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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]]'' and on the TV Magazine website. | '''''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]]'' and on the TV Magazine website. | ||
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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 original print comic begins in black and white for its first two issues before being promoted to full color from issue 3 onward. The web comic presents an all new adventure replacing the first two black and white issues and then re-runs the print issues exactly from issue 2 onwards, meaning print issue 3 becomes web issue 2, issue 4 becomes issue 3, and so forth. The web comic additionally inserts character profiles calling out the specific toy being advertised in each issue. As of issue 11, the webcomic begins to deviate into web-exclusive issues and generally be a pain to document, but we can't stay mad at a comic this cute. Oh ''Go! Go!'', you scamp. | ''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 original print comic begins in black and white for its first two issues before being promoted to full color from issue 3 onward. The web comic presents an all new adventure replacing the first two black and white issues and then re-runs the print issues exactly from issue 2 onwards, meaning print issue 3 becomes web issue 2, issue 4 becomes issue 3, and so forth. The web comic additionally inserts character profiles calling out the specific toy being advertised in each issue. As of issue 11, the webcomic begins to deviate into web-exclusive issues and generally be a pain 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 fan's real life collection! [[Warriors' Day Off#Notes|...and Long Haul.]] | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)#Japanese release|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'''''</u> | |||
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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]]}} | |||
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<ul class="iconlist"> | |||
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{{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>'''[[Studio Series#Studio Series (TakaraTomy)|''Studio Series'' <nowiki>'</nowiki>86]]'''</u> | |||
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{{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]]}} | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:TF-Generations-WFC-Trilogy-Deluxe-Bumblebee.jpg|right|thumb|250px|''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' Bumblebee]] | |||
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{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%" | |||
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise#Earthrise (TakaraTomy)|War for Cybertron: Earthrise]]'''</u> | |||
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{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Starscream]]}} | |||
{{Bp-a1|[[Ratchet (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Ratchet]]}} | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''[[TV Magazine#TV Magazine exclusive toys|''TV Magazine'' exclusive]]'''</u> | |||
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{{Bp-d1|[[Long Haul (G1)/toys#TV Magazine|Powerful Long Haul]]}} | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom#Kingdom (TakaraTomy)|War for Cybertron: Kingdom]]'''</u> | |||
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{{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]]}} | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:Powerful Long Haul.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''TV Magazine'' Powerful Long Haul]] | |||
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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. | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[https://cocreco.kodansha.co.jp/telemaga/news/feature/tfgogo/ ''Transformers Go! Go!''] at the ''TV Magazine'' | *[https://cocreco.kodansha.co.jp/telemaga/news/feature/tfgogo/ ''Transformers Go! Go!''] at the ''TV Magazine'' | ||
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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 and on the TV Magazine website.
Overview
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Web issues:
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Transformers Go! Go! chronicles the light-hearted misadventures of the Autobots and Decepticons in a setting strongly resembling the original Generation 1 cartoon for a young audience while somewhat bafflingly promoting various collector aimed exclusives. The original print comic begins in black and white for its first two issues before being promoted to full color from issue 3 onward. The web comic presents an all new adventure replacing the first two black and white issues and then re-runs the print issues exactly from issue 2 onwards, meaning print issue 3 becomes web issue 2, issue 4 becomes issue 3, and so forth. The web comic additionally inserts character profiles calling out the specific toy being advertised in each issue. As of issue 11, the webcomic begins to deviate into web-exclusive issues and generally be a pain 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 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 Generations toylines resembling a modern Generation 1 fan's real life collection! ...and Long Haul.
| War for Cybertron Trilogy | Studio Series '86 |  |
| War for Cybertron: Earthrise | TV Magazine exclusive | War for Cybertron: Kingdom |  |
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 War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon inspired battle damage for their barer standard retail versions with arguably increased resemblance to Oda's art.
External links
- Transformers Go! Go! at the TV Magazine
- Transformers Go! Go! translations at the TF Translations blog
