Manga

The very first Transformers manga ever.

Manga (漫画 or まんが) is the Japanese word for comics and print cartoons. Manga are usually black and white comic books which read from right to left. They are published in Japan by various comic magazines or packaged with toys and DVDs. There has almost always been a manga to accompany the newest Transformers toyline, sometimes taking place in the same continuity as the concurrent animated series, and sometimes presenting a different take on the story.

To date, no Transformers manga series has ever been made available outside of Japan. Unofficial English translations by fans have been appearing online for years, most notably at the websites TF Pulp and TF Archive.

The following Japanese magazines have published Transformers manga or illustrated text material:

• Comic Bom Bom
• Comic Bun Bun
• Dengeki Daioh
• Dengeki Hobby Magazine
• Figure Ō
• Hyper Hobby Magazine
• Kerokero Ace
• Super Robot Magazine
• TV Magazine

Transformers manga series and specials

Generation 1

TV Magazine

• Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers
• The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers (featuring Transformers 2010 characters)
• The Great Transformer War
• "Great Decisive Battle of Planet Beast!" (Transformers/Beastformers special)
• The Headmasters
• Super-God Masterforce
• Victory
• Zone
• The Battlestars

• Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Comics (graphic novel collection)

Comic Bom Bom

• "Full Throttle Scramble Power!"
• Famicom How-to Manga: Transformers: Mystery of Convoy
• Transformers (Mystery of Convoy) (strategy guide)

e-Hobby

• "Hybrid Style Convoy Black Version"
• "Decepticon Leader Megatron Black Ver."
• "Decepticon Aerospace Warrior Sunstorm"
• "64 Cybertron Urban Defense Robot GADEP"
• "MP-1B Cybertron Commander / Convoy Black Ver."
• "MP-3G Destron Air Commander / Starscream Ghost Ver."
• "Nissan GT-R / Ultra Magnus (Brilliant Pearl White)"

Other Generation 1 publications

• Transformers PD Type
• The Transformers (MC Axis pack-in comics)
• The Stargate Battles

Generation 2

• G-2 (pack-in comics)
• "The New Battle!!"

Beast Wars

• "The Maximal Brainwashing Operation"
• Beast Wars II
• Beast Wars Neo
• Beast Wars Metals
• Beast Wars Reborn (illustrated text stories)

Unicron Trilogy

• Linkage
• "Optimus Prime VS Scourge"
• Galaxy Force

Robot Masters

• Robot Masters (pack-in comic)
• Robot Masters (online comic)

Binaltech

• Asterisk Story
• Alternity

Kiss Players/15 Go! Go!

• Kiss Players
• 15 Go! Go!

Henkei! Henkei!

• Henkei! Henkei! (pack-in comics)
• Henkei! Henkei! (Comic Bun Bun series)

Animated

• Transformers Animated: The Cool

United

• "A New Battle!"

Miscellaneous

• Q-Robo Transformer
• Ridiculous Legend Transformers

See also

• Story pages

External link

• Manga at Wikipedia
• TF Pulp - Contains translations of Transformers manga from various generations.
• TF Archive - Contains translations of Transformers manga from various generations.