Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)
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Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers( chiến え! Siêu ロボット sinh mệnh thể トランスフォーマーTatakae! Chō Robot Seimeitai Transformer) is the ostentatious title given to theGeneration 1franchiseinJapan.Unique amongst international Generation 1 franchises, this line was overseen byTakaradirectly. As such it received yearly branding refreshes and with them various exclusive products and fiction well into the 1990s.
The franchise comprises:
- Atoyline,consisting ofmostof the toys released by Hasbro as well as quite a few that weren't once the Japanese line outlived the western one. The omissions are, unsurprisingly, largely the toys not sourced from Takara.
- Variouscartoons.
- Variouscomics,primarily run inTV Magazine.
- A series ofstory pages,which ran alongside the comic and provided prose adventures with two page magazine spreads.
Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers
The subtitle-less first year of the of the Japanese franchise was released in 1985, one year after its launch inHasbromarkets. The various aspects ofF!SRLTFcombined Hasbro's 1984 and 1985 products into one large line.
Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010
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Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010( chiến え! Siêu ロボット sinh mệnh thể トランスフォーマー 2010Tatakae! Chō Robotto Seimeitai Transformers Ni-Zero-Ichi-Zero) is the title given to the 1986 Transformers media in Japan, including the third season of theAmerican cartoon.It was the first instance of what would become Takara's standard method of operation—the annual rebranding of the franchise with a new subtitle. It accompanied the fictional shift of the animated series from the present day to the 21st century, but while the original American version of the series took place over 2005/06, the Japanese version advanced the setting to 2010, hence the new name. This rebranding was not entirely followed by the toyline, which only used the 2010 branding sporadically, while toys like Metroplex or the Combatrons received "Scramble City" branding to accompany the all newstraight-to-home-video specialreleased a bit ahead of the new season.
Transformers: The Headmasters
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Transformers: The Headmasters(トランスフォーマー ザ★ヘッドマスターズ) was the first Japanese-exclusiveTransformerssub-franchise, released in 1987. Following on fromFight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010in 1986,The Headmastersbegan the period of distinction between American and Japanese products that would continue throughout the rest ofGeneration 1.
The Headmasters'story greatly expounded upon the toys and characters solely supported by the cartoon's concluding specialThe Rebirthin the west, featuring fairly dramatic deviations in characterization and dropping theNebulosangle entirely. Most idiosyncratically, the franchise contained thebackdoor pilotforBeastformers,Takara's version of the toyline launched asBattle Beastsin Hasbro markets the previous year.
Transformers: Super-God Masterforce
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Transformers: Super-God Masterforce(トランスフォーマー siêu thần マスターフォースToransufōmā: Chōjin Masutāfōsu) is theTransformerssub-franchise in Japan for 1988. Breaking radically from previous series,Super-God Masterforcefeatured all-new characters and locations, dropping many of the futuristic elements and focusing on human characters that bonded with robot bodies.
Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory
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Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory( chiến え! Siêu ロボット sinh mệnh thể トランスフォーマー
Transformers: Zone
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Transformers: Zone(トランスフォーマー
Zone'sbrief story sawDai Atlasand hisPowered Mastersdo battle with the ghostlyViolengiguaras he commandedpretty much every big ticket item from the past five yearsin a desperate all-out attempt to sell kids on the new heroes in twenty minutes and change.
Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Return of Convoy
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Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Return of Convoy( chiến え! Siêu ロボット sinh mệnh thể トランスフォーマーリターン・オブ・コンボイ) was the fifth Japanese-exclusiveTransformerssub-franchise, released in 1991. It received even less media support than its predecessor, eschewing animation completely.Return of Convoycontinued the storyline of the animated continuity, picking up whereZoneleft off. The story was told through a single comic issue and a series of story pages.
TheReturn of Convoystoryline went back to basics, revolving around the resurrection ofOptimus Primeas Star Convoy by theBattlestarsand their battle againstDark Novaand the similarly revivedSuper Megatron.
Developed byMasumi Kaneda,the original subtitle for this stage of the franchise wasDai Ginga Seidan( đại ngân hà tinh đoàn, "Galactic Stars" ).[1]Initially planned withBig Bangas the Autobot leader, development decided on "Star Convoy", at this point a new character separate fromConvoy.At some point, the title was changed toThe Battlestars(ザ・バトルスターズ), which the comic and story pages still retain. Eventually, the plot was finalized as the resurrection of Convoy, hence the "Return of Convoy"branding used by the toyline.[2][3]
Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination
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Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination( chiến え! Siêu ロボット sinh mệnh thể トランスフォーマー hợp thể đại tác phẩm chiếnTatakae! Chō Robot Seimei Tai Transformers Gattai Dai Sakusen) was the sub-franchise that ran throughout 1992. It marks the final vintageGeneration 1series released in Japan, as the line was cancelled followingOperation Combination,not to be revived until 1995 andG-2.Operation Combinationlacked even comic support, continuing the story of the animated series exclusively through story pages.
Operation Combination's plot saw Decepticon High RegentScrashsendBattle Gaiaand theJet Corpsto plunderEarth's energy. A new team of Autobots composed oftheeponymousquintetofcombinersand theRoad Corpsare deployed byStar Convoyto defend the planet.
Legacy
The precedent of the latter installments of the Japanese Generation 1 franchise, that entire waves of product could be supported via the continuation of the cartoon's story through a comic or a couple story pages, had a peculiar effect on JapaneseTransformersmedia going forward. The story pages ofJapan'sGeneration 2franchisepicked up right whereOperation Combinationleft off in 1995, and the storyline of the Japanese Generation 1 cartoon never really stopped from there. The resulting sprawling exquisite corpse attached to TakaraTomy's Generation 1 andBeast Warsflavored products continues to this very day, and has becomethe largest continuous setting in the entire Transformers brand.
References
- ↑The Japanese title is actually a combination of astronomy terms—ginga( ngân hà, "galaxy" ) andseidan( tinh đoàn, "star cluster").Dai( đại ) generally means "great" but is used as an intensifier in titles. Further,ginga seidan( ngân hà tinh đoàn ) has been used to refer toopen clusters.However, the title is also playing with the meanings of the individual kanji to refer to a group of Autobots.
- ↑"1987-90 năm は thoát コンボイ thời đại. 1991 năm の 『TFザ・バトルスターズ( nguyên đề / đại ngân hà tinh đoàn )』も lúc ban đầu は tân tổng tư lệnh quan “ビッグバン” でした.
Thứ の スターコンボイも lúc trước は sơ đại, ロディマスに続く tân デザイン の 3 đại mục tân コンボイ. やがて món đồ chơi triển khai の 『リターン・オブ・コンボイ』と liền động し sơ đại がパワーアップして sống lại します. "—Masumi Kaneda, Twitter, 2021/11/10 - ↑"『'91トランスフォーマー đại ngân hà tinh đoàn ＝ザ・バトルスターズ』 の tư liệu ( lời tựa thấu けて đọc めます? ). Tả が tân tổng tư lệnh quan ビッグバン. Hữu が đệ tam の コンボイ＝ tân tổng tư lệnh quan スターコンボイ(prototype). こ の sau càng に sơ đại コンボイ sống lại の vật ngữ に tu chỉnh されました. Liên tiếp の lưu れを繋げてストーリー hóa すると mặt trắng いかもしれませんね." —Masumi Kaneda, Twitter, 2021/11/19
