Several Japanese websites like: Oricon, Mantan-Web, MyNavi, Animatetimes, Startt.jp, and Hobby Dengeki have shared the official press release about the debut of Transformers: Cyberverse in Japan.
The latest Transformers series will be distributed via Takara Tomy YouTube Channel, Bonbon TV and Kids Bonbon starting on Saturday April 27, 2019. The first four episodes will be aired the aforementioned date, and then 2 new episodes will be delivered every second and fourth Saturday each month.
To top it all, we have the Japanese dub cast of the series, which brings us several previous Japanese Transformers voice actors (or seiyuus as they are known in Japan) coming back in the leading roles:
- Windblade – Aoi Yuuki – She was the voice of the evil Decepticon Shatter in the Bumblebee Movie.
- Grimlock – Tetsu Inada – Budora in Transformers Go!
- Starscream – Satoshi Tsuruoka – Well known in Japan as Transformers Prime Starscream.
- Bumblebee – Ryohei Kimura – He has been Bumblebee’s voice in several shows and games: Q-Transformers, Transformers Adventure (RID), Bumblebee in the Bumblebee Movie and, curiously, the voice of Charlie Watson in the short and fun Bumblebee anime clips.
- Optimus Prime – Takehito Koyasu – A veteran voice actor who played Beast Convoy (Optimus Primal) in both Beast Wars and Beast Machines.
- Megatron – Shigeru Chiba – Another veteran voice who Japanese fans know as the voice of Beast Megatron.
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Digger
I mean I’ve never actually watched Boku No Hero but apparently so.
WereDragon EX
They were great in Beast Wars.
grindcore138
Shatter's Japanese VA is Froppy?!
Primus00
Thanks but its region locked.
jamarmiller
Looks like the first four are up
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Primus00
Anyone have a link to the japanese dub of it? I heard it aired already.
Windsweeper II
Ah, okay. Sorry for misunderstanding.
And sorry for being so rude.
Kamijou Touma
This is what Windblade might sound like. I mean the sister.
Takehito Koyasu, I love his voice and he would work for prime.
Shigeru Chiba too, his voice would work well for Megatron.
As a anime fan I am all in on this show now.
Digger
Lol I just think of her.
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I really hope someone does some subs of it.
NathimusPrime
This sucks, the Japanese dub is getting real coice actors and were stuck with the off brand non union voice actors. Like they really want to drive home now little they were willing to spend on this show.
Berser Car
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. Very long running action/fighting manga that has started being adapted to animation in the last few years. Among the listed voice actors for japanese Cyberverse, several of them had roles in the anime, including some popular main villains.
Windsweeper II
Okay…
Sad attempt at making a sarcastic comment by using some dumb e-mob term common people can't possibly know about number hundred-and twelve.
What are Jojo fans supposed to be?
Berser Car
Hopefully Cyberverse will turn Jojo fans into Transformers fans.
David Hingtgen
I just keep thinking how awesome the combo of Windblade with Shatter's voice must be.
BigRed
It probably won't. Japanese kids will have real cartoons with real marketing there to latch on to instead of a cheap show on Takara's Youtube.
Windsweeper II
Hopefully Cyberverse will turn Japanese kids into Transformers fans.
Kotori Sonoda
so out of this cast list the only one without Jojo roles are Aoi Yuki and Ryohei Kimura…
weevil
Starscream is Tamami Kobayashi too.
Digger
Same.
DashCourageous
^this.
I'd probably give it a chance now.