Animated JAPANESE Version out in March 2010?!

[hanprimus]

Please remove if already been posted, found this info on one of the Malaysia's supplier:

http://famitoy.blogspot.com/2009/12/...e-version.html

[kup]

That would be interesting. They may make a 4th Season that is all 'ALLSPAK SUPAH ATTACK!!!' after all the Autobots combine into 'SAINT Chin!!!'

[Sky Shadow]

Wow - I'm actually surprised this hasn't happened earlier. I look forward to seeing the recolours... perhaps a new Lugnut toy is in order.

[Linthart]

if the colours are better or they add chrome im gonna crack the s***

[Paulbot]

While I think this will happen eventually, the sceptic in me looks at the cheap looking logo and the inclusion of an Arcee toy in the initial line up, and it strikes me as what a fan might predict Takara does rather than what Takara is planning.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

yeh and they have liested a HECk of a lot of releases in March.

I say grain of salt time.

[SilverDragon]

It would probably happen anyway.

I'm not expecting them to do anything like Henkei and give the toys chrome or show accurate colours (although the vast majority of the Hasbro ones ARE show-accurate), since it doesn't seem to be inviting that kind of treatment.

[liegeprime]

sure hope they release a leader class Lugnut...

[Golden Phoenix]

I got excited by the thought of a deluxe Cliffjumper, but from the looks of the prices him and Dirge will be Activators

What I find interesting is the Bumblebee Vs Starscream 2 pack
It is the same price as the Deluxe Vs pack, not the same as the other 2 Deluxe/Voyager Vs pack

[GoktimusPrime]

Interesting to see that the Japanese title there is actually "Animated" (アニメイテッド) which, written in the same way that Japanese fans have been doing so online. I suspect that TakaraTOMY will improve the colours on Bumblebee as they tend to do better with yellows than Hasbro (e.g. Universe Sunstreaker vs Henkei Sunstreaker).

I'm not expecting them to do anything like Henkei and give the toys chrome or show accurate colours (although the vast majority of the Hasbro ones ARE show-accurate), since it doesn't seem to be inviting that kind of treatment.

Animated should be more show-like considering that the toys and cartoon were developed in tandem, whereas most other Transformer lines are developed as toys first. It wouldn't surprise me if TakaraTOMY gave their Animated toys show-like red and purple faction symbols (and actually give Voyager Prime a faction symbol at all!) whereas Hasbro gave them to us in silver and gold.

yeh and they have liested a HECk of a lot of releases in March.

I say grain of salt time.

You mean drop of soy sauce.

I can't seem to find any mention of a TakaraTOMY release of Animated on any Japanese sites. Wikipedia (Japanese) still states that Animated isn't available in Japan and makes no mention of any plans to do so (although it does state that the Animated DS game can be played on a Japanese DS; N.B.: I know nothing about DS so please don't haze me if this is blazingly obvious ). Although I'm using restricted net access at school so I'm not able to cast a very wide search. :/

Edit: Autobase Aichi's blog site makes mention about rumours of Animated coming out in Japan, but the information comes from the same Malaysian store site that's already listed on this thread.