LogFAQs > #967821007

the Macross series got fucked over super hard by Harmony Gold, who licensed the first series, edited and combined it with other series to make Robotech, then blocked nearly every other international Macross release with legal fuckery for decades despite Harmony Gold not doing anything with the Macross license themselves (besides periodically allowing Robotech to be rereleased).

however, recently the series has gotten itself un-fucked recently and bluray releases for Macross 7, Frontier (well, the movies at least), and Delta have been announced.

(though, for the record the Macross portion of Robotech isn't considered to be that bad or unfaithful to the original besides the name changes and changing the concept of Protoculture from being about an ancient civilization that was wiped out like you'd expect from the name to being an energy resource that the war is being fought over. you could also probably still find the most recent Robotech rerelease at Walmart or wherever if you look around for a bit)

(also I guess I should point out that the music/idol aspect of the series doesn't really get started in earnest until later series like 7/Frontier/Delta. In the original, it comes off like it was trying to be somewhat satirical, and other series like Plus and Zero are more focused on the action.)