Funimation getting all rights to VOD, EST, home entertainment, and merchandising is the big news to focus on here. The latest group to distribute the series on home media was A&E Home Video and their set is now out of print. Could this mean we’ll see yet another release of the series and films on DVD or even Blu-ray? Robotech has never seen a Blu-ray release in America and it would certainly get some attention from fans. Merchandising rights are also something to take note of. Harmony Gold has licensed Robotech out to various companies to produce all kinds of merchandise but now Funimation will apparently be handling that. What will Funimation focus on getting to market?

It’s also fairly likely Robotech will end up on Funimation’s streaming service whose main focus is anime content. Whether that includes the original Japanese series that made up Robotech, The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross, and Genesis Climber Mospeada, hasn’t been clarified. We’ve reached out to both Harmony Gold and Funimation for comment.

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This isn’t the first time Robotech and Funimation have crossed paths. Back in 2006, Funimation acquired the home video, broadcast, and theatrical rights to Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles. The two companies parted ways and the next film, Robotech: Love Live Alive was released by Lionsgate on DVD.

However, in 2017 Sony Pictures Television bought a controlling stake in Funimation. Since Sony is currently producing the Robotech live-action movie it makes sense that Sony would want Funimation to distribute Robotech through their own channels.