Post little known facts relating to anime, and perhaps general Japanese (otaku) culture here, for the educating of otakukind!

Fact #1: That air circus-like missile pattern seen in Macross, Daicon IV, and many show since, is called the Itano Circus.

Named after the guy who said to have originally pioneered it, Ichiro Itano, who had also shows such as Megazone 23 and the original Gundam.