Super-God Masterforce

Super-God Masterforce is a Transformers franchise from Japan in 1988. Breaking radically from the previous series, Headmasters, which was a continuation of the American series, Masterforce featured all-new characters and locations, dropping many of the futuristic elements, and focusing on human characters that bonded with robot bodies.

Fans have a love/hate relationship with Masterforce. It's notably well-written and character-driven, but probably the most different of any Transformers series. Notably, the series was unafraid of the occasional huge coincidence in setting up its premise, though it tried not to draw attention.

The Masterforce franchise featured the following primary components:

• A toyline
• A cartoon series
• A manga series

Backstory

A pair of Autobot and Decepticon ships crashed on Earth Template:Tooltip. They fought, and the Decepticons were imprisoned until the modern era.

Autobots

The Autobots are led by Metalhawk. When they were on Earth, the Autobots adopted outer Pretender shells that allowed them to pass for human. They were impressed by the great compassion and goodness displayed by the otherwise primitve natives.

After the Decepticon's defeat, the Autobots spread themselves around the world, living as humans. They kept contact with one another, and tasked themselves with investigating unesplaiend phenomenom and disasters, keepign a watchful eye for the Decepticon Pretenders possible escape.

The Autobot Pretenders were on Earth during the Decepticon awakening in 1984 and everythign that follwoed. There is nothign to indicate they ever made contact with the other Autobots on Earth, but they were in regular communications witht he offworld Autobots after Headmasters.

Megalhawk's vigil brought him into contact with Japanese scientist Professor Goh, and eventually his son Shuta Goh, who became a Headmaster Junior shortly after the Decepticon Pretenders escaped.

They were later joined by the human Autobot Godmasters, including Ginrai, to whom Metalhawk would have over primary command. By this point, the Autobot Masterforce was composed of more humans than Cybertronians.

The Autobots in Masterforce are characterised by their love and admiration of humanity and human culture.

Decepticons

The Decepticons created demonic Pretender shells to terrify and dominate humans. Eventually defeated by the Autobots, they were imprisoned far apart from one another on Earth.

In the modern era, the Decepticon Pretenders were awakened by Giga and Mega, human Godmasters in the service of Devil-Z, an godlike alien inteligence with a long history of Decepticon patronage.

Devil-Z sought to harness Chokon Power, unifying the power of Transformers, humans, and the Earth to create godlike beings. Periphrially, Devil-Z wished to drive humans into a willing alliance with the Decepticons by threatening to destroy the delicate balance of life on Earth.

From Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki, a Wikia wiki.