It should be noted as well that in the US at that time, there weren't really movie versions of TV series that are quite common in Anime. More likely there are movie sequels to TV series, such as the movies of 'Transformers' and 'G.I. Joe', or else they somehow fit into the continuity of the series. So even if 'Macross DYRL' was available to Harmony Gold chances are they wouldn't have picked it up because it doesn't fit into the continuity of the series, it is its own continuity.
I did read that the producers of 'Macross DYRL' handed over distribution of the film to Toho International, who also produced the English dub version to sell overseas. I'm not sure when the dub was produced, but I believe it was either before or during the US screenings of the TV series of 'Robotech'. As Toho were handling the international release, Harmony Gold wouldn't have been able to license it and rework it.
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heishiro
15 years ago
Actually Carl Macek wanted Do you remember love? as "Robotech the movie" but he couldn't get the rights.
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reames
15 years ago
Okay that's interesting, well Toho owned the rights and wanted to distribute it themselves so Carl Macek couldn't get Harmony Gold to get it. It would have been interesting to see how it would have been done, especially with the issue of 'Protoculture' in the separate Macross and Robotech continuities.
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