I came to the animated Robotech series via the saga in novelized form as a high school student back in the late 80's. Even then, I found the novels to be vastly superior, but I still enjoyed the cartoon as well.
In recent years I've revisited the First Generation novels and found that they hold up pretty well. I can't say the same for the cartoon.
The animation is very 80's Anime, and that will either work for you or it won't. Personally I'm not a fan of that genre and its style in general, but it works well enough here; particularly with the various ships and mecha.
The voice acting is quite suspect, as are the writing and dialog. They each serve to undermine the very intriguing premise, and nearly succeed.
Ultimately this is a very clunky opener, though the story is such that I'm inclined to move on to episode 2 just to see if it improves as the action ramps up.
In recent years I've revisited the First Generation novels and found that they hold up pretty well. I can't say the same for the cartoon.
The animation is very 80's Anime, and that will either work for you or it won't. Personally I'm not a fan of that genre and its style in general, but it works well enough here; particularly with the various ships and mecha.
The voice acting is quite suspect, as are the writing and dialog. They each serve to undermine the very intriguing premise, and nearly succeed.
Ultimately this is a very clunky opener, though the story is such that I'm inclined to move on to episode 2 just to see if it improves as the action ramps up.
