January 5

1923 — Animation director Jeff Hale is born.
1925 — Actor Jean-Claude Michel (French voice of Unicron and the narrator in The Transformers: The Movie) is born.
1935 — Writer Toyohiro Ando, responsible for "Scramble City: Mobilization", Zone and many episodes of the The Headmasters, Super-God Masterforce, and Victory cartoons, is born.
1959 — Clancy Brown (voice of Silas & Nemesis Prime in Transformers Prime) is born. Anchovies!
1976 — Actress Raphaëlle Bruneau (French voice of Raf Esquivel in the Prime cartoon) is born.
1978 — Revenge of the Fallen actress America Olivo is born.
1992 — The Victory episode "The Assassin Bugs" premieres in Malaysia.
2000 — The Beast Wars Metals episode "Where Is the Banana?" premieres in Japan.
2008 — The Animated episode "Home Is Where the Spark Is" premieres in the U.S.
2009 — Prime Suspect and Quest for the AllSpark are published in the UK by HarperCollins Publishers.
2011 — The Transformers #15, Transformers: Prime #1, and the Drift TPB are released by IDW Publishing.
2015 — TakaraTomy releases Masterpiece MP-11 Skywarp
2016 — "The Trials of Optimus Prime" is released by LB Kids.
2019 — The Rescue Bots Academy episodes "If at First..." and "Tough Luck Chuck" premiere on Discovery Family.

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