Jim Sorenson

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{{disambig3.5|the real world [[human]]|his [[negative universe]] counterpart|Jim Sorenson (Animated)|Jim}}

[[Image:JimSorenson.jpg|right|180px|thumb|The fan you wish you were.]]

'''James M. Sorenson''', better known as '''Jim''', (born [[July 15]], [[1976]]) is a Los Angeles-based Transformers fan who freelances with [[IDW Publishing]]. Along with [[Bill Forster]], he restored and did layouts of character designs in the [[The Ark series|''Ark'' books]]. He also wrote the copy and compiled the material from fans and professionals like [[Andrew Hall]] (aka Hydra) and [[Bob Budiansky]]. In the course of compiling this material, he came across several original series notes, some of which (nicknames and extended biographies) he has made available to online forums. He is also an [[User:Jimsorenson| active participant]] on this wiki.

[[Image:Botcon 2008 Jim Simon Denton.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Jim in the middle, with [[Simon Furman]] on the right and [[Denton J. Tipton]] on the left, at the BotCon 2008 IDW Panel]]
Prior to making the leap to pro, he had been a longtime fan, contributing to alt.toys.transformers as early as [[1994]]. He was perhaps best known for deciphering the [[Maximal]] and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Cybertronix|languages]] as used in the [[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]] show and making the text, in canonical order, available as a true-type font.<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_thread/thread/77395bc6a16258d7/b5bae9cb3dd23c81?lnk=gst&q=maximal+font#b5bae9cb3dd23c81 ATT Thread from 1999]</ref> In the late '90s, Sorenson created fonts based on [[Cybertronian languages| writing]] in "[[Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust]]" and "[[Decepticon Graffiti!]]"; in [[2007]], these fonts were [[Retcon|retroactively made official]] when they were incorporated into the [[AllSpark Wars]] Mini-ARG (Alternate Reality Game). The Autobot language was subsequently used by [[Burger King]]'s [[Transform Your Way]] contest. He also provided material used by [[Shout! Factory]] in their DVD releases.

== IDW ==
* ''[[Transformers: The Ark]]''
* ''[[Transformers: The Ark II]]''
* ''[[Transformers: The Complete Ark]]''
* ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac]]''
* ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II]]''

==Convention appearances==
* [[BotCon]] ([[BotCon 2008|2008]], [[BotCon 2009|2009]], [[BotCon 2010|2010]])
* Auto Assebly 2010
* Roll Out Roll Call 2012

==External links==
*Jim Sorenson's [http://boltax.blogspot.com/ blog]
*Jim Sorenson's [http://pics.livejournal.com/shortpacked/pic/001y40w0/g232 belt]

==References==
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TV Magazine

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[[Image:TV Magazine logo.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
'''TV Magazine''' (テレビマガジン ''Terebi Magazin'') is a children-oriented monthly Japanese magazine published by [[Kodansha|Kodansha Ltd.]] that primarily features children's television shows and videos, and to a lesser extent, children's video games, model kits, and toys. The content of the magazine is a mix of multi-page spreads featuring photographs of scenes from live-action TV shows, original artwork depicting characters and situations from anime TV shows ("[[Story page|story pages]]"), and black-and-white [[manga]]. As with other periodicals of its kind, it comes with a variety of bonus inserts and supplements each month, mostly consisting of punch-out cardboard items one can fold together. The magazine was first published in [[November 1]], [[1971]], and continues to be published to this day.

Although other similar Japanese magazines such as ''TV Kun'' and ''TV Land'' existed during Generation 1 in Japan, only ''TV Magazine'' featured ''Transformers'' articles and manga during this period. Among ''Transformers'' fans, ''TV Magazine'' is known as the source of anime-style spreads by [[Studio OX]], exclusive manga, and the storyline for the Japanese ''Transformers'' series ''[[Zone (franchise)|Zone]]'', ''[[Return of Convoy (franchise)|Return of Convoy]]'', and ''[[Operation Combination (franchise)|Operation Combination]]'', since the anime ended after ''[[Victory (franchise)|Victory]]''.

The entire run of Generation 1 ''Transformers'' manga from ''TV Magazine'' was republished in book form as ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Comics|Transformers: The Comics]]''. ''Transformers'' fans have also made some of the Generation 1 ''Transformers'' material from ''TV Magazine'' available online in English at ''TF Archive'' and ''TF Pulp''.

==Transformers-related titles==
===Manga===
*[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (manga)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]
*[[The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers|The Story of Super Robot Lifeform: The Transformers]]
*[[The Great Transformer War]]
*[[The Headmasters (manga)|Transformers: The Headmasters]]
*[[Super-God Masterforce (manga)|Transformers: Super-God Masterforce]]
*[[Victory (manga)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory]]
*[[Zone (manga)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone]]
*[[The Battlestars (manga)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars]]
*[[Ridiculous Legend Transformers]]

===Story pages===
*Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers
*Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010
*Transformers: The Headmasters
*Transformers: Super-God Masterforce
*Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory
*Transformers: Zone
*[[The Battlestars (story page)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars]]
*[[Operation Combination (franchise)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination]]
*[[Henkei! Henkei! (franchise)|Henkei! Henkei! Transformers]]

==TV Magazine exclusive toys==
*[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Beast Wars|Cheetus]] golden version ([[1997]])
*[[Matrix Blade#Car Robots|Super God Sword]] ([[2000]])
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)#Robots in Disguise|Black Super Fire Convoy]] (2000)
*[[Ultra Magnus (RID)#Robots in Disguise|Black God Magnus]] (2000)
**Black God Fire Convoy (2000)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Crystal Convoy]] (Supercon, [[2003]])
*[[Megatron (Armada)/toys#Armada|Black Megatron]] (2003)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Energon|Fire SL Grand Convoy]]
*[[Rodimus (Energon)#Energon|Black Rodimus Convoy]] ([[2004]])
*[[Energon weapon#Energy Axe (Strongarm)|Clear Green Energy Axe]]
*[[Energon weapon#Energy Spear (Skyblast)|Clear Deep Blue Energy Spear]]
*[[Optimus_Prime_(G1)/toys#Robot Masters|G1 Convoy]] (Lucky Draw figure, [[2005]])
*[[Dark Nitro Convoy]] (2005)
*[[Legends Class#Japanese multi-packs and exclusives|EZ Collection]] [[Megatron (Armada)|Master Megatron (Megatron)]], [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Galaxy Convoy (Optimus Prime)]] and [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] clear versions (2005)
*[[Scourge (Cybertron)#Cybertron|Flame Convoy - Sky Lynx Edition]] (2005)
*[[Metroplex (Cybertron)#Cybertron|Megalo Convoy]] gold edition (2005)
*[[Dragoyell]] ([[2007]])
*[[Optimus_Prime_(G1)/toys#Henkei! Henkei!|Convoy]] gold chrome ([[2008]])

==External links==
*[[wikipedia:ja:%E3%83%86%E3%83%AC%E3%83%93%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%B3|TV Magazine]] at the Japanese Wikipedia
*[http://www.allspark.com/index.php/Hydra-s-TF-Pulp/ TF Pulp] - Contains translations of Generation 1 story pages and manga from ''TV Magazine''.
*[http://tfarchive.com/comics/japanese/ TF Archive] - Contains translations of Generation 1 story pages and manga from ''TV Magazine''.
*[http://www.luckydrawtransformers.com/magazine-scans.php Lucky Draw Transformers] - Scans of TV Magazine with any / all campaign toys, plus a check list of which issues contained prize draws

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TV Magazine