2.1 Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)įiction Generation 1 cartoon continuity The Transformers cartoon Voice actor: Chris Latta (English), Yoku Shioya (Japanese), Keiichi Nanba (Japanese, 'Fire in the Sky'), Wang Wèi (Chinese), Ulrich Bernsdorff (German), Gerd Wiedenhofen (German, Generation 2, 'More than Meets the Eye, Part 1'), Willy Schäfer (German, Generation 2, 'S.O.S.1.10.2 War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon.1.10.1 War for Cybertron Trilogy marketing material.1.10 War for Cybertron Trilogy continuity.1.4 Dreamwave Generation One continuity.1.1.3 Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers comic.1.1.2.3 Generations Selects Special Comic.1.1.2.1 Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers story pages.Many new Generation One comic book series, first from Dreamwave and then from Devil's Due and IDW.Whole new toy lines with ancillary fiction set in a Generation One continuity: these include Binaltech, Universe, Robot Masters, Micromaster Collection, Kiss Players, and Classics (2006), Universe (2008).New Generation One characters (generally redecos of existing G1 toys) retroactively introduced into the franchise by the Japanese reissues toy line.This new Generation One material is sometimes referred to by fans as 'Neo G1'. Thus a character like Optimus Primal is listed as being 'a character from the Beast Era portion of the Generation One continuity family.' Despite hailing from a later post-Generation One franchise, he is a part of the same Generation One continuity family.Īlso of note, the lasting popularity of the original Generation One franchise, its characters, and stories have led Hasbro and Takara to produce a long stream of modern revisions of it. It should be noted that the first two revivals/reinventions of the Transformers line following the end of the original line (Generation 2 and Beast Wars/ Beast Machines) remained, as far as their fiction was concerned, as part of the same overall storyline/history framework.

1985 - Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers.This led to a collection of mini-franchises within the larger Generation One franchise, each featuring their own individual components. In Japan, rather than simply be identified as The Transformers throughout its lifespan, the franchise was rebranded with a new title and a shift in storytelling every year. It has continued at varying levels of intensity since. This licensing was revived in the early 2000s due to retro-appeal at retailers like Hot Topic. This has resulted in a higher number of Micro-Continuities in G1 than in any other Transformers franchise. Generation One also included an avalanche of ancillary licensed merchandise, more so than any other Transformers franchise outside of Japan.

The Generation One franchise as it ran in the 1980s/90s featured the following primary components: It has even appeared on Takara toy packaging and on Hasbro's official Transformers website and reissue toy packaging. Over the years, the use of the term G1 has become fairly universal and has frequently been used in official materials. Until the Transformers: Generation 2 line was released, Generation One was simply called The Transformers. The term 'Generation One' (G1) was originally a fan-coined back-formulation of Generation 2. Transformers G1 is Japanese-American cartoon and also Generation One, originally known as The Transformers, is the original Transformers franchise which took the United States by storm in 1984.

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