Tokyopop

2009-06-28T04:50:22Z

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'''Tokyopop''' is a North American manga publisher that released a series of '''Cine-Manga''' based on the ''[[Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' and ''[[Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' television series. Cine-Manga adapt anime episodes into pocket-sized graphic novel form, laying out screen captures like comic book panels and adding dialogue bubbles and sound effects.

''The term "Cine-Manga" is commonly used to refer to all sorts of tv-to-comic adaptations like this, but is actually a trademark by Tokyopop.''

==''Armada''==
===First Encounter===
[[Image:Cinemanga armada1.jpg|right|70px|thumb|]]
:Adapts [[First Encounter]] and [[Metamorphosis]]

ISBN 159182673x

* From the dramatis personæ:
* Rad is in 7th grade when the series begins.
* [[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]] is used to represent the [[Mini-Con]] faction like Optimus Prime does the Autobots and Megatron the Decepticons.

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===The Mystery of the Missing Mini-cons===
[[Image:Cinemanga armada2.jpg|right|70px|thumb|]]
:Adapts [[Ruin]] and [[Prehistory]]

ISBN 1591826748

* Mockup covers bore the title 'Return of the Missing Minicon.' {{sic}}
* This is the only english-language source for the spelling of "[[Olyhalcon|Olyhalcons]]", much-mangled in the process of being translated from Greek to Japanese to English. (The original root being "[[wikipedia:orichalcum|orichalcum]]".)

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===The Starsaber Dilemma===
[[Image:Cinemanga armada3.jpg|right|70px|thumb|]]
:Adapts [[Overmatch]] and [[Credulous]]

ISBN 1591827590

* Mockup covers bore the much ''funnier'' title 'Contains Episodes "Overmatch" & "Credulous."'

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==''Energon''==
===A New Threat===
[[Image:Cinemanga energon1.jpg|right|100px|thumb|]]
:Adapts [[Cybertron City (episode)|Cybertron City]] and [[Energon Stars]]

ISBN 1591828171

* [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]]'s opening monologue says it's been 20 years since Armada instead of 10.
* Optimus Prime puts [[Desert City]] on "Def-Com 4," rather than Def-Con or [[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]].
* According to the dramatis personæ at the start of the book, [[Miranda Jones]] is also a scientist, like her husband.
* Alpha Q is described as "the evil Power Core of Unicron," a misunderstanding stemming from a badly translated line in the cartoon.

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===The Ultimate Betrayal===
[[Image:Cinemanga energon2.jpg|right|100px|thumb|]]
:Adapts [[Scorpinok]] and [[Megatron's Sword]]

ISBN 159182814x

* A number of errors in the dramatis personæ
* [[Ironhide (Energon)]] is described transforming into a fire truck. (His profile replaced Inferno's from volume 1.)
* Carlos is incorrectly described as working in [[Desert City]].
* Demolishor is described as transforming into a dump truck with a heavy arsenal, which he does... but not ''yet''.
*Scorpinok {{sic}} is has 3 modes; a scorpion, a jet, or a construction vehicle.

* The language of Alpha Q's description of [[Megatron's Energon Sword|Megatron's sword]] as "a Star Saber" has been strengthened to "the Star Saber", which makes a lot more sense in context... but is still wrong.
* The composition of the team on [[Mars]] in [[Megatron's Sword]] is made more explicit: the 3 [[Energon Saber]] team members are [[Mini-Con|Mini-Cons]] while the other Autobots on the surface are [[Omnicon|Omnicons]].

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===The Rise of Megatron===
[[Image:Cinemanga energon3.jpg|right|100px|thumb|]]
:Adapts ?

{{note|The cover pictured is an early mockup, not the final one.}}
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==External links==
*[http://www.tokyopop.com/ Tokyopop.com]

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