is an animated series produced by

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. It is a Japanese-produced spin-off of the well-known original ''Transformers'' animated series, and the final complete animated series from the original " Generation 1" era.

Story

''Victory'' is the story of the new

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Supreme Commander,

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, defending the Earth against the

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' new

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. Deszaras (or referred to in the west as "Deathsaurus"; a butchering of his Japanese name) desires the planet's energy to reactivate his massive planet-destroying fortress, sealed away in the Dark Nebula long ago by Star Saber. The series eschews the

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-based approach of ''Headmasters'' and ''Masterforce'', returning to the American show's method of episodic adventures that did little to alter the

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of the series, with a heavy emphasis on action, complemented by dynamic animation. Its cast consists almost entirely of brand new characters (although there are some guest appearances from characters on earlier shows). ''Victory'''s story is told over thirty-two original episodes. However, the broadcast series also includes six additional

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s - bringing the total number of broadcast episodes to thirty-eight. Additionally, after the end of the series, another six ''additional'' clip shows were created by Masumi Kaneda, which were available only through home video and seldom-seen regional Japanese broadcasts, taking the total number of ''Victory'' episodes to forty-four.

Home media

The series was released in the UK on DVD in the United Kingdom by Metrodome Distribution on December 26, 2006, as Vol. 3 of "The Takara Collection". Beforehand, the episodes "Star Saber, Hero of the Universe!" and "Muiltiforce, Combine!" were included on Metrodome's ''Cult Sci-Fi Legends'' compilation DVD, released on June 5, 2006. The DVDs contain the original Japanese voice track with English subtitles. In 2008,

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released the series on DVD in

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in Region 4, PAL format. The series was released with ''The Headmasters'' and ''Super-God Masterforce'' in the United States by

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on August 28, 2012. The boxset contains 37 episodes on 4 DVDs.

Theme songs

* Openings # #* March 14, 1989 - December 19, 1989 #* Lyricist: Konosuke Fuji / Composer: Chumei Watanabe / Arranger: Katsunori Ishida / Singers: Kaya Koji, Mori no Kijido Gassho-dan #* Episodes: 1–44 * Endings # #* March 14, 1989 - December 19, 1989 #* Lyricist: Konosuke Fuji / Composer: Chumei Watanabe / Arranger: Katsunori Ishida / Singers: Korogi '73, Mori no Kijido Gassho-dan #* Episodes: 1–44

Episodes

Chapters

References

External links

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Transformers: The Japanese Collection
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Transformers: Victory at IMDB
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