I was a huge fan of Robotech as a child, I thought it was way ahead of its time and the animation was like nothing North American television had seen.
From Topless Robot
Carl Macek passed away yesterday from a heart attack. The man was famous -- and infamous -- for creating Robotech and bringing it to America in the mid-'80s. The "infamous" part drives me crazy because if one man is responsible for making anime popular in America, it's Carl Macek.Robotech was a brilliant idea, excellently executed -- it's not like Macross, Southern Cross or Mospeada had a chance in hell of getting on U.S. TV by themselves -- and while G.I. Joe and Transformers had great toys,Robotech had a great story as well as great characters. Rick Hunter drove us crazy. We pined for Lisa Hayes. We wanted to chuck Minmei off a cliff. And we lost our minds when Roy Fokker died, a notion that seemed unthinkable in 1985.
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