Nuclear cybershark drone
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The nuclear cybershark drone is Depth Charge's personal weapon, capable of performing reconnaissance for its master. It is also capable of firing two photon torpedos and providing reinforcement for Depth Charge in battle.
Fiction
Beast Wars cartoon
- Voice actor: Yūichi Nagashima (Japanese)
Legends World
Koban Shark was a new hire at Axalon Trading Company in the wake of the Legends World's resurrection. He was able to get along with the other employees, being a Transformers fan (specifically of Legends of the Microns). Epiloge
Toys
Beast Wars
- Depth Charge (Ultra Transmetal, 1998)
- Japanese ID number: C-46
- The nuclear cybershark drone was included with Depth Charge. It fires two missiles.
- Showdown at the Ocean Bottom: Metals Depth Charge Vs. Metals Inferno (Multi-pack, 1999)
- Japanese ID number: VS-46
- During Beast Wars Metals, Depth Charge (with the "Koban Shark") was available both individually and in a double-pack with Metals Inferno. Both toys were identical to their individual releases.
Universe (2003)
- Depthcharge (Ultra, 2004)
- For the Universe redeco of Depthcharge, the tail of the cybershark drone was changed to pop off as a separate piece; this also allows it to spin and makes it easier for Depthcharge to hold it in robot mode.
Notes
- In the Japanese dub of Beast Wars, the drone is a sapient being and shares Depth Charge's vocal gimmick.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Kobanzame Tarō (cartoon, こばんざめたろう, "Remora Son"), Koban Shark (toy, コバンシャーク Koban Shāku)[1]
References
- ↑ This is a play on "kobanzame" (小判鮫), the Japanese word for remora. "Same" (鮫, "zame" in compound words) means "shark", while "koban" (小判) refers to a coin used in the Edo period that resembles the sucker on remoras.
