Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles (DVD)
2008 Harmony Gold and a WEB OF LIES AND RED TAPE
The Short Version: Robotech’s franchise is enjoying a little renaissance of sorts. And I’m in no mood to let others enjoy themselves!
The Long Version:

In a rare conservative gesture for me (it’s usually a Herculean feat for me not to digress into the intricacies of action figure jointing during game reviews or make an article comprised of nothing but lyrics to the Chewy Bacon Joe song, I haven’t written anything about one of the greatest anime series I’ve followed [...]

All of this ‘new old school’ junk like Diebuster and Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann have actually made me go back and check out the real old stuff, most of which is thankfully discounted these days. The entirety of Giant Robo, for example, can be had for eighteen bucks- six glorious episodes of dark, retro-style science fiction [...]