List of Japanese Generation 1 cartoons
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The seasonal refreshes of the Japanese Generation 1 franchise produced a multitude of smaller cartoons. They include:
"Season 1" - Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers
Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers, consisted of the first two seasons of the Generation 1 cartoon. In addition to several of the episodes being substantially re-ordered (and heavily edited for time), two were not aired, and nine additional clip shows were created for the series.
"Scramble City: Mobilization"
An additional OVA special was produced as a spin-off of Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers. Released directly to home video in April 1986, the special acted as something of a bridge between the American season 2 and 3 material, introducing a hefty slate of characters ahead of their Transformers 2010 appearances in lieu of the 1986 movie (more on that below.)
"Season 2" - Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010
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Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 consisted of all thirty episodes from the third season of the Generation 1 animated series, plus two newly created clip shows.
"Season 3" - Transformers: The Headmasters
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The Headmasters cartoon ignored the final episodes of the American Generation 1 animated series and began its own story.
"Season 4" - Transformers: Super-God Masterforce
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"Season 5" - Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory
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"Season 6" - Transformers: Zone
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The Zone cartoon consisted of a single one-episode OVA.
Additional releases
The remaining chunks of the Generation 1 cartoon did eventually see releases in Japanese markets, albeit in a limited capacity divorced from the larger franchise:
1989 - Transformers: The Movie
While an accounting of its events was delivered to Japanese audiences in its proper sequence via the 2010 story pages, the actual film did not make its way to Japanese shores until it received a very limited charity screening and subsequent home video release in the fall of 1989.
1996 - Transformers: The Rebirth
The very belated release of the final season of the American cartoon occurred straight-to-video in 1996, a whole four years after the wrap of the Japanese Generation 1 franchise's original run. It included almost none of the original cast reprising their roles. The Rebirth would go on to finally receive proper television broadcast in 2007.
