Nope, they could have just as easily done an anthology series under the main robotech name, or gone for saturday morning syndication instead of weekday syndication. Or gone for network pickup instead of syndication. There were may avenue's open to them, they just chose the most plagiaristic method.
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Syndication or network, it doesn't really matter. They were going to get butchered. Anything that got aired in the 70's and 80's were altered because stations were afraid to show raw anime or japanimation as they were called before. Voltron, Gachaman, Tranzor/Mazinger Z. The only way they could have escaped being changed (heavily) was if it went direct to video just like Bubblegum Crisis, Megazone 2 and Madox.
But let's face it, even American properties were changed for the sake of getting things on the air. He-Man was a bit grittier in those little comics than came with the toys. There was no Prince Adam or Orko or Kringer. G.I. joe was kiddified. Quit thinking that Macross was singled out. Macek wasn't THE devil... he was just a demon among minions.