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'''Manga''' are typically black and white comic books which read from right to left.  They are published in Japan by various Shonen (boys) magazines, such as [[TV Magazine]] and [[Comic Bom Bom]].  The Transformers have almost always had a consistent manga series in every line.
[[Image:G1MangaPrologue01.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The very first ''Transformers'' manga ever.]]
 
'''Manga''' (漫画 or まんが) is the Japanese word for [[comics]] and print cartoons.<ref>In Japan, the term is used regardless of a publication's national origin, while in English the term is primarily used to describe publications of Japanese origin specifically.</ref> Manga are usually black and white comic books which are read from right to left, published in Japan by various comic magazines or packaged with toys and DVDs. There has almost always been a manga to accompany the newest ''Transformers'' toyline, sometimes taking place in the same continuity as the concurrent animated series, and sometimes presenting a different take on the story.
 
Until the publication of [[Viz Media]]'s [[Transformers: The Manga|official English translation]] of the original Generation 1 [[TV Magazine]] stories in 2020, no ''Transformers'' manga series had ever been made available outside of Japan. Unofficial English translations by fans appeared online for years, most notably at the websites ''TF Pulp'' and ''TF Archive''.
 
The following Japanese magazines have published ''Transformers'' manga or illustrated text material:
 
*''[[Comic BomBom]]''
*''[[Comic BunBun]]''
*''[[Dengeki Daioh]]''
*''[[Dengeki Hobby|Dengeki Hobby Magazine]]''
*''[[Figure Ō]]''
*''[[Hyper Hobby Magazine]]''
*''[[Kerokero Ace]]''
*''[[Super Robot Magazine]]''
*''[[TV Magazine]]''
*''[[Square Enix|Young Gangan]]''


==Transformers manga series and specials==
==Transformers manga series and specials==
===[[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]]===
====''TV Magazine''====
*''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (manga)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]''
*''[[The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers]]'' (featuring ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (franchise)|Transformers 2010]]'' characters)
*''[[The Great Transformer War]]''
*"[[The Decisive Battle of Planet Beast!]]" (''Transformers''/''[[Beastformers (franchise)|Beastformers]]'' special)
*''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (manga)|The Headmasters]]''
*''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (manga)|Super-God Masterforce]]''
*''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (manga)|Victory]]''
*''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Zone]]''
*''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars (manga)|The Battlestars]]''
====''Comic BomBom''====
*"[[A Birth of Planet Saybertron]]" (illustrated text story)
*"[[Full Throttle Scramble Power!]]"
*[[Famicom How-to Manga: Transformers: Mystery of Convoy]]
*''[[Transformers (Mystery of Convoy)]]'' (strategy guide)
====''[[Beastformers (franchise)|Beastformers]]''====
*"[[The Water Gem of Stillness]]"
*"[[Legend of the Three Wise Ones]]"
*"[[Beastformers VS Laser Beasts]]"
====''[[Robotmasters (franchise)|Robotmasters]]''====
*''[[Robotmasters (comic)|Robotmasters]]'' (online and catalog manga)
*''[[Robotmasters (3D diorama comic)|Robotmasters]]'' (3D diorama manga)
====''[[The Transformers: Binaltech Asterisk|Binaltech Asterisk]]''====
*''[[Asterisk Story]]''
====''[[Transformers: Kiss Players (franchise)|Kiss Players]]''====
*''[[Transformers: Kiss Players (manga)|Kiss Players]]''
*''[[Information Administration Teletraan 15 Go! Go!|15 Go! Go!]]''
====[[e-HOBBY]]====
*"[[Hybrid Style Convoy Black Version]]"
*"[[64 Cybertron Urban Defense Robot GADEP]]"
*"[[Destron Leader Megatron Black Ver.]]"
*"[[Destron Aerospace Warrior Sunstorm]]"
*"[[MP-1B Cybertron Commander / Convoy Black Ver.]]"
*"[[MP-3G Destron Air Commander / Starscream Ghost Ver.]]"
*"[[Nissan GT-R / Ultra Magnus (Brilliant Pearl White)]]"
*"[[Destron Doppelgänger Black Rodimus Convoy]]"
*"[[Badlands (issue)|Badlands]]"
*"[[Decepticon Dark Commander Grand Scourge]]"


===Generation 1===
====''[[Transformers United|United]]''====
*"[[A New Battle!]]"
*"[[The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos]]"
*''[[Transformers United EX]]'' (illustrated text stories)


*[[Fight!  Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (manga)|Fight!  Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]
====''[[Transformers Generations (series)|Generations]]''====
*[[Full Throttle Scramble Power!]]
*"[[A Tale of the Pretenders]]"
*[[The Transformers (manga)|The Transformers]] (featuring [[Transformers 2010]] characters
*"[[Metrowars]]"
*[[Transformers Big War]]
*"[[Metrowars 2]]"
*"[[Great Decisive Battle of Planet Beest!]]" (Transformers/[[Beastformers]] special)
*"[[Starscream's New Power]]"
*[[The Headmasters (manga)|The Headmasters]]
*"[[Train Wars]]"
*[[Super-God Masterforce (manga)|Super-God Masterforce]]
*"[[Controverse]]"
*[[Victory (manga)|Victory]]
*"[[Train Wars 2]]"
*[[Zone (manga)|Zone]]
*"[[Rodimus Wars]]"
*[[Battlestars (manga)|Battlestars: The Return of Convoy]]
*"[[Reborn]]"
*[[Transformer PD Type]]
*"[[Headmasters VS Masterforce]]"
*"[[Rescue the Monorail!]]"


====Generation 2====
====''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]''====
*''[[Unite Warriors Offshot]]'' (illustrated text stories)
*''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' (manga)


*[[Generation 2 (mini-manga)|Generation 2]] (mini-manga)
====Other Generation 1 publications====
*[["The Earth is in Danger"]] (Generation 2 special)
*''[[PDTF Comic]]''
*''[[The Transformers (MC Axis manga)|The Transformers]]'' ([[MC Axis]] pack-in manga)
*''[[Transformers: The Battle of the Star Gate|The Battle of the Star Gate]]''
*''[[Transformers: All Spark]]''
*"[[Yokohama Decepticon Secret Base]]"


====Beast Wars====
===''[[Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]''===
*''[[Transformers: G-2 (pack-in manga)|G-2]]'' (pack-in manga)
*"[[The New Battle!!]]"


*[[Beast Wars II (manga)|Beast Wars II]]
===''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]''===
*[[Beast Wars Neo (manga)|Beast Wars Neo]]
*"[[The Maximal Brainwashing Operation]]"
*[[Beast Wars Metals (manga)|Beast Wars Metals]]
*''[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (manga)|Beast Wars II]]''
*''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (manga)|Beast Wars Neo]]''
*''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals (manga)|Beast Wars Metals]]''
*''[[Beast Wars Reborn]]'' (illustrated text stories)


====Kiss Players====
===[[Unicron Trilogy]]===
*''[[Linkage (comic)|Linkage]]''
*[[Energon Volume 4]]
*"[[Optimus Prime VS Mysterious Supreme Commander Scourge"|Optimus Prime VS Scourge]]"
*''[[Transformers: Galaxy Force (manga)|Galaxy Force]]''


*[[Kiss Players (manga)]] (set in 2006, between [[The Transformers: The Movie]] and 2010)
===[[Live-action film series|Live action movie series]]===
*"[[Keroro Gunsō × Transformers]]"
*''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Unite for the Universe]]''
*"[[The Creation Revoltech!]]"
*''[[Movie Trilogy]]''


===Unicron Trilogy===
===''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]''===
*''[[Transformers Animated: The Cool|The Cool/The Cool Extra]]''


*[[Armada (manga)|Transformer Micron Legend]]
===[[Aligned]]===
*[[Energon (manga)|Transformer Superlink]]
*"[[Birth! Black Knight Bumblebee]]"
*[[Cybertron (manga)|Transformer Galaxy Force]]
*"[[Return! The Most Evil Duo]]"
*"[[Decepticon Jaeger Deadlock]]"


==Continuity==
===Prominent [[continuity]]-hopping publications===
====Alternity====
*''[[Transformers: Alternity]]''
====[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]====
*''[[Transformers Legends (comic)|Transformers Legends]]''
====[[Generations Selects (franchise)|Generations Selects]]====
*''[[Generations Selects Special Comic]]''


The Generation 1 manga acts as both a suppliment to the television series as well as an alternate telling, depending on the line.  "Fight! Super Robot Lifeform", "2010", "Headmasters", "Zone", "Battlestars", "Generation 2", and "Kiss Players" take place in the animated universe, expanding and continuing its story.
===Miscellaneous===
====''[[Go-Bots continuity family|Go-Bots]]''====
*''[[Kids' Transformers: Rescue Hero Go-Bots (manga)|Rescue Hero Go-Bots]]''
====''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (franchise)|Henkei! Henkei!]]''====
*''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (pack-in manga)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' (pack-in manga)
*''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (Comic BunBun)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' (''Comic BunBun'' series)
*''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers -Visualize-|Visualize]]'' (illustrated text stories)
====''[[Transformers GT: Mission GT-R (franchise)|Transformers GT]]''====
*''[[Transformers GT: Mission GT-R (comic)|Transformers GT: Mission GT-R]]''
====Comedy manga====
*''[[Ridiculous Legend Transformers]]''
*''[[Q-Robo Transformer]]''
====[[Kre-O]]====
*''[[Kre-O Transformers (comic)|Kre-O Transformers]]''
====[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]====
*"[[Solar Requiem]]"
====Cloud====
*''[[Transformers Cloud|Spacetime World: Guardians of Time]]'' (illustrated text stories)
====[[Primus Vanguard]] storyline====
*"[[Cybertron Convobat prequel comic]]" (online manga)
*"[[Cybertron Convobat]]" (pack-in manga)
*"[[Cybertron Magna Convoy prequel comic]]"
*"[[Cybertron Magna Convoy]]"
*"[[Blue Big Convoy comic]]"
====Dialect Girl====
*''[[Transformers × Dialect Girl: My Toys]]''
====[[Mazinger Z]] versus Transformers====
*''[[Mazinger Z versus Transformers]]''


Conversely, "Masterforce" and "Victory" are alternate tellings of the storyline and do not take place in the same animated universe.
==Collected editions==
*''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Comics]]'' (graphic novel collection)
*''[[Transformers: The Manga]]'' (English-language translation series)


"Headmasters" is somewhat unusual, with a relationship to the cartoon that would best be described as being similar to the relationship between the US [[Marvel Comics]] and their UK counterpart - it is a universe in which the majority of events from the animated series take place, but with some extra stories and some differences... most notably, an alternate depiction of the beginning of [[Daniel Witwicky|Daniel]] and [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]'s friendship and the presence of [[Stepper]] and [[Artfire]].  Stepper and Artfire's appearances were later [[retcon|retconed]] via toy bios to avoid contradiction, though the wackiness with Daniel and Sixshot still remain.
==See also==
*[[Comics|An overview of Transformers comics in all languages]]
*[[Story page]]s


"Generation 2" is also a bit strange.  The story pages and mini-comics by [[Hidetsugu Yoshioka]] take place within the confines of the animated universe, continuing the storyline after Battlestars and Operation Combination.  The ''Comics Bom Bom'' manga special, "The Earth is in Danger", is a separate continuity from the Hidetsugu Yoshioka-produced works.  It takes place in its own universe with the events happening in the year 199X (basically, some time in the 1990's).
==References==
{{reflist}}


The ''Beast Wars'' mangas are all alternate timelines from the television series, although the events of Season 1 of Beast Wars took place in the Beast Wars Metals Manga.
==External links==
*{{w|Manga|Manga at Wikipedia}}
*[http://www.allspark.com/content/blogsection/5/37/ TF Pulp] - Contains translations of Transformers manga from various generations.
*[http://tfarchive.com/comics/japanese/ TF Archive] - Contains translations of Transformers manga from various generations.




[[Category: Generation 1]]
[[Category:Manga| ]]
[[Category: Generation 2]]
[[Category: Beast Wars]]
[[Category: Manga| ]]
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Latest revision as of 12:15, 26 December 2025

The very first Transformers manga ever.

Manga (漫画 or まんが) is the Japanese word for comics and print cartoons.[1] Manga are usually black and white comic books which are read from right to left, published in Japan by various comic magazines or packaged with toys and DVDs. There has almost always been a manga to accompany the newest Transformers toyline, sometimes taking place in the same continuity as the concurrent animated series, and sometimes presenting a different take on the story.

Until the publication of Viz Media's official English translation of the original Generation 1 TV Magazine stories in 2020, no Transformers manga series had ever been made available outside of Japan. Unofficial English translations by fans appeared online for years, most notably at the websites TF Pulp and TF Archive.

The following Japanese magazines have published Transformers manga or illustrated text material:

Transformers manga series and specials

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Generation 1

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TV Magazine

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Comic BomBom

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Beastformers

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Robotmasters

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Binaltech Asterisk

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Kiss Players

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e-HOBBY

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United

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Generations

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Unite Warriors

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Other Generation 1 publications

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Generation 2

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Beast Wars

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Unicron Trilogy

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Live action movie series

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Animated

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Aligned

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Prominent continuity-hopping publications

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Alternity

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Legends

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Generations Selects

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Miscellaneous

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Go-Bots

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Henkei! Henkei!

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Transformers GT

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Comedy manga

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Kre-O

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Shattered Glass

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Cloud

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Primus Vanguard storyline

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Dialect Girl

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Mazinger Z versus Transformers

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Collected editions

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See also

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References

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  1. ↑ In Japan, the term is used regardless of a publication's national origin, while in English the term is primarily used to describe publications of Japanese origin specifically.
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  • Manga at Wikipedia
  • TF Pulp - Contains translations of Transformers manga from various generations.
  • TF Archive - Contains translations of Transformers manga from various generations.
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