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Robotech Opening Credits.

submitted by dystopianfuturetoday

1 decade 6 years 5 months 1 week ago

This was my favorite cartoon as a kid. It was awesome, because it wasn't episodic, but rather a huge continuous plot line. The plot and characters are very similar to BSG.

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This and Star Blazers were my introduction to Japanese animation.

My brother and I used to get up at 6AM to watch this on Saturday mornings on NBC when it first ran back in the early 80s. Growing up with American cartoons where no one ever got seriously hurt (think GI JOE), I can remember how shocked we both were when we realized this was a cartoon where people were actually dying. The biggest shock was when Roy Fokker died. We were like "Wait, this is a cartoon. A main character actually died in a cartoon?!?" We both thought it was the coolest thing ever. It was like, finally, they're not treating us like stupid little kids anymore. We can handle serious issues too.

It might not be the greatest animation series ever or anything, but it will always hold a special place in my heart. In a strange "butterfly-effect" sort of way it changed my life. Trying to find similar "serious" cartoons I stumbled on to the then completely unheard of world of anime through a Japanese friend--Gundam, Dragonball, etc. The more I learned about Japan, the more I fell in love with the Japanese language and culture. Eventually I wound up living in Tokyo for a time and later getting my BA in Japanese. Very strange to trace the beginnings of that odyssey to a Saturday morning cartoon.

"Our StarBlazers!" My favorite! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Battleship_Yamato
http://youtube.com/watch?v=u5oniErmeuE

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