So maybe I'm old and stuffy, but I see plenty of anime questions here. Why no love for the classics?

Or heck, eve Star Rangers! They had a super cannon! And a wonky space fold system that would always cause the navigator's uniform to split down the front, exposing her ani-cleavage!

Classic stuff!

Yes, n!, all the storylines are recycled and re-hashed, but that 'IS' anime. Sentinels and Shadow Chronicles stunk, because they went off the Robotech formula: buy the rights to 3 unrelated series, re-do the dialog, and touch up a few scenes for continuity, and release them as one new story.

Oh, and the super cannon... gotta be a super cannon.

Eeeee, swelwynemma, ichi-ban! Honto!

Oh, and Ghost in the Shell is deservedly becoming classic. Right up there with Appleseed.

Heather W, is that your birthday? Because I have a couple of years on you, but only a couple. Did we ever get 3 robot Voltron in the states? I saw the toy, but I only remember lion Voltron and multi-vehicle Voltron on TV. Vampire Hunter D (1 & 2, Bloodlust) were good Japanese vampire fare, if somewhat standard. But hey, we like anime BECAUSE it is redone, retold, one-offs of favorite classic Japanese themes.

Oh, and it DOES make me feel better!

saiyuki_anyone?... You jog my memory! It wasn't Star Rangers, it was STAR BLAZERS where the navigator's top kept disintegrating. Hard to beat an old battleship mocked up as a starship, fully equipped with a ... wait for it... SUPER CANNON!

G- Force was okay (the green dude was 'Tiny' get it?) and #2 guy with the race car was totally badder than the #1 guy in white (in anime style! Trigun, anyone?)

Did they ever catch old Zoltar?

Yes, the re-release of old Macross was another great consistency in anime... license out one series for re-use (as part one of the Robotech saga), then, when the series is famous as one thing, re-release it as the original and tack another series on. Great stuff.