#genesis climber mospeada

A week ago yesterday, Bruce Lewis, creator and original writer/artist of Robotech: Invid War Aftermath (published by Eternity and later Academy Comics, 1993-1995), lost his battle with brain cancer and passed away. In memory of him, I posted my interview with Mr. Lewis from 2007 to the ol’ YouTube channel with a newly recorded intro and outro – the latter featuring an email I received from him just a year ago.

The GoFundMe set up for his family during his fight with cancer is still accepting donations as of this writing and can be found here.

Greg Sewart of the Player One Podcast and the Generation 16 video series (which chronicles the games of Sega’s Genesis/Mega Drive) plays through 2004′s Robotech Invasion for the Microsoft Xbox. Sewart was actually one of the developers of the game, so he’s able to provide insight into some of the game’s more curious design decisions and, most tantalizingly, point out sequences that were cut, including a bike race inspired by “Hard Times” and a battle in an Invid Genesis Pit. As of this writing I’ve watched a little more than an hour of it, and it’s definitely worth a look if you remember the game at all – or if you remember the era when it was released.

Excerpt from the Newtype Express portion in the 11/1985 issue of Newtype. Japanese perspective of Robotech Comics.

Loosley translated by Google.

I’m surprised / amazed that this is Macross, Southern Cross, Mospeada!

If you think it’s an American comic that you saw somewhere, I think it’s “Genesis Climber Mospeada” “Super Dimension Southern Cross” and “Super Dimension Fortress Macross”.  However, it is unthinkable in Japan but it is common in the United States that these three books are the same as “Robotech” series “Macross Saga edition” “Masters edition” “New Generation edition”. That’s right (by the way, the US title “Space Wars”(Star Wars?), also known as “Gatchaman”). Inquiries from adult Japanese anime fans in the United States do not understand the story well. $1.50 each.