Transformers: The Headmasters

Transformers: The Headmasters
North American DVD cover, depicting Chromedome and Sixshot
トランスフォーマー ザ★ヘッドマスターズ
(Toransufōmā: Za Heddomasutāzu)
GenreMecha
Created byMasumi Kaneda
Anime television series
Directed byKatsutoshi Sasaki
Produced byHirohisa Satō (Takara)
Kenji Yokoyama (Toei Animation)
Tatsuya Yoshida (Toei Animation)
Written byKeisuke Fujikawa
Music byKatsunori Ishida
StudioToei Animation
Licensed by
Original networkNNS (NTV)
English network
Original run July 3, 1987 March 25, 1988
Episodes35 (List of episodes)
Light novel
Transformers: The Headmasters - Dream War
Written byKeisuke Fujikawa
Illustrated byShoko Yoshinaka
Published byKadokawa Shoten
ImprintKadokawa Bunko
PublishedAugust 25, 1987
Video game
DeveloperTakara
PublisherTakara
GenreScrolling shooter
PlatformFamily Computer Disk System
ReleasedAugust 28, 1987
Manga
Written byMasumi Kaneda
Illustrated byBan Magami
Published byKodansha
MagazineTV Magazine
DemographicChildren
Original runAugust 1987March 1988
Volumes1

Transformers: The Headmasters (トランスフォーマー ザ★ヘッドマスターズ, Toransufōmā: Za Heddomasutāzu) is a Japanese anime television series that is a part of the Transformers robot superhero franchise.[1] It aired from July 3, 1987 to March 25, 1988, and its 17:00–17:30 timeslot was used to broadcast Mashin Hero Wataru at the end of its broadcast. It serves as the first sequel series to the Japanese dub of the original 1985 The Transformers cartoon series in the Generation 1 franchise, followed by Transformers: Super-God Masterforce.

  1. ^ "The History of Transformers on TV". IGN. Retrieved 2010-08-14.