Japan gets Transformers Animated

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by GreenScream, Dec 7, 2009.

  1. B-Fox

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    I want to see if they'll create a newly animated intro. I'm quite certain there'll at least be a new opening theme and possibly an ending theme, since...well...JAPAN!!



    Oh, but I have a feeling Lugnut's personality may get translated in a very...interesting way.

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    i hope we get a sari figure. maybe a remold of arcee.
     
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    Oh oh, Sari KISS players coming up.
     
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    I thought Takara would be laughing at that show...
     
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    :lol  Now that I think about it, that wouldn't be such a bad idea.
     
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    great....another chance for the fandom to love this crap cartoon series...
     
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    Insert Kiss Players joke HERE.


    In all seriousness, enjoy, oh mighty Japanese overlords.
     
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    THIS. Wondering if they will also change the "tone" of the show and make it less kiddie friendly and more G1-Japan ??! :p 

    lolz.
     
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    they should just skip straight to season 3 there. haha
     
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    So by G1 Japan you mean the characters will have Flanderized personalities, will call their attacks, and be bland, interchangable yes men to Optimus' bland General Patton?

    And the Decepticon variation would be everyone being idiots to Megatron's Rita Repulsa? :) 


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    I really do like Japanese 2 packs. Usually, the box art (and the box) are much better than what we get in the States. If the boxes and cards are really different and look better, then I will have to pick these up.

    Of course, I would imagine there will be some repainting- look what Takara did with the Beast Wars Returns series!

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    Doubt it. If anything Japan tends to make their TF cartoons skew younger if anything, based on Beast Wars dubs. TF:A is already light and kid-friendly (without totally losing 'edge'), and has more shout-outs to past Japanese TF stuff than many Japanese series do.

    I can see added pop-music intros, attack call-outs, and jokes/cultural references that don't translate being re-written. Nothing else needs doing. That doesn't mean a lot of unnecessary crap won't get thrown in - It's happened enough times on dubbing work going either direction.
     
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    You need to read that list again. The Cliffjumper listed is the activator figure. You can tell by the fact that it's not at the deluxe price point.
     
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    Well, brand new molds are most likely out of the question, but I don't think repaints are. I wouldn't be shocked at all if they do that, Voyager Ramjet being the most obvious. Hell, I'd be cool with a straight BB repaint into Cliffjumper, same head and all(they were pretty close anyway).
     
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    If I had to guess at possible Repaints that they might offer via various ways... perhaps a Pink Starscream repaint, maybe a White Prowl ?

    Megatron's Cybertron Voyager toy might be grey rather than white perhaps ?
     
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    The list is interesting. No leader class and only two Activators (Cliffjumper and Dirge). Dirge is especially interesting since he's a non-show character and Japan historically doesn't do non-show characters. Beast Machines was extremely slimmed down as a line to just the show characters and one version of each at that. I'd be surprised if they got a lot of the toys we got, Oil Slick, Cybertron Prime, etc.

    The inclusion of Shockwave and Cliffjumper are also easy to read too much into. Usually characters like that would be kept in reserve along with the Dinobots, Sentinel, Jazz and the like. This means that either TT is hesitant and only thinks the primary characters will sell or that for some reason they think the aforementioned will do very well and need more lead in time. (though it's also a bit of a spoiler TakaraTomy!) I would guess that Leader Megs and Dinobots will show up in the line later on.

    As for the possiblity of new toys, I'm not counting on it at all. I can see Ramjet and Slipstream as redecos, but only if they put out the other versions of the seekers; heck they may stick to the Activator size for them. It would be nice to get a "fixed" Lockdown and a non-safety cannon Voyager Megs, but I sincerely doubt it.
     
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    Anyone expecting lots of redecos, especially into non-show characters, hasn't really been paying attention to what Takara has been doing for the past few years.
     
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    Yeah, most of the "redecos" have just been "USA Editions", which wouldn't make sense in this case since those toys are long gone from the shelves. Is that what you mean?

    I'd expect upgraded paint jobs on these figures and perhaps a handful of store and magazine exclusives. I wonder if this list is going to be the whole line or if this is the first of several waves? The absence of leaders is certainly unusual - those typically are out in the first wave of Japanese lines, if I recall correctly.

    Perhaps this will be somewhat like when Beast Machines was imported to Japan. Limited push on the show and a quick run through the key characters for the toyline.
     
  20. shroobmaster

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    PERHAPS we'll have stupid pointless chrome.

    Imagine it, Blitzwing with chrome on his faces!