Carl Macek 1951-2010
Apr. 19th, 2010 08:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jeriendhalCarl Macek, producer of Robotech and promoter of several other anime series imported to the United States, died Saturday of a heart attack.
Anime fans can argue about his accomplishments, particularly mashing together three completely unrelated anime series (two of which were relatively obscure even in their own country) into one generational epic. It can't be denied however, that he laid a great deal of the groundwork for the explosion of interest in Japanese animation in the late 80's and early 90's.
Anime fans can argue about his accomplishments, particularly mashing together three completely unrelated anime series (two of which were relatively obscure even in their own country) into one generational epic. It can't be denied however, that he laid a great deal of the groundwork for the explosion of interest in Japanese animation in the late 80's and early 90's.
