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<blockquote data-quote="Rackhir" data-source="post: 1573571" data-attributes="member: 149">The basic answer is that there is no real answer to why its called &quot;Bubblegum&quot; Crisis. It was probably mostly that it sounded &quot;cool&quot; the people behind it. You have to remember that for all it shows up on things in anime, English is not a language to the japanese so much as it is a design style element. The most reasonable and somewhat backed up theory is that things in the series are about to &quot;Blow-up&quot; like a bubblegum bubble.Oh stop being an anime snob. Did Robotech have flaws, yes. Did it horribly distort and change major plot elements, yes. However, it and the efforts of Carl Maceak? are largely responsible for anime getting established and grown into the substantial market segment it is today. It was also a mindblowing revelation to anyone who had been raised on american cartoons. I still strongly remember my reactions when Ben died. I think my jaw dropped open at them actually killing a main character and even showing it (sort of). Despite what many anime fans like to think, most anime is aimed squarely at that 10-16yr old boy category it always has been. Hmm, I guess I saw that as more of a military action and not really a terrorist attack. IIRC it did hit in the midwest grain production area.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rackhir, post: 1573571, member: 149"] The basic answer is that there is no real answer to why its called "Bubblegum" Crisis. It was probably mostly that it sounded "cool" the people behind it. You have to remember that for all it shows up on things in anime, English is not a language to the japanese so much as it is a design style element. The most reasonable and somewhat backed up theory is that things in the series are about to "Blow-up" like a bubblegum bubble. Oh stop being an anime snob. Did Robotech have flaws, yes. Did it horribly distort and change major plot elements, yes. However, it and the efforts of Carl Maceak? are largely responsible for anime getting established and grown into the substantial market segment it is today. It was also a mindblowing revelation to anyone who had been raised on american cartoons. I still strongly remember my reactions when Ben died. I think my jaw dropped open at them actually killing a main character and even showing it (sort of). Despite what many anime fans like to think, most anime is aimed squarely at that 10-16yr old boy category it always has been. Hmm, I guess I saw that as more of a military action and not really a terrorist attack. IIRC it did hit in the midwest grain production area. [/QUOTE]

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