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The first two episodes of the Wild King cartoon have been uploaded by Takara in one video:



If you turn on the closed captions and switch the language to auto-translated English, you can get a not-terrible English translation of the dialogue with a decent understanding of what the characters are saying.

Also, at the end of the video is a toy advert for Optimus and Lightlong's toys, which shows the full transformation of each. Optimus's toy transformation is nigh identical to that of the Generations Thrilling 30 Legends class Optimus toy from 2013.

Watching this filled me with a sense of fun, similar to that of when I first saw BWII way back at Botcon 1998. A feeling that has definitely been missing from Western TF shows in the past decade.

Houston, we have a fansub!

It's by someone new, and there are a few typos throughout, but the dialogue is simple enough in the episodes for this translation to at least be serviceable.



I left a comment on the video with some criticisms regarding the translation that they will hopefully take to heart for later episode translations. Needs to improve on proofreading, fixing typos, uppercasing all proper noun names, spelling Captain Volca's name correctly, use of "Wildocking" over "Wild King" for the combination, etc. Though, they did at least catch the name of Flame Megatron's first attack as "Jurassic Ball Flare", which was stumping me for a bit. The second attack, however, should have been "Volca Burning" and was instead subbed as the nonsensical "Orka Burning".

But as is, it's a mostly B+ translation, and I say that because, again, the simplistic dialogue isn't too hard to understand.

EDIT: They responded to my comment rather quickly and received my criticisms positively.

The fansubber uploaded a newly revised version of their fansub for the first two episodes. It's a much better translation quality overall. Still a few small typos here and there, and the episode titles in English are incorrect, but an overall significant improvement than before.

Episode 3 of Wild King: "The Hero Who Descends from the Sky!":

Fansub of Episode 3.

This time, I and a few others actually got to help contribute to this translation after reaching out to the fansubber to help polish it up. One minor typo slipped by us at the beginning ("Elemental Energy" should be "Element Energy"), but everything else is up to spec.

Episode 4: "The Kindhearted Hydrophant".



We get three new Energy Beast characters: the titular Hydrophant, a Spinosaurus with Earth-element Ground Energy, and a fire-element lion named Ignite Leo. The Spinosaurus's name is a bit tricky to determine at this point, but it's something like "Spirituan" or "Spirichuan" (スピリチュアン). Every Energy Beast has something related to their element in their names, but the ground/earth elemental aspect in his name doesn't seem to be as obvious.

Another unseen character, Drillnohorn, gets name-dropped in the episode by Lightlong.

Damn Sabre, I had not realized you were doing these recaps, this is prime stuff for the front page. Will catch up and news the rest from here on out when you post these.

william-james88 wrote:Damn Sabre, I had not realized you were doing these recaps, this is prime stuff for the front page. Will catch up and news the rest from here on out when you post these.

To be blunt, they're not formal full recaps. I haven't discussed much of anything regarding the plot of any episode.

We thank Sabrblade for posting about the recent episode for Takara's Wild King line. But that is not all he did, he has also been helping fansub these episodes. Below you will have the first two episodes in Japanese with notes on how to have English subtitles on Youtube. AND there is also an upload for those same episodes with fansubs. We have fan subs for the first 3 episodes and for the 4th, we have the Japanese upload which you can translate with the youtube trick highlighted.

We thank Sabrblade for his notes, and his help in the translation. Let us know if you likes these episodes!

Sabrblade wrote:The first two episodes of the Wild King cartoon have been uploaded by Takara in one video:



If you turn on the closed captions and switch the language to auto-translated English, you can get a not-terrible English translation of the dialogue with a decent understanding of what the characters are saying.

Also, at the end of the video is a toy advert for Optimus and Lightlong's toys, which shows the full transformation of each. Optimus's toy transformation is nigh identical to that of the Generations Thrilling 30 Legends class Optimus toy from 2013.

Sabrblade wrote:The fansubber uploaded a newly revised version of their fansub for the first two episodes. It's a much better translation quality overall. Still a few small typos here and there, and the episode titles in English are incorrect, but an overall significant improvement than before.

Sabrblade wrote:Fansub of Episode 3.

This time, I and a few others actually got to help contribute to this translation after reaching out to the fansubber to help polish it up. One minor typo slipped by us at the beginning ("Elemental Energy" should be "Element Energy"), but everything else is up to spec.

Sabrblade wrote:Episode 4: "The Kindhearted Hydrophant".



We get three new Energy Beast characters: the titular Hydrophant, a Spinosaurus with Earth-element Ground Energy, and a fire-element lion named Ignite Leo. The Spinosaurus's name is a bit tricky to determine at this point, but it's something like "Spirituan" or "Spirichuan" (スピリチュアン). Every Energy Beast has something related to their element in their names, but the ground/earth elemental aspect in his name doesn't seem to be as obvious.

Another unseen character, Drillnohorn, gets name-dropped in the episode by Lightlong.

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Damn Sabre, I had not realized you were doing these recaps, this is prime stuff for the front page. Will catch up and news the rest from here on out when you post these.

To be blunt, they're not formal full recaps. I haven't discussed much of anything regarding the plot of any episode.

They still give interesting tidbits.

They need a version to watch with just flashing eyes so that robots that only communicate with flashing eyes and no movanle lips can understand it


Seeing animated mushroom pegs and leg hollows is now a thing. Dunno seems like it might be ohay for some audiences.

Episode 4's fansub. This one took a little longer due to Hydrophant's verbal tic making some of his dialogue tricky to understand:

Episode 5: "Courage to Protect What's Important"



Also, the official website has been updated with bios for Ignite Leo and Spirituan.

Energy Beast IGNITE LEO
A lion-type Transformer with a strong sense of justice and belligerence. He possesses "Flame Energy" within his body, allowing him to control the power of fire. He challenges Optimus to a figure after receiving word from his old friend Spirituan that he has found the Legendary Hero. After exchanging blows with Optimus, who was Wildocked with Lightlong and Hydrophant, he was convinced that he could be the force that could stop the evil power!

Energy Beast SPIRITUAN
A spinosaurus-type Transformers who is the most intelligent and calm of the Dinosaur Tribe. He possesses "Ground Energy" within his body, allowing him to control the power of earth. He excels in technical combat, using qualities and the surrounding environment rather than mere power. He was the first to sense the evil energy hidden behind the Element Shield, and sought a way to stop Megatron. Then he learns of the existence of Optimus and stands before him to see if he is qualified to be the legendary hero...!

The fansub for Episode 5 is finally done:

Episode 6 has dropped.

"New Allies, New Threats"



EDIT: Hmm, Thunderbeak is obviously voiced by a woman and sounds like a woman, but uses the first-person pronoun of "boku" (僕) at one point, which is a male pronoun. I get the feeling that if Thunderbeak was meant to be female, the toy advert at the end of the video would point that out, but it doesn't. I guess this means we're meant to perceive Thunderbeak as merely a young and/or somewhat effeminate boy character.

We have two Transformers: Wild King episodes for you. The new 6th episode and the 5th episode with fansubs.

Episode 6
"New Allies, New Threats"



Notes on Thunderbreak: Hmm, Thunderbeak is obviously voiced by a woman and sounds like a woman, but uses the first-person pronoun of "boku" (僕) at one point, which is a male pronoun. I get the feeling that if Thunderbeak was meant to be female, the toy advert at the end of the video would point that out, but it doesn't. I guess this means we're meant to perceive Thunderbeak as merely a young and/or somewhat effeminate boy character.

The fansub for Episode 5 is finally done:

Episode 7: "The Ultimate Combination"

Episode 8: "Depths of Despair"