Q-Robo Transformer

The little guy is the leader of the Autobots. Yup, we're slagged.
Q-Robo Transformer
Publisher	Kodansha
First published	April 6, 2005
Written by	Shōji Imaki
Illustrated by	Shōji Imaki
Continuity	Japanese Generation 1
ISBN	ISBN 4063349896 ISBN 978-4063349894
Page count	125
Price	448 yen

Q-Robo Transformer, or Extremely Funny Transformer Gag Colosseum (爆笑トランスフォーマーギャグコロシアム, Bakushō Transformer Gag Colosseum) for the collected edition title, is a gag manga written and drawn by Shōji Imaki, running from issues April 2003 to June 2004 and November 2004 in the pages of Comic Bom Bom. The cartoon series involved are: Generation 1, Beast Wars, Micron Legend, and Super Link. Much of the gag strips are in 4-koma format, or strips that consist of only four panels, while other strips/stories are in the more traditional format that can span from one page to six pages.

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Decepticons	Humans	Others
Generation 1 Optimus Prime Roller Matrix of Leadership Jazz Bumblebee Sideswipe Hound Grimlock Rodimus Prime Armada Optimus Prime Jetfire Energon Optimus Prime Energon Rodimus Landmine Maximals Optimus Primal Airazor Tigatron	Generation 1 Megatron Starscream Soundwave Ravage Frenzy Skywarp Thundercracker Shockwave Devastator Galvatron Armada Megatron Demolishor Shockblast Predacons Beast Wars Megatron Blackarachnia	Takarayama-sensei Shōji Imaki	Unicron

Notes

• Many of the gags in the manga derive from word puns that Japan is famous for. For example, Armada Megatron and Demolishor are "tanks" - 戦車 (せんしゃ sensha), but the pun on sensha is that it can also be written as 洗車 for "car wash". Result? Them going through the car wash. This makes translators flail and spazz in agony on trying to figure out how to keep the puns as intact as possible.

• Takarayama's name is written as タカラ山, which can also pun on "treasure mountain" or "mountain of treasure" (宝山). And he turns out to be Generation 1 Megatron's homeroom teacher.

• Armada Optimus and Energon Optimus are considered separate characters here, although mostly for comedic effect.