April 19, 2010
American anime producer Carl Macek passes away
Streamline co-founder Jerry Beck announces passing of Robotech producerFrom Anime News Network
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 Streamline Pictures in 1988.
Macek is best known for producing Robotech, the redubbed and edited adaptation of three different anime series -- Macross, Southern Cross, and Mospeada. He also worked on the dubbing of many anime projects from Captain Harlock and the Queen of a Thousand Years (redubbed and edited adaptation of Captain Harlock and Queen Millennia) to more recently, Bleach and Naruto.
