Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II

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« Transformers Animated:
The AllSpark Almanac Volume 2

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

Chapter one covers all Autobots who appear in the third season of the cartoon, and beyond.

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.

References

  1. ↑ Tsushima's TwitVideo with "The AllSpark Almanac"
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