Look for more giant robots to invade the big screen soon. On the heels of the blockbuster success of Transformers, Warner Bros. has picked up the rights to the popular '80s animated series Robotech, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Tobey Maguire will produce through his creatively titled Maguire Entertainment company. He'll also likely star.
A Japanese import re-edited with English dialogue, Robotech featured dudes running around inside huge robot-shaped crafts knows as "mechs." As with other anime shows like Speed Racer and Voltron, there was always something vaguely disturbing about Robotech, as if the entire storyline had been crafted during one huge acid trip. Acid, apparently, being the preferred drug of Japanese animators.
In the '80s, Robotech fans ranked somewhere beneath He-Man and male My Little Pony aficionados in the grade school hierarchy, and were often beaten up for the lunch money by the cooler, tougher G.I. Joe kids.