The New Battle Begins!

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"The New Battle Begins!" 新たなる戦いが始まる! (Aratanaru Tatakai ga Hajimaru!)
Publisher	Takara
First published	July 15, 2004

A new war across time begins!

Synopsis

It is the year 2004. With the help of the United Nations, the Autobots have begun work on their Scramble City operation. Their plan is interrupted by the sudden arrival of the time-displaced Beast Megatron who has come to present-day Earth via a time portal called the Blastizone. Beast Megatron has seized command of the Decepticons in the absence of the original Megatron and organized them into a force to be reckoned with. The Decepticons are now after a powerful new energy source littered across the globe: Solitarium.

Beast Megatron's knowledge of future events, along with his powerful new army of Decepticons, prove too much for Optimus Prime and his Autobots. Luckily, they are not alone in this battle. Another warrior has emerged from the Blastizone: Beast Megatron's arch-nemesis, Optimus Primal!

Optimus Prime and Optimus Primal then form a united front against Beast Megatron and his Decepticons.

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Decepticons
R-Blade (1) Optimus Prime (2) Mirage (4) Optimus Primal (10)	Beast Megatron (3) Wrecker Hook (5) Wingstun (6) Air Hunter (7) Psycho-Orb (8) Starscream (9)

Notes

• Most of the artwork and narrative text of this comic were used for the opening of the Robotmasters cartoon.

References

• Scans of "The New Battle Begins!" at FantoFan
• Translation of "The New Battle Begins!" at Ben's World of Transformers (archived)
• Complete archive of "The New Battle Begins!"