Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II
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 This is where Hasbro's planning to ultimately release Blackout. | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | IDW Publishing | ||||||||||||
| First published | June 30, 2010 | ||||||||||||
| Written by | Jim Sorenson and Bill Forster | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Transformers Animated | ||||||||||||
| ISBN | ISBN 1600106838 ISBN 978-1600106835 | ||||||||||||
| Page count | 220 | ||||||||||||
| Price | $19.99 USD | ||||||||||||
| “ | Now listen up all you palookas out there! Yer gonna shell out yer dough, yer gonna buy this here book and yer gonna like it. Capish? | ” |
—Dirt Boss, the rear cover of The AllSpark Almanac Volume 2 | ||
Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac Volume 2 is proof of a loving, nonspecific deity that delights in shattering readers' pants and brains. Again.
Contents
- Foreword, by Matt Youngberg
- Introduction by the Authors
- Chapter 1: Autobots
- Interstitial A: Size Comparison Charts
- Chapter 2: Decepticons
- Interstitial B: Animated in Japan
- Chapter 3: Events
- Interstitial C: Style Guides
- Chapter 4: Culture
- Interstitial D: Shorts
- Chapter 5: Cybertron
- Interstitial E: Deleted Scenes
- Chapter 6: Settings
- Interstitial F: The Video Game
- Chapter 7: Project Omega
- Interstitial G: The Arrival
- Foreword by Eric Siebenaler
- Section I: Toy Design
- Section II: Animation
- Section III: Season Four
- Section IV: Toy Gallery
- Section V: Packaging Art
- Section VI: The Cast
- Afterword, by Aaron Archer
- Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 - Autobots
Transformers references
Real-world references
Chapter 2 - Decepticons
Transformers references
Real-world references
Chapter 3 - Events
Transformers references
Real-world references
Chapter 4 - Culture
Transformers references
Real-world references
Chapter 5 - Deleted Scenes
Transformers references
Real-world references
Chapter 6 - Settings
Transformers references
Real-world references
Chapter 7 - Project Omega
Transformers references
Real-world references
Section I - Toy Design
Section II - Animation
Section III - Season Four
Section IV - Toy Gallery
Section V - Packaging Art
Section VI - The Cast
Interstitials
Literary elements
Including the copyright information, title page, foreword and afterwords, notes from the authors and acknowledgments.
Notes
- Cover artist Marcelo Matere recreates some of his own package art on the cover. That's probably a first.
- Hiroyuki Otoboto's quote contains 「思ったよりも本のサイズが大きくてびっくり！」 ("I didn't think I'd be surprised at the humongous size of this book!"), which was manga artist Naoto Tsushima's reaction that he tweeted after importing the first volume. [1]
Errors
- The cover depicts Bumblebee playing with Roll Out Command Optimus Prime, but the box beside him is that of Prime's Voyager-sized toy. It also depicts the Leader Class Bulkhead's buzzsaw on the wrong arm.
- On the back cover, the quote for Hiroyuki is mistakenly written as 「小さい頃、超ロボット生命体 トランスフォーマーの本この本に等しかったな。懐かしいない... 思ったよりも本のサイズが大きくてびっくり！」 ("When I was young, Super Robot Lifeform Transformers did have a book that was something like this. I didn't miss it... I didn't think I'd be surprised at the humongous size of this book!"). The correct form should have been 「小さい頃、『超ロボット生命体 トランスフォーマー』の本この本に等しかったない。懐かしいな... 思ったよりも本のサイズが大きくてびっくり！」 ("When I was young, 'Super Robot Lifeform Transformers' didn't have a book that was something like this. How nostalgic... I didn't think I'd be surprised at the humongous size of this book!").
- On p. 52, the text says that Blackout "bristles with ordinance". "Ordinances" are local laws; "ordnance" is weaponry.
