What it should have been

i was looking around at stuff i would like to buy when i go to japan when i came across MACROSS toys.
Now macross (or Robotech) is about aliens and humans and robots which totally memerized my generation (well most of us anyway :p ) and spawned many toys and series.
One interesting to note is that the timeline it was set was in 2009. In the show, on 7th feb 2009, we would have launched our FIRST Space Defence Fortress spaceship. Instead, where we are now, we are still thousands of years away.

Some series of Gundam is now set in 2034... so 25 more years to go before we see giant robots and epic space battles? I think wait long long more....

I guess the next generation of animes must set a further timeline than before and hope and dream that we will make it there by then....

we can only hope and dream i guess? :)