Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)

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<div style="border: thin solid rgb(170, 170, 170); margin: 0pt 1em 0pt 2em; padding: 0.5em; background: rgb(247, 248, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">The name or term Victory refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Victory_%28disambiguation%29" title="Victory (disambiguation)">Victory (disambiguation)</a>.</div>


<table style="border: 1px solid ; border-spacing: 0em; float: right; margin-left: 1em;"> <caption> Franchise navigation: </caption> <tbody><tr style="background: rgb(255, 144, 144) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"> <td style="text-align: center; width: 12em;"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Super-God_Masterforce_%28franchise%29" title="Super-God Masterforce (franchise)">«</a> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Victory_%28franchise%29" title="Victory (franchise)">Victory</a> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Zone_%28franchise%29" title="Zone (franchise)">»</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background: rgb(238, 238, 238) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Victory_%28toyline%29" title="Victory (toyline)">Toyline</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background: rgb(238, 238, 238) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"> <td style="text-align: center;"><strong class="selflink">Cartoon</strong> </td></tr> <tr style="background: rgb(238, 238, 238) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Victory_%28manga%29" title="Victory (manga)">Manga</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> Fight! Super Robot Lifeform <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 153, 153);">Transformers: Victory</b> ran from March 14, 1989 to December 19, 1989 in Japan for 38 broadcast episodes, in support of the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Victory_%28toyline%29" title="Victory (toyline)">toyline</a> of the same name.



<a name="Overview"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Victory_%28cartoon%29&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline"> Overview </span></h2> [[Image:|right|300px|thumb|By the power of Grayskull, I have...THE POWER!!!!!.]] After the conclusion of the daring, unusual <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Super-God_Masterforce_%28franchise%29" title="Super-God Masterforce (franchise)">Super-God Masterforce</a>, Victory took the continuing animated saga of the <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 153, 153);">Transformers</b> back to a much more basic approach, restoring an unmoving status quo of small groups of <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot" title="Autobot">Autobots</a> and <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon" title="Decepticon">Decepticons</a> battling over energy on <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a>. Like Masterforce before it, the series takes a fresh-start approach, focusing on a cast of entirely new characters, although the connections between the previous series are a lot more clearly drawn than they were between Masterforce and The Headmasters, with repeated appearances by members of its cast.

For an unknown reason—be it a rushed schedule, a diminishing budget (perhaps caused by Victorys uncommonly well-done animation) or something else—Victorys 38-episode run features a full six clip shows, containing no new footage or story at all. As if that wasn't enough, a further six were released directly to video after the end of the series, bringing the total up to 44.

Victory was planned out by <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Masumi_Kaneda" title="Masumi Kaneda">Masumi Kaneda</a>, who had also been responsible for The Headmasters and Super-God Masterforce, but in this instance, his involvement with the actual production of the show appears to have been comparatively less, with <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hiroyuki_Hoshiyama" title="Hiroyuki Hoshiyama">Hiroyuki Hoshiyama</a> credited as the head writer. Kaneda did, however, work on the Victory <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Victory_%28manga%29" title="Victory (manga)">manga</a>, with the massive storytelling gulf between it and the anime illustrating how few of Kaneda's ideas for the series actually made it into the anime.


<a name="Storyline"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Victory_%28cartoon%29&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Storyline">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Storyline</span></h2> In the year 2025, following the defeat of the Decepticons on Earth in the Masterforce war, the villains have begun aggressively attacking other planets in the universe. To counter this threat, the Autobots join with many other civilizations and lifeforms (including <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Human" title="Human">Humanity</a>) to form the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Galactic_Peace_Alliance&action=edit" class="new" title="Galactic Peace Alliance">Galactic Peace Alliance</a>, which strikes back against the Decepticons with its military <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Galactic_Defense_Force&action=edit" class="new" title="Galactic Defense Force">Galactic Defense Force</a>. Recently appointed <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Supreme_Commander" title="Supreme Commander">Supreme Commander</a> of the Autobots, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Star_Saber_%28G1%29" title="Star Saber (G1)"><b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Star</b> <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Saber</b></a> heads up the Sector One Defense Force, backed up by the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Brainmaster" title="Brainmaster">Brainmasters</a> and <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Multiforce" title="Multiforce">Multiforce</a>, while God Ginrai takes charge of Sector Two.

Seeking the energy necessary to free his massive <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Planet-Destroying_Fortress" title="Planet-Destroying Fortress">Planet-Destroying Fortress</a> from imprisonment in the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Dark_Nebula&action=edit" class="new" title="Dark Nebula">Dark Nebula</a> where <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Star</b> <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Saber</b> sealed it years ago, the Decepticons' new <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Emperor_of_Destruction" title="Emperor of Destruction">Emperor of Destruction</a>, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Deathsaurus" title="Deathsaurus">Deathsaurus</a>, attacks Earth with his <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dinoforce" title="Dinoforce">Dinoforce</a>, prompting <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Star</b> <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Saber</b> and his team to set up residence on the planet. Accompanying them is <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Jean_Minakaze" title="Jean Minakaze">Jean Minakaze</a>, <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Star</b> Saber's adopted human son, whose parents died in a Decepticon attack when he was just a baby, and <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Holi" title="Holi">Holi</a>, head of the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Micromaster" title="Micromaster">Micromaster</a> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Rescue_Patrol_Team" title="Rescue Patrol Team">Rescue Team</a>, who soon arrive on Earth to be with their leader. The Decepticons, meanwhile, are progressively joined by more and more members of the elite <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Breastforce" title="Breastforce">Breastforce</a> squad, including their scheming leader <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Leozack" title="Leozack">Leozack</a>, who seeks to take leadership of the Decepticons from Deathsaurus, and the sneaky <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hellbat" title="Hellbat">Hellbat</a>, who's only looking out for himself.

After a series of energy-raiding adventures on Earth, the Breastforce target the Micromasters' homeworld of planet <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Micro" title="Micro">Micro</a>, where they liberate their teammate, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Gaihawk" title="Gaihawk">Gaihawk</a>, enabling the team to combine into the mighty <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Liokaiser" title="Liokaiser">Liokaiser</a> and finally defeat <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Star</b> <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Saber</b> in battle for the first time. Despite the addition of the six-changing samurai <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Greatshot" title="Greatshot">Greatshot</a> to their ranks, the Autobots are weakened by this turn of events, and when God Ginrai arrives on Earth to aid them, he is fatally wounded by Deathsaurus and recreated as <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Victory_Leo" title="Victory Leo">Victory Leo</a>. When Deathsaurus finally reactivates his fortress and turns it upon the Earth, <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Star</b> <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Saber</b> and Victory Leo combine together into <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Victory_Saber" class="mw-redirect" title="Victory Saber">Victory <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Saber</b></a> to end the threat of Deathsaurus once and for all.


<a name="Episodes"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Victory_%28cartoon%29&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Episodes">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Episodes</span></h2>

<div class="noprint">Main article: <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/List_of_Victory_episodes" title="List of Victory episodes">List of Victory episodes</a></div>

<div style="-moz-column-count: 3;"> <ol>* <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Brave_Hero_of_the_Universe_-_Star_Saber" title="The Brave Hero of the Universe - Star Saber">The Brave Hero of the Universe - <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Star</b> <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Saber</b></a>

<a name="Cast"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Victory_%28cartoon%29&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Cast">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Cast</span></h2> <table style="border: medium none rgb(128, 0, 0);" align="center" border="5" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background: rgb(255, 238, 238) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobots" class="mw-redirect" title="Autobots">Autobots</a> </th><th style="background: rgb(238, 238, 254) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticons" class="mw-redirect" title="Decepticons">Decepticons</a> </th><th style="background: antiquewhite none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Human" title="Human">Humans</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background: rgb(255, 238, 238) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" valign="top"> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Brainmaster" title="Brainmaster">Brainmasters</a>



<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Multiforce" title="Multiforce">Multiforce</a>



<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Rescue_Patrol_Team" title="Rescue Patrol Team">Rescue Team</a>


Others


</td><td style="background: rgb(238, 238, 254) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" valign="top"> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Breastforce" title="Breastforce">Breastforce</a>



<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dinoforce" title="Dinoforce">Dinoforce</a>



<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Crossformer" title="Crossformer">Crossformers</a>


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</td></tr></tbody></table> <a name="International_releases"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Victory_%28cartoon%29&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: International releases">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">International releases</span></h2> [[Image:|right|150px|thumb|Australian DVD release]] As one of the three series that received the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/RTM_1_dub" title="RTM 1 dub">RTM 1 dub</a> treatment, Victory fell under the ownership of <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/TV-Loonland" title="TV-Loonland">TV-Loonland</a>, and consequently was made available for potential release by <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 153, 153);">Transformers</b> license-holders. Although as of this writing it has still not been made available in North America, the entire series has been released on DVD in the United Kingdom in December 2006 by <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Metrodome" title="Metrodome">Metrodome</a> (in its original Japanese format plus subtitles) and in Australia in May 2008 by <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Madman_Entertainment" title="Madman Entertainment">Madman Entertainment</a> (in a dual-language format). Additionally, the RTM 1 dub was aired on the UK channel Anime Central in late 2007.


<a name="External_links"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Victory_%28cartoon%29&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: External links">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">External links</span></h2>

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