Transformers: Super-God Masterforce

Transformers: Super-God Masterforce

1988
Transformers: Super-God Masterforce
Transformers: Super-God Masterforce

Transformers: Super-God Masterforce

6.9 | en | Animation

Transformers: Choujin Masterforce aired on Japanese television from 1988 to 1989. Taking place after Transformers: Headmasters, it is the story of how Metalhawk and his small team of Autobots must protect Earth from the mysterious Devil Z and his Decepticon forces. Humans play many prominent roles in Masterforce, from the Decepticon husband-wife team of Giga and Mega to the Autobot's Junior Headmasters and the reluctantly-recruited Ginrai. Masterforce is often considered second only to Transformers: Victory as a fan favorite.

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EP42  A Battle... and Then...
Feb. 28,1989
A Battle... and Then...

It's BlackZarak versus God Ginrai—the power of evil against the power of man, and the winner will decide the fate of Earth!

EP41  Malevolent and Inhuman! The True Form of Devil Z
Feb. 21,1989
Malevolent and Inhuman! The True Form of Devil Z

The Autobots track the Decepticons to the Matterhorn, and the final battle between the two factions begins.

EP40  Autobots! Desperate Attack!!
Feb. 14,1989
Autobots! Desperate Attack!!

As BlackZarak's Devil Power throws America into chaos, Overlord seeks to prove the power of the flesh to Devil Z, and he engages Ginrai in their final, decisive confrontation.

EP39  Battle to the Death!! God Ginrai VS Darkwings Reborn
Feb. 07,1989
Battle to the Death!! God Ginrai VS Darkwings Reborn

Hydra and Buster turn to Devil Z in a final attempt to gain the power they need to destroy Ginrai.

EP38  The Ultimate Combination!! BlackZarak, the New Lifeform
Jan. 31,1989
The Ultimate Combination!! BlackZarak, the New Lifeform

In the midst of an all-out attack on the Decepticon base, Devil Z finally stands revealed, and the Autobots are faced with their deadliest enemy yet!

EP37  God Ginrai: Showdown at the Decepticon Base
Jan. 24,1989
God Ginrai: Showdown at the Decepticon Base

When Shūta and Clouder are captured while attempting to infiltrate the Decepticon base and used as bait to lure Ginrai into a trap, things look grim for the Autobots... until help comes from a most unexpected source!

EP36  God Ginrai - Save Cancer!?
Jan. 17,1989
God Ginrai - Save Cancer!?

Learning that BlackZarak is about to attack China, Cancer attempts to go to the rescue of his friends and countrymen.

EP35  Crisis! The Day of Human Extinction
Jan. 10,1989
Crisis! The Day of Human Extinction

With construction of a new Decepticon weapon occurring in the shadow of the Moon, time is against the Autobots as they race into space in an attempt to stop the destruction of all life on Earth!

EP34  BlackZarak - Destroyer from Space
Dec. 20,1988
BlackZarak - Destroyer from Space

At last, BlackZarak arrives on Earth, and chaos follows in his wake, as Decepticon attacks spread thin the Autobot forces on Earth, and Ginrai and Grand Maximus fall victim to a deadly trap in space.

EP33  Disaster! The Autobot Base Explodes
Dec. 13,1988
Disaster! The Autobot Base Explodes

With God Ginrai trapped in battle with Overlord and Decepticon forces swarming the Autobots' base, catastrophe seems unavoidable.

EP32  Secret Orders! Destroy the Autobot Base!!
Dec. 06,1988
Secret Orders! Destroy the Autobot Base!!

Installed as a double-agent within the Autobot ranks, Clouder begins a sabotage scheme that sets up their base for an all-out Decepticon attack.

EP31  Appearance!! The Final Godmaster
Nov. 29,1988
Appearance!! The Final Godmaster

The final Godmaster Transtector turns up in possession of a young man named Clouder. But this particular Godmaster has a special ability which could spell the downfall of the Autobots...

EP30  Destroy Godbomber!!
Nov. 22,1988
Destroy Godbomber!!

In the heartland of America, the Decepticons spring a trap that puts Godbomber in danger, forcing the Headmaster Juniors to discover a new power that will save the day.

EP29  Escape!! The Underwater Volcano Erupts
Nov. 15,1988
Escape!! The Underwater Volcano Erupts

When Lightfoot investigates the eruption of an underwater volcano, he discovers the site of a new Decepticon base.

EP28  Overlord - Terror of the Chōkon Tornado
Nov. 08,1988
Overlord - Terror of the Chōkon Tornado

Overlord formulates a plan for revenge against Ginrai, but Godbomber is about to unveil a surprising new power that will thwart his evil scheme!

EP27  God Ginrai - Showdown on the Surface of the Moon
Nov. 01,1988
God Ginrai - Showdown on the Surface of the Moon

On the lunar surface, God Ginrai fights a desperate battle against Overlord and BlackZarak, with the fate of the world at stake!

EP26  God Ginrai - Into the Sky!!
Oct. 25,1988
God Ginrai - Into the Sky!!

With the Bomber Project completed, Ginrai heads for the moon, and the battle of his life!

EP25  Will the Bomber Project Be Destroyed!?
Oct. 18,1988
Will the Bomber Project Be Destroyed!?

With Ginrai out of commission, the Decepticons initiate an all-out attack on the Bomber Project.

EP24  Super Ginrai Gets Blown Away in the Desert!?
Oct. 11,1988
Super Ginrai Gets Blown Away in the Desert!?

Ginrai faces his greatest challenge yet when Mega and Giga reveal their true power.

EP23  Expose the Decepticons' Dark Trap!
Oct. 04,1988
Expose the Decepticons' Dark Trap!

The Decepticons prove that you shouldn't believe everything you see on TV.

EP22  Life? Death? The Desperate Lightfoot
Sep. 27,1988
Life? Death? The Desperate Lightfoot

As the Decepticons' newest plan slowly begins, Lightfoot finds himself alone against the Decepticons with his father's life at stake.

EP21  Save the Little Girl! The Chōjin Warriors, the Godmasters
Sep. 20,1988
Save the Little Girl! The Chōjin Warriors, the Godmasters

Cab's return home is an unhappy one thanks to the latest scheme by the Decepticons, which puts the life of his childhood friend Copo in danger.

EP20  The Autobot Warrior, Sixknight?!
Sep. 13,1988
The Autobot Warrior, Sixknight?!

Both Sixknight and Cancer have been greatly affected by their experiences with the Autobots and decide to do something about their conflicted loyalties.

EP19  Assemble! The Four Godmaster Gunmen
Aug. 30,1988
Assemble! The Four Godmaster Gunmen

The search for the fourth Godmaster brings the Autobots and Decepticons to France, where the Headmaster Juniors attend the finale of the World Grand Prix, and meet the champion racer, Road King.

EP18  A Powerful Foe!! Sixknight the Wanderer
Aug. 23,1988
A Powerful Foe!! Sixknight the Wanderer

A new threat to the Autobots arrives from space in the form of Sixknight, a Six Changer who targets Ginrai in order to prove his worth to the Decepticons. But Sixknight is in for a shock when he discovers the true nature of his opponent...

EP17  An Enemy? The Third Godmaster, Ranger
Aug. 16,1988
An Enemy? The Third Godmaster, Ranger

Attempting to track down new leads on the location of the remaining Godmasters, the Autobots venture into the Rocky Mountains, where they cross paths with a forest patrolman named Ranger, but Minerva suspects that he is working with the Decepticons!

EP16  Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter
Aug. 09,1988
Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter

The search for the next Godmaster leads Ginrai to Canada, and a young man named Lightfoot!

EP15  Heroism!! The Birth of Super Ginrai
Aug. 02,1988
Heroism!! The Birth of Super Ginrai

To rescue a group of kidnapped children and defeat the menace of King Poseidon, Ginrai must discover a new transformation!

EP14  Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai
Jul. 19,1988
Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai

The command goes out for the Decepticons to utterly destroy Ginrai, and he inadvertently makes himself easy to find when he appears on television searching for the remaining Godmasters!

EP13  Friend or Foe!? The True Form of the Monster!!
Jul. 12,1988
Friend or Foe!? The True Form of the Monster!!

The chase is on when Ginrai's Transtector activates on its own, and leads the Autobots and Decepticons to a mystery buried at a construction site.

EP12  A Strange Friendship: Cancer and Minerva
Jun. 28,1988
A Strange Friendship: Cancer and Minerva

In an attempt to learn the secrets of the Godmasters, the Autobots capture Cancer, who develops the world's worst case of Stockholm Syndrome.

EP11  Ginrai: God On of Rage!!
Jun. 21,1988
Ginrai: God On of Rage!!

While Ginrai debates over whether or not to join the Autobots, the Decepticons begin a series of fatal attacks on his trucker friends in an effort to draw him out.

EP10  A Hero Is Chosen - His Name Is Ginrai
Jun. 14,1988
A Hero Is Chosen - His Name Is Ginrai

On the day that he discovers a mysterious truck, a young man named Ginrai suddenly finds himself caught up in the war between the Autobots and Decepticons.

EP9  A Fierce Battle!! The Autobots Are in Trouble
Jun. 07,1988
A Fierce Battle!! The Autobots Are in Trouble

The construction of the world's largest tidal power plant in the Karin Islands quickly attracts the attention of the Decepticons, and the Autobots are once again faced with the power of the Godmaster brothers.

EP8  Super Warriors - The Godmaster Brothers
May. 31,1988
Super Warriors - The Godmaster Brothers

A new element enters the Masterforce War in the form of Hydra and Buster—the Godmasters!

EP7  Panic! Protect the Wild Animals!!
May. 24,1988
Panic! Protect the Wild Animals!!

It's the Autobots to the rescue when the Decepticons cause animals to stampede in Africa in a scheme to destabilize the balance of nature!

EP6  Go, Goshooter - Showdown in the Wasteland
May. 17,1988
Go, Goshooter - Showdown in the Wasteland

Wilder continues to revisit his past when he kidnaps a former member of his gang who turned against him, and Shūta has to lead the Headmaster Juniors in rescuing him.

EP5  Rage!! Little Devils with No Need for Rules
May. 10,1988
Rage!! Little Devils with No Need for Rules

Minerva is forced to overcome her fear of fighting when the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors cause chaos as they seek revenge on a motorcycle gang from Wilder's past.

EP4  Birth! Headmaster Jrs
May. 03,1988
Birth! Headmaster Jrs

Shūta, Cab and Minerva become Headmaster Juniors, but the Decepticons have recruited humans to their side as well.

EP3  Kidnapping!? The Targeted Jumbo Jet
Apr. 26,1988
Kidnapping!? The Targeted Jumbo Jet

Seeking live humans for their Destroid experiments, the Decepticons attack jumbo jets, bringing the Autobots into contact with a young girl named Minerva.

EP2  Terror! The Decepticons' Manhunt
Apr. 19,1988
Terror! The Decepticons' Manhunt

The Decepticons transform human corpses into undead "Destroids", and then attack the island nation of Karin, where the Autobots must team up with the island's prince, Cab, to save the day.

EP1  Rise Up!! Pretenders
Apr. 12,1988
Rise Up!! Pretenders

The sudden reappearance of the Decepticons on Earth forces the long-hidden Autobot Pretenders to drop their human disguises and rejoin the fight.

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6.9 | en | Animation , Sci-Fi | More Info
Released: 1988-04-12 | Released Producted By: Toei Animation , Tomy Country: Japan Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
Synopsis

Transformers: Choujin Masterforce aired on Japanese television from 1988 to 1989. Taking place after Transformers: Headmasters, it is the story of how Metalhawk and his small team of Autobots must protect Earth from the mysterious Devil Z and his Decepticon forces. Humans play many prominent roles in Masterforce, from the Decepticon husband-wife team of Giga and Mega to the Autobot's Junior Headmasters and the reluctantly-recruited Ginrai. Masterforce is often considered second only to Transformers: Victory as a fan favorite.

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Cast

Hiroshi Takemura , Hochu Otsuka , Kaneto Shiozawa

Director

Koh Meguro

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Toei Animation , Tomy

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Reviews

Oneirosophos Masterforce is a spin-off-ish sequel to the horrid Headmasters, where awful Japanese scripters continue the awful tradition of taking interesting Transformers and putting no effort at all, delivering us another horrid sample of Japformers.Masterforce takes the concept of Powermasters and changes aliens into humans, transformers to lifeless mechas called transtectors and (of course) adds to the equation of nonsense a supernatural Decepticon emperor, named "Devil Z". So, we have Godmasters instead of Powermasters, battling to protect Earth from the evil forces of Devil Z, where for some reason other humans decided to drive Decepticons transtectors.Although the second JG1 series has 5 or 6 interesting episodes and some moments, especially the ending, which makes it far better from the horrible Headmasters, it's still awful. Better read the Marvel & IDW comics if you want to know these characters.
Agarak The series starts out cool and has some intriguing concepts, but I quit after watching only six full episodes. The human characters are annoying as usual, and I for one don't need a "sexy" villain as I assume Giga is supposed to be in a Transformers series-particularly one that's supposedly intended for kids. Even the episodes I did watch seemed like they could be pretty disturbing for little kids, what with the violence and dark magic zombies. It's a shame really-I was looking forward to Ginrai, Overlord, Grand Maximus, and Black Zarak, but they're not cool enough to warrant that kinda crap. Here's hoping Victory was more tastefully done.
TheLittleSongbird That's saying a fair bit as Headmasters from personal perspective didn't hold up(despite saying that I remembered it being good) and I didn't care at all for Victory. Masterforce was really well done though, the concept initially did seem a little shaky and as with a lot of shows the first couple of episodes had a yet-to-find-its-feet feel to it. The execution however was truly impressive. Of the three 1980s anime-Transformers shows Masterforce is the most Japanese-anime-like and also has the most detailed animation and the most consistent characterisations. And it also doesn't try to cram in too much in the story lines or the terrible dubbing like Headmasters and has more energy and characters that are relatable unlike Victory. The animation is rich in detail and quite exciting in the action, definitely the best animated of this show, Victory and Headmasters combined. The music is dynamic and un-repetitive and the theme tune is catchy and not cheesy. The writing is thought-provoking and has a freshness to it, ill-placed humour and slapstick being nowhere in sight. The stories are well-paced, exciting, with emotion and are gripping, without trying to do too much. The series also has a well-rounded end, not anti-climatic like Headmasters. The characterisation is remarkably consistent with Devil Z being a very sinister villain and not a Megatron clone, and we even see some familiar faces. The voice is decent. In conclusion, excellent and the best of the 1980s anime-Transformers shows by some distance. Also one of the high points of the franchise along with the original 1984 show and Beast Wars. 9/10 Bethany Cox
velcrohead I came into this series with uncertain expectations. I had undertaken the task of watching the various Transformers series, starting with the original series and hopefully going on through the current Cybertron series. In order to get there, I had to get through Masterforce.So after the events of the Headmasters series, I was unsure if this installment would just be a permutation of that, or if it would just venture out on its own.As it turns out, it did both. There's a hint left of the old series, but it doesn't come off as just the "next chapter," like Headmasters did. There's a glimpse of old characters (Rodimus Prime) and a cameo or two of some Headmasters characters like Fortress Maximus, but for the most part, these are new Transformers. And this time, instead of having the Transformers rely on humans for help, the humans themselves are actually the Transformers. Some are robots hiding in the disguise of human shells, and others are real humans who adopt robot transtectors to defend the Universe.Best among them all is Ginrai, who adopts a truck that looks an awful lot like the classic Optimus Prime. I think this is where most original Transformers fans will latch onto the story.The thing this story has going for it is story, pure and simple. It takes it to the next level. And while this may have unfamiliar elements, it's definitely a must-see for all Transformers fans. (Look at TV-Nihon for fansubbed episodes not available in the US!)

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