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by **Cliff Jumper** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 10:19 pm

How can I get the Transfomers Manga from Generation 1?

News Credits: 2 · by **Bombus distinguendus** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 8:20 pm

ebay or find a collector of old japanese mangas/ or go to japan.

News Credits: 553 · by **Professor Smooth** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:48 pm

http://www.hlj.com has the collection in stock.

If you want the originals, I can take a look for ya, but it will be...not inexpensive.

by **NightFall** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 10:22 pm

Professor Smooth wrote:www.hlj.com has the collection in stock.

If you want the originals, I can take a look for ya, but it will be...not inexpensive.

Where in that site, what keyword should I use, what it super robot life?

News Credits: 553 · by **Professor Smooth** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 10:41 pm

NightFall wrote:
Professor Smooth wrote:www.hlj.com has the collection in stock.

If you want the originals, I can take a look for ya, but it will be...not inexpensive.

Where in that site, what keyword should I use, what it super robot life?

http://www.hlj.com/product/MIL00093

Fight! Super Robot Life is the Japanese name for Transformers G1 Seasons 1 and 2.

by **NightFall** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 11:13 pm

Sh*t out of stock

, but I wish I can read it in english, any site has translations?

by **ashe5k** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 6:29 am

I'd had a friend start translating it for me before she went to Japan. It really doesn't need a translator. It's pretty basic dialogue. What you see on the page probably reflects the over-obvious of what they're saying.

At one point Smokescreen is helpiung this Japanese kid out by getting him out of battle. He drives up in vehicle mode and roughly translated says "Enter me Boy of Japan!" We took that to mean 'Get inside japanese kid!' as the literal sounded a bit perverse. Either way you can tell by the panel that he wants him to get inside so eh can get him the hell out of there, even without the dialogue.

We never did get it finished as she left for Japan about 3 years ago and has been working there ever since. She had translated quite a bit of it, but I'd have to find my notes.

The artwork was the main reason I ended up getting it. It has some really nice work in it. Not all of it is great, but it's still pretty to thumb through now and again.