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Robotech Premieres On Funimation App August 24

Robotech Premieres On Funimation App August 24

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Ah, good — we finally have a release date for the return of Robotech, the iconic and influential anime dub. It’s never been streamable before, but Funimation announced earlier this summer they had finally gotten the rights straightened out and would be adding the series to their service, as well as publishing a deluxe remastered Blu-Ray set. Many, many years ago, before “anime” was ever a word, American audiences first got hooked on Japanese storytelling through a syndicated series Harmony Gold had named “Robotech.” Their creation was a splice-up of three different yet similar mecha shows, dubbed in English and sold as one continuing narrative. But continuing narratives were very rare in American animation at the time, as well as plots with real stakes. Robotech had those things all to itself, and it blew away a generation of 80s nerds. As one of the firecrackers responsible for setting off the anime market in the US, Robotech’s importance can’t be understated…which is why it’s kind of a pain Harmony Gold has

Funimation Lands Robotech: Landmark Dub Returns This Fall

Funimation Lands Robotech: Landmark Dub Returns This Fall

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Many, many years ago, before “anime” was ever a word, American audiences first got hooked on Japanese storytelling through a syndicated series Harmony Gold had named “Robotech.” Their creation was a splice-up of three different yet similar mecha shows, dubbed in English and sold as one continuing narrative. But continuing narratives were very rare in American animation at the time, as well as plots with real stakes. Robotech had those things all to itself, and it blew away a generation of 80s nerds. As one of the firecrackers responsible for setting off the anime market in the US, Roboetch’s importance can’t be understated….which is why it’s kind of a pain Harmony Gold has made the dub so hard to reissue for so many years. But the drought is finally coming to an end…the legal mess has been resolved, and Robotech is about to be re-released in today’s most popular formats. You want to stream it? Funimation has you covered. They now hold the distribution rights and will be adding all

Palladium Books Unable To Complete Robotech Kickstarter

Palladium Books Unable To Complete Robotech Kickstarter

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Remember back in the early part of this decade when crowdfunding was red-hot and could do no wrong? Back then it was common for some of the high-profile funding efforts to raise a million or more in cash. Then the bloom started fading from the rose when stories of broken promises, late (or nonexistent) deliveries, and shoddy finished products began spreading. As some unfortunate entrepreneurs discovered, just being able to raise the money isn’t enough to guarantee you can make a successful product. In 2013 roleplaying game makers Palladium Books, most famous for their Rifts RPG and various products based on Robotech, launched their own Kickstarter for their next product: Robotech RPG Tactics, an expansive tabletop miniatures game. The campaign raised nearly 1 and a half MILLION dollars — enough to guarantee people would get what they paid for, right? That’s also what Palladium thought, but delays and unexpected complications resulted in their burning through the crowdfunded capital before they could blink. They partnered with a company called Ninja Division

Sony wants to make Robotech movies

Sony wants to make Robotech movies

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Some people became anime fanatics through Pokemon; others through Dragon Ball Z. But the original American otaku blossomed out of Robotech, the syndicated cartoon in the 80’s from a time when barely anything Japanese got on the international airwaves. It was one of the few cartoons to gain a sizable adult audience in the 1980’s, since the level of drama, action and suspense in Robotech couldn’t be matched by He-Man or GI Joe. Now Sony has announced plans to turn Robotech into a live-action movie. Or two. Or seven. I’m sure some will point out that it’s odd for a Japanese company (Sony) to be interested in adapting Robotech instead of Macross, or the other two anime that were stapled together with Macross to create enough episodes for the syndication deal that allowed the series to be translated in the form it was. The problem is that “Robotech” is a stronger global brand than “Macross” is, therefore, better brand recognition and more $$$$$. Also, some people just prefer the American