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'''''Transformers Go! Go!''''' (トランスフォーマーごー!ごー!) is a [[2020]] [[manga]] for young readers written and drawn by [[Haruka Oda]] published in ''[[TV Magazine]]'', on the TV Magazine website, and on publisher [[Kodansha]]'s comics reader Comic-Days.

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==Overview==
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<div class="list-header">Print issues:</div>
*[[Where Is the Energon?|#1]]
*[[How to Use a Big Body|#2]]
*[[Big Invention, Big Trouble?|#3]]
*[[Justice, Peace, and Rock 'n' Roll|#4]]
*[[Mission: Snacks, All to Myself!|#5]]
*[[The Evil Leader's Big Miscalculation|#6]]
*[[Great Adventure on the Planet of Games!|Fan Book 2021]]
*[[Careless Scream|#7]]
*[[Warriors' Day Off|#8]]
*[[The Iron Man of Repair|#9]]
*[[The Commander's Birthday|#10]]
*[[Unpredictable|#11]]
*[[I Want to Protect This Place|#12]]
*[[Muscle Revolution! Ya!|#13]]
*[[The Villains' Strategy Conference, Indeed!|#14]]
*[[The Big Operation to Help Santa!|#15]]
*[[The Transformers' Explosive New Years' Battle!|#16]]
*[[Autobot Police Dispatched!|#17]]
*[[The Trick to a Healthy Autobot Warrior|#18]]
*[[Go! Go! Fan Book 2023 special|Fan Book 2023]]
*[[Protect Freedom! Optimus!|#19]]
*[[Running Wild with Hologram Ninjutsu!|#20]]
*[[Go! Go! print issue 21|#21]]
*[[Transformers Go! Go! Extra Volume|Transformers Archive]]
<br/><div class="list-header">Web issues:</div>
*[[We Are Transformers!|#1]]
*[[Big Invention, Big Trouble?|#2]]
*[[Justice, Peace, and Rock 'n' Roll|#3]]
*[[Mission: Snacks, All to Myself!|#4]]
*[[The Evil Leader's Big Miscalculation|#5]]
*[[Careless Scream|#6]]
*[[Warriors' Day Off|#7]]
*[[The Iron Man of Repair|#8]]
*[[The Commander's Birthday|#9]]
*[[Unpredictable|#10]]
*[[Marvelous! Fire Shark Fishing!!|#11]]
*[[Don't Oversleep and Forget Things!!|#12]]
*[[Go! Go! issue 13|#13]]
*[[Go! Go! issue 14|#14]]
*[[Go! Go! issue 15|#15]]
*[[I Want to Protect This Place|#16]]
*[[Go! Go! issue 17|#17]]
*[[Go! Go! issue 18|#18]]
*[[Go! Go! issue 19|#19]]
*[[Believe in the Bananas!!|#20]]
*[[Flowers, Delivery, and Inattention|#21]]
*[[A Hunch of a Good Duo!|#22]]
*[[A Natural Couple|#23]]
*[[Muscle Revolution! Ya!|#24]]
*[[The Villains' Strategy Conference, Indeed!|#25]]
*[[Go! Go! issue 26|#26]]
*[[Autobot Police Dispatched!|#27]]
*[[Go! Go! issue 28|#28]]
*[[Go! Go! issue 29|#29]]
*[[Go! Go! issue 30|#30]]
*[[Go! Go! issue 31|#31]]
*[[Go! Go! issue 32|#32]]
*[[Go! Go! issue 33|#33]]
*[[The Trick to a Healthy Autobot Warrior|#34]]
*[[Protect Freedom! Optimus!|#35]]
*[[Transformers Go! Go! Shushupopo!! (part 1)|#36]]
*[[Transformers Go! Go! Shushupopo!! (part 2)|#37]]

*'''Collected editions:'''
<div class="list-header">Vol. 1:</div>
*[[We Are Transformers!|#1]]
*[[Where Is the Energon?|#2]]
*[[How to Use a Big Body|#3]]
*[[Big Invention, Big Trouble?|#4]]
*[[Justice, Peace, and Rock 'n' Roll|#5]]
*[[Mission: Snacks, All to Myself!|#6]]
*[[The Evil Leader's Big Miscalculation|#7]]
*[[Careless Scream|#8]]
*[[Warriors' Day Off|#9]]
*[[The Iron Man of Repair|#10]]
*[[Unpredictable|#11]]
*[[Marvelous! Fire Shark Fishing!!|#12]]
*[[Don't Oversleep and Forget Things!!|#13]]
*[[The Villains' Strategy Conference, Indeed!|#14]]
*[[The Commander's Birthday|#15]]
*[[Believe in the Bananas!!|#16]]
*[[Flowers, Delivery, and Inattention|#17]]
*[[A Hunch of a Good Duo!|#18]]
*[[A Natural Couple|#19]]
*Backup strips: [[Zzzzzz|1]] [[Chonky|2]] [[Gleaming|3]] [[Sprout Up|4]]
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''Transformers Go! Go!'' chronicles the light-hearted misadventures of the Autobots and Decepticons in a setting strongly resembling the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original Generation 1 cartoon]] for a young audience while somewhat bafflingly promoting various collector-aimed exclusives. 

The comic started out in print form in the pages of ''TV Magazine'', typically published on the last Saturday of the month. Beginning with [[Careless Scream|the August/September 2021 issue]], the periodical went bi-monthly, before going tri-monthly with [[Autobot Police Dispatched!|the April/May/June 2023]] issue, with the exact publication date increasingly varying (confusingly, but typical of this kind of publication, the issue is actually released a month or two ''before'' the cover date). Separately from the magazine, exclusive stories have also been published in the ''"[[Transformers Fan Book (series)|Transformers Fan Book]]"'' activity books (kind of like [[Transformers Annual|annuals]] published in the [[United Kingdom]]).

A year into its run, the ''TV Magazine'' website began serialising the manga digitally, with a webcomic usually being released on the 15th of each month. As the first two issues of the comic in the magazine had been published in black-and-white, they were replaced with a single new full-color volume to match the rest of the run. This put the numbering between the print and web editions out of sync: print issue #3 was republished as web issue #2, print issue #4 as web issue #3, and so forth. The webcomic additionally inserts character profiles calling out the specific toy being advertised in each story.

After ten installments, the webcomic switched to publishing exclusive new strips separately from the magazine, with [[Marvelous! Fire Shark Fishing!!|issue #11]] being the first non-rerelease. For whatever reason—perhaps just to give Oda some time off—it would still occasionally dip back into the magazine's material for reruns. Unfortunately, coinciding with the release of [[Go! Go! issue 26|web issue #26]] to promote the collected edition of ''Transformers Go! Go!'', the preceding twenty-five webcomics were all taken down, simply redirecting to this advertisement—nevermind that many of these strips weren't actually included in the volume!

At the start of [[2023]], beginning with [[Go! Go! issue 19|web issue #19]], the comic entered an arc Oda termed "Beast Promo Season"- wherein it switched gears to integrate an iteration of [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'' cartoon]] cast (now contemporaneous with their G1 counterparts a la ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|Kingdom]]'') in the interests of prepping kids for the then-upcoming feature film ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Transformers: Rise of the Beasts]]'', climaxing that fall with a giant-sized special in [[Go! Go! issue 28|web issues #28]] and [[Go! Go! issue 29|#29]] featuring many of the film's cast members (though still drawn with more influence from their original G1 or ''Beast Wars'' designs, in a fun bit of dissonance with the actual products being advertised!).<ref>{{citesocial|quote=「ビースト覚醒」への便乗はまだまだ続きます。ということでビースト強化シーズンです🦍🦖　個人的には映画公開当たりまでみっちりやりたいなあと思っています。|link=https://twitter.com/aries_bug/status/1614460747500916736|site=Twitter|name=Haruka Oda|year=2023|month=1|day=14}}</ref>

With the magazine and website now publishing in tandem, under two separate numbering schemes, with the collected edition picking and choosing from both, and not to mention the Fan Book stories, the whole thing generally becomes a bit of a headache to document—but we can't stay mad at a comic this cute. Oh ''Go! Go!'', you scamp.

==Toys==
In a surprising display of attention to detail for a title skewing so young, ''Go! Go!'' carries on the grand TakaraTomy comic tradition of aggressive [[Show-accuracy|toy accuracy]], with each character matching one of their real toys all the way down to their [[kibble]] and transformation schemes. As the comic isn't bound to any particular toyline, the combination of advertised toy-of-the-week plus the occasional dip into older toys to paper over the gaps produces a cast cobbled together from disparate ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' toylines resembling a modern Generation 1 (and ''Beast Wars'') fan's real life collection! 

[[Warriors' Day Off#Notes|...and Long Haul.]]


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{{Bp-a1| [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Wheeljack]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Soundwave (G1)/toys#2020Netflix|Soundwave]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Laserbeak (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Laserbeak]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Ravage (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Ravage]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Elita One (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Elita One]]}}
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)#86TakTom|''Studio Series'' <nowiki>'</nowiki>86]]'''</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Jazz (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Jazz]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Grimlock]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Hot Rod]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Perceptor (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Perceptor]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise#Earthrise (TakaraTomy)|War for Cybertron: Earthrise]]'''</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Starscream]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ratchet (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Ratchet]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ironhide (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Ironhide]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Prowl (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Prowl]]}}
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''[[TV Magazine#TV Magazine exclusive toys|''TV Magazine'' exclusive]]'''</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Long Haul (G1)/toys#TV Magazine|Powerful Long Haul]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus_Prime_(G1)/toys#TFFanbook2023CoreClass|Optimus Prime (Red Clear Ver.)]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=3|[[File:TF-Generations-WFC-Trilogy-Deluxe-Bumblebee.jpg|right|thumb|250px|''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' Bumblebee]][[File:Powerful Long Haul.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''TV Magazine'' Powerful Long Haul]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom#Kingdom (TakaraTomy)|War for Cybertron: Kingdom]]'''</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Ultra Magnus]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Blaster (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Blaster]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Eject (G1)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Eject]]}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Optimus Primal]]}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Megatron (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Beast Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Rattrap (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Rattrap]]}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Cheetor]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|<br>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|[[Rhinox (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Rhinox]]}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Dinobot (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Dinobot]]}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Tigatron#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Tigatron]]}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Airazor (BW)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Airazor]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Inferno (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Inferno]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ark (G1)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Autobot Ark]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''''[[War for Cybertron: Siege#Siege (TakaraTomy)|War for Cybertron: Siege]]'''''</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Shockwave (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Shockwave]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Mirage (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Mirage]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''''[[The Transformers: MPG|MPG]]'''''</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Shouki#MPG|Trainbot Shouki]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Getsuei#MPG|Trainbot Getsuei]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Yukikaze (G1)#MPG|Trainbot Yukikaze]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Suiken#MPG|Trainbot Suiken]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Seizan#MPG|Trainbot Seizan]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Kaen#MPG|Trainbot Kaen]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Raiden#MPG|Trainbot Raiden]]}}
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==Collections==
In light of its overwhelming positive reception, ''Transformers Go! Go!'' became the first ''TV Magazine'' manga since [[Masumi Kaneda]] and [[Ban Magami]]'s [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Comics|original 1985 run]] to receive a collected release!<ref>{{citesocial|quote=【お知らせ】テレビマガジンとテレマガネットで好評連載中のまんが「#トランスフォーマーごーごー」の単行本化が決定しました 皆様のTF愛がこの度、単行本化へとつながりました！ 発売は7月26日（水）笑って癒されるトランスフォーマーまんがをお楽しみに ⒸTOMY #トランスフォーマー|link=https://twitter.com/tele_maga/status/1656894041601228802|site=Twitter|name=TV Magazine|year=2023|month=5|day=18}}</ref>
* '''''Transformers Go! Go!''''' <small>([[July 26]], [[2023]]) ISBN 4065320852 / ISBN 978-4065320853</small>
**Collects 19 select issues of ''Transformers Go! Go!''
**Bonus material includes character profiles and new {{w|4-koma}} backup strips.
**{{w|Tankōbon}} format.
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File:Go!Go! tankobon.jpg|'''''Transformers Go! Go!''''' - cover art by [[Haruka Oda]]
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==Notes==
*The comic's soft, friendly aesthetic creates one prominent exception to the aforementioned toy accuracy: the aspiring ''Go! Go!'' superfan is free to swap out the advertised exclusives bearing gritty [[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon]] inspired battle damage for their barer standard retail versions with arguably ''increased'' resemblance to Oda's art.

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://cocreco.kodansha.co.jp/telemaga/news/feature/tfgogo/ ''Transformers Go! Go!''] at the ''TV Magazine'' website
*[https://comic-days.com/episode/4855956445034349599 ''Transformers Go! Go!''] on Comic-Days
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*[https://transformers-translations.tumblr.com/post/698239627358797825/tf-go-go-chapter-index-this-will-be-pinned-to ''Transformers Go! Go!'' translations] at the TF Translations blog (dead site)
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