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'''Masumi Kaneda''' (金田益実 ''Kaneda Masumi'') is a Japanese writer, born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1958. He is the executive director of KND Company. Kaneda mainly works as a writer to plan and organize various character media<!--Not sure how to translate this term into English. So the original word is kept. It's sort of thing about/related to the anime/game industry in Japan.--> from publishing to audio-visual industry.
'''Masumi Kaneda''' (金田益実 ''Kaneda Masumi'') is a Japanese writer, born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1958. He is the executive director of KND Company. Kaneda mainly works as a writer to plan and organize various character media from publishing to audio-visual industry.


Interviews with him make him seem... somewhat eccentric.
Interviews with him make him seem... somewhat eccentric.


{{quote|So, what were the themes of [[Masterforce]]?}}


{{quote|Well, they were basically just as depicted in the anime, but essentially "Super-god" (cho-jin) meant that in surpassing the gods, you return to the human being itself. This topic also relates to the ending. You see, [[Black Zarak]] changed into a serpent mode. Imbuing it with the most sinister meaning, we named it "Scorpention" (dakatsu), a snake/scorpion in both name and shape. With [[Giga]] and [[Mega]] as Adam and Eve, we likened Earth to the apple. And likewise, Black Zarak was the serpent that cast Adam and Eve out from Eden. That was the concept we placed in the snake form.|Interview with Kaneda in ''[[Transformers Generations]]''}}
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&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" style="padding:4px 10px 5px 10px;"&gt; So, what were the themes of ''[[Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Masterforce]]''?
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&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" style="padding:4px 10px 5px 10px;"&gt; Well, they were basically just as depicted in the anime, but essentially "Super-god" [''Chōjin''] meant that in surpassing the gods, you return to the human being itself. This topic also relates to the ending. You see, [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]] changed into a serpent mode. Imbuing it with the most sinister meaning, we named it dakatsu, a snake/scorpion in both name and shape. With [[Giga|Giga]] and [[Mega|Mega]] as Adam and Eve, we likened Earth to the apple. And likewise, BlackZarak was the serpent that cast Adam and Eve out from Eden. That was the concept we placed in the snake form.
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&lt;td colspan="3" style="padding-top: 0"&gt; &lt;p style="font-size:smaller;line-height:1em;text-align: right"&gt;&lt;cite style="font-style:normal;"&gt;—Interview with Kaneda, ''[[Transformers Generations|Transformers Generations]]''&lt;/cite&gt;


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==Major works==
==Major works==
;Original writer<!--原作--> and planner<!--原案-->
&lt;dt&gt;Original writer and planner
&lt;/dt&gt;
*[[The Headmasters (manga)|Transformers: The Headmasters]]
*[[The Headmasters (manga)|Transformers: The Headmasters]]
*[[Super-God Masterforce (manga)|Transformers: Super-God Masterforce]]
*[[Super-God Masterforce (manga)|Transformers: Super-God Masterforce]]
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*[[Operation Combination|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination]]
*[[Operation Combination|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination]]


;Supervisor<!--監修-->
&lt;dt&gt;Supervisor
*[[Transformers: The Movie]]
&lt;/dt&gt;
*[[Transformers: The Movie|Transformers: The Movie]]


;Manga
&lt;dt&gt;Manga
<!--TV magazine-->
&lt;/dt&gt;
*[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (manga)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]  
*[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (manga)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]  
*[[The Transformers (manga)|The Story of Super Robot Lifeform: The Transformers]]
*[[The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers|The Story of Super Robot Lifeform: The Transformers]]
*[[Big War|Transformer Big War]]
*[[The Great Transformer War|The Great Transformer War]]
*[[The Headmasters (manga)|Transformers: The Headmasters]]
*[[The Headmasters (manga)|Transformers: The Headmasters]]
*[[Super-God Masterforce (manga)|Transformers: Super-God Masterforce]]
*[[Super-God Masterforce (manga)|Transformers: Super-God Masterforce]]
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*Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone
*Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone
*Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars
*Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars
<!--Million Publishing-->
*[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Comics|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Comics]] ''(a reissue of all the manga from "TV Magazine")''
*Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Comics ''(a reissue of all the manga from "TV Magazine")''


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Revision as of 07:09, 19 March 2009

Masumi Kaneda (金田益実 Kaneda Masumi) is a Japanese writer, born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1958. He is the executive director of KND Company. Kaneda mainly works as a writer to plan and organize various character media from publishing to audio-visual industry.

Interviews with him make him seem... somewhat eccentric.


<table align="center" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tr> <td width="20" valign="top" style="color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:left;padding:9px 10px 0 10px;"> “ </td><td valign="top" style="padding:4px 10px 5px 10px;"> So, what were the themes of Masterforce? </td><td width="20" valign="bottom" style="color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:right;padding:10px 10px 0px 10px;"> ” </td></tr>

</table> <table align="center" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tr> <td width="20" valign="top" style="color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:left;padding:9px 10px 0 10px;"> “ </td><td valign="top" style="padding:4px 10px 5px 10px;"> Well, they were basically just as depicted in the anime, but essentially "Super-god" [Chōjin] meant that in surpassing the gods, you return to the human being itself. This topic also relates to the ending. You see, BlackZarak changed into a serpent mode. Imbuing it with the most sinister meaning, we named it dakatsu, a snake/scorpion in both name and shape. With Giga and Mega as Adam and Eve, we likened Earth to the apple. And likewise, BlackZarak was the serpent that cast Adam and Eve out from Eden. That was the concept we placed in the snake form. </td><td width="20" valign="bottom" style="color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:right;padding:10px 10px 0px 10px;"> ” </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="padding-top: 0"> <p style="font-size:smaller;line-height:1em;text-align: right"><cite style="font-style:normal;">—Interview with Kaneda, Transformers Generations</cite>

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Major works

<dt>Original writer and planner </dt>

<dt>Supervisor </dt>

<dt>Manga </dt>