sound. These new sound effects are often said to be overpowering and underpowering depending on the scene. The Robotech soundtrack, already remastered, was placed back over this new creation to finish the job. A.D. Vision made a couple of more changes, such as creating new saga-based openi
