Animation Studio Trigger and Takara Tomy teased a “40th Anniversary Video Project” last month between Trigger and the Transformers franchise to celebrate the latter’s 40th anniversary. And while it was initially stated that this would be a 40th Anniversary promotional video, that hasn’t stopped fans from hoping for an official Transformers anime from Trigger.
Now Takara Tomy has revealed the full “Transformers 40th Anniversary Special” that fans have been pinning their hopes on, but there’s a catch… the video is only available in Japan.
Akira Amemiya, who directed the anime SSSS.Gridman and SSSS.Dynazenon, is the director, scriptwriter, and animator for the short. The 3:49 video uses the 2007 song “Mayday” by BUMP OF CHICKEN.
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A regional version of the video is also not available on any official X/Twitter accounts. However, Studio Trigger and BUMP OF CHICKEN have both posted screenshots from the video.
[BUMP OF CHICKEN CONVOY]
BUMP OF CHICKEN・TRIGGER・トランスフォーマーのスペシャルコラボレーションが決定しました!
40周年を記念して製作された特別映像をアニメーションスタジオTRIGGER制作し、楽曲には 「メーデー」が使用されています! https://t.co/AP0TIkDOM7 pic.twitter.com/4YVHdwcPHM— CHICKEN'S BUMP (@boc_official_) September 12, 2024
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CHICKEN'S BUMP × TRIGGER × Transformersによるトリプルコラボ‼️
『トランスフォーマー』40周年記念スペシャルムービーをTRIGGERで制作させて頂きました。監督・絵コンテ・演出・作画監督は劇場版『グリッドマンユニバース』監督の雨宮 哲が担当。… pic.twitter.com/ZPQDzVjZ wi
— TRIGGER Inc. (@trigger_inc) September 12, 2024
The official Transformers X/Twitter account even posted about the video in English, but then linked to the region-locked video.
Transformers 40th Anniversary
Special movie
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— [公式]トランスフォーマー情報局 (@TF_pr) September 12, 2024
Many fans of the series have been looking forward to this collaboration between Transformers and Studio Trigger, so it's a shame that this video is only available in Japan. We hope to see an official, region-free release in the near future.
Source: YouTube channel, Studio Trigger's X/Twitter twitter account via Hachima Kiko
