For anybody who hasn't seen this yet, and I take that as most of the world, this is the GREATEST Transformers series to date! Fire Convoy (a.k.a Optimus Prime) leads the heroic Autobots in an apocalyptic battle against the evil, but mighty, Destrons (Japanese name for Decepticons). It takes place in a fictional city somewhere in Japan I presume (I've only ever seen the untranslated version) and from what my friends and I can figure out, the shows are self-contained (apart from the overall link of on-going battle, kidnapped scientist and a surprisingly annoying tourist woman whose vehicles end up trashed in each episode during one of the many fight sequences) and are all to do with the trials and tribulations of being a transforming vehicle (or animal, in the case of the Destrons) and, in the case of Convoy, an effective leader to a group of heroes.
The funniest episode to date (and probably of the whole series) saw a group of the Destrons forced to take community service in order to join the Autobots. The sight of Black Convoy, who destroyed half of the city only an episode before, sweeping leaves and muttering about his apparent fall from power (he's just this huge mecha! HUGE!) is one of the best moments I have witnessed on TV in a long time.
Let's hope Hasbro (is that who still makes the show?) pick up on the obvious market for this new version of the already popular toy and TV series and start dubbing it right away. We need more of this on our Saturday morning shows soon!!
The funniest episode to date (and probably of the whole series) saw a group of the Destrons forced to take community service in order to join the Autobots. The sight of Black Convoy, who destroyed half of the city only an episode before, sweeping leaves and muttering about his apparent fall from power (he's just this huge mecha! HUGE!) is one of the best moments I have witnessed on TV in a long time.
Let's hope Hasbro (is that who still makes the show?) pick up on the obvious market for this new version of the already popular toy and TV series and start dubbing it right away. We need more of this on our Saturday morning shows soon!!