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Watched any of the Japanese Transformers cartoons?
If so, what did you think of it?
Fantastic stuff.
When did you first see it?
Couple years back, when the Madman Boxset was released.
Is it recommended viewing for others?
Highly, If you can happily read sups i would go that route.
Or for a laugh watch the dubs :P
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I really loved the Japanese cartoon, as it didn't have as much of a ridiculous feel as some of the earlier versions of the G1 cartoon(US cartoon).
It had a slightly darker tone which I really liked.
I started watching a bit on youtube and DVDs and I am quite impressed. Especially liked the Scramble City bonus episode.
I would definitely recommend watching it or rewatching it if you have already, because it feels quite unique, special and quite a significant part of the Japanese transformers timeline, IMO.
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For those interested in reading upon some reviews of Headmasters and Masterforce, check out this review topic.
Not sure why I didn't post up the rest of Masterforce... I might have to rewatch them to post them up. I watched Victory soon after that, but wasn't impressed enough to comment about it at that time.
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I got the Madmen box sets as they came out. I started watching Headmasters but got maybe 10 or 12 episodes in before I just took the DVD out and never went back. I think the problem with the series was that it was too close in appearance to the US series. The animation I think suffered by trying to emulate the US series, and having unfamiliar voices of familiar characters (in a foreign language) and music made it quite jarring to watch.
Masterforce on the other hand I loved and it's because the characters were all new (although Ginrai's transtector sure looked familiar), the animation was more anime and the story was a lot more solid and interesting. I liked that the series started being about Transformers pretending to be humans, and transitioned to being about humans who "became" Transformers. It's a very different take but I could see it being off putting to people who want to watch a show about Transformers not humans. Worked for me though and I would recommend giving it a go over the other three core series.
I watched the first episode of Victory and haven't gone back yet. I'll get to it, but the opening episode really didn't sell me on the series.
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Headmasters put me to sleep and I'm not joking about that, I watched all of it but it was hard work to say the least. Masterforce on the other hand was thoroughly enjoyable and I would recommend it to anyone that is a TF fan
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Agreed, except when I was on screenOriginally Posted by 1orion2many
Headmasters put me to sleep and I'm not joking about that, I watched all of it but it was hard work to say the least
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