Takara Tomy Transformers Go! OVA Promo Clip

Animation doesn't look as bad as I initially predicted but I don't plan on watching it.

Those poor samurai battle reenactors, they must be scared out of their minds.

the lion and shark toy bot modes are pretty weak. the shark more so. all of the combined forms suck.

griftimus prime wrote:the lion and shark toy bot modes are pretty weak. the shark more so. all of the combined forms suck.

I personally find the derpy beast modes endearing. And the combined forms for the Beast bots should be a bit more promising.

RAcast wrote:

griftimus prime wrote:the lion and shark toy bot modes are pretty weak. the shark more so. all of the combined forms suck.

I personally find the derpy beast modes endearing. And the combined forms for the Beast bots should be a bit more promising.

It's a fat shark, what's not to love?

Is that silhouette an anime style Predaking?

Va'al wrote:

RAcast wrote:

griftimus prime wrote:the lion and shark toy bot modes are pretty weak. the shark more so. all of the combined forms suck.

I personally find the derpy beast modes endearing. And the combined forms for the Beast bots should be a bit more promising.

It's a fat shark, what's not to love?

Precisely!

OMGTHATLOOKSSOFREAKINGAWESOOOOOOME!!!

And this confirms it. The two teams are not simple the "Samurai Team" and "Shinobi Team", but the "Swordbot Samurai Team" and "Swordbot Shinobi Team".

I am now officially psyched for this series! It looks freakin' AMAZING!

Sanjō Gattai! Go-Kenzan!
Sanjō Gattai! Go-Jinbu!
Sanjō Gattai! Go-Gan'ō

hinomars19 wrote:Is that silhouette an anime style Predaking?

Looks more like it could be Gaidōra, to me.

Ok, I need to ask, what the hell a car is doing in the middle of what seems to be an ancient battle field?

Che wrote:Ok, I need to ask, what the hell a car is doing in the middle of what seems to be an ancient battle field?

Time travel, perhaps?

Or the battle could be a reenactment.

Che wrote:Ok, I need to ask, what the hell a car is doing in the middle of what seems to be an ancient battle field?

Yeah, no clue. I'd say it's safe to assume, from the humans' clothing, that it takes place in modern day/future... I'd wager that was just for effect, what with them being the "Samurai" and "Shinobi" teams.

I have to say, the animation looks really nice! Even throwing out the fact that it's a "filler" series... and thrown together as a mish-mash of half Beast Hunters, and half ninja/samurai bots. I'd totally watch this. Will have to ask around to hunt for some way to view it as it's airing.

viruscarnage wrote:Animation doesn't look as bad as I initially predicted but I don't plan on watching it.

you live in japan? you lucky

series looks predaking now has bot mode intersting like to see more of this series if its any good watch it somehow having cgi mixed with 2d animation is good mix maybe bots will move more smoothly than enrgeon/cybertron seies bots did

Sabrblade wrote:

hinomars19 wrote:Is that silhouette an anime style Predaking?

Looks more like it could be Gaidōra, to me.

Gaidōra doesn't have wings and a tail-axe weapon.

I wonder if this is set before prime? As it looked like fuedal japan bit hey I could be wrong lol

hinomars19 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

hinomars19 wrote:Is that silhouette an anime style Predaking?

Looks more like it could be Gaidōra, to me.

Gaidōra doesn't have wings and a tail-axe weapon.

Right, sorry. Forgot that Gaidōra was the Lazerback remold instead of the Ripclaw remold.

Wow, now that's some animation!

Sabrblade wrote:

hinomars19 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

hinomars19 wrote:Is that silhouette an anime style Predaking?

Looks more like it could be Gaidōra, to me.

Gaidōra doesn't have wings and a tail-axe weapon.

Right, sorry. Forgot that Gaidōra was the Lazerback remold instead of the Ripclaw remold.

Don't think it's the Ripclaw design either. I do believe it is Predaking; the heavily segmented tail with the single blade at the end, the chunky lower legs, and the skirt armour and forearms blasters of the Ultimate class figure.

Huh, interesting. It seems like the Samurai and Shinobi teams take traditionalism to a whole new level with the Kanji, the name of their fighting style and their dialects:

Kenzan: 緊急二刀流 (kinkyunitouryu) "Emergency Two-Sword Style"
Jinbu: 超空長刀流 (choukuuchoutouryu) "Transcending Longsword Style"
Gan'Ou: 消防突撃流 (shouboutotsugekiryu) "Fire Fighting Assault Style"

Furhtermore, the big Kanji in the background all relate to their name (and their associated Arms Micron):

Kenzan: 斬 (zan) Cut, Slash
Jinbu: (迅 (jin) Rapid, Swift
Gan'ou (巌 (gan) Boulder (that was hard to figure out)

Thank my online Japanese and Kanji Dictionaries for those.

Looks pretty good. I hope there'll be a dubbed version somewhere so I can watch understand.

Mkall wrote:Looks pretty good. I hope there'll be a dubbed version somewhere so I can watch understand.

A subbed version is far more likely.

Nico Nico Doga has posted footage of Takara Tomy's upcoming Transformers Go! OVA that was shown over the past weekend at the Tokyo Toy Show. The preview clip clocks in at just under 10 minutes and features the Swordbot Samurai team of Kenzan, Jinbu, and Ganoh. Sorry, no embed is availalbe, but the clip can viewed by clicking here.

BUDORA!!!!!!!!!

OPTIMUS!!!! IN HIS BEAST HUNTERS BODY!!!!! Drawn in the Go! art style too! Beast Hunter Optimus is going to be in this show to some extent!

ALL the Predacons get screentime in this show!

Gekisomaru's voice sounds a little funny.

Hishomaru's animation model makes his toy's beat mode look somewhat decent.

All three Sanjou Gattai look AWESOME! Am sad that the Shinobi Team didn't get shown off like the Samurai Team did.

Can anyone here who hasa better understanding of Japanese note if anything particularly specific that might be worth pointing out was spoken of in this video?

O hai, Optimus.

When I first seen the figures I didn't care for them but after seeing this I kinda like how the look just like they do in the show

Brand spankin' new video for the cartoon:

The Takara Tomy YouTube channel has uploaded a new clip from their forthcoming Transformers Go! DVD series, which will be split between TV Boy and TV Magazine. TheThe Swordbot Samurai team DVDs will come with TV Boy, the Swordbot Shinobi team DVD' will come with TV Magazine.

The clip features the Swordbot Samurai Team taking to the Budora (aka Takara Tomy's red repaint of Grimwing). Check out the video embedded below.

So the series is split between the two Magazines: Samurai goes to TV Boy and Shinobi to TV Magazine. Clever.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:So the series is split between the two Magazines: Samurai goes to TV Boy and Shinobi to TV Magazine. Clever.

Thanks!

El Duque wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:So the series is split between the two Magazines: Samurai goes to TV Boy and Shinobi to TV Magazine. Clever.

Thanks!

You're welcome, but... You do realise my observations can't be 100% correct all the time, right? I'm just dying here waiting for someone to correct me

so, the animation models don't have hips in their armpits? Total pass

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

El Duque wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:So the series is split between the two Magazines: Samurai goes to TV Boy and Shinobi to TV Magazine. Clever.

Thanks!

You're welcome, but... You do realise my observations can't be 100% correct all the time, right? I'm just dying here waiting for someone to correct me

Oh I know, but if you have any knowledge of the Japanese language you're miles ahead of me! Anytime I post anything Japanese I await you and Sabrblade to let me know where I've gone astray.

at 0:24 -am I the only one who could swear that old man is shigemori sumimura, from the manga/anime kekkaishi?

The Takara Tomy YouTube channel has uploaded yet another video to promote the Transformers Go! animation. The clip features most of the characters we have already seen, with the addition of Autobot leader Optimus Prime, in his Beast Hunters jetpacked incarnation.

Take a look at the embedded video below!

I cant get a few of the comments pages to load, so excuse this question if it has been answered or asked already....but do we know when this series is to air? My son and I are hyped after watching this promo

Triptykon wrote:I cant get a few of the comments pages to load, so excuse this question if it has been answered or asked already....but do we know when this series is to air? My son and I are hyped after watching this promo

It's a direct-to-DVD series with each episode being included with Japanese magazines. All episodes for the Swordbot Samurai Team come with TV-Kun Magazine, while all episodes for the Swordbot Shinobi Team come with TV Magazine. We know not how long each episode will be, how many there will be, or exactly when they will come out, IIRC.

So the only animation in that clip was when of the Swordbot team. The rest were still frame pans and zooms. Clearly this will be a landmark achievement in animated entertainment.

Is it just me, or does Tweedie the Derpy Bird sound female?

This could be a legit cartoon series.

Mindmaster wrote:Is it just me, or does Tweedie the Derpy Bird sound female?

It's you, Japanese females have a much higher pitch than that. The pitches of the Shinobi Team is indeed slightly higher, which shows they're younger and more free-spirited than their Samurai counterparts.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:Is it just me, or does Tweedie the Derpy Bird sound female?

It's you, Japanese females have a much higher pitch than that. The pitches of the Shinobi Team is indeed slightly higher, which shows they're younger and more free-spirited than their Samurai counterparts.

Okay, so it was me. Thanks, Jelze!

optibot360 wrote:This could be a legit cartoon series.

It is a legit cartoon series. Exclusive to Japan, as far as we know.

utter garbage.

Doubledealer93 wrote:utter garbage.

Care to elaborate?

Argh! The animation models look so good. Why do the figures have to suck so bad?

viruscarnage wrote:

Doubledealer93 wrote:utter garbage.

Care to elaborate?

Pretty sure he forget the key phrase "In my opinion..."

I dis on stuff here all the time (mostly because I'm just a cynical ***hole and can't seem to keep my mouth shut) but I always make sure to cover my butt and say that I'm only expressing my opinion.
Except in the case above where I said I was a cynical ***hole. That's pretty much a proven fact and any number of members on here will whole-heartedly agree.

Thank you for the info Hopefully someone can get these and up them somewhere.

So My Beast Hunters Voyager Prime is actually a Japanese Transformers... No wonder the toy bears no resemblance to the CG. A cheap move by Hasbro IMO.

No resemblance? Besides the head and the ab spikes, and some coloring issues, it looks exactly like the CG model. And frankly I can let that slide because CHEST SPIKES. SPIKE TRUCK. RAH.

That Bot wrote:No resemblance? Besides the head and the ab spikes, and some coloring issues, it looks exactly like the CG model. And frankly I can let that slide because CHEST SPIKES. SPIKE TRUCK. RAH.

"Exactly" yet you acknowledge differences. Your comment contradicts itself. Good on you mate.