Ganoh

Ganoh is an Autobot Swordbot from the Go! portion of the Aligned continuity family.

His post-Violent Femmes work has a strong Japanese influence.

Ganoh (ガンオウ Gan'ō) is an Autobot fire truck and part of the Swordbot Samurai Team. He can combine with Kenzan and Jinbu in various configurations. With Ganoh as the top, the combined form is GoGanoh (ゴウガンオウ Gōgan'ō).

“	I am Ganoh of the Fire-Fighting Assault Style! When it comes to power, I am number one!	”
—Ganoh, Transformers Go!

Fiction

Go! cartoon

Voice actor: Hiroki Yasumoto (Japanese)

Triple Combination! Swordbot - Samurai! Pursue! The Legendiscs!

Toys

Go!

• Ganoh (6-22-13)
  • Japanese ID number: G03
  • Accessories: Drill staff/ladder, kabuto helmet/weapon

Part of the second wave of TakaraTomy Go! toys, Ganoh is a roughly Voyager-sized toy that transforms from a boxy crash-style firetruck into a robot resembling a sōhei or warrior monk. He can also form the top, middle or bottom of the Swordbot Samurai Team's three combined robot forms. His primary weapon is a large, rubbery, folding drill-tipped staff which he can wield (via 5mm post) in a number of ways, none of which really convey "wielding a staff". It forms his vehicle mode's ladder and foam sprayer. Ganoh is notable for having by far the most convincing torso of his team.

His kabuto helmet is worn in GoGanoh form to form the super-robot's head. It can also attach to the front of his truck mode, or be used by the robot as either a backpack or an incredibly terrible-looking double-barreled hand-held... thing.

In GoGanoh form, Ganoh's kabuto activates phrases from his voice actor in Kenzan's electronics, and switches the multi-colored LED display to red. The combined robot mode is armed with a giant melee weapon formed from all of their individual melee weapons, as well as an aesthetically-questionable blaster/cannon made of the unused kabuto helmets. In GoGanoh's case, he can't actually hold the combined cannon due to either of the available pegs on the cannon not being able to reach his sunken combined-mode fists. Fortunately, his combined-mode forearms have peg-holes on the sides to accommodate the cannon.

Upon his initial release, Ganoh included his Mini-Con partner Gan when purchased from a large number of retailers (including Amazon Japan).

BeCool

• Samurai Team BeCool Set (10-26-13)
  • Japanese ID number: G24

Part of the sixth wave of Go! toys, BeCool Ganoh is a redeco of Bot Shots Series 1 Sentinel Prime with Brawl's chest and head. He transforms into a tiny, super deformed firetruck with a spring-loaded automatic transformation to robot mode triggered when his front bumper is pressed. He has a "spinner" in his chest that depicts various symbols of the expression of his face, his spear, and a Japanese character. He comes in a three-pack with equally small, super deformed versions of Kenzan and Jinbu.

Notes

• The name "Ganoh" is a made-up word that could potentially have many meanings. Some Japanese characters which can be read "Gan" mean such diverse things as "face," "expression," "honor," and "prayer/wish/vow" (among many other things—including "a meatball"), and some characters that can be read "ō" mean "king/ruler," "merge," or "venerable old man" (among other things).