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News Credits: 86 · by **Powered Convoy** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 9:33 pm

http://www.allspark.com/content/view/11418/

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News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 8:06 am

Our friends over at the Allspark have been busy translating Yuki Ohshima's "Metro Wars" and Guido Guidi's "Starcream's New Power" mangas from the recently released Transformers Generations 2013 book. Click here to view the full set of translated pages.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 9:42 am

Reading it now.

I wonder why "Chief Commander" was used instead of "Supreme Commander". :-?

Surprised to see the use of the old pre-2007 Japanese names in this day and age for something that's neither Masterpiece- nor Encore-related.

Nebulans! In the JG1 cartoon continuity! Then again, Hi-Q certainly can't be the only one of his kind.

Is this the first time Omega Supreme and Metroplex have directly interacted with each other together?

Metrotitan is Darkmount?! :shock:

So many cameos! I am loving this! :KREMZEEK:

Only one page for the Starscream story? Bummer.

So... which continuity is the Starscream one set in, exactly? :???:

by **necr0blivion** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 10:59 am

There's something strange to me about seeing Superion and Omega Supreme sitting inside Metroplex and using gun turrets.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 8:01 am

"Metrowars 2" is up - http://www.allspark.com/content/view/11469/37/

There's also an addendum with notes from Guido Guidi posted for the previous "Starscream's New Power" story - http://www.allspark.com/content/view/11417/37/

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 2:06 pm

Our fellow Transformers fans over at the AllSpark have been busy translating more of the manga included in the Generations 2013 book, as we previously [url]reported[/url]. Thanks to Seibertron user sabrblade, we have now been made aware of Metrowars 2 being translated too! You can read the full set here. In addition, Guido Guidi posted some notes for Starscream's New Power, also included in the book.

by **gothsaurus** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 2:52 pm

I'm hoping this hints at a Metrotitan repaint... plus a retool in orange of his little car buddy. :-?

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 4:31 pm

Sabrblade wrote:So many cameos! I am loving this!

What's curious is that the cameos mostly stem from a semi-unplaced piece of Transformers continuity: Robot Masters. Most blatantly so with Delta Seeker loosing an arm to X-Gunner, like his Robot Masters bio said. Well, makes it a bit easier to place the new characters from that line :lol:

by **Coptur** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 4:47 pm

I love being right i think someone owes me an apology

News Credits: 7 · by **TulioDude** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 8:04 pm

Nice!But...

Burn,I'm with fire!

News Credits: 3 · by **Samsonator** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 10:28 pm

TulioDude wrote:Nice!But...
Burn,I'm with fire!

"Burn 'im with fire!" as in him, but without the H

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue Sep 24, 2013 7:00 am

If anyone's wondering, what Straxus is doing to Metrotitan is he's infusing him with Megatron's evil nature, since Megatron lost it in the last story.

by **BumbleDouche** » Wed Sep 25, 2013 4:46 am

LMAO @ the last panel:
"Nice one Metroplex!
You WIPED him good!"
What, did Metroplex go potty and need his butt wiped? Surely it was supposed to be translated as "whipped?" Crazy Engrish :???:

News Credits: 1 · by **Sodan-1** » Wed Sep 25, 2013 6:01 am

Metroflex? Is that a typo, or is that what Takara have named the grappling arm on Metroplex?

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed Sep 25, 2013 7:17 am

MegaDump wrote:LMAO @ the last panel:
"Nice one Metroplex!
You WIPED him good!"
What, did Metroplex go potty and need his butt wiped? Surely it was supposed to be translated as "whipped?" Crazy Engrish

"Wiped" as in "wiped out" is a phrase that can be used in that context.

Sodan-1 wrote:Metroflex? Is that a typo, or is that what Takara have named the grappling arm on Metroplex?

Ohshima chose to use the original pre-2007 Japanese G1 names for these comics, so Metroplex is "Metroflex" and Optimus is "Super Convoy" (being in his Nucleon Quest body, that is).

News Credits: 60 · by **fenrir72** » Thu Sep 26, 2013 4:57 am

Can't wait for more! Saberblade.....sharp eyes and you rock!

News Credits: 1 · by **Sodan-1** » Thu Sep 26, 2013 2:34 pm

Sabrblade wrote:Ohshima chose to use the original pre-2007 Japanese G1 names for these comics, so Metroplex is "Metroflex" and Optimus is "Super Convoy" (being in his Nucleon Quest body, that is).

Gotcha. Thanks very much.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Sep 26, 2013 4:22 pm

Sodan-1 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Ohshima chose to use the original pre-2007 Japanese G1 names for these comics, so Metroplex is "Metroflex" and Optimus is "Super Convoy" (being in his Nucleon Quest body, that is).

Gotcha. Thanks very much.

And, to be honest, there isn't all that much a difference between "Metroflex" and "Metroplex" when spelled in Japanese:

Metroflex: メトロフレックス
Metroplex: メトロプレックス

The difference lies in the フ (fu) vs. プ (pu).

by **gothsaurus** » Thu Sep 26, 2013 4:39 pm

Yeah, in my (small) understanding of Japanese, there are a few letters you can "upgrade" to a slightly different sound by adding a tiny circle or double hatch to the character. Ka to Ga is another one... Ta to Da... Ha to Ba or Pa. (Correct me if I'm referencing these incorrectly.)

It's all really interesting how the language is constructed, and how the letters are almost always pairs of English letters — a consonant and vowel. (except for N. N is a loner. Ha.)

Understanding it a little bit helps wrap your head around how odd translations come about.