PHOTOS FROM NAN DESU KAN 2013 ARE UP

Photos from Nan Desu Kan 2013 are now up on the Robotech Facebook Page.

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ROBOTECH / VOLTRON TEAM-UP PANEL AT THE NEW YORK COMIC-CON!

Fresh off the blockbuster comic series team up announcement this summer from Dynamite Entertainment, New York Comic Con will host a joint panel of two of anime's greatest legends - Voltron® and Robotech - for the first time!

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS HISTORIC PANEL AT THE NEW YORK COMIC-CON

MORE ON THE FATE OF G4TV AND THE STYLE CHANNEL REBRANDING AS ESQUIRE NETWORK

From TheWrap.com

General manager Adam Stotsky discusses what viewers can expect from the programming shift

In what seemed to the outside world as an eleventh hour decision, NBCUniversal announced two weeks ago that Esquire Network would replace Style instead of previously announced G4.

On Monday, the transition occurs in 75 million American homes and the new male-centric network’s boss says that Style’s predominately female audience may not be totally put off by the new programming.

“Certainly, we’re focused on establishing a decidedly masculine experience but it’s absolutely going to be a brand that’s very accessible and very welcoming to women along the way,” Esquire Network’s general manager, Adam Stotsky, told TheWrap.

Stotsky, who took over G4 last year and formerly served as NBC Entertainment’s president of marketing, pointed out that Esquire Network, like the magazine, should see some overlap in interests between men and women.

“We can turn to the readership of the magazine, which is on average 30 percent female,” he said.

So what is going to happen to G4TV you ask?

Of course, the announcement that the male-centric network will no longer replace G4 has attracted some interest as to NBCUniversal’s intentions for the video gamers network. For now, the party line is that it will remain status quo.

“G4 is going to continue unchanged for the foreseeable future. So as of right now, it’s going to continue as is,” Stotsky said. “We’re focused on Monday’s debut of Esquire Network.” 

MAKE YOUR OWN ATTACK ON TITAN POTATO SALAD

Not Robotech related but kinda of cool.

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ROBOTECH IN LATIN AMERICA

ROBOTECH RPG TACTICS VIDEO

                                 

BREAKING: NBCU TO HAVE ESQUIRE NETWORK TAKE OVER THE STLYE *NOT* G4TV

Major news from The Hollywood Reporter today.

"In pursuit of that same demo [as Bravo, E! and Oxygen], Style presents brand overlap within our portfolio," Bonnie Hammer noted in an internal memo explaining the surprise decision, which will result in layoffs and an employee reshuffling.

When the Esquire Network launches later this month, it will do so not on G4 but rather on the Style Network, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.The decision to rebrand the latter — a tightly guarded secret until this morning — comes as NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group chairman Bonnie Hammer looks to better define the brands in her cable portfolio. Of the many female-skewing networks in her purview, Style has been the least distinct, with programming that overlapped with offerings on E! (71 percent overlap), Bravo (69 percent overlap) and younger-skewing Oxygen (58 percent overlap). By removing Style, the remaining three women's nets should be able to better serve their respective audiences without that added level of brand confusion. For Esquire, the move enables the forthcoming men's lifestyle net to launch on a considerably larger platform. Style is not only better situated than G4 on the cable dial but also in more than 75 million homes compared to G4's 62 million. The rebrand will still take effect Sept. 23.

This move will likely result in layoffs it appears.

Hammer and her team will look to retain as many Style employees as possible, be it at Esquire or at one of the company's other female networks, but, at worst, the move could result in nearly 100 layoffs. Conversations about where high-level Style staffers, including Smith, could be repositioned will take place over the coming weeks and months. (Given the hush-hush nature of the situation, such discussions have not been able to take place until now.)

So where does this leave G4TV you ask?

G4 is expected to remain as is for the foreseeable future, though it's highly unlikely the company will invest in more original programming. Stotsky will remain in charge of that network as well as Esquire, which will remain his primary focus with regard to time, energy and resources.

 What will happen to G4 is now the big question.

We will have to wait and see.

HAPPY 20TH ANNIVERSARY X-FILES!

                        

On Friday Septetmber 10th, 1993 at 9 p.m. EDT a franchise was born....

                                              
                                                            (A scene from the X-Files pilot) 

X-Files Creator Chris Carter on the creation of the show.

                                           

The X-Files was a show that changed the way Television was produced and it effects are still felt today.

The Truth Is Out There

ROBOTECH: LOVE LIVE ALIVE RELEASE UPDATE FOR ARGENTINA

From the Robotech Facebook Page

To our fans in Argentina (Queridos fans en Argentina): 

AVH nos ha informado de que los envíos de Robotech: Love live alive se han retrasado debido a un problema de fabricación. Este tema está siendo solucionado inmediatamente para que puedan comprar el DVD a finales de esta semana en los kioscos de Buenos Aires y el resto del país mas tarde. Muchas gracias por su apoyo.

A NEW ROBOTECH: LOVE LIVE ALIVE SPANISH CAST MEMBER ANNOUNCED

Martín Soto returns as Lancer in the Spanish version of Robotech: Love Live Alive! 

SO YOU WANT TO WORK IN THE ANIME INDUSTRY?

Anime News Network's Justin Sevakis has posted a must read column about what it really takes to break into the anime industry. Here is a tiny excerpt.

Actually, the better question is, DO I recommend working in the anime business at all? For most people, probably not. Like a lot of the entertainment industry, people perceive working in the anime business to be, well, glamorous. Whenever someone posits that thought to an actual guy working in the industry, they usually start laughing uncontrollably. The truth is, the anime business is hard, and pays very poorly, even compared to other entertainment jobs.

This is a must read column as Justin blows apart many of the myth's about the industry that has developed over time.

CLICK HERE TO READ THE WHOLE ANSWERMAN COLUMN ON WHAT IT TAKES TO BREAK INTO THE ANIME INDUSTRY!  

ROBOTECH: LOVE LIVE ALIVE SPANISH TRAILER

     Moisés Palacios and Yamil Atala as Wolfe and Rand in the new Spanish version of Robotech: Love Live Alive!

Check out the Spanish trailer for Robotech: Love Live Alive! 

YOU CAN NOW BUY A LIFE SIZE DOREMON

Face it, you know you want one.

From ANN

For fans of everyone's favorite robot cat Doraemon, this giant, life-sized Doraemon plush might just be the coolest present anyone could ever ask for. In celebration of manga creatorHiroshi Fujimoto's (better known as Fujiko F. Fujio, as part of the Fujiko Fujio duo) would-be 80th birthday, Premium Bandaibegan pre-orders for a life-size Doraemon plush doll on Tuesday, September 3. The polyester 129.3-centimeter (about 4 ¼ foot) plush doll is retailing for 194,250 yen (about US$1,952), and weighs a whopping 11.3 kilograms (about 25 pounds). The doll is scheduled to ship this December, though due to its massive size, it's only recommended for children over 6.

CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE! 

ROBOTECH RPG TACTICS UPDATE

From the RPG Tactics Kickstarter Page:

To help make up for a couple of weeks where you didn't get a preview image, this week you get a second one. Today, it’s Objective Pack 1, including “Infiltrator Max's Valkyrie,” the “Minmei Rescue” Valkyrie arm, and the Giant Tuna everyone has been waiting for!

To those of you in the U.S., have a good Labor Day. To everyone else, have a great weekend. We’ll check back in with you next week.

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