[GL of Sector 2814]

Ah, Robotech...I remember watching it for the first time, and seeing a jet going down in flames. I thought, "Ok, now the pilot will eject". Instead, he just screamed as it plowed into the ground. A later episode showed a soldier trying to protect a little girl by covering covering her with his body as they were vaporized by a nuke.

It certainly wasn't GI Joe! It was the coolest cartoon of the '80s.

[Crolis]

I have the first two parts of the series on DVD. Looking back, while there are a few parts that definitely seem childish, the show dealt with a lot of more complex themes that you typically didn’t find in children’s fare back in the 80s.

It was a rare treasure to see that on TV. The novelizations of the series are rather fun to read as well.