Transformers Go! Anime Plot Revealed

Now why am I getting the same vibe I got when I read about Predacons Rising?

The way you make it sound,it seems simple but it works.

Isn't it strange for Takara to be announcing a Beast Hunters sequel when the series isn't even halfway through? Takara not loving where Hasbro is taking things??? Whatever the reason, experience tells me I won't be loving this.

Shitty re-imaging of RID. Yup, i'll be skippin this one.

I'm sure I'll watch it, hopefully there'll be a sub'd version available. Either way I'm more interested in the plastic rather than the plot.

Superwheeljack wrote:With all due respect, I meant the name of Tf super god master force. Just the name super god, and yes, I see where you go.

The name of the show is "Transformers: Chōjin Masterforce". Not "Super-God", "Chōjin". "Super-God" is just a translation people use to avoid potential confusion (or potential xenophobia) from the presence of foreign word whose meaning is not common knowledge in the West.

Here is the logo for the subtitle:



超神マスターフォース = "Chōjin Masutāfōsu"

超神 = "Chōjin"

"Super-God" would be スーパーゴッド ("Sūpā Goddo")

If it were really called "Super-God Masterforce" then the above logo would be written as スーパーゴッドマスターフォース ("Sūpā Goddo Masutāfōsu"), but it is not.

It is written as 超神マスターフォース, which reads as "Chōjin Masutāfōsu", or "Chōjin Masterforce".

Therefore, there's nothing in the title for any group to make a commotion about.

Manterax Prime wrote:I just took the Kanji for "Chojin" (超神) and popped it into google translate. Guess what the English translation is. Super God.

Yes, but the announcers and singers still very much say "Chojin" when speaking the show's name in the show (be it in the theme song or the next-episode previews).

It's like how Raiden's name can mean "thunder and lightning" when translated into English, yet his name is still "Raiden" and spoken as such.

There's only so much to be said about them and I think it's all been said.

Of effin-course their all Autobots.

Because they aren't already outnumbering my Decepticons on every singe shelf...

Sabrblade, a tidbit for you: The series is nothing more than a Super Sentai-meets-Transformers series. So them using "Chojin" (which is a pre-Western influenced term for Superhuman, Super-God, and Superman) is done in the same way they used it in their 1977-1978 Super Sentai series: Chojin Sentai Barattack. But if you need an excuse to why the word "God" is valid, and yet "Chojin" (the superpower) is the gimmick... Look at Primus for your answer. Because in all cases, they have hinted that the Chojin power makes a Seibertronian a God-like being, and that a human using it makes them a "Super-God"-like being (in terms of Seibertronian construction and power).

Oh, and based on my studies of the Japanese language and its evolution that adopted portions of Western words/terms, there are other words that the Japanese adopted (such like the French word for "animation"). That, and they used the word for the same reason why they did not change Convoy's name to Optimus Prime in 1985. Which, as you might agree, is pretty ironic to the way things are now being handled.

As for the Christian-based fans, let me point something out: Super-God/Chojin is based on the Shinto variation of deityhood. It has nothing to do with the God that dates back to early Judaism, and branched out when the last non-Christian Emperor in Rome announced that to be a Christian, you do not have to be Jewish. And even then, the use of the words "God" and "Devil" have become universal for "Unity/Good" (Cybertron/Autobot) and "Deception/Evil" (Destron/Decepticon). And the premise of the story is to promote a champion of good both fight and defeat the greatest of evil. But, as I said before, the use of the word "Chojin" is more derived from the Shinto belief system than that of Christianity (as they have a belief system that ties them to the land and this planet). So if this pisses you off, and I question why it should, then I do not suggest that you watch Mobile Fighter G Gundam in Japanese.

So with that said... And the fact arguments like these remind me of the reasons why my return to the franchise might have died if I was not hooked on blogs, was not hooked on it since 1984, the manga-based reboot (ALL SPARK), and Fortress Maximus/Headmasters... I am shaking my fist because you guys made me understand the concept/premise of said chapter in the franchise. ...I mean...