15 Facts You May Not Know About the 1980s Hit Show 'Robotech'

Year 1985. Ronald Reagan was in the White House, Transformers was on the TV screens, Like a Virgin was on the radio, and Ghoulies was in movie theaters. Then, upon an unsuspecting (half) world that had never heard the word “anime,” Robotech was dropped like a huge derelict alien fortress. It was like nothing we had seen before, telling an ongoing story with giant robots, and action, and aliens, and romance, and giant robots -- really, it had something for everyone (mainly giant robots). Robotech changed the cartoon landscape -- and here we are, 30-odd years later, to tell you some things about it you may or may not know already.