Trivia

Inspired the fan term "Macekre" (pronounced like "massacre"), allegedly used to describe anime series which have been drastically "revised" to make them more attractive to Western viewers. However, Macek has claimed that he was unfairly blamed for clumsy edits to Robotech (1985) that were done by a former home video distributor after the original broadcast in order to fit more episodes per VHS tape.

Barely three months before his sudden death, Macek recorded a lengthy two-and-a-half podcast interview with Anime News Network, offering an extensive retrospective of his entire career.

His work is considered by many to have been instrumental in creating mainstream awareness in Japanese animation in the United States.

First person in the United States to receive a college degree in the Theory of Criticism in the Visual Medium and was a curator of the Archive of Popular Culture at the California State University at Fullerton.

Founder of Streamline Pictures, a home video company.