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Volume 9, No.4 By Geoff L. (Edited by Ramón Bannister) In his third contribution to Kena Cubed, Geoff L. discusses Robotech’s hero Rick Hunter. A complex character for sure, Rick matures very quickly in the midst of a seemingly unending war with a super alien race. In Robotech: Macross Saga, the main character in which most of the story revolves around is our hero Rick Hunter.  From the beginning of the series, we see that [...]

Kena Cubed contributor Geoff L. discusses how Lisa is made very human, in part to contrast her with the alien Zentraedi race, but also to enhance the story of Robotech.

Volume 9, No.2 – By Geoff L. (Edited by Ramón Bannister) As a child, I enjoyed a good variety of pop culture shows that were indelibly burned into my memory. The one that I cherished the most was the animated TV series, Robotech.  Produced by Carl Macek for Harmony Gold, it is perhaps the most richly written story that I remember from that time. Some say that this was the show that popularized Japanese anime [...]

Volume 9, No.1 By Ramón Bannister It has been a long time since I published the last cultural analysis of Robotech. But I hope my fans are still with me. The next post below is an analysis of two episodes. This time I decided to start with the cultural analysis rather than the episode summaries. I believe the former is much more interesting and may encourage my readers to really think about what I have [...]

Volume 8, No.6 – By Ramón Bannister The episode, “The Long Wait,” develops the characters of Rick and Minmei, who have a somewhat romantic experience amidst the horror of war. They are in the human space fortress, a.k.a. SDF-1, and get stuck in a forgotten section of the ship. All of their efforts to find a way out lead to the realization that there IS NO way out. They both turn to that old human [...]