Kiss Players

Starting off as 4koma and published online to promote the titular Transformers Legends toyline, with special Bonus Edition (出張版 Shutchōban) chapters of the comic packed with the toys themselves, it Initially showcased the misadventures of the Beast Wars cast re-imagined as adult Transformers fans, before eventually taking a more story-driven approach and attempting to connect all the entries of the Japanese Generation 1 anime and manga continuity into one storyline. Heavily marketed towards adult collectors and otaku in the face of the brand's dwindling popularity with children after TakaraTomy's largely unsuccessful first attempt in the mid-2000s, it attempted to change the image of the Transformers franchise, with much more "adult", often ecchi-filled humour and numerous references to fan culture. Ulltimately concluded when TakaraTomy began a brand unification with Hasbro starting with Power of the Primes, deciding to mainly sell Hasbro toys as is with minimal changes to packaging. It was eventually succeeded by the more action-oriented Generations Selects Special Comic promoting Hasbro and TakaraTomy's joint Generations Selects imprint. (Source: TFwiki, edited)

Near the end of the 20th century, the Transformers form an alliance with the humans. Together they start to develop a large transportation gate named "Trigger" as a symbol of amicability. However, the Decepticons have their eyes on the gate, and so does somebody else. (Source: Transformers Wiki)

Contains the three chapters of **Kiss Players** serialised in Dengeki Daioh between August and November 2006, and the 26 single-page **Information Administration Teletraan 15 Go! Go!** strips serialised in Hobby Japan between July 2005 and September 2007. **Kiss Players** Faced with the possibility of her own demise, the timid Atari Hitotonari makes a decision that will change her life and ends up becoming a "Kiss Player", one of a few human females that, through a quirk of fate, gained the ability to fuse with giant robots and fight suggestive creepy lecherous robots and monsters. **15 Go! Go!** The series mainly follows the (mis)adventures of Teletraan 15, charged by the mysterious "Kurohyō Man" ("Black Panther Man") to traverse time and space, gathering data on the Transformers. As she does, her friend Teletraan 10 provides snarky commentary on the Cybertronians she meets. Towards the end of the run, the comic took a side-trip to follow the events of the Kiss Players as they too traveled across the dimensions. (Information compiled from the Transformers Wiki).