40 Films in Robotech: The Wizard of Oz (1982)
I think I finally found my favorite cinematic version of The Wizard of Oz … ROBOTECH MENTION: Super Dimensional Fortress Macross provided much of the original material for the first part of the overall Robotech saga. The director of Super Dimensional Fortress Macross Fumihiko Takayama has a cameo (well, his name does) in Robotech episode 35 Season’s Greetings . When I saw these two Wizard of Oz references in McKinney’s Symphony of Light (1987) book, I decided to use his version of the classic trip down the yellow brick road… As The New Generation Robotech rebels go into the Invid HQ known as Reflex Point, Rook asks Rand where do they think we’re going. Rand nonchalantly references the upcoming other side as Oz by saying “Over the rainbow.” It should be noted that “over the rainbow” directly references dialogue/song in the 1939 version of The Wizard of Oz . In Takayama’s dubbed 1982 version of The Wizard of Oz , Dorothy say...
