 The decision to create this series came from Carl Macek (qv) who  was disappointed at the crude alterations made to  _"Kagaku ninja tai Gatchaman" (1972)_ (qv) in the creation of  _"Battle of the Planets" (1978)_ (qv). He wanted to import an anime  series of his own and have it faithfully translated for the Western  market. However, the best series he could obtain,  _"Chôjikû yôsai Macross" (1982)_ (qv), had only 36 episodes, which  was far too few for the standard 65