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 [...]
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 [...]