The Art of the Transformers
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| The Art of the Transformers | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Parco Publishing | ||||||||||||
| First published | April 15 2019 | ||||||||||||
| Written by | Kōji Shimada (TARKUS) | ||||||||||||
| ISBN | ISBN 486506298X ISBN 978-4865062984 | ||||||||||||
| Page count | 127 | ||||||||||||
The Art of the Transformers is a Japanese-language art book written by long-time Transformers chroniclers TARKUS and published by Parco Publishing in 2019. Released in commemoration of the 35th anniversary of the brand, the book features the packaging art of Japanese Generation 1 and Generation 2 toylines, as well as catalogs both Japanese and American and a smattering of art production tidbits.
Content
[edit]Chapter 1: 1985-1985: The Best of the Transformers
[edit]1985: "Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers"
[edit]1986: "Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010"
[edit]Japanese Catalog Part 1
[edit]- Japanese catalogs for 1985 and 1986
Chapter 2: 1987-1990: The Era of Japanese Transformers
[edit]1987: "Transformers: The Headmasters"
[edit]1988: "Transformers: Super-God Masterforce"
[edit]1989: "Transformers V (Victory)"
[edit]1990: "Transformers Z (Zone)"
[edit]Japanese Catalog Part 3
[edit]- Japanese catalogs for 1987, 1988, and 1989
Chapter 3: 1991-1995: Convoy's Revival
[edit]1991: "Transformers: Return of Convoy"
[edit]1992: "Transformers: Operation Combination"
[edit]1995: "Transformers G-2"
[edit]Japanese Catalog Part 3
[edit]- Japanese catalogs for 1990-1992 and 1995
EXTRA
[edit]US Catalog
[edit]- US Generation 1 catalogs from 1984 through 1990
Transformers Chronology
[edit]- A timeline of the Transformers brand running from 1984 all the way through the then-present day of 2019.
See also
[edit]- Legacy: The Art of Transformers Packaging, this book's
significantly more extensiveEnglish-language analogue
