American Anime Producer Carl Macek Passes Away

Animation historian Jerry Beck reported on his blog on Sunday that American producer Carl Macek passed away due to a heart attack on Saturday. Macek and Beck had co-founded the anime importing company Streamline Pictures in 1988.  [Source: Anime News Network] Macek is best known for producing Robotech, the 1985 redubbed and edited adaptation of three different anime series — Macross,