Carl Frank Macek (September 21, 1951 – April 17, 2010) was an American screenwriter and producer. Noted for his work on English-language adaptations of anime during the 1980s and 1990s, he was the creator of the Robotech franchise and the co-founder of Streamline Pictures. His work is considered to have been instrumental in creating mainstream awareness of Japanese animation in the United States.[2][3]
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^Obituary Los Angeles Times, April 25, 2010; page A38.
Carl Frank Macek (September 21, 1951 – April 17, 2010) was an American screenwriter and producer. Noted for his work on English-language adaptations of...
were initially meant to share many characters. Harmony Gold producer CarlMacek worked with the OVA's original creators to make the story and the new...
Streamline Pictures was an American media company. Founded by screenwriter CarlMacek and animation historian Jerry Beck, it was one of the earliest distributors...
historian Brooks Macek (born 1992), Canadian-German ice hockey player CarlMacek (1951–2010), American writer and anime pioneer Don Macek (born 1954), American...
English release, Catbus is voiced by Frank Welker, and by voice actor CarlMacek in the Streamline Pictures release. The Catbus, a character in My Neighbor...
3D CG visuals, with producer Jason Netter and original Robotech writer CarlMacek at the helm. The story was based during an era of peace under an interplanetary...
to better market the film to younger audiences. According to director CarlMacek, Harmony Gold was given no scripts or translations of the property and...
1987, through JVC. In the United States, Streamline Pictures producers CarlMacek and Jerry Beck, the latter an animation historian, licensed the OVA and...
"Part I" was spliced with Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross by CarlMacek to create Robotech: The Movie in 1986. The new cut reestablished Shogo's...
television series produced by Harmony Gold USA. The series was created by CarlMacek by combining footage from Leiji Matsumoto’s Captain Harlock and Queen...
markets. An edited version of this dub briefly aired on UK television. CarlMacek, the head of Streamline, was disappointed with this dub, deeming it "adequate...
CarlMacek and Tommy Yune, "The First Robotech War," The Art of Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles (Stone Bridge Press, LLC, 2007), 12-14. CarlMacek and...
dub was briefly screened in the United States by Streamline Pictures. CarlMacek, the head of Streamline, was disappointed with this dub, deeming it "adequate...
later released on VHS. Directed by Bill Kroyer (who also co-wrote with CarlMacek) it featured his signature style of integrating wireframe CGI with traditional...
Conquest] is such a condensation of 120 years of ancient Chinese history, Carl [Macek] spent more money than in Streamline Pictures' history on a single voice...
Hernandez, Seiji Horibuchi, Ken Iyadomi, Shawne Kleckner, Trish Ledoux, CarlMacek, Luke Menichelli, Keiji Nakazawa, Robert Napton, John O'Donnell, Claude...
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