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<p>71.242.235.93: /* Trivia */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Comicstory|<br /> |seriesissue=[[Ark series]] v2<br /> |title=Transformers: The Ark II — A Compendium Japanese Character Designs<br /> |image=The ark II cover.jpg<br /> |caption=God Ginrai and his pet tabby...his tabby of DEATH!<br /> |next=The Complete Ark<br /> |prev=The Ark: A Complete Compendium of Character Designs<br /> |publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]<br /> |written by=[[Jim Sorenson]] and [[Bill Forster]]<br /> |date=[[July 10]], 2008<br /> |illustrated by=<br /> |continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Japanese Generation 1]]<br /> |pagecount=208<br /> |ISBN=ISBN 1600101801&lt;br&gt;<br /> ISBN 978-1600101809<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''''Transformers: The Ark II — A Compendium Japanese Character Designs''''' is a follow-up volume to the first ''[[The Ark: A Complete Compendium of Character Designs|Ark]]'' book featuring Japanese [[Character model|character models]]. Authors [[Jim Sorenson]] and [[Bill Forster]] covered all major Japanese Generation 1 series: ''[[The Headmasters (franchise)|The Headmasters]]'', ''[[Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Super-God Masterforce]]'', ''[[Victory (franchise)|Victory]]'', ''[[Zone (franchise)|Zone]]'', ''[[Return of Convoy (franchise)|Battlestars]]'', and ''[[Operation Combination (franchise)|Operation Combination]]''. [[Nick Roche]] penciled and inked the cover, colored by [[Josh Burcham]].<br /> <br /> It is put out by [[IDW Publishing]]. Despite having an even narrower audience base than the first volume, it broke #10,000 on Amazon.com's sales rankings.{{now|10 July 2008}}<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Trivia==<br /> * The cover by [[Nick Roche]] features [[Ginrai|God Ginrai]] and [[Victory Leo]]—the same character, intentionally evoking similar imagery to the cover of the first ''Ark'', the creation of [[Galvatron (G1)| Galvatron]]. [http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/viewtopic.php?t=41930]<br /> <br /> * This was the first English-language release of any kind to include a mention of [[Violen Jiger]], settling a long-standing debate as to how in the heck his name is supposed to be spelled. <br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Ark 2}}<br /> [[Category:IDW titles]]<br /> [[Category:Reference texts]]</div>

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