Next Trainbot Revealed for MPG Raiden- Getsuei

Doctor Ōnishi, a huge fan of vintage trains, asked that he be allowed to name the DE10 diesel locomotive. He named him Kaen, a blaze that would burn brightly in the service of Japan and all mankind. Doctor Ishihara, born and raised in Tokyo, chose to name the Tōkai-type 153 express from her home metropolis. Proud of her proficiency with martial arts, named Suiken after her favorite style of martial arts. Doctor Gō, as the youngest member of the team, was given the newest model of train to name, the 200 Series Shinkansen. He chose Yukikaze, after the wind of his native Hokkaido. Doctor Fujiyama, who was born in Kyushu, chose to name the 485-200 series engine. He named him Seizan, after the mountains of his home region. Doctor Takahashi expressed little interest in which mech she would name, and was given the EF65-1000 by default. She chose Getsuei, for the Trainbots would have the capacity to travel to the moon and beyond. Last, though certainly not least, Doctor Yoshikawa was given the honor of naming the team leader, the original Shinkansen. As a fan of military history, he decided that Shouki would be a dignified and powerful name.

Sabrblade wrote:At this point, I believe we are well beyond the age of Hasbro deliberately changing the names of Japanese characters for the Western market. That was more of a thing during the Aaron Archer era. The John Warden era saw many Japanese characters retain their names, despite any and all sense (or lack thereof) some of their names made in English. The few that were changed during the Warden era were done so merely for Trademark and PC reasons, and likely would have been retained otherwise.

What's more, when the Ask Vector Prime Facebook was given the opportunity to finally explore the in-universe origins of the Trainbots, since their existing backstory cited them as natives to Japan, it was decided to leave their names as they were so as to better emphasize the fact that they were the first new Autobots fully built and brought to life on Earth in Japan (the Binaltech project was just new bodies for existing Autobots instead of new ones brought to life for the first time), with each named by a Japanese scientist from various Transformers series:

Doctor Ōnishi, a huge fan of vintage trains, asked that he be allowed to name the DE10 diesel locomotive. He named him Kaen, a blaze that would burn brightly in the service of Japan and all mankind. Doctor Ishihara, born and raised in Tokyo, chose to name the Tōkai-type 153 express from her home metropolis. Proud of her proficiency with martial arts, named Suiken after her favorite style of martial arts. Doctor Gō, as the youngest member of the team, was given the newest model of train to name, the 200 Series Shinkansen. He chose Yukikaze, after the wind of his native Hokkaido. Doctor Fujiyama, who was born in Kyushu, chose to name the 485-200 series engine. He named him Seizan, after the mountains of his home region. Doctor Takahashi expressed little interest in which mech she would name, and was given the EF65-1000 by default. She chose Getsuei, for the Trainbots would have the capacity to travel to the moon and beyond. Last, though certainly not least, Doctor Yoshikawa was given the honor of naming the team leader, the original Shinkansen. As a fan of military history, he decided that Shouki would be a dignified and powerful name.

For even in the Japanese fiction do their names stand out for being so intrinsically Japanese, unlike their fellow Autobots whose names sound much more alien and western to the native Japanese speaker.

The Raiden Initiative was a communal effort, with each scientist contributing according to their specialty. The brilliant postdoc Haruma Gō, the least-senior member of the team, was responsible for their superstructures. He also brought the fire of youth to the project. Doctor Ōnishi, the leading expert on alien energy sources, created their power grid. Doctor Ishihara, a specialist in cybernetic motivation, created their neural network and initial personality component specifications. Doctor Yoshikawa, who had spent years reverse-engineering the energy-being Kremzeek, was in charge of the creation of their weapon and communication systems. As Shibuya Manufacturing, Worldwide was providing the facilities to the Japanese government for this endeavor, Sōji also served as team leader. Doctor Fujiyama, famous for the construction of Nightbird, was responsible for their combat protocols. Finally, the mysterious Doctor Takahashi created the Heavy Series-Linkage System, necessary for them to become a gestalt warrior. So focused was her work that Doctor Yoshikawa joked that she must have seen the Trainbots in their combined form before she began, if only in a dream or vision.

There was one area where each scientist had a uniquely-defined role; each one was allowed to name one of the Trainbots. Doctor Ōnishi, a huge fan of vintage trains, asked that he be allowed to name the DE10 diesel locomotive. He named him Kaen, a blaze that would burn brightly in the service of Japan and all mankind. Doctor Ishihara, born and raised in Tokyo, chose to name the Tōkai-type 153 express from her home metropolis. Proud of her proficiency with martial arts, named Suiken after her favorite style of martial arts. Doctor Gō, as the youngest member of the team, was given the newest model of train to name, the 200 Series Shinkansen. He chose Yukikaze, after the wind of his native Hokkaido. Doctor Fujiyama, who was born in Kyushu, chose to name the 485-200 series engine. He named him Seizan, after the mountains of his home region. Doctor Takahashi expressed little interest in which mech she would name, and was given the EF65-1000 by default. She chose Getsuei, for the Trainbots would have the capacity to travel to the moon and beyond. Last, though certainly not least, Doctor Yoshikawa was given the honor of naming the team leader, the original Shinkansen. As a fan of military history, he decided that Shouki would be a dignified and powerful name.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Interesting. So from the backstory, they are drones/Transtectors and not Cybertronian at all?

AllNewSuperRobot wrote: Oh I see. The nebulous grey area the G1 cartoon established, with those "made" on Earth. That really doesn't mesh with the retroactive adoption of Sparks into the mythos.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:After that emgo review. I am strongly considering both Radiatron and Raiden.

Sabrblade wrote:It's more than just the Dinobots who were created without Vector Sigma: Trypticon and Metroplex were built on Earth, the Technobots were built by the super-smart Grimlock out in space inside Unicron's dead head, and in The Rebirth, Fortress Maximus and Scorponok were built on Nebulos (though, admittedly, theirs is a gray area since we don't know how much of their lives were those of Cerebros/Spike and Lord Zarak, respectively, and how much of it was their own. Their Japanese counterparts, however, were definitely Cybertronian in origin, and would have been birthed by Vector Sigma).

o.supreme wrote:

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:After that emgo review. I am strongly considering both Radiatron and Raiden.

If you have the funds, more power to you . I was the proud owner of an original Raiden C-131 Giftset for about 3 years (from 2004-2007). I'm sure this combiner appeals to me so much mostly because of it's lack of availability in the west. If I could get both I would, but I'm just sticking with TT MPG for now, but I do hope that everyone who gets Moon Studio's enjoys it, it is a heck of an engineering accomplishment.

Sabrblade wrote:

o.supreme wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:It's more than just the Dinobots who were created without Vector Sigma: Trypticon and Metroplex were built on Earth, the Technobots were built by the super-smart Grimlock out in space inside Unicron's dead head, and in The Rebirth, Fortress Maximus and Scorponok were built on Nebulos (though, admittedly, theirs is a gray area since we don't know how much of their lives were those of Cerebros/Spike and Lord Zarak, respectively, and how much of it was their own. Their Japanese counterparts, however, were definitely Cybertronian in origin, and would have been birthed by Vector Sigma).

Understood 100%, I was just speaking specifically about the Dinobots though. Anyway it's just another reason why a new series (in whatever media would work best, I'm not picky at this point), set in the original Marvel/Sunbow animated universe to fill in a LOT of the gaps would be great. Hey they could have taken VS off-world to grant personalities to Metroplex & Trypticon, what's the worst that could happen.

Legends tackled the subject, with Wheeljack discovering the existence of his own spark hidden deep inside his personality component.