Studio Trigger Has Made an Awesome Transformers 40th Anniversary Special Video

Glyph wrote:It's here!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOfJT_Kwna8 (TakaraTomy channel - region-locked to JP )
https://x.com/TFShowUK/status/1834151040708456906 (Xitter repost)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjuGPjWkDSc (unofficial YT copy)

That was awesome! Absolutely chock full of references across the whole 40 years, and both longer and way cooler than I was expecting

Can't currently find an official unbroken source for it that's viewable outside of Japan - there's a YT copy above but nothing posted to the official sites / channels yet. Will update when I find one!

Kamijou Touma wrote:That was just awesome. Now I really want studio TRIGGER to make a full tf series.

o.supreme wrote:

Kamijou Touma wrote:That was just awesome. Now I really want studio TRIGGER to make a full tf series.

So does much of the fandom I'd imagine

Hasbros response: too expensive

That is why they fail....

Rodimus Prime wrote:And Fangry looking down at the dog hit me as well. Is that from Headmasters?

Rodimus Prime wrote:If it were to get English music and dialogue, I would like to see a series produced by Trigger. Anti-G1 fans won't like it, but Takara/Hasbro would do well to produce a series focusing on the 19 years between the end of season 2 in '86 and TF:TM's events taking place in '05.

o.supreme wrote:

Kamijou Touma wrote:That was just awesome. Now I really want studio TRIGGER to make a full tf series.

So does much of the fandom I'd imagine

Hasbros response: too expensive

That is why they fail....

truegrit wrote:Countdown until someone edits this to set it to The Touch

truegrit wrote:Countdown until someone edits this to set it to The Touch

o.supreme wrote:Heck my namesake and favorite character didn't make it in, Id love to see Omega Supreme animated by Trigger, (or any combiner for that matter) but it didn't diminish my enjoyment of this awesome video.

Sabrblade wrote:I'd rather it be set to "How Far We've Come" by Matchbox Twenty.

Emerje wrote:Man, that video had so many deep cuts that I just was not expecting. We knew Studio Trigger was a bunch of big Transformers fans after they models a bunch of characters from SSSS.Gridman after Shattered Glass characters and designed several Flam Toys models, but they really went above and beyond here. I could tell from the preview we got that they were going to be blending different series together in some sort of big tribute, but nobody was prepared for this.

Sabrblade wrote:I'd rather it be set to "How Far We've Come" by Matchbox Twenty.

For me that song will forever belong to Digimon.

Sabrblade wrote: (a Prime Insecticon?), (Go! Dragotron?), (another Prime Insecticon?), four Jet Vehicons from Prime, BWII Gigastorm, G1 Trypticon, Armada Tidal Wave, G1 Scorponok, and the Nemesis from Prime.

truegrit wrote:Countdown until someone edits this to set it to The Touch

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Sabrblade wrote: (a Prime Insecticon?), (Go! Dragotron?), (another Prime Insecticon?), four Jet Vehicons from Prime, BWII Gigastorm, G1 Trypticon, Armada Tidal Wave, G1 Scorponok, and the Nemesis from Prime.

Thought those were Predaking, Darksteel, and Sky Lynx

Sabrblade wrote:GG1 Metroplex, Masterforce Grand Maximus, the BWII Yukikaze, G1 Broadside (with G1 Fireflight and (two other jets?) resting on his carrier mode), G1 Air Raid, G1 Skydive, G1 Silverbolt, and G1 Fortress Maximus.

Sabrblade wrote:Here is EVERYTHING seen in the video:

[0:05] Cybertron Vector Prime surrounded by clockworks.

[0:10] G1 Planet Cybertron in space, with flashes of the Kronosphere, the Time Window, the Teleport Gate, the wall of a Quintesson banishment chamber, and the Dragon Mound.

[0:17] Several Prime Vehicons engaged in trench warfare.

[0:19] G1 Springer, Armada Jolt, G1 Sandstorm, Energon Bulkhead, Cybertron Evac, and Cybertron Jolt in a grassy field.

[0:21] Energon Mirage, G1 Scourge, Cybertron Thunderblast, RiD 2001 Sky-Byte, and the Armada Sea Mini-Con team observing a wrecked BWII Galvaburg II.

[0:23] RID 2015 Aerobolt, Beastformers White Leo, BWII Lio Junior, and G1 Steeljaw in the ruins of a building.

[0:24] Cybertron Thundercracker, Animated Blitzwing, G1 Swindle, BM Tankor, Armada Powerlinx Demolishor Victory Kakuryu and BWII Megastorm.

[0:26] A warzone on Junkion, with Junkyard carrying Greasestain on his back while Ashtray readies his weapon. Another Junkion stands by in the background.

[0:28] G1 Ratchet lies battered on his side in vehicle mode, while G1 Jazz lies next to him upside-down in vehicle mode.

[0:30] G1 Metroplex, Masterforce Grand Maximus, the BWII Yukikaze, G1 Broadside (with G1 Fireflight and (two other jets?) resting on his carrier mode), G1 Air Raid, G1 Skydive, G1 Silverbolt, and G1 Fortress Maximus.

[0:31] A fallen Decepticon Warrior from "War Dawn".

[0:33] Several destroyed Warriors and Dropkicks from "War Dawn", lying on a shoreline walked by the Rescue Patrol Team (Holi, Boater, Fire, and Pipo) from Victory, and Cyberverse Croaton.

[0:37] Victory Holi looks up.

[0:39] Masterforce Hydra and Buster with their Transtectors.

[0:40] G1 Starscream, G1 Ion Storm, G1 Acid Storm, G1 Nova Storm, the Thunder Arrow from Victory, Victory Hellbat, Victory Leozack, Victory Guyhawk, Animated Blitzwing, Animated Blackout, Animated Lugnut, (a Prime Insecticon?), (Go! Dragotron?), (another Prime Insecticon?), four Jet Vehicons from Prime, BWII Gigastorm, G1 Trypticon, Armada Tidal Wave, G1 Scorponok, and the Nemesis from Prime.

[0:41] Starscream flies with Kremzeek inside his cockpit, flanked by BWII Starscream, (Victory Leozack?), Animated Waspinator, and Armada Starscream.

[0:45] Masterforce Wilder and his Transtector stand over the murdered Pis in a rainy ruined city.

[0:52] Good guys galore: BW Neo NAVI, BW Neo Big Convoy with a Matrix Cannon, G1 Rodimus Prime with the G1 Matrix, G1 Optimus Prime, Victory Star Saber and Jan, BW Optimus Primal, RID 2015 Bumblebee with a Decepticon Hunter, Prime Optimus Prime, Masterforce God Ginrai, BWII Lio Convoy, Go! Kenzan, Cyberverse Optimus Prime, Zone Dai Atlas with the Zodiac, G1 Moonbase One, G1 Moonbase Two,Animated Optimus Prime, EarthSpark Optimus Prime, the G1 Ark, Energon Grindor and Kicker, Armada Optimus Prime, G1 Fortress Maximus, RID 2001 Optimus Prime, and Cybertron Optimus Prime.

[0:55] Bad guy bosses: BW Neo Magmatron, G1 Megatron, BW Megatron, Cybertron Megatron with the Planet Map, Victory Deathsaurus, RID 2015 Megatronus, The G1 Nemesis, BWII Galvatron, RID 2001 Megatron, Cyberverse Megatron, Go! Guren Dragotron, Masterforce Overlord, EarthSpark Megatron, Zone Violengiguar, Armada Megatron armed with all three Mini-Con weapons (the Star Saber, the Skyboom Shield, and the Requiem Blaster), G1 Scorponok, Animated Megatron with Isaac Sumdac, and Prime Megatron with the dead Prime's arms and the Dark Star Saber.

[0:59] Cybertron Megatron and Nemesis Breaker combine into Dark Claw Mode to fight BWII Lio Convoy's legendary Green Warrior form armed with BW Neo Magmatron's Magma Blade.

[1:05] G1 Fortress Maximus, Victory Star Saber, Masterforce God Ginrai, RID 2015 Optimus Prime Supreme Mode and Cybertron Optimus Prime all bear their respective swords.

[1:09] Cyberverse Optimus Prime, RiD 2001 Optimus Prime Battle Mode, BW Neo Big Convoy, Armada Optimus Prime Super Mode, and Energon Optimus Supreme all fire their weapons.

[1:12] Prime Miko chills with her guitar on Prime Bulkhead.

[1:13] Prime Bulkhead, Prime Bumblebee, Prime Arcee, Armada Laserbeak, Armada Alexis, Prime Miko, Armada Grindor, Prime Raf, Armada High Wire, Armada Rad, Prime Jack, Armada Carlos, Armada Sureshock, Armada Fred, and Armada Billy.

[1:16] The Illumina II from Victory (piloted by Jan and Illumina), and the Cobybot from Cybertron (piloted by Coby and Lori).

[1:19] RiD 2001 T-AI holding BWII Artemis's hammer, Q-Transformers Bumblebee, BWII Moon, Q-Transformers Optimus Prime, BWII Artemis, and Q-Transformers Lockdown.

[1:21] Masterforce Goshooter, Masterforce Minerva, Masterforce Cab, Energon Energon Ironhide, Energon Kicker w/ the Energon Saber, and Animated Sari Sumdac, with Ocean City from Energon in the background.

[1:26] Roses held by Akira from Zone.

[1:27] Aligned Optimus Prime: Three Bodies Evolution (Prime Optimus Prime with the Forge of Solus Prime, Go! Hunter Optimus Prime with the Star Saber, and Go! Optimus Exprime.

[1:31] Go! Optimus Exprime, Go! Gekisoumaru, and Go! Kenzan combine into DaiGekisou.

[1:38] Tobio and Isami stand on the chestplate of DaiKenzan, along with both their grandfathers, Kotarō Fūma, Ryōma Sakamoto, Bokuden Tsukahara, Musashi Miyamoto, Sasuke Sarutobi, and Musashibō Benkei all from Go!, all stood atop DaiKenzan's shoulders.

[1:43] Cybertron Bud, Cybertron Safeguard, Cybertron Vector Prime holding the Planet Map.

[1:47] G1 Optimus Prime traveling through "the other side of the Matrix" seen in the BW episode "Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)". His colors shift between his normal colors, dead colors, and the Bump of Chicken colors, as the following images flash before him: His death from TFTM, the death of Transmetal 2 Dinobot from the BW episode "Nemesis Part 2", Terrorcon Cliffjumper from the Prime episode "Darkness Rising, Part 2", Armada Powerlinx Starscream's death (featuring the Zapmaster-colored Swindle) from the episode "Cramp", the death of Animated Prowl from "Endgame, Part II", and the death of God Ginrai (featuring Jan) from the Victory episode "Ginrai Dies!!"

[1:56] G1 Optimus Prime and BW Transmetal Optimus Primal turn into sparks that merge together into BW Optimal Optimus, while G1 Megatron and BW Transmetal Megatron become orange sparks (like how Beast Megatron's spark was orange in Beast Machines) that merge into BW Transmetal 2 Megatron. As they fight, images of BM Megatron and Optimus Primal flash before them.

[2:09] Masterforce Megajet (piloted by Lady Mega) and Gigatank (piloted by Lord Giga) combine into Overlord, who fires missiles at Animated Wingblade Optimus Prime armed with the Magnus Hammer.

[2:15] G1 Dirk Manus and Marissa Faireborn about to share a kiss.

[2:16] The G1 Matrix of Leadership.

[2:17] Armada Sparkplug holding up the Armada Matrix, G1 Rodimus Prime holding up the opened G1 Matrix, and Zone Dai Atlas holding up the Zodiac.

[2:23] Movie Optimus Prime, Movie Ratchet, Movie Ironhide, Movie Bumblebee, and Movie Jazz.

[2:26] Movie Bonecrusher, Movie Megatron, Movie Barricade, Movie Brawl, Movie Starscream, and Movie Blackout.

[2:29] Movie Optimus Prime and Movie Megatron fight in homage to Panty and Stocking.

[2:33] ROTB Optimus Primal close up.

[2:34] ROTB group shot: Wheeljack, Arcee, Rhinox, Airazor, Bumblebee, Optimus Primal, Mirage, Cheetor, and Stratosphere.

[2:37] G1 Optimus Prime and Megatron continue fighting until they stand before
[2:46] RID 2015 Denny Clay, RID 2015 Russell Clay, G1 Daniel Witwitcky, G1 Spike Witwicky, G1 Carly Witwicky, EarthSpark Alex Malto, EarthSpark Robby Malto, EarthSpark Dot Malto, EarthSpark Mo Malto, RiD 2001 Kiko Onishi, RiD 2001 Koji Onishi, and RiD 2001 Dr. Onishi.

[2:51] The G1 leaders in front of the four families are replaced by EarthSpark Megatron and Optimus Prime, who shake hands in peace.

[2:58] G1 Unicron's severed head floats in space.

[3:00] G1 Planet Cybertron vibrates in space, with G1 Unicron's severed head emerging from behind it as the credits roll.

Blastback wrote:Something that would be fun and kinda a dream project, have a miniseries where the different continuties all come together for a great battle, kinda like the Turtles forever animated movie. But bigger.

Sabrblade wrote:As for TF animation, the Cyberverse cartoon was the first time a main TF cartoon actually really tried to dabble in multiversal fun, with the Megatron X and Tarn story.

And according to this Q&A with Cyberverse writer Mae Catt, she "would’ve liked to have the other Transformers series show up (TFP, TFA, G1, Shattered Glass)", but they didn't "have those assets or budget."

#1 Signal Lancer fan wrote:As someone who grew up on the Unicorn Trilogy, its so cool to see its characters take such a spotlight in this.

#1 Signal Lancer fan wrote:This has me hopeful that we could still see a Legacy series (or something akin to it) in the future.

#1 Signal Lancer fan wrote:This may be wishful thinking, but maybe the reception to this will inspire Hasbro to let Studio Trigger make a full series.