Background
The name Megaroad originated in a pre-production name for the first Macross series, namely "Battle City Megaroad". This pre-production name was written as a deliberate wordplay on "Megaroad" (a long journey through space) and "Megaload" (a massive cargo in the form of a civilian city). After the first Macross series went into production, an additional wordplay, "Megalord," was considered for the second super dimension fortress before the name SDF-2 Megaroad-01 was finalized. There were plans for a splashy ending to the original Macross series, one that would have shown Misa Hayase and Hikaru Ichijyo blasting off in the SDF-2 ship, but the sequence was scrapped due to lack of time and budget. Due to fan demand this sequence was later used in the Macross Flashback 2012 OVA (1987). Incidentally, neither the "SDF-2" nor "Megaroad-01" were specifically mentioned or ever featured in the original series, save some vague references to a new ship in the final episode. However, the Macross Perfect Memory Japanese reference book for the original series that was released in 1983 includes a profile and artwork for the first SDF-2 "Megalord" design, which was originally very similar to the SDF-1 Macross design used in the 1984 movie The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love?. Samples of the early Megalord design by Kazutaka Miyatake were also included in his Macross and Orguss Design Works reference book from 2005.
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