Nine Great Demon Generals

The Nine Great Demon Generals are a group of Decepticons from the Zone portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Talpa and the Dark Warlords pose for a rare family photo.

The Nine Great Demon Generals (九大魔将軍 Kyū Dai Mashōgun) are a group of elite warriors gathered together by the mysterious spectral entity Violen Jiger.

The Nine Great Demon Generals are:

• Monster General Abominus (妖獣将軍 Yōjū Shōgun)
• Evil Spirit General Black Zarak (Scorponok) (悪霊将軍 Akuryō Shōgun)
• Flame General Bruticus (火炎将軍 Kaen Shōgun)
• Engineering General Devastator (技術将軍 Gijutsu Shōgun)
• Oceanic Fish General King Poseidon (Piranacon) (海魚将軍 Kaigyō Shōgun)
• Intelligence General Menasor (諜報将軍 Chōhō Shōgun)
• Super God General Overlord (超神将軍 Chōjin Shōgun)
• Beast General Predaking (野獣将軍 Yajū Shōgun)
• Dinosaur General Trypticon (恐竜将軍 Kyōryū Shōgun)

Overlord appears to be their de-facto field commander. They are all equipped with "Armored Gear" (装甲ギア Sōkō Gia), which renders them immune to most forms of artillery.

Fiction

Zone manga and story pages

Seeking to create a Decepticon Zone to counter the Autobot Zone, Decepticon Emperor Violen Jiger gathered together the Nine Great Demon Generals, upgrading them with powerful new armor and weaponry, then sent them forth to conquer planets. Zone Part 1

Flame General Bruticus was the first to encounter the Autobots when he attacked the planet Feminia. He was defeated by the combined might of the Rescue Patrol Team, Super Car Patrol Team, Battle Patrol Team, Galaxy Rocket and Moonradar. Zone Part 2

Aquatic General King Poseidon and Saurian General Trypticon were the next to attack, attempting to conquer the oceanic world of Wall. They bested Victory Saber, but were eventually defeated by the efforts of Overload, Erector, Missile Bull and Skywave commanding the Off Road Patrol Team, Jet Patrol Team and Race Car Patrol Team. Zone Part 3

The Generals then united to attack planet Feminia once again, this time destroying it utterly. Violen Jiger next charged his Generals with collecting Energon Z and the all-powerful Zodiac, which he intended to use to fuel his conquest. Overlord, Menasor, Bruticus and Abominus attacked planet Zone, defeating the Micromaster teams and stealing their Energon Z core. The Micromasters pursued them into space, only to be stopped by BlackZarak and his energy web. Devastator, King Poseidon, Trypticon and Predaking next attacked the Earth, which was where the Zodiac is hidden. They succeeded in obtaining the Zodiac, only to have it taken from them by the Powered Masters Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber. The Generals were soundly defeated and driven off. Transformers: Zone

BlackZarak would later menace the Earth on his own, taking Landshaker and Sky Hyper hostage. Driven by the need to rescue their friends, Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber immediately defeated BlackZarak in combat. Zone Part 5

Overlord and Trypticon would next try their hand at defeating the two Powered Masters. The Powered Masters were so underwhelmed by their threat that they promised to defeat the Generals in under eight seconds. True to their word, Sonic Bomber defeated Trypticon with his "Meteor Drop" attack and Dai Atlas defeated Overlord with his "Galactic Dash" attack... all in under eight seconds. The Powered Masters then combined into Sky Powered and attacked Predaking, a self-professed master of aerial combat. They beat Predaking swiftly and soundly. Zone Part 6

The Generals were never again seen in battle, however, they did manage to school Metrotitan and the Metrosquad in the ways of evil, making them more than formidable foes for the Powered Masters. Zone Part 7

Zone OVA

Decepticon Halloween party.

With the appearance of the new Emperor of Destruction Violen Jiger and his Nine Great Demon Generals, the war between the Autobots and Decepticons began a new phase.

For unknown reasons, the Generals Overlord, Abominus and Menasor obliterated planet Feminia, nearly killing Victory Saber in the process. After departing, they rejoined the other Generals in an empty area of outer space, where Overlord soon welcomed Violen Jiger's arrival.

Noting the apparent destruction of Victory Saber, Violen Jygar declared his intention to take over the galaxy and create a "Decepticon Zone". In order to do this, he told his Generals to collect "super energy" for him by any means necessary.

To acquire the special energy Energon Z, Overlord, Abominus, Bruticus and Menasor attacked the planet Zone while the Powered Masters were away. After tearing the Energon Z capsule out from Rocket Base, they flew off into space, where General Black Zarak took care of the pursuing Microtransformers in the Galaxy Rocket. The Energon Z capsule was installed in General Trypticon, granting him a powerful new attack called the Energon Z Beam.

Generals Devastator, King Poseidon, Predaking, and Trypticon then attacked Earth, looking for the Zodiac energy. A group of Microtransformers fared badly in trying to stop them, but relief soon came in the form of Sonic Bomber and the new Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!

The generals nearly managed to kill the two Powered Masters, but in the end Devastator appeared to die in a lava flow, King Poseidon and Trypticon were killed when Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber transformed into their "Zone Modes" by the power of Zodiac, and Predaking's head was sliced in half. Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!

Notes

Character models from Transformers Generations. Collect the whole set!

• The Japanese name for the Nine Great Demon Generals is Kyū Dai Mashōgun, which literally translates to "Nine Great Demonic Warriors". However, there is a pun present in there which doesn't translate into the English language. "Mashō" is the word for "devilish" or "demonic", while "shōgun" is the word for "General", hence how they are considered "generals" over "warriors". Of course, they don't actually have command over anything...

• In Transformers Generations, Black Zarak's title is given as "Darkness General" (暗黒将軍 Ankoku Shōgun) while Menasor's title is given as "Information General" (情報将軍 Jōhō Shōgun). Just where these alternate titles originated is currently uncertain; "Evil Spirit General" and "Intelligence General" were used in both the manga and story-pages, while the Generals' titles don't seem to come up in the OVA episode.

• When last seen, Black Zarak was pretty dead. His title of "Evil Spirit General" suggests some sort of unholy resurrection, but how he came back to life is never revealed.

• Ban Magami's character models for the Nine Generals which were used in the Zone manga and story pages differ considerably from the animation models used in the Zone OVA.

External links

• English translation of Zone story page