Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (manga)

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Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (戦え!超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー Tatakae! Chō Robot Seimei Tai Transformer) was a manga which ran in TV Magazine, beginning with a two-part "prologue" in May and June of 1985, before returning for an eight-issue run the following year, from April to November, 1986. Set following the end of the second season of the Generation 1 cartoon, the manga was almost exclusively dedicated to promoting the Scramble City toyline, and led into the Japanese-exclusive direct-to-video cartoon episode, "Scramble City: Mobilization". As a consequence, it featured the first appearances of Metroplex, Trypticon and Ultra Magnus, well in advance of their subsequent Western debuts in The Transformers: The Movie and the third season of the cartoon.

Taking place within the continuity of the cartoon series, the manga introduced a few concepts which explained away the odd "logic error" here and there or simply added further background to the characters. A few of these notable additions:

• The Autobot Road, an underground mass-transit highway which helped the Autobots drive from one end of the planet to the other so quickly.
• Tracks alludes to Kenji that Optimus Prime considers Ultra Magnus his "kid brother."
• The Ark is apparently located in Arizona.
• Various role-playing toys, such as transforming wristwatches and voice-changer helmets, are given a canonical function in the series as equipment used by Kenji.
• The Decepticons murder a puppy. For real.

The narrative revolved around the Autobots and their new Japanese friend, a boy named Kenji. The stories were completely episodic, with one never leading into another.

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