What happens when you take Sanrio’s Gudetama and the Transformers, and put them into a display together? Something which is equal parts cuteness and stoic! And that is exactly what we have for you here, care of Dengeki Hobby. An Optimus Prime statue decorated with plush Gudetama is on display at the Sanrio Expo 2017 in Japan, along with some artwork of the mascots with cutesified versions of Optimus, Bumblebee, and Megatron, the latter in his Last Knight form and sporting an arm cannon! Check out the images from the event attached to this post.
ron8675309
I laughed way too hard at Gudetama having malaise.
Smitty.1981
SparkPlug24
Thanks for this! I could read the katakana and hiragana, but interpreting the words or expressions is often beyond me.
SPLIT LIP
Yas eet ees vereh gude.
I want one. This thing is my spirit animal.
FigureGunplaFan
It's Gudetama.
SPLIT LIP
That's amazing.
Burnout00012
I absolutely love that pose Megatron's in.
"Draw me like one of your French Decepticons."
primalxconvoy
So far, all I see is a Tf with some other toys on it. Is this just a cutom didplay by a fan or a teaser for actual crossover merchandise?
Raiju
Ha! My wife got a kick out of this weird collab. She loves cute oddball Japanese mascots like Gudetama, Mameshiba, and Funassyi.
Gudetama's thing is that he's the world's laziest egg. Stricken with malaise, he just can't be bothered to do most anything.
SPLIT LIP
Those things are cute, because they look like little loafs of bread with arms and faces which is how you make things instantly cute, but… what's with their expressions?
They kinda look like critters you'd see in Rick and Morty.
Sanchimaru
Here is a rough translation. Some words do not have a direct translation into english, they have to be understood in context. The context here is the character Gudetama, which is an egg who is always portrayed being lazy and basically not wanting to do anything (as when you don't feel like going out of bed). Obviously the idea for his personality comes from the oozy physical state of the yolk and white out of the egg. His phrases are meant to be said with no emotion and stretching all words (out of lack of a passion to even say a single word).
The comedic effect here is to portray the Transformers (action characters) with Gudetama's usual attitude. Like Bumblebee stopping in mid-transformation just to say how bothered he is to be doing that.
[Optimus]
– Opt: My name is Optim… I'm tired
– Gude: I'll give my best from… next summer
[Bumblebee]
– Bumb: Transform!… do I have to do this now?
– Gude: Yeah… right?
[Megatron]
– Meg: Meh, I guess I have to destroy everything
– Gude: For real?
fishpop
Why…?
nobleboivin
I feel like it would have been better if they used Beast Wars Megatron for this
Reminiscent of this
Novaburnhilde
D'aww, these look awesome.
Can't wait to see the full figures.
Seth Sunthay
Da heck is this
ron8675309
I misinterpreted the picture and thought Bayverse Prime removed his helmet to reveal Gudetama. That would have explained a lot.
FigureGunplaFan
And also:
The artwork also features a 2D version of TLK Megatron.
FigureGunplaFan
Lazybots & Slackercons.
SG Roadbuster
this confuses and enrages me. and i dont know why
Gaokaiser
「トランスフォーマー」×「ぐでたま」がまさかのコラボ!!「サンリオ新商品展示会 SANRIO EXPO 2017」で発表