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* NoDubForYou: The original English dub was produced for Asian markets to watch, and is only watched nowadays to make fun of it because it's SoBadItsGood. Never mind the translation being bad; even the voice actors are terrible - and not just terrible choices but terrible at their job too, and most of them don't sound even ''remotely'' like the original voice actors - for example, you can't have the noble Optimus Prime sounding like a soft-voiced college kid; admittedly, there's only one Creator/PeterCullen, but it's obvious that no one on either side of the microphone cared in the slightest. It's never been officially confirmed, but suspicion is that Hasbro doesn't find the atrociously poor dub to be nearly as funny as the fandom does, and thus refused to license it for the Shout Factory [=DVDs=] because they believe it to be such a poor representation of the show and the franchise in general.

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* NoDubForYou: The original English dub was produced for Asian markets to watch, watch by Omni Productions (infamous as the studio behind the Toho-produced "International Dub" versions of ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' films, ''Film/RikiOhTheStoryOfRicky'', and a litany of Godfrey Ho movies), and is only watched nowadays to make fun of it because it's SoBadItsGood. Never mind the translation being bad; even the voice actors are terrible - and not just terrible choices but terrible at their job too, and most of them don't sound even ''remotely'' like the original voice actors - for example, you can't have the noble Optimus Prime sounding like a soft-voiced college kid; admittedly, there's only one Creator/PeterCullen, but it's obvious that no one on either side of the microphone cared in the slightest. It's never been officially confirmed, but suspicion is that Hasbro doesn't find the atrociously poor dub to be nearly as funny as the fandom does, and thus refused to license it for the Shout Factory [=DVDs=] because they believe it to be such a poor representation of the show and the franchise in general.
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** This is also the case with the original Japanese voice cast, as many of the characters end up being recast from the dub of the cartoon. Scourge and Cyclonus in particular go from being voiced by Yu Shimaka and Creator/MinoruInaba, to Creator/MasaharuSato and Creator/TomomichiNishimura (who also replaces Inaba as Predaking), respectively.

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** This is also the case with the original Japanese voice cast, as many of the characters end up being recast from the dub of the cartoon. Scourge and Cyclonus in particular go from being voiced by Yu Shimaka and Creator/MinoruInaba, to Creator/MasaharuSato and Creator/TomomichiNishimura (who also replaces Inaba as Predaking), respectively. When it came time to dub [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie the movie]], many of these recasts were reverted back to the cartoon dub voices.

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* TheOtherDarrin: Because this was actually the last show to be dubbed, Chromedome is actually played by a different actor than who originally played him in the next show.
** Also the case with the original Japanese, as many of the characters ended up being recast from the dub of the cartoon. Scourge and Cyclonus in particular go from being voiced by Yu Shimaka and Creator/MinoruInaba, to Creator/MasaharuSato and Creator/TomomichiNishimura (who also replaces Inaba as Predaking), respectively.

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Because this was actually the last show to be dubbed, Chromedome is actually played by a different actor than who originally played him in the next show.
** Also This is also the case with the original Japanese, Japanese voice cast, as many of the characters ended end up being recast from the dub of the cartoon. Scourge and Cyclonus in particular go from being voiced by Yu Shimaka and Creator/MinoruInaba, to Creator/MasaharuSato and Creator/TomomichiNishimura (who also replaces Inaba as Predaking), respectively.

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It doesn't count as Role Reprise if none of the voice actors actually reprise their roles.


* RoleReprise: Sort of. The Latin American dub was recorded at the same studio that dubbed the original series and the 1986 movie, but NONE of the original actors reprise their roles. Some of them did work on the dub, but as different characters (Most notably Roberto Alexander, who voiced Bumblebee in the original show, was the voice of Optimus Prime in Headmasters)


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* YouSoundFamiliar: The Latin American dub was recorded at the same studio that dubbed the original series and the 1986 movie, but NONE of the original actors reprise their roles. Some of them did work on the dub, but as different characters (Most notably Roberto Alexander, who voiced Bumblebee in the original show, was the voice of Optimus Prime in Headmasters)
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* PopCultureUrbanLegends: One floating around, even mentioned in the liner notes of the Pioneer DVD releases, is that the early Headmasters episodes were based on unused scripts from the cancelled American cartoon. These scripts and their content have never been found.
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** Also the case with the original Japanese, as many of the characters ended up being recast from the dub of the cartoon. Scourge and Cyclonus in particular go from being voiced by Yu Shimaka and Minoru Inaba, to Creator/MasaharuSato and Creator/TomomichiNishimura (who also replaces Inaba as Predaking), respectively.

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** Also the case with the original Japanese, as many of the characters ended up being recast from the dub of the cartoon. Scourge and Cyclonus in particular go from being voiced by Yu Shimaka and Minoru Inaba, Creator/MinoruInaba, to Creator/MasaharuSato and Creator/TomomichiNishimura (who also replaces Inaba as Predaking), respectively.
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* NoDubForYou: The original English dub was produced for Asian markets to watch, and is only watched nowadays to make fun of it because it's SoBadItsGood. Never mind the translation being bad; even the voice actors are terrible - and not just terrible choices but terrible at their job too, and most of them don't sound even ''remotely'' like the original voice actors. Admittedly, there's only one Creator/PeterCullen, but when Optimus sounds like a soft-voiced college kid, something has gone ''horribly'' wrong. It's never been officially confirmed, but suspicion is that Hasbro doesn't find the atrociously poor dub to be nearly as funny as the fandom does, and thus refused to license it for the Shout Factory [=DVDs=] because they believe it to be such a poor representation of the show and the franchise in general.

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* NoDubForYou: The original English dub was produced for Asian markets to watch, and is only watched nowadays to make fun of it because it's SoBadItsGood. Never mind the translation being bad; even the voice actors are terrible - and not just terrible choices but terrible at their job too, and most of them don't sound even ''remotely'' like the original voice actors. Admittedly, actors - for example, you can't have the noble Optimus Prime sounding like a soft-voiced college kid; admittedly, there's only one Creator/PeterCullen, but when Optimus sounds like a soft-voiced college kid, something has gone ''horribly'' wrong.it's obvious that no one on either side of the microphone cared in the slightest. It's never been officially confirmed, but suspicion is that Hasbro doesn't find the atrociously poor dub to be nearly as funny as the fandom does, and thus refused to license it for the Shout Factory [=DVDs=] because they believe it to be such a poor representation of the show and the franchise in general.
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* NoDubForYou: The original English dub was produced for Asian markets to watch, and is only watched nowadays to make fun of it because it's SoBadItsGood. Never mind the translation being bad; even the voice actors are terrible - and not just terrible choices but terrible at their job too. It's never been officially confirmed, but suspicion is that Hasbro doesn't find the atrociously poor dub to be nearly as funny as the fandom does, and thus refused to license it for the Shout Factory [=DVDs=] because they believe it to be such a poor representation of the show and the franchise in general.

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* NoDubForYou: The original English dub was produced for Asian markets to watch, and is only watched nowadays to make fun of it because it's SoBadItsGood. Never mind the translation being bad; even the voice actors are terrible - and not just terrible choices but terrible at their job too.too, and most of them don't sound even ''remotely'' like the original voice actors. Admittedly, there's only one Creator/PeterCullen, but when Optimus sounds like a soft-voiced college kid, something has gone ''horribly'' wrong. It's never been officially confirmed, but suspicion is that Hasbro doesn't find the atrociously poor dub to be nearly as funny as the fandom does, and thus refused to license it for the Shout Factory [=DVDs=] because they believe it to be such a poor representation of the show and the franchise in general.
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** Also the case with the original Japanese, as many of the characters ended up being recast from the dub of the cartoon. Scourge and Cyclonus in particular go from being voiced by Yu Shimaka and Minoru Inaba, to Creator/MasaharuSato and Creator/TomomichiNishimura (who also replaces Inaba as Predaking), respectively.
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* RoleReprise: Sort of. The Latin American dub was recorded at the same studio that dubbed the original series and the 1986 movie, but NONE of the original actors reprise their roles. Some of them did work on the dub, but as different characters (Most notably Roberto Alexander, who voiced Bumblebee in the original show, was the voice of Optimus Prime in Headmasters)
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: An adult version of Chip Chase (Spike's handicapped best friend from the first two seasons of the American cartoon) was planned to appear in the first episode. The show staff even got as far as [[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:Ark_II_Chip_Chase.jpg making concept art for him]] before ultimately scrapping him.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: An adult version of Chip Chase (Spike's handicapped best friend from the first two seasons of the American cartoon) was planned to appear in the first episode. The show staff even got as far as [[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:Ark_II_Chip_Chase.jpg making concept art for him]] before ultimately scrapping him.him.
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* ExiledFromContinuity: Omega Supreme and Sky Lynx don't appear in this series at all. This is because their toys were designed by a then-rival to Takara (The company responsible for the Diaclone toys the original Transformer characters were based on), who didn't want the competition's creations in the show.

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* ExiledFromContinuity: Omega Supreme and Sky Lynx don't appear in this series at all. This is because their toys were designed by a Toybox[[labelnote:*]]who further outsourced the designs to Tomy, who would merge with Takara almost two decades later[[/labelnote]], then-rival to Takara (The company responsible for the Diaclone toys the original Transformer characters were based on), who didn't want the competition's creations in the show.
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* NoDubForYou: The original English dub was produced for Asian markets to watch, and is only watched nowadays to make fun of it because it's SoBadItsGood. Never mind the translation being bad; even the voice actors are terrible - and not just terrible choices but terrible at their job too. It's never been officially confirmed, but suspicion is that Hasbro doesn't find the atrociously poor dub to be nearly as funny as the fandom does, and thus refused to license it for the Shout Factory DVDs because they believe it to be such a poor representation of the show and the franchise in general.

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* NoDubForYou: The original English dub was produced for Asian markets to watch, and is only watched nowadays to make fun of it because it's SoBadItsGood. Never mind the translation being bad; even the voice actors are terrible - and not just terrible choices but terrible at their job too. It's never been officially confirmed, but suspicion is that Hasbro doesn't find the atrociously poor dub to be nearly as funny as the fandom does, and thus refused to license it for the Shout Factory DVDs [=DVDs=] because they believe it to be such a poor representation of the show and the franchise in general.
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* TheOtherDarrin: Because this was actually the last show to be dubbed, Chromedome is actually played by a different actor than who originally played him in the next show.

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* TheOtherDarrin: Because this was actually the last show to be dubbed, Chromedome is actually played by a different actor than who originally played him in the next show.show.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: An adult version of Chip Chase (Spike's handicapped best friend from the first two seasons of the American cartoon) was planned to appear in the first episode. The show staff even got as far as [[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:Ark_II_Chip_Chase.jpg making concept art for him]] before ultimately scrapping him.
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* NoDubForYou: The original English dub was produced for Asian markets to watch, and is only watched nowadays to make fun of it because it's SoBadItsGood. Never mind the translation being bad; even the voice actors are terrible - and not just terrible choices but terrible at their job too. It's never been officially confirmed, but suspicion is that Hasbro doesn't find the atrociously poor dub to be nearly as funny as the fandom does, and thus refused to license it for the Shout Factory DVDs because they believe it to be such a poor representation of the show and the franchise in general.

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* NoDubForYou: The original English dub was produced for Asian markets to watch, and is only watched nowadays to make fun of it because it's SoBadItsGood. Never mind the translation being bad; even the voice actors are terrible - and not just terrible choices but terrible at their job too. It's never been officially confirmed, but suspicion is that Hasbro doesn't find the atrociously poor dub to be nearly as funny as the fandom does, and thus refused to license it for the Shout Factory DVDs because they believe it to be such a poor representation of the show and the franchise in general.general.
* OutOfOrder: Out of the dubbing of the three shows, "Headmasters" turns out to be the last one Omni dubbed, as there's hardly that much swearing compare to the later entries.
* TheOtherDarrin: Because this was actually the last show to be dubbed, Chromedome is actually played by a different actor than who originally played him in the next show.
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added note about the lack of western dub release.


* NoDubForYou: The original English dub was produced for Asian markets to watch, and is only watched nowadays to make fun of it because it's SoBadItsGood. Never mind the translation being bad; even the voice actors are terrible - and not just terrible choices but terrible at their job too.

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* NoDubForYou: The original English dub was produced for Asian markets to watch, and is only watched nowadays to make fun of it because it's SoBadItsGood. Never mind the translation being bad; even the voice actors are terrible - and not just terrible choices but terrible at their job too. It's never been officially confirmed, but suspicion is that Hasbro doesn't find the atrociously poor dub to be nearly as funny as the fandom does, and thus refused to license it for the Shout Factory DVDs because they believe it to be such a poor representation of the show and the franchise in general.
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* NoDubForYou: The english dub was produce for Asian markets, and is only watched nowadays to make fun of it because it's SoBadItsGood. It did get a dub produced in LA, for Latin American markets (using the cast of the original cartoon no less!).

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* NoDubForYou: The english original English dub was produce produced for Asian markets, markets to watch, and is only watched nowadays to make fun of it because it's SoBadItsGood. It did get a dub produced in LA, for Latin American markets (using Never mind the cast of translation being bad; even the original cartoon no less!).voice actors are terrible - and not just terrible choices but terrible at their job too.
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* NoDubForYou: The english dub was produce for Asian markets, and is only watched nowadays to amke fun of it. It did get a dub produced in LA, for Latin American markets (using the cast of the original cartoon no less!).

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* NoDubForYou: The english dub was produce for Asian markets, and is only watched nowadays to amke make fun of it.it because it's SoBadItsGood. It did get a dub produced in LA, for Latin American markets (using the cast of the original cartoon no less!).
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* ExiledFromContinuity: Omega Supreme and Sky Lynx don't appear in this series at all. This is because their toys were designed by a then-rival to Takara (The company responsible for the Diaclone toys the original Transformer characters were based on), who didn't want the competition's creations in the show.

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* ExiledFromContinuity: Omega Supreme and Sky Lynx don't appear in this series at all. This is because their toys were designed by a then-rival to Takara (The company responsible for the Diaclone toys the original Transformer characters were based on), who didn't want the competition's creations in the show.show.
* NoDubForYou: The english dub was produce for Asian markets, and is only watched nowadays to amke fun of it. It did get a dub produced in LA, for Latin American markets (using the cast of the original cartoon no less!).
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Hey Its That Guy cut by TRS decision. Ditto for Hey Its That Voice.


* ExiledFromContinuity: Omega Supreme and Sky Lynx don't appear in this series at all. This is because their toys were designed by a then-rival to Takara (The company responsible for the Diaclone toys the original Transformer characters were based on), who didn't want the competition's creations in the show.
* HeyItsThatVoice: As per tradition in the franchise:
** Ikuya Sawaki ([[Anime/DarkerThanBlack Mao]], [[LightNovel/DirtyPair Goolley]]) as Fortress Maximus.
** Michitaka Kobayashi ([[Anime/FuturePoliceUrashiman Ryuu Urashima]], [[{{Manga/Guyver}} Nakanishi]]) as Highbrow, Goldbug, Hound and Bruticus.
** Ryouichi Tanaka ({{Manga/Devilman}}, [[GIJoe Cobra Commander]]) as Brainstorm, Long Haul, Octane, Wreck-Gar, Streetwise and Rampage.
** Michihiro Ikemizu ([[{{Anime/Patlabor}} Isao Ohta]], [[Manga/AimForTheAce Ozaki]]) as Sixshot, Springer, Triggerhappy and Doublecross.
** Naoki Tatsuta ([[Manga/DragonBall Oolong]], [[Anime/MyNeighborTotoro Cat Bus]]) as Mindwipe, Prowl and Fireflight.
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* ExiledFromContinuity: Omega Supreme and Sky Lynx don't appear in this series at all. This is because their toys were designed by a then-rival to Takara (The company responsible for the Diaclone toys the original Transformer characters were based on), who didn't want the competition's creations in the show.
* HeyItsThatVoice: As per tradition in the franchise:
** Ikuya Sawaki ([[Anime/DarkerThanBlack Mao]], [[LightNovel/DirtyPair Goolley]]) as Fortress Maximus.
** Michitaka Kobayashi ([[Anime/FuturePoliceUrashiman Ryuu Urashima]], [[{{Manga/Guyver}} Nakanishi]]) as Highbrow, Goldbug, Hound and Bruticus.
** Ryouichi Tanaka ({{Manga/Devilman}}, [[GIJoe Cobra Commander]]) as Brainstorm, Long Haul, Octane, Wreck-Gar, Streetwise and Rampage.
** Michihiro Ikemizu ([[{{Anime/Patlabor}} Isao Ohta]], [[Manga/AimForTheAce Ozaki]]) as Sixshot, Springer, Triggerhappy and Doublecross.
** Naoki Tatsuta ([[Manga/DragonBall Oolong]], [[Anime/MyNeighborTotoro Cat Bus]]) as Mindwipe, Prowl and Fireflight.
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* ExiledFromContinuity: Omega Supreme and Sky Lynx don't appear in this series at all. This is because their toys were designed by a then-rival to Takara (The company responsible for the Diaclone toys the original Transformer characters were based on), who didn't want the competition's creations in the show.

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Names To Know In Anime is not a trope or trivia, it\'s an index.


* HeyItsThatVoice[=/=]NamesToKnowInAnime: As per tradition in the franchise:
** Creator/TesshoGenda and Creator/SeizoKato return as Optimus Prime/Convoy and Galvatron from the [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers cartoon]], respectively.
** Creator/HiroyaIshimaru also reprises his role as Rodimus Prime.
** Creator/KeiichiNanba likewise reprises his role of Blaster (later Twincast).
** Creator/HideyukiHori as Chromedome.
** Creator/BanjoGinga as Scorponok/Mega Zarak.
** Creator/KatsujiMori as Wierdwolf.
** Creator/HochuOtsuka as Crosshairs, Ultra Magnus, Hun-Grrr and Wingspan.

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* HeyItsThatVoice[=/=]NamesToKnowInAnime: HeyItsThatVoice: As per tradition in the franchise:
** Creator/TesshoGenda and Creator/SeizoKato return as Optimus Prime/Convoy and Galvatron from the [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers cartoon]], respectively.
** Creator/HiroyaIshimaru also reprises his role as Rodimus Prime.
** Creator/KeiichiNanba likewise reprises his role of Blaster (later Twincast).
** Creator/HideyukiHori as Chromedome.
** Creator/BanjoGinga as Scorponok/Mega Zarak.
** Creator/KatsujiMori as Wierdwolf.
** Creator/HochuOtsuka as Crosshairs, Ultra Magnus, Hun-Grrr and Wingspan.
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** HochuOtsuka as Crosshairs, Ultra Magnus, Hun-Grrr and Wingspan.

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** HochuOtsuka Creator/HochuOtsuka as Crosshairs, Ultra Magnus, Hun-Grrr and Wingspan.
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** Michitaka Kobayashi ([[Anime/FuturePoliceUrashiman Ryuu Urashima]], [[{{Manga/Guyver}} Nakanishi]]) as Highbrow, Goldbug and Hound.

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** Michitaka Kobayashi ([[Anime/FuturePoliceUrashiman Ryuu Urashima]], [[{{Manga/Guyver}} Nakanishi]]) as Highbrow, Goldbug Goldbug, Hound and Hound.Bruticus.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: Battle Beasts got one in the form of ''Anime/BeastSaga''
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*SpiritualSuccessor: Battle Beasts got one in the form of ''Anime/BeastSaga''
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* HeyItsThatVoice/NamesToKnowInAnime: HeyItsThatVoice[=/=]NamesToKnowInAnime: As per tradition in the franchise:
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HeyItsThatVoice/NamesToKnowInAnime: As per tradition in the franchise:
** Creator/TesshoGenda and Creator/SeizoKato return as Optimus Prime/Convoy and Galvatron from the [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers cartoon]], respectively.
** Creator/HiroyaIshimaru also reprises his role as Rodimus Prime.
** Creator/KeiichiNanba likewise reprises his role of Blaster (later Twincast).
** Creator/HideyukiHori as Chromedome.
** Creator/BanjoGinga as Scorponok/Mega Zarak.
** Creator/KatsujiMori as Wierdwolf.
** HochuOtsuka as Crosshairs, Ultra Magnus, Hun-Grrr and Wingspan.
** Ikuya Sawaki ([[Anime/DarkerThanBlack Mao]], [[LightNovel/DirtyPair Goolley]]) as Fortress Maximus.
** Michitaka Kobayashi ([[Anime/FuturePoliceUrashiman Ryuu Urashima]], [[{{Manga/Guyver}} Nakanishi]]) as Highbrow, Goldbug and Hound.
** Ryouichi Tanaka ({{Manga/Devilman}}, [[GIJoe Cobra Commander]]) as Brainstorm, Long Haul, Octane, Wreck-Gar, Streetwise and Rampage.
** Michihiro Ikemizu ([[{{Anime/Patlabor}} Isao Ohta]], [[Manga/AimForTheAce Ozaki]]) as Sixshot, Springer, Triggerhappy and Doublecross.
** Naoki Tatsuta ([[Manga/DragonBall Oolong]], [[Anime/MyNeighborTotoro Cat Bus]]) as Mindwipe, Prowl and Fireflight.
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* BadExportForYou: The series has finally been given an R1 DVD release, however, the recaps, eyecatches and previews are all missing, and the subtitles have typos, missing words, and even the "wrong" names for the characters (e.g., "Double Convoy" is referred to in the subtitles as "Rodimus Prime" despite clearly hearing the other name)[[hottip:*: They're only "wrong" in the sense that they're not the names actually heard in the show, those are Hasbro's official names for the characters in North America and elsewhere]].

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* BadExportForYou: The series has finally been given an R1 DVD release, however, the recaps, eyecatches and previews are all missing, and the subtitles have typos, missing words, and even the "wrong" names for the characters (e.g., "Double Convoy" is referred to in the subtitles as "Rodimus Prime" despite clearly hearing the other name)[[hottip:*: They're name)[[note]]They're only "wrong" in the sense that they're not the names actually heard in the show, those are Hasbro's official names for the characters in North America and elsewhere]].elsewhere[[/note]].

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