Zangetsu
- Zangetsu is a Sparkbot and servant of Unicron in the Kiss Players continuity.
Zangetsu (残月) is one of the three Sparkbots, who are secretly agents of Unicron. Zangetsu can fly, communicate telepathically and transport others through time when activated by a kiss. Zangetsu transforms from a flying, glowing sphere into a robotic hawk.
Deep down, Zangetsu begs to be noticed and to share his deep well of knowledge... but he's also almost terminally shy. However, this does help him not be noticed and makes him an excellent air-strike ninja. He has "attached" himself to Shao-Shao Li and uses her Kiss Player abilities to steal spark fragments from other Transformers.
Fiction
Kiss Play Position
In the year 2006 or 2007, Zangetsu, Angela and Star Dust suddenly appeared in the sky above the "Kiss Players" singing group at the Brave Maximus Fortress concert of their world tour. The Sparkbots introduced themselves to the performers telepathically and insisted that the three humans in the group kiss them.
When Atari Hitotonari, Shao-Shao Li and Marissa Faireborn complied, they were engulfed by a bright light and transported back to the Sherman Dam in the year 1985...
Toys
Kiss Players
- Kiss Players Sparkbot x3 (Multi-pack, 2007)
- Available only in the Sparkbot three-pack with his teammates Angela and Star Dust, Zangetsu is a bright white redeco of the Eggbird/Dark Eggbird mold, transforming from a sphere into a robotic bird of prey of some kind. He has a keychain attached to his breast.
- The Sparkbots set was only available at the Japanese "Toy Festival 2007" in March, and is --as far as anyone knows-- the final release in the Kiss Players toy line. The set also came with a new CD.
Trivia
- Zangetsu's name and color scheme were created by Yui Kano, who also portrays his voice in the "Kiss Players" radio drama series. He is also the only one of the three Sparkbots to have been given any form of characterization by his creator.
- Zangetsu's name means "Crescent Moon" in Japanese.
