Robotech: Homecoming, 1987, Jack McKinney
I hadn’t really been following the cartoon that closely until Roy Fokker died. Having gotten used to adventure shows where no one was ever hurt and all problems were resolved within 30 minutes, the permanent and lasting death of a major character, and one I actually liked at that, made me pay more attention to the show.
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That’s the kind of thing that struck me when I first watched Gundam Wing. I’d grown up on Looney Tunes et cetera. I was having a rough year, and so I’d come home from work, look on Cartoon Netwok for an alternative for the court shows and there’s a discussion of pacifism? With giant robots? What the hell? That’s how I got sucked into anime.
Probably why X-Men got so much love for so long, both critically and with the masses, as Jean Grey’s “death” was one of the longest-lasting of any major comic book character.
Which kinda shows how low us comic geeks set the bar, really…
Yeah, my Robotech experience was similar to the above and to Elsie’s. I remember being drawn into the Southern Cross episodes before discovering later in life that fans considered them weak.
What I remember, watching in between school and swimming lessons, is a spaceship full of travelers dying in an accident and staying dead forever. A few episodes later, a computer genius went on the run because he couldn’t stomach the thought of defense contractors using his invention to kill others. So heavy!