Macross : from blockage to liberation

Summarizing a lot, but I guess you're here as a fan of the Macross franchise. If you're a fan, you know. You know how it was popular in the west back in the 90's, because of Robotech and we can't deny it, because of Macross DYRL and Macross Plus, and maybe a little bit Macross II too. Macross's popularity was growing, until it got blocked outside Japan during 2 decades, because of a certain company behind Robotech. For more details, you can check on the web, a lot of places are talking about it and that's not my point to explain it here.

Things were miraculously settled around 2020/2021, after a long battle between Big West (Japanese rights owner of Macross) and Harmony Gold (American rights owner of Robotech, let's name them) to claim the Macross IP in Europe (seems that it was more easier to claim it there than in the US). A battle that Harmony Gold was losing since they had no activity and therefore no valid reason to justify keeping the Macross IP from the original rights owner in Europe.

Worldwide Macross Symbol Mark

The Macross worldwide agreement was proclaimed in April 2021. It basically allows Harmony Gold to release a never coming Robotech movie in Japan while Big West could release the Macross franchise worldwide, minus the original SDF series and DYRL movie. So theoretically everything from SDF Macross Flashback 2012 to Macross Delta Zettai Live.