Transformers: The Ark II

God Ginrai and his pet tabby...his tabby of DEATH!

Transformers: The Ark II — A Compendium Japanese Character Designs is a follow-up volume to the first Ark book featuring Japanese character models. Authors Jim Sorenson and Bill Forster covered all major Japanese Generation 1 series: The Headmasters, Super-God Masterforce, Victory, Zone, Battlestars, and Operation Combination. Nick Roche penciled and inked the cover, colored by Josh Burcham.

It is put out by IDW Publishing. Despite having an even narrower audience base than the first volume, it broke #10,000 on Amazon.com's sales rankings.^(Jul-10-08)

Vital statistics

ISBN 1600101801
ISBN 978-1600101809
Written by: Bill Forster, Jim Sorenson
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Pagecount: 208
Date published: July 23, 2008

Trivia

• The cover features God Ginrai and Victory Leo—the same character, intentionally evoking similar imagery to the cover of the first Ark, the creation of Galvatron. [1]