Transformers: The Ark II
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 God Ginrai and his pet tabby...his tabby of DEATH! | |||||||||||||
| A Compendium of Japanese Character Designs | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | IDW Publishing | ||||||||||||
| First published | July 10, 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Written by | Jim Sorenson and Bill Forster | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Japanese Generation 1 | ||||||||||||
| ISBN | ISBN 1600101801 | ||||||||||||
| Page count | 208 | ||||||||||||
Transformers: The Ark II — A Compendium of Japanese Character Designs is a follow-up volume to the first Transformers: The Ark book featuring Japanese character models. Authors Jim Sorenson and Bill Forster covered all major Japanese Generation 1 series: The Headmasters, Super-God Masterforce, Victory, Zone, Battlestars, and Operation Combination. Nick Roche penciled and inked the cover, colored by Josh Burcham.
Contents |
Contents
Unnamed items are in italics.
Headmasters
- Cybertrons
- Headmasters
- Fortress
- Battleship Maximus (Master Shot)
- Fortress Maximus
- Master Sword
- Chromedome (Chrome)
- Brainstorm (Cana)
- Hardhead (Ros)
- Highbrow (Gort)
- Targetmasters
- Trainbots
- Monsterbots
- Other
- Headmasters
- Destrons
- Headmasters
- Targetmasters
- Other
- Extra
- Beastformers
- White Leo
- Beastformer Heroes (Goldar, Big Serow, Yellow Giraffe, Elephan, Flykick, B-Fox, Battle Bear, Rabbit Kid)
- Beastformer Villains (Alligatron, Killer Fish, Drillfrog, Devilbat, Snake Bomb, Hedgehog)
- Beastformer Slaves (Dogslave, Tekna)
- Organics
- The Witwickys (Spike, Daniel, Challenge Blaster)
- Planet Hive (Queen Bee, Makku's father, Makk, Medal of Valour)
- Paradise (Papika, Polonus)
- Technology
- Cybertron Shuttle
- Cybertron Frigate
- Exercise Gear
- Destron Technology (Galvatron's UFO, Madmachine, plasma cannon, planetary detonators, plasma energy coils, buridanka)
- Other
- Vector Sigma (Key, cybertonuron manufacturing process, Centurion robot, giant bat, mutant rat, energy leech)
- Headmaster Designs
- Power-Ups (Cross-Head On, Head Formation, scale chart)
- Beastformers
Masterforce
- Cybertrons
- Pretenders
- Headmasters
- Godmasters
- Other
- Destrons
- Pretenders
- Headmasters
- Wilder
- Bullhorn
- Cancer
- Destron Headmasters
- Black Zarak (Guard Minder)
- Godmasters
- Seacons
- Other
- Other Destrons (Browning, Sizzle, Guzzle, Javil)
- Destron Base
- Extra
- Humans (Copo, Rhodan, Dado, kidnapped physician)
- Pretender Technology
- Master Technology (Master-Brace)
Victory
- Cybertrons
- Brainmasters
- Saber (Brain of Courage)
- Star Saber
- Victory Leo
- Victory Saber
- Blacker (Brain of Skill)
- Laster (Brain of Strength)
- Braver (Brain of Intelligence)
- Road Caesar
- Multiforce
- Wingwaver (Wing, Waver)
- Dashtacker (Tacker, Dash)
- Machtackle (Tackle, Mach)
- Landcross
- Other
- Galaxy Shuttle
- Greatshot
- Rescue Patrol (Holi, Pipo, Boater, Fire)
- Planet Micro (Riker, Clipper)
- Rocket Base
- Brainmasters
- Destrons
- Breastforce
- Dinoforce
- Other
- Extra
- Jan (Illumina II)
- Jan's classmates (Illumina, Joice, Rami)
Zone
- Cybertrons
- Powered Masters
- Microtransformers
- Moonradar, Rabbicrater
- Battle Patrol Team (Gunlift, Sunrunner, Powerbomb, Sidetrack)
- Microtransformers (Spinchange, Wheelrun, Glorean, Roadhandler, Windrim, Whisper, Starcloud, Nightflight, Road Hugger, Deadhour, Gingham, Black Heat)
- Microtransformer Bases (Airport Base, Fire Base, Gasoline Base, Build Base)
- Destrons
- Violen Jiger (Vion, Lenja, Igern)
- Destron Generals (Devastor, Overlord, Black Zarak, Menasor, Bruticus, King Poseidon, Predaking, Dinosaurer, Abominus)
- Extra
Battlestars & Beyond
- Cybertrons
- Destrons
- Operation Combination
- Sixcombiners (Sixliner, Sixbuilder, Sixtrain, Sixwing, Sixturbo)
Notes
- Despite having an even narrower audience base than the first volume, it broke #10,000 on Amazon.com's sales rankings.(Jul-10-08)
- The cover by Nick Roche features God Ginrai and Victory Leo—the same character, intentionally evoking similar imagery to the cover of the first Ark, the creation of Galvatron. [1]
- This was the first English-language release of any kind to include a mention of Violen Jiger, establishing the first Romanization in official media.
