

Transformers: The Headmasters
1987-07-02 · Runtime unavailable · ★ 7.8
Following on The Return of Optimus Prime (and in place of The Rebirth), The Headmasters is the first Japanese-exclusive Transformers franchise.
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- Tomy, Toei Animation
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- Ended
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Ikuya SawakiFortress Maximus
Tomiko SuzukiDaniel Witwicky
Hideyuki HoriChromedome
Ryoichi TanakaBrainstorm
Masato HiranoHardhead
Michitaka KobayashiHighbrow
Hochu OtsukaCrosshairs
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