Thanks for everything so far. I've spent a lot of time in the wiki but sometimes i forget a lot in those walls of text. Your series works great as a way to help learn and remember tons of fun facts. And that everyone seemed to had died by a cosmicly powered starscream.
Here's a fun fact: when the steep decrease in Transformers popularity when 1990 came around, Takara had a lot of concepts for new toys, but they were hesitant to sell them out of fear of them underperforming in the market. Because of this, Takara went ahead and made an entirely new series outright. This series, known simply as the Brave (or Yūsha, in Japan) Series, started with the anime "Brave Exkaiser." Exkaiser was a huge success in Japan, prompting Takara to make more installments in the Brave series, all leading up to one of the most popular mecha anime of all time, King of Braves: GaoGaiGar. Nobody asked me for this history lesson, but I felt like sharing it cuz I think it's pretty cool.
The fan consensus may consider GaoGaiGar to be the best, but I think Dagwon was the better series if only because of how much it actually matured the Brave saga.
Considering the Japanese Transformers inclination for combining all of the continuities into a cohesive whole... you might say they're production philosophy is: "Til all are one"
Also notice how the Japanese toy adverts have the toys flying around or moving by themselves whereas US adverts always have a kid moving or otherwise playing with them.
They probably don’t want to give the illusion that these toys can actually fly. Then again the adverts should have flashed NOT A FLYING TOY like in Toy Story if they were really worried that kids were that stupid.
@@_V.Va_ i am making a remake of the Final Cybertron episode Beginning with the King of The Hill cast and will be a pilot for a shared Universe of Films and shows.
I have to admit that IDW's Star Saber was a big part of why I eventually just stopped buying their comics. I mean, Lost Light was undoubtedly an enjoyable series overall, but I couldn't help feeling bitter than James Roberts basically took the Star Saber from his fanfic and made it official. Part of it was out of fear that since IDW's stuff influenced quite a few of the toys (e.g. Chromedome in Titans Returns having mnemnosurgery skills), the next time Star Saber appears in toy or animated form he might be based on the monstrous IDW version instead of the heroic G1 version. Sure enough, while his Masterpiece toy is based on his G1 design (and his profile in Japan is his G1 self), the one released in Australia was based on his IDW version. Plus, during the Power of the Primes vote for the new Matrix bearer, his bio clearly references the IDW Star Saber's intolerance. He tried to be a good dad over in Victory, you know? Why is that never played with?
The good about Japanese continuity is humans. In season 3, humans studied space exploration in Cybertron. They even have a human space pirate. In Headmasters, humans began traveling in space and establish colonies. In Victory, humans have multiple space colonies and joined the Autobots to fight the Decepticons. One human space colony was destroyed in episode 1 and Star Saber adopt the last human kid from the said colony. In Zone, both humans and Autobots pushed the Decepticons back. Consistency.
@@EC-ms1jr I never got it either... but then again, we named robots things like Starscream, Soundwave, Ratbat, Ironhide... hell that's not even getting into the toy-exclusive names like Erector and Lube.
it's like watching divergent evolution. Over here in America G1 styles remain near and dear to everyone's hearts and no one could replace Optimus Prime. Yet, in Japan the story continued onward and upward, farther and farther, changing and shifting with each new idea from the writers to the point that it was hardly even recognizable as Transformers anymore. It'd become it's own, entirely new and different species in a way.
I Guess In a way japan is good with this There other series as well that just do this Like gundam and Yuusha dbz etc etc Tho yuusha died in the 2000’s and dragon ball took a while There are a few other series that did what this did And honestly it’s just amazing If people of a 100 years from here look back at this Or if this series is still going on after such a Long time Indeed they are working extra hard
I'd hardly count IDW's radical departure of a take on Star Saber as a triumph of fans having better access to the Japanese series, given the character was largely based on one writer's interpretation from that time when information was harder to obtain.
Transformers: A series of Japanese toy lines imported to America, and then imported back to Japan… I think we just created an important paradox… an imporadox! /Cue Twilight Zone music/ 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yes! Much like how Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers began life as a cut and paste of bits of the Japanese Super Sentai's 17th series Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger with American actors and storylines. It too proved so immensely popular that the American creation was exported back to Japan and dubbed into Japanese.
Like ghost stories, an anime so shitty that when it was dubbed they changed so much it became a different show entirely that was seen as far superior by the Japanese
That feeling when you realize just how much effort has been put into the Japanese version of the original cartoon compared to English and how they're able to tie 30+ years of content together so well. I remember watching all of Headmasters myself a few years ago, while I didn't particularly like much of the cartoon, I thought their take on Sixshot was just so awesome, he was a kick butt and deadly ninja warrior and a Decepticon who actually had a soft side. I wish Hasbro would make a new series with that version of Six-Shot in it, because that version is easily one of the most interesting Transformers characters.
I've watched "The Headmasters" and first few episodes of "Masterforce" in Hong Kong just before I immigrated to San Francisco on 6/29/1989, however, I never watched the English dubs and instead watching the Cantonese dubs when it was aired on Asia Television. Meanwhile, my understanding on "Zone" is that it was ORIGINALLY slated as a series instead of an OVA, but the "fatigue" factor kicked in, hence forth the latter was issued instead.
This was an interesting watch, especially as you talked about more than just the stuff starting with Headmasters, but also the initial 3 G1 seasons and how they were handled in Japan. The stuff on Return of Convoy and Operation Combination was new to me, I never heard about these two show-less lines and thought it ended with Zone. Great stuff, and I'm guessing that next episode is about the cosmically powered Starscream.
I just picture now in the Transformers universe, whenever someone is doing SOMETHING with ninjas, they always call Sixshot who strangely will always heed this call no matter how absurd. In other words, think Shueisha executives talking with a giant robot about the specifics of Naruto.
A few years ago, I was a guest on an Irish nerd podcast when they wanted to do a roundtable about Transformers. The one regular member who was there had never heard of Kiss Players, so we made him google it in a recording break. When we came back on, he just made an AAAAAAAAAAA noise.
狩人ファンサブKaryuudo Fansubs I’ve got to admit, a very small, very morbidly curious and potentially even somewhat masochistic part of myself really wants you to. But a much larger, much more rational part of me is begging you to spare us from that evil.
I remember having real dreams of coming home from school to see new episodes when I was in Jr. High (the series ended by then). It wasn't until the advent of the Internet that I discovered that Transformers continued on after Rebirth. I love how the previous IDW comics incorporated the Japanese characters (I hear some folk were miffed at the treatment of Star Saber).
Out of all of your videos, this one was the most fascinating to me considering how the original Transformers had almost as large of a presence in Japan as it did in America. Some of the later lines (notable Operation Combination, the final one) were ones I didn't really hear about until looking up Japanese G1 on the Internet, so it was nice hearing about those alongside the more well-known series (Headmasters, Masterforce, and Victory). Bonus points for including information about the Omni Productions dubs of the three Japanese cartoon shows, which were what got me into Japanese G1 in the first place (and which I love to watch for their unique qualities).
One thing I can appreciate about the G1 animes is how the cast is ever shifting. I think it takes more advantage of the franchise's vast world and cast more than just sticking to the fight between Optimus Prime and Megatron. It's that ability to move passed the G1 cast that we really haven't seen since the end of the Beast era really. Not that I have a problem with seeing new spins on the G1 cast, I love seeing all the ways those characters can be reinterpreted, but something about this type of world progression that impresses me. It kinda reminds me of the Star Wars expanded universe or different eras/variations on Mega Man.
Id love to see that episode where metroplex is created. It sounds like a lost episode from the g1 cartoon that would really bridge the continuity between the first 2 seasons and the movie
Takara really did a great job expanding G1, almost better Hasbro ever did. The Legends line sure was great, too bad it came to an end. And with the brand unification, except exclusives, the toys in America and Japan will be similar (no more extra paint, no more retooling and... no more manga!). Thank you, Takara-Tomy. ;)
Problem is those fandubs are so bad that I get turned off very quickly and just brace myself until the actual release of them on DVD like Shout Factory did.
@@davidsaunders8194 I think you're confusing fanDUB (voiceover) with fanSUB (captions which translate the Japanese dialogue)... Our group recently translated the entire last two G1 Japanese Beast Wars series (II and Neo) and are available to watch on our channel. We hope you enjoy the series, as we've put a lot of work into translating them to ensure they're as close to professional retail quality as possible.
I asked about a THE BASICS episode on the Pre-TransFormers toylines that became Gen 1. I can't wait for that eventual episode. Still, can't wait for the next episode, as always. :)
Mostly Diaclone stuff. Evil General Ingam of the Waruder Empire comes to Earth to have his forces harvest the new energy Freezon and the world creates the force Diaclone to stop them by using their vehicles that transform into mechs.
as much as i love optimus, i feel they should give the other autobot leaders some sort of "away team" job so they can crossover from time to time. same goes for the decepticons and all of their leaders. i suggest this mainly because i don't see hasbro letting anyone else take optimus's spotlight
@@LucasTigy2 Amusingly, the latest story of the mobile game Earth Wars does have Optimus intending to step down as leader, leading to Laser Optimus (established in this game as being from an alternate universe), Star Saber, and Optimus Primal (plucked out from the far future) wonder and decide for themselves who among the three should become the new Autobot leader.
Happy Anniversary Chris, I always enjoy hearing the odd translations of the Japanese names. Keep up the great work and let's enjoy many more years of The Basic's. 'Till All Are One.
I'll always have a soft spot for the Japanese era of Transformers, including Victory, Beast Wars II and Car Robots. ☺ Oh, and congratulations on 2 years and 60K subs! 😄
Great episode. It's probably the topic that I've been waiting for in a long time. Also congrats Chris on two years on the basics. Hope we can see more from you.
Huh, Deathsaurus's Fortress happens to look a bit like the Tarkin superweapon from the original Marvel Star Wars comics (which happens to have recently been revived). Coincidence? I'd guess so, actually.
Just imagined an Omni Productions dub of the Basics and now I can't unhear Rik Thomas rambling on about Chris McFeely, Cybertron Consultant. Congrats on 2 years and 60k, and an absolutely ripping episode to top it off!
14:40 Optimus be like... “yup thank you takara ☺️😏” even I can imagine bay wanting a scene where he wanted one of the human female characters to bang a robot
Amazing episode! This was awesome! I remember learning about the Japanese stuff in my early 20's and how exciting it all seemed. Thank you for putting in so much hard work!
*Very* cool video. As you so rightly said, there was an air of mystery around the Japanese Transformers at the time. It's really good to have it cleared up in such a concise and informative way. Thanks!
Man oh man, did I ever love micromasters when I was a kid. I had a pair of bibbed overalls that had a pocket that could fit three of em. The early 90s were a mixed bag.
i have been binging on these videos for 1 1/2 yrs now and this might be my new favorite (along with the DJD ep.). plus the toy commercial clips really do it for me. i just want to say Thank You for what you do. happy two years!
Well this was ver fascinating. And I’ve experienced it first hand. I managed to get a hold of Transformers: The Manga vol 1, 2 and 3, which collected all of the Manga all the way up to “Operation Combination.” I was very pleased with it. I’ve also managed to track down and watch all the Japanese transformers cartoons. Now I just need to somehow track down all the other Transformers Manga out there. (I’m specifically looking for the Generation 2 and Beast Wars manga).
Man japan sure love long awkward titles :3 I can’t wait to see the next series transformer: ultra super light force star wonder brigade magma blast fight !!! :D
I'm kind of surprised no 3rd party company has tried to tackle a violenjiger figure. It looks like you could actually make a decent one that could transform into those weird bug things
Wow, this was much more complex than I thought it would be! I don't think anyone else could've boiled it down to an easy to understand video, nice one, Chris!
Man, the Japanese divergence was quite impressive in scale. And the way the story’s continuity never fully ended, even after the last episode the story still continued in the magazine.
It's actually rather amusing, for all the criticism of Hasbro never seeming to let go of G1, they at least seem to know to make multiple series, universes, etc. The way Takara handles it, it's as if they're trying to tie practically every G1-inspired thing into one sprawling story that sounds cool but can sound rather convoluted.
Pio Nepomuceno Isn’t it kind of similar to the current divergence of continuity from the expanded universe of Star Wars to the one Disney wanted? I know, “similar but different” and all that jazz but to say that we can’t compare this to Star Wars is a bit ignorant, if I say so as a normal person.
Congratulations on a second anniversary video, and thank you so much for showing this to the wider world. I have always appreciated it when there is a single cohesive continuity, and there was so much to learn. May the coming year bring you much happiness and more knowledge to impart!
Thanks for this great episode! Growing ups in Latin America I actually recall seeing the Japanese version of the Transformers. I was so confused years on when, now living in the US, so much of the storyline and characters I remembered weren't part of the Transformers cartoons. I only learned about the difference in American and Japanese cartoons through your channel. Thank you so much!
I remember hearing rumors in the early days of the internet that Sunbow had actually dubbed the first 15 episodes of Headmasters but the masters were destroyed in a fire or something and Hasbro just said screw it, were done.
I'm on the 3rd disk of Japanese Headmasters, and what a treat it is to see my favorite toys as a kid get their time on the screen! I'll be getting the the other Japanese series as well!
Thank you. Entertaining as always with perfect narration. Plus I always learn something new and fun about transformers. When do you officially become the cybernet tales cube?
Truly awesome thanks for this. I feel fortunate to be one of the few US based fans that actually knew about these series back in the late 80s thanks to a friend who was an exchange student from Japan. From having an original famicom disk system, to showing us VHS recordings his cousins had sent him of Masterforce, I'm so glad I knew him. It wasn't until botcon 98 however that I would start to get my own bootlegs of the Japanese series. To me Headmasters, Masterforce & Victory ARE the official seasons 4-6 that should have been produced by Sunbow but never we're. Thanks Takara & Toei for picking up the slack. I just hope one day the pages of Zone, RoC, and IC ate collected together for an English translation.
The basics has been an amazing series. Do you have any plans to revisit subjects you've already covered with updates? For example, the IDW comics now that the story has come to a close? Keep up the excellent work, sir.
Very interesting with how they are trying to make everything tie in. Was so ecstatic when Shout! Factory gave the US the three Japanese series after season 3. Here is hoping they can or some company can get the license to release Beast Was II and Neo here in the US. Would love to be able to see all of both those series without having to hunt for episodes on RUclips.
Interesting how transformers was a perfect coming together of a long history between the American hasbro and Japanese takara, only for them to each take it their own unique direction again
Chris, if Shout Factory would release the Japanese Beast Wars exclusives and Car Robots/Robots in Disguise series it would be the Transformers taking full circle for the characters.
i dont know whats more disappointing about living in the future year of 2019... no jetpacks, no flying cars, no giant transforming robots... only wannabe versions of them...the future sucks...
Oh!! that was my favorite parts! Turns out these were Japanese original? I remember that being recorded on vhs on english tho?? My favorite was Scorponak I even wrote on a school project that asked us to draw what we wanted to become and I drew Scorponak. My Mom made me erase it to my displeasure and instead replaced it with a "smart owl" lol I also like the headmasters and the ones that turn to guns. Aparently even humans can become head units
You do us a service pal, I am grateful. I know theirs only so much material out there but as long as you keep pumping these videos out I will always watch them. It's hard to pinpoint the magic... was it all random decisions my guys in suits,... Budiansky? ... I guess. I remember as a small child sitting in the back seat of my dads car looking out and seeing these things.... jets, and semi trucks and Volkswagens. The mind stirred... I shifted and squirmed all day waiting to see theses REAL tangible objects turn into alien robots with human like soles go on adventures. LoL It's the best kind of Science Fiction. and still today that kid says "cool!" LoL Anyway, Thanks :)
In Spain we knew this Japan G1 with an irregular (in some times of Headmasters horrible) south american dub wich changed the charcters' names not from original but from one chapter to the next. Blaster was call "Platón", "Ben" or "Qister" without any explanation and Ginrai was call directly Optimus Prime. But was nice, interestig and complex.
Celebrating our 2nd birthday AND 60K subscribers! Thanks for all your support over the last two years, guys!
Chris McFeely can we get a basics on Arcee sometime in the future?
@@Jo_Mama710 brilliant idea
Hi Chris McFeely can you do a basics on starscream
Thanks for everything so far. I've spent a lot of time in the wiki but sometimes i forget a lot in those walls of text. Your series works great as a way to help learn and remember tons of fun facts.
And that everyone seemed to had died by a cosmicly powered starscream.
Can you please do a basics on optimus prime
Here's a fun fact: when the steep decrease in Transformers popularity when 1990 came around, Takara had a lot of concepts for new toys, but they were hesitant to sell them out of fear of them underperforming in the market.
Because of this, Takara went ahead and made an entirely new series outright. This series, known simply as the Brave (or Yūsha, in Japan) Series, started with the anime "Brave Exkaiser."
Exkaiser was a huge success in Japan, prompting Takara to make more installments in the Brave series, all leading up to one of the most popular mecha anime of all time, King of Braves: GaoGaiGar.
Nobody asked me for this history lesson, but I felt like sharing it cuz I think it's pretty cool.
Didn't Ask Vector Prime confirm that The Brave Series is set in the distant parts of the Transformers Multiverse?
GAO GAI GAR!!!!!!!!!!!!
GaoGaiGar has one of the best opening themes of all time.
The fan consensus may consider GaoGaiGar to be the best, but I think Dagwon was the better series if only because of how much it actually matured the Brave saga.
@@KingCasual1986 yeah, dagwon was my first brave so I have a soft spot for it
Considering the Japanese Transformers inclination for combining all of the continuities into a cohesive whole... you might say they're production philosophy is:
"Til all are one"
That's clever.
Til all are one!
That is correct. Japan want only a single continuity for all Transformers stories. TILL ALL ARE ONE indeed.
@@stephencastro4723 Well, they used to. The Legends manga in particular is directly based around the idea of a Transformers multiverse.
@@gryphman yep but still, Japan is making a huge effort to incorporate every Transformers Multiverse into a single continuity.
Also notice how the Japanese toy adverts have the toys flying around or moving by themselves whereas US adverts always have a kid moving or otherwise playing with them.
They probably don’t want to give the illusion that these toys can actually fly. Then again the adverts should have flashed NOT A FLYING TOY like in Toy Story if they were really worried that kids were that stupid.
Maybe here they wanted to show the kids having fun, so they kids are convinced they'll have fun with em too and want to buy them.
@@_V.Va_ i am making a remake of the Final Cybertron episode Beginning with the King of The Hill cast and will be a pilot for a shared Universe of Films and shows.
@@transformersfan500okane3 ...what has that even got to do with anything?
IIRC, it was because they didn't want to be accused of false advertising.
STAR SABER (G1) : LET'S SAY GO !!!
STAR SABER (IDW) : LET'S BURN THE HERETIC !!!
I mean your not wrong
R.I.P Dai Atlas
Gone too soon
G1 Star Saber>IDW Star Saber
I have to admit that IDW's Star Saber was a big part of why I eventually just stopped buying their comics. I mean, Lost Light was undoubtedly an enjoyable series overall, but I couldn't help feeling bitter than James Roberts basically took the Star Saber from his fanfic and made it official.
Part of it was out of fear that since IDW's stuff influenced quite a few of the toys (e.g. Chromedome in Titans Returns having mnemnosurgery skills), the next time Star Saber appears in toy or animated form he might be based on the monstrous IDW version instead of the heroic G1 version. Sure enough, while his Masterpiece toy is based on his G1 design (and his profile in Japan is his G1 self), the one released in Australia was based on his IDW version. Plus, during the Power of the Primes vote for the new Matrix bearer, his bio clearly references the IDW Star Saber's intolerance.
He tried to be a good dad over in Victory, you know? Why is that never played with?
Whenever I think of Starsaber, I'm always going to think of Victory. Him or the sword from Armada. I'll just pretend IDW Starsaber doesn't exist.
The good about Japanese continuity is humans. In season 3, humans studied space exploration in Cybertron. They even have a human space pirate. In Headmasters, humans began traveling in space and establish colonies. In Victory, humans have multiple space colonies and joined the Autobots to fight the Decepticons. One human space colony was destroyed in episode 1 and Star Saber adopt the last human kid from the said colony. In Zone, both humans and Autobots pushed the Decepticons back.
Consistency.
The align community wishes it had this
Must say I kind of dig how Japan made the effort to pull everything into 1 time line. Rather than USA's "if you squint at it" approach.
I just took off my glasses at that point.
I never understood with the sometimes absurd naming of the Transformers in Japan
It’s nice that they continued g1 so far since it’s my personal favorite transformers series
@@EC-ms1jr like Ginrai, Lio Convoy, Deathsaurus, Overlord, and Star Sabre
@@EC-ms1jr I never got it either... but then again, we named robots things like Starscream, Soundwave, Ratbat, Ironhide... hell that's not even getting into the toy-exclusive names like Erector and Lube.
Gone a admit, Japanese g1 have some really cool design for the transformers
When it comes to robots even the U.S.A has to admit Japan can be as good or even better than them.
Brandon Travis Rodriguez yeah right since Hasbro bought the toy designs from a Japanese designer Takara and rebranded them Transformers.
@@vie3147 Yup.
@@vie3147 technically Transformers is siblings with this Series right? Considering both involved Takara
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Japan still better
it's like watching divergent evolution. Over here in America G1 styles remain near and dear to everyone's hearts and no one could replace Optimus Prime. Yet, in Japan the story continued onward and upward, farther and farther, changing and shifting with each new idea from the writers to the point that it was hardly even recognizable as Transformers anymore. It'd become it's own, entirely new and different species in a way.
I Guess In a way japan is good with this
There other series as well that just do this
Like gundam and Yuusha dbz etc etc
Tho yuusha died in the 2000’s and dragon ball took a while
There are a few other series that did what this did
And honestly it’s just amazing
If people of a 100 years from here look back at this
Or if this series is still going on after such a Long time
Indeed they are working extra hard
I'd hardly count IDW's radical departure of a take on Star Saber as a triumph of fans having better access to the Japanese series, given the character was largely based on one writer's interpretation from that time when information was harder to obtain.
Transformers: A series of Japanese toy lines imported to America, and then imported back to Japan… I think we just created an important paradox… an imporadox! /Cue Twilight Zone music/
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Yes! Much like how Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers began life as a cut and paste of bits of the Japanese Super Sentai's 17th series Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger with American actors and storylines. It too proved so immensely popular that the American creation was exported back to Japan and dubbed into Japanese.
What’s funny is that gijoe came to japan and would eventually become diaclone
Like ghost stories, an anime so shitty that when it was dubbed they changed so much it became a different show entirely that was seen as far superior by the Japanese
That feeling when you realize just how much effort has been put into the Japanese version of the original cartoon compared to English and how they're able to tie 30+ years of content together so well.
I remember watching all of Headmasters myself a few years ago, while I didn't particularly like much of the cartoon, I thought their take on Sixshot was just so awesome, he was a kick butt and deadly ninja warrior and a Decepticon who actually had a soft side. I wish Hasbro would make a new series with that version of Six-Shot in it, because that version is easily one of the most interesting Transformers characters.
Oh I'd love that! It's far overdue
Thanks for doing this Chris, for the longest time I'd been so confused by the Japanese continuities, this video put everything into perspective.
Mad respect for JP, instead of multiple universes, they created one single continuity where almost everyone is here. Trully spetacular
I know, harsbro tried and failed
is like reverse power rangers, while the US tried to connect them all, an made a crappy product, in japan they were all separated entities.
I've watched "The Headmasters" and first few episodes of "Masterforce" in Hong Kong just before I immigrated to San Francisco on 6/29/1989, however, I never watched the English dubs and instead watching the Cantonese dubs when it was aired on Asia Television.
Meanwhile, my understanding on "Zone" is that it was ORIGINALLY slated as a series instead of an OVA, but the "fatigue" factor kicked in, hence forth the latter was issued instead.
US: no guys this is a reboot no longer connected.
Japan: EVERYTHING CANON
It's always cool to see how Japan continued this series, thanks for all the basics for 2 years Chris
Cheers
Avi
@MOFELINEXT 2 Luckily enough, the Transformers anime are free from that burden.
Can’t say the same for a certain manga...
@@JimmyTVu What burden, we've never had a sexually explicit comic in our history, nope never. No way we had a comic where they powered up by kissing.
Kiss Players Position is better than the original from what I’ve heard
@@koolmckool7039 *Cough Cough* Transformers United *Cough Cough*
One thing I would like to see is a Japanese Studio to make a Transformers Legends Anime
The pack-in comic format certainly didn't do the comic justice.
This was an interesting watch, especially as you talked about more than just the stuff starting with Headmasters, but also the initial 3 G1 seasons and how they were handled in Japan. The stuff on Return of Convoy and Operation Combination was new to me, I never heard about these two show-less lines and thought it ended with Zone.
Great stuff, and I'm guessing that next episode is about the cosmically powered Starscream.
Kudos for no mention of "GUESS WHO DID THE COMMENTARIES ON THE DVDS FOR THESE LOOK AT ME LOOK HOW FANCY I AM"
So modest and humble.
I DID want to at least use those versions of the DVD sets for images for that bit, but the stock photos were tiny and non-uniform! XD
4:39 I think you mean ninja CONSULTANT, Chris. Seriously though, what WAS the english dub?!
a masterpiece
@@haywyre84 Fair enough.
I prefer "Ninja Staff Sergeant" myself
I just picture now in the Transformers universe, whenever someone is doing SOMETHING with ninjas, they always call Sixshot who strangely will always heed this call no matter how absurd. In other words, think Shueisha executives talking with a giant robot about the specifics of Naruto.
14:39 This is the closest to The Basics on Kiss Players we're ever going to get isn't it. And you know what, I think I'm happy with that.
Hopefully he will cover this Kiss Players basic, as the most disturbing Japanese Transformers franchise, with Lolis and Tentacles XD
A few years ago, I was a guest on an Irish nerd podcast when they wanted to do a roundtable about Transformers. The one regular member who was there had never heard of Kiss Players, so we made him google it in a recording break. When we came back on, he just made an AAAAAAAAAAA noise.
Maybe we should translate Kiss Players someday?
狩人ファンサブKaryuudo Fansubs I’ve got to admit, a very small, very morbidly curious and potentially even somewhat masochistic part of myself really wants you to. But a much larger, much more rational part of me is begging you to spare us from that evil.
@@AlmostAnimixers LOL Who knows what the future will hold? :)
I remember having real dreams of coming home from school to see new episodes when I was in Jr. High (the series ended by then). It wasn't until the advent of the Internet that I discovered that Transformers continued on after Rebirth. I love how the previous IDW comics incorporated the Japanese characters (I hear some folk were miffed at the treatment of Star Saber).
Out of all of your videos, this one was the most fascinating to me considering how the original Transformers had almost as large of a presence in Japan as it did in America. Some of the later lines (notable Operation Combination, the final one) were ones I didn't really hear about until looking up Japanese G1 on the Internet, so it was nice hearing about those alongside the more well-known series (Headmasters, Masterforce, and Victory). Bonus points for including information about the Omni Productions dubs of the three Japanese cartoon shows, which were what got me into Japanese G1 in the first place (and which I love to watch for their unique qualities).
The Deception Breast Force. Yup...this is definitely a Japanese show all right
What if they where female
I love this entire series for the gentle, down to earth and well researched explaining of everything. Thank you, Chris!
One thing I can appreciate about the G1 animes is how the cast is ever shifting. I think it takes more advantage of the franchise's vast world and cast more than just sticking to the fight between Optimus Prime and Megatron. It's that ability to move passed the G1 cast that we really haven't seen since the end of the Beast era really. Not that I have a problem with seeing new spins on the G1 cast, I love seeing all the ways those characters can be reinterpreted, but something about this type of world progression that impresses me. It kinda reminds me of the Star Wars expanded universe or different eras/variations on Mega Man.
Id love to see that episode where metroplex is created. It sounds like a lost episode from the g1 cartoon that would really bridge the continuity between the first 2 seasons and the movie
the movie happen twenty years after the last episode of the season two anime the episode of where the school kids made there own robot
Takara really did a great job expanding G1, almost better Hasbro ever did. The Legends line sure was great, too bad it came to an end. And with the brand unification, except exclusives, the toys in America and Japan will be similar (no more extra paint, no more retooling and... no more manga!). Thank you, Takara-Tomy. ;)
Happy anniversery, Hope you do a "part II" featuring the Japanese Beast wars series
Wish that Shout Factory would release the Japanese Beast Wars exclusive cartoons just like Generation 1 to be complete with each other.
@@davidsaunders8194 thankfully we have fansubs in youtube
Problem is those fandubs are so bad that I get turned off very quickly and just brace myself until the actual release of them on DVD like Shout Factory did.
@@davidsaunders8194 I think you're confusing fanDUB (voiceover) with fanSUB (captions which translate the Japanese dialogue)... Our group recently translated the entire last two G1 Japanese Beast Wars series (II and Neo) and are available to watch on our channel. We hope you enjoy the series, as we've put a lot of work into translating them to ensure they're as close to professional retail quality as possible.
@@akmalfakhruddin7285 You're welcome 😉
Thank you for this one, I have always been interested but never known where to start.
Just want to say chris your doing a great job with this series keep up the great work long may it continue
I asked about a THE BASICS episode on the Pre-TransFormers toylines that became Gen 1. I can't wait for that eventual episode.
Still, can't wait for the next episode, as always. :)
Check out "The Toys That Made Us" if you have Netflix. Season 2 had an episode dedicated to the toy origins.
If I had Netflix, but I don't. Besides, I'd like to see what Chris comes up with.
Mostly Diaclone stuff. Evil General Ingam of the Waruder Empire comes to Earth to have his forces harvest the new energy Freezon and the world creates the force Diaclone to stop them by using their vehicles that transform into mechs.
Sorry for constantly asking but I would love to see the basics on Trypticon
He a robot Dino, that basic enough, isn't it?
Mecha Godzilla had a baby with a city.
@@HouseholdWheel or Mecha Godzilla and Deathsaurer combined into ones ruclips.net/video/gha5zf7kGZE/видео.html
Awesome topic and coverage! Love how you include so much source material in your videos, especially the amazing Japanese artwork!
I love these videos. Every saturday I am looking forward to share them in my Dutch Transformers fans on Facebook. Keep up the awesome work!!!
Still waiting on starsaber to show up on TV again
as much as i love optimus, i feel they should give the other autobot leaders some sort of "away team" job so they can crossover from time to time. same goes for the decepticons and all of their leaders. i suggest this mainly because i don't see hasbro letting anyone else take optimus's spotlight
@@LucasTigy2 You mean like rescue bots?
@@cillianstewart9441 kinda like that, yeah.
@@LucasTigy2 Amusingly, the latest story of the mobile game Earth Wars does have Optimus intending to step down as leader, leading to Laser Optimus (established in this game as being from an alternate universe), Star Saber, and Optimus Primal (plucked out from the far future) wonder and decide for themselves who among the three should become the new Autobot leader.
I wish Deathsaurus and his crew return to the spolight.
They were great villains.
10:30 Huh, I never realised Optimus' Animated design took inspiration from this one!
Happy Anniversary Chris, I always enjoy hearing the odd translations of the Japanese names. Keep up the great work and let's enjoy many more years of The Basic's. 'Till All Are One.
I'll always have a soft spot for the Japanese era of Transformers, including Victory, Beast Wars II and Car Robots. ☺ Oh, and congratulations on 2 years and 60K subs! 😄
Great episode. It's probably the topic that I've been waiting for in a long time.
Also congrats Chris on two years on the basics. Hope we can see more from you.
Megatron: You can now call me, Super Megatron!
Vegeta: Hold my beer.
Vegeta: hold my form
Huh, Deathsaurus's Fortress happens to look a bit like the Tarkin superweapon from the original Marvel Star Wars comics (which happens to have recently been revived). Coincidence? I'd guess so, actually.
Just imagined an Omni Productions dub of the Basics and now I can't unhear Rik Thomas rambling on about Chris McFeely, Cybertron Consultant.
Congrats on 2 years and 60k, and an absolutely ripping episode to top it off!
14:40 Optimus be like... “yup thank you takara ☺️😏” even I can imagine bay wanting a scene where he wanted one of the human female characters to bang a robot
Can we get a basics on Arcee?
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Amazing episode! This was awesome! I remember learning about the Japanese stuff in my early 20's and how exciting it all seemed. Thank you for putting in so much hard work!
*Very* cool video. As you so rightly said, there was an air of mystery around the Japanese Transformers at the time. It's really good to have it cleared up in such a concise and informative way. Thanks!
Man oh man, did I ever love micromasters when I was a kid. I had a pair of bibbed overalls that had a pocket that could fit three of em.
The early 90s were a mixed bag.
i have been binging on these videos for 1 1/2 yrs now and this might be my new favorite (along with the DJD ep.). plus the toy commercial clips really do it for me. i just want to say Thank You for what you do. happy two years!
It's insane, I always feel like the Basics started a month ago. Whoa!
Congratulations on the Channel´s Birthday! Your videos are one of the greatest on the internet!
And now I finally know how to correctly pronounce Ginrai. That's been bugging me for years. Thanks Chris.
Well this was ver fascinating. And I’ve experienced it first hand. I managed to get a hold of Transformers: The Manga vol 1, 2 and 3, which collected all of the Manga all the way up to “Operation Combination.” I was very pleased with it. I’ve also managed to track down and watch all the Japanese transformers cartoons. Now I just need to somehow track down all the other Transformers Manga out there. (I’m specifically looking for the Generation 2 and Beast Wars manga).
Man japan sure love long awkward titles :3 I can’t wait to see the next series
transformer: ultra super light force star wonder brigade magma blast fight !!! :D
You forgot: "part II - the second one"
And shouting engrish (SUPA MODO: Super Mode) :P
@@Lucario2405 season 2 modern war battles part 5 ☻
Honestly hearing these title i get flashbacks to weird long titled light novels
Chris Jericho's Japenglish in action.
I'm kind of surprised no 3rd party company has tried to tackle a violenjiger figure. It looks like you could actually make a decent one that could transform into those weird bug things
As a collector I didn't really think about "grails"...until I saw Grandus, Sky Gary and Star Convoy.
Wow, this was much more complex than I thought it would be! I don't think anyone else could've boiled it down to an easy to understand video, nice one, Chris!
Man, the Japanese divergence was quite impressive in scale. And the way the story’s continuity never fully ended, even after the last episode the story still continued in the magazine.
It's actually rather amusing, for all the criticism of Hasbro never seeming to let go of G1, they at least seem to know to make multiple series, universes, etc. The way Takara handles it, it's as if they're trying to tie practically every G1-inspired thing into one sprawling story that sounds cool but can sound rather convoluted.
@@myriadmediamusings and that fact Takara screwed over BW & BM.
Pio Nepomuceno Isn’t it kind of similar to the current divergence of continuity from the expanded universe of Star Wars to the one Disney wanted?
I know, “similar but different” and all that jazz but to say that we can’t compare this to Star Wars is a bit ignorant, if I say so as a normal person.
Congratulations on a second anniversary video, and thank you so much for showing this to the wider world. I have always appreciated it when there is a single cohesive continuity, and there was so much to learn. May the coming year bring you much happiness and more knowledge to impart!
6:11
“The ultimate life form”
*Jojo Awaken plays*
Great video Chris! Congrats on 2 years of providing the fandom with some great information!
I've recently binged The Basics and one name I've been hearing a lot is Scorponok. would be neat to see an episode on him.
I love how zany the JTF continuity gets! :D I would absolutely love Takara to make an MP God Ginrai!
Happy anniversary the basics
Thanks for this great episode! Growing ups in Latin America I actually recall seeing the Japanese version of the Transformers. I was so confused years on when, now living in the US, so much of the storyline and characters I remembered weren't part of the Transformers cartoons. I only learned about the difference in American and Japanese cartoons through your channel. Thank you so much!
I remember hearing rumors in the early days of the internet that Sunbow had actually dubbed the first 15 episodes of Headmasters but the masters were destroyed in a fire or something and Hasbro just said screw it, were done.
I'm on the 3rd disk of Japanese Headmasters, and what a treat it is to see my favorite toys as a kid get their time on the screen! I'll be getting the the other Japanese series as well!
Thank you. Entertaining as always with perfect narration. Plus I always learn something new and fun about transformers. When do you officially become the cybernet tales cube?
Happy Anniversary! Great video as always.
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Truly awesome thanks for this. I feel fortunate to be one of the few US based fans that actually knew about these series back in the late 80s thanks to a friend who was an exchange student from Japan. From having an original famicom disk system, to showing us VHS recordings his cousins had sent him of Masterforce, I'm so glad I knew him. It wasn't until botcon 98 however that I would start to get my own bootlegs of the Japanese series. To me Headmasters, Masterforce & Victory ARE the official seasons 4-6 that should have been produced by Sunbow but never we're. Thanks Takara & Toei for picking up the slack. I just hope one day the pages of Zone, RoC, and IC ate collected together for an English translation.
The basics has been an amazing series. Do you have any plans to revisit subjects you've already covered with updates? For example, the IDW comics now that the story has come to a close? Keep up the excellent work, sir.
So basically what I’m getting from this video is conformation that Japan makes everything better. Congrats on 2 years of this btw!!
Hearing about how Japan continued the original series I can't help but think about the what ifs of if Hasbro kept the show going like Japan did.
I always hit like before the video even starts because I KNOW these videos are gonna be good!
Bad joke in coming: you could say the breast force was a bust 😎.
I’m so sorry.
*knock* *knock* F.B.I open up!!!
Caught my drifty yes how may i help you?
Lol
No you're not.
Bruh
Japanese Transformers: “Look I’ma be honest with you....s**t is gonna get weird.”
Very interesting with how they are trying to make everything tie in. Was so ecstatic when Shout! Factory gave the US the three Japanese series after season 3. Here is hoping they can or some company can get the license to release Beast Was II and Neo here in the US. Would love to be able to see all of both those series without having to hunt for episodes on RUclips.
The Japanese had the best G1 toy commercials.
Yes I've been waiting for this
I've been rewatching the entire series of the basics
Interesting how transformers was a perfect coming together of a long history between the American hasbro and Japanese takara, only for them to each take it their own unique direction again
Chris, if Shout Factory would release the Japanese Beast Wars exclusives and Car Robots/Robots in Disguise series it would be the Transformers taking full circle for the characters.
The japanese series were broadcasted in Mexico, imagine my frustration when I was seeking a star saber figure
this was AWESOME! best so far! happy anniversary!
The Basics! My favorite part of Saturday!!!
Same
This is why I love this channel so much
For Masterforce, you left out talking about Grand Maximus and Black Zarak.
The absolute best thing about the Japanese series is the end credits of victory where the song asks if star saber ever wet the bed.
Yes finally I've waited so long for this episode thank god Chris did it!
Wow way to tie it all together bro. Excellent video and I eagerly await your next project on THE TRANSFORMERS.
i dont know whats more disappointing about living in the future year of 2019... no jetpacks, no flying cars, no giant transforming robots... only wannabe versions of them...the future sucks...
Oh!! that was my favorite parts! Turns out these were Japanese original? I remember that being recorded on vhs on english tho?? My favorite was Scorponak I even wrote on a school project that asked us to draw what we wanted to become and I drew Scorponak. My Mom made me erase it to my displeasure and instead replaced it with a "smart owl" lol
I also like the headmasters and the ones that turn to guns. Aparently even humans can become head units
You do us a service pal, I am grateful. I know theirs only so much material out there but as long as you keep pumping these videos out I will always watch them. It's hard to pinpoint the magic... was it all random decisions my guys in suits,... Budiansky? ... I guess. I remember as a small child sitting in the back seat of my dads car looking out and seeing these things.... jets, and semi trucks and Volkswagens. The mind stirred... I shifted and squirmed all day waiting to see theses REAL tangible objects turn into alien robots with human like soles go on adventures. LoL It's the best kind of Science Fiction. and still today that kid says "cool!" LoL Anyway, Thanks :)
In Spain we knew this Japan G1 with an irregular (in some times of Headmasters horrible) south american dub wich changed the charcters' names not from original but from one chapter to the next. Blaster was call "Platón", "Ben" or "Qister" without any explanation and Ginrai was call directly Optimus Prime.
But was nice, interestig and complex.
I like how Japan made original characters constantly
An Herculean effort that, frankly, explained away so much of what I was confused about since middle school. THANKS!
「参乗合体トランスフォーマーGo!」「キュートランスフォーマー」といった小規模な展開はあったものの、ここ数年、日本オリジナルのトランスフォーマーは影が薄くなりがちで残念。
シンカリオンもいいけど、和製TFのテレビアニメもまた放送してほしい。
I recommend everyone listen to the Japanese Transformers theme songs, they're an absolute treat.
and then after Transformers Zone's failure, the Brave/Yuusha Robot series emerged