IIRC, at the time Toonami was airing Robotech every weekday, their two-hour block was filled with Thundercats, Voltron, Robotech, and the new Jonny Quest cartoons. CN didn't have a lot of money to begin with, and I think there was some pressure from on high to develop their own stuff instead of shows they'd have to license from other folks; so CN got the first two parts of Robotech (more licensed episodes means higher cost), and blew a wad on Quest. Yech. And the ratings never really came in for Robotech - at least, not enough to justify buying more episodes. Again, IIRC Toonami wasn't doing too well in terms of ratings until they started airing Sailor Moon; that got even better when they added DBZ. Of course, two shows had to be sacrificed to make room for those, and do you think CN was about to get rid of shows they owned instead of ones they had to license from other people?

Also, you may be in the minority on this. I recall hearing that Genesis Climber Mospeada bombed in Japan except for a small cult following - but its lack of success may also have been due to a bad time slot. Oh well, I like it.

Alan Zabaro