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'''Andrew | [[Image:Andrew Hall.jpg|thumb|300px|With that hairdo, he's almost as tall as [[Karl Hartman|Karl]].]] | ||
'''Andrew Hall''' is a long-standing member of the online [[fandom]] under the screen name '''Hydra'''. He previously worked for Part One, the Japanese company that owns [[e-HOBBY]], first as a professional translator, then later as a content planner primarily responsible for planning new exclusives and projects for e-HOBBY. During this time, he also wrote bios and stories for TakaraTomy, along with bi-lingual articles for the online ''e-HOBBY Magazine'', and ran e-HOBBY's Twitter account. | |||
==Works | Hall left Part One in 2013, and in 2014, founded his own company, [https://phase6.jp/home-en/ Phase Six Inc.] (usually rendered as "PHASE6"), with the goal of making new creative collaboration possible between Japan and other countries. The company has handled the art production for projects such as the 2014 [[BotCon 2014|BotCon]] and [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (magazine)|Transformers Collectors' Club]] comics, introducing the art of Japanese creators [[Naoto Tsushima]] and [[Hayato Sakamoto]] to the west. | ||
==Works== | |||
===Original=== | |||
*Character bios for the second half of the ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Transformers: Prime]]'' toyline | |||
*''[[Transformers United EX|United EX]]'' story and character bios | |||
*Bios for the Japanese ''[[Transformers: Generations#Generations in Japan|Generations]]'' toyline | |||
*"[[Badlands (issue)|Badlands]]" | |||
*Some entries of the Facebook edition of [[Ask Vector Prime]] | |||
*''[[Spatiotemporal Challengers]]'' | |||
*[[Bug Bite II]]'s profile card | |||
===Translated=== | |||
*Numerous bios for e-HOBBY toys | *Numerous bios for e-HOBBY toys | ||
*''[[Macrocosmic Seekers]]'' | *''[[Macrocosmic Seekers]]'' | ||
*[[Destron Doppelgänger Black Rodimus Convoy]] | *"[[Destron Doppelgänger Black Rodimus Convoy]]" | ||
*"[[Solar Requiem]]" | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
*''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' [[Hydra (Animated)|Hydra]] | *Hall's screen name was taken from the ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' [[Hydra (G1)|character of the same name]]. When designing ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' [[Hydra (Animated)|Hydra]], [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] made the character an homage to both ''Masterforce'' Hydra and Hall, incorporating Hall's tall, skinny build and pompadour haircut. | ||
*He credits [[Rik Alvarez]] for his "incredible help" with the [[Arms Micron]] bios, which had to be written before the characters made any appearances; Alvarez helped him get background info.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522191018/http://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/121416-everything-that-went-wrong-with-the-transformers-prime-show-panel-at-tfcon-charlotte/page-8#entry3060514 Allspark forums:] "In his defense, Rik was of incredible help to me while I was working on the bios for the Arms Micron toys. | |||
Many needed to be written before the characters appeared in the shows, so he gave me a lot of background info that helped me reflect the show."</ref> | |||
*Doubt not his credentials! Hall won the [[BotCon 1999]] ''and'' [[BotCon Japan 2000]] trivia contests! | |||
*He is very tall. | *He is very tall. | ||
==References== | |||
{{Reflist}} | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.e-hobbymagazine.com/english ''e-HOBBY Magazine''] | *[http://www.e-hobbymagazine.com/english ''e-HOBBY Magazine''] | ||
*[http://www.e-hobbymagazine.com/english/cuen/1968.html Collector Universe 003: Andrew "Hydra" Hall] | *[http://www.e-hobbymagazine.com/english/cuen/1968.html Collector Universe 003: Andrew "Hydra" Hall] | ||
*[ | *[https://twitter.com/eHOBBY_SHOP e-HOBBY SHOP twitter] | ||
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050509234811/http://www.tfpulp.com/index.html Hydra's TF Pulp] (archived link) | |||
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130824114937/http://www.allspark.com/content/blogsection/5/37/ TF Pulp @ The Allspark] (archived link) | |||
===Interviews=== | |||
*August 2015—[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x36lgg1 Auto Assembly] (with [[Kei Zama]] and [[Andrew Griffith]]) | |||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hall, Andrew}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Hall, Andrew}} | ||
[[Category:e-HOBBY]] | |||
[[Category:Fandom]] | [[Category:Fandom]] | ||
[[Category:Generations writers]] | |||
[[Category:Japanese writers]] | |||
[[Category:TakaraTomy writers]] | |||
[[Category:Translators]] | |||
[[Category:Writers]] | |||
Latest revision as of 06:44, 20 February 2026
| This subject of this article goes by multiple names that apply to other articles as well. See Andrew (disambiguation), Hydra (disambiguation). |
Andrew Hall is a long-standing member of the online fandom under the screen name Hydra. He previously worked for Part One, the Japanese company that owns e-HOBBY, first as a professional translator, then later as a content planner primarily responsible for planning new exclusives and projects for e-HOBBY. During this time, he also wrote bios and stories for TakaraTomy, along with bi-lingual articles for the online e-HOBBY Magazine, and ran e-HOBBY's Twitter account.
Hall left Part One in 2013, and in 2014, founded his own company, Phase Six Inc. (usually rendered as "PHASE6"), with the goal of making new creative collaboration possible between Japan and other countries. The company has handled the art production for projects such as the 2014 BotCon and Transformers Collectors' Club comics, introducing the art of Japanese creators Naoto Tsushima and Hayato Sakamoto to the west.
Works
[edit]Original
[edit]- Character bios for the second half of the Transformers: Prime toyline
- United EX story and character bios
- Bios for the Japanese Generations toyline
- "Badlands"
- Some entries of the Facebook edition of Ask Vector Prime
- Spatiotemporal Challengers
- Bug Bite II's profile card
Translated
[edit]- Numerous bios for e-HOBBY toys
- Macrocosmic Seekers
- "Destron Doppelgänger Black Rodimus Convoy"
- "Solar Requiem"
Notes
[edit]- Hall's screen name was taken from the Super-God Masterforce character of the same name. When designing Animated Hydra, Derrick J. Wyatt made the character an homage to both Masterforce Hydra and Hall, incorporating Hall's tall, skinny build and pompadour haircut.
- He credits Rik Alvarez for his "incredible help" with the Arms Micron bios, which had to be written before the characters made any appearances; Alvarez helped him get background info.[1]
- Doubt not his credentials! Hall won the BotCon 1999 and BotCon Japan 2000 trivia contests!
- He is very tall.
References
[edit]- ↑ Allspark forums: "In his defense, Rik was of incredible help to me while I was working on the bios for the Arms Micron toys. Many needed to be written before the characters appeared in the shows, so he gave me a lot of background info that helped me reflect the show."
External links
[edit]- e-HOBBY Magazine
- Collector Universe 003: Andrew "Hydra" Hall
- e-HOBBY SHOP twitter
- Hydra's TF Pulp (archived link)
- TF Pulp @ The Allspark (archived link)
Interviews
[edit]- August 2015—Auto Assembly (with Kei Zama and Andrew Griffith)
