August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar. The following events took place in the month of August:

August 1

• 1932 — Writer Ron Friedman is born.
• 1941 — César Árias (Mexican voice of Archibald Witwicky, Akram and Beast Wars Inferno) is born.
• 1949 — Steve Bulen (voice of Generation One Strafe, Sureshot, Searchlight, Peacemaker and one time voice of Onslaught) is born.
• 1949 — José Luccioni (European French voice of Cliffjumper, Blaster, Devastator in The Transformers: The Movie and The Fallen in Revenge of the Fallen) is born.
• 1966 — Sven Plate (German voice of Swelter and Frostferatu) is born.
• 1968 — Actor Aidan Devine (Bishop in Rise of the Beasts) is born.
• 1979 — Sascha Oliver Bauer (German voice of Cheetor in Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy) is born.
• 1981 — The channel MTV launches.
• 1986 — The Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers clip-show episode "War Without End" premieres in Japan.
• 1987 — Transformers Annual 1987 is released in the U.K. by Marvel Comics.
• 1989 — The Victory episode "Planet Micro - The Mysterious Warrior" premieres in Japan.
• 1989 — Transformers Annual 1990 is released in the U.K. by Marvel Comics.
• 1990 — The Zone OP/ED single "Transformer Z no Theme"/"Ashita no Kimi e" is released in Japan by Columbia Music Entertainment.
• 1999 — Beast Wars Special—Clash! Beast Warriors is released on VHS in Japan by Pioneer LDC.
• 2003 — The Legends of the Microns episode "逃走 (かくれが) - runaway" premieres in Japan.
• 2004 — The final day of OTFCC 2004.
• 2004 — The "Fire SL Grand Convoy" exclusive mail-away offer begins through TV Magazine in Japan.
• 2005 — Universal/Right releases Transformers: Armada—Vol: 04 on DVD in the UK.
• 2005 — Lajos Kránitz, (Voice of several characters in the first Hungarian dub of The Transformers: The Movie) dies of a heart attack.
• 2006 — PlatinumGames is founded.
• 2007 — The Best of Don Figueroa HC is released by IDW Publishing.
• 2007 — "Transformers — Box-Set (3DVDs)" is released in Germany by Flex Media.
• 2007 — The Transformers live-action movie is released in Germany.
• 2009 — Japanese Toys"R"Us stores give away the exclusive Mini-Con Mighty Dozer with the purchase of 2000 yens' worth of Revenge toys. Meanwhile, Japanese "Edion Group" store chains offer Mighty Bull and Mighty Stra with the same stipulation.
• 2010 — Final day to order the Toy Hobby Market exclusive Creator Primus toy.
• 2010 — Actor Éric Etcheverry (European French voice of various characters in the original cartoon Five Faces of Darkness episodes) passes away, aged 51.
• 2010 — Third day of Cybertron Con 2010 in Shanghai, China.
• 2011 — Kre-O toys hit retail.
• 2012 — Transformers: Prime Volume 2 Unfamiliar Enemies is released on DVD and Blu-ray in Australia and New Zealand by Madman Entertainment.
• 2012 — The Transformers: Regeneration One #82 is released by IDW Publishing.
• 2013 — Pluto TV is founded.
• 2015 — The Robots in Disguise episode "The Trouble with Fixit" premieres on Cartoon Network in the USA.
• 2020 — TakaraTomy releases Studio Series SS-54 Decepticon Overload.
• 2022 — Shipping date for the Walmart exclusive Legacy: Velocitron Speedia 5000 Collection first wave.
• 2023 — Preorders go up for the fourth and final wave of Transformers: Legacy Evolution.
• 2023 — Thierry Mercier (French voice of Ratchet in Transformers The Game and the Revenge of the Fallen game, and Breakdown in the War for Cybertron game) passes away at the age of 62.
• 2024 — The Threezero Transformers: MDLX Sideswipe is released.
• 2024 — Street date for the Transformers One toyline though the line was readily avaliable weeks prior in stores.

August 2

• ???? — Yoshiyuki Matsūra (Japanese voice of Fixit and War for Cybertron Trilogy Mirage) is born.
• 1919 — Director Tom Ray is born in Arizona.
• 1932 — Dennis Marks (writer of "The Golden Lagoon" and "The Core") is born.
• 1942 — Marvel inker Dave Hunt is born.
• 1944 — Helmut Gauß (German voice of Silverbolt, Bumblebee, Shockwave and Clawtrap) is born.
• 1950 — Mariko Takigawa (Japanese voice of Gabriella Constanza) is born.
• 1958 — Show Hayami (Japanese voice of Spike Witwicky, Ironhide, Tracks, Ultra Magnus, Sixknight, Vector Prime and more) is born.
• 1959 — Hiroshi Ōtaki (Japanese voice of L. W. Wilder) is born.
• 1960 — Hercules Fernando (Brazilian voice of Cheetor, Hosney, Drift, Ron and Shockwave) is born.
• 1960 — Virginie Ledieu (European French voice of Elise Presser) is born.
• 1963 — Alberto Bognanni (Italian voice of G1 Wheeljack and Starscream in the 2008 redub) is born.
• 1968 — Kim Strauss (voice of Robots in Disguise (2001) Ultra Magnus) is born.
• 1988 — The Super-God Masterforce episode "Heroism!! The Birth of Super Ginrai" premieres in Japan.
• 1991 — José Ángel Torres (Mexican voice of Noah Díaz and Mohawk) is born.
• 1992 — The Headmasters episode "The Resurrected Billy Against the Decepticons" airs in Malaysia.
• 2000 — The Car Robots episode "Awaken To Righteousness! Black Convoy" premieres in Japan.
• 2003 — Japanese Ito Yokaido stores offer the Race Micron Road Assault Edition toys (Drift, Indy, and Spin), one free with the purchase of Legend of the Microns MC-09 Jetfire or MD-05 Shockwave... though apparently many stores gave them away with any Legend of the Microns purchase.
• 2004 — Transformers: Robots in Disguise—Volume One is released on DVD in the UK by Maximum Entertainment.
• 2008 — The Transformers Animated episode "Lost and Found" premieres in Latin America.
• 2009 — Final day of the Canadaian Chevy/GM mall contest promotion where you could get a free Aveo Swerve. Yes, free.
• 2010 — Fourth day of Cybertron Con 2010 in Shanghai, China.
• 2011 — Dark of the Moon hits the $1 billion mark in worldwide box office receipts, the first Paramount film to do so... and all in just under five weeks of release. Holy crap.
• 2014 — The Rescue Bots episode "Rise of the Heroes" premieres on Hub Network.
• 2016 — The Combiner Wars episode "The Fall" premieres on go90.
• 2017 — Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook #2 and Revolutionaries, Volume 1: Crisis Intervention TPB are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2019 — The Generations Selects Special Comic Seacons comic 1 is first published.
• 2022 — Renegade Game Studios releases the Transformers Roleplaying Game core rulebook as a digital PDF.
• 2023 — Final day of the Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Special Edition release in Peru cinemas.

August 3

• 1948 — Regine Albrecht (voice of Strika in the German dub of Beast Machines) is born.
• 1955 — Corey Burton (voice of Generation 1 Spike and Shockwave, Animated Ratchet and Megatron, and more), is born.
• 1960 — Ari Wirta (Finnish voice of Cyclonus, Wing Saber, Brimstone and Thundercracker) is born.
• 1962 — Tōru Furusawa (Japanese voice of Generation 1 Paul Gates and sometimes Jazz and Sideswipe) is born.
• 1972 — Sumalee Montano (voice of Prime Arcee) is born.
• 1976 — Comic writer and editor Andy Schmidt is born.
• 1981 — Travis Willingham (voice of Sideswipe in War for Cybertron, Onslaught and Slug in Fall of Cybertron, and Motormaster in Robots in Disguise) is born as a family man.
• 1985 — The Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers episode "The Return of Megatron" premieres in Japan.
• 2000 — The Car Robots—Original Soundtrack album is released in Japan by Interchannel.
• 2007 — The Transformers live-action movie is released in Austria and Estonia.
• 2010 — First day of the Transformers Museum event in Ozu, Japan.
• 2010 — Ratchet to the Rescue and Satellite Meltdown are published in the US by HarperCollins.
• 2010 — Final day of Cybertron Con 2010 in Shanghai, China.
• 2012 — Marc Alfos (French voice of Megatron in the first two movie video games and Warpath in the War for Cybertron game) passes away at 56.
• 2014 — Age of Extinction hits the $1 billion mark in worldwide box office receipts. The second Paramount & Transformers film to do so. Once more, Holy Crap.
• 2014 — The Transformers Rising Game officially launches in Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China.
• 2014 — TakaraTomy releases the Evolution 2-pack Bumblebee and Grimlock sets as Toys"R"Us Japan exclusives.
• 2015 — TakaraTomy releases Lost Age AD-31 Black Knight Optimus Prime.
• 2015 — The Robots in Disguise series make its series premiere in Russia with the episodes "Pilot (Part 1)" and "Pilot (Part 2)".
• 2016 — The Transformers vol. 2 #55 (print) and Transformers vs. G.I. Joe Volume 3 TPB are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2017 — Transformers: The Last Knight is released in Israel.
• 2020 — Beyond Home Entertainment shuts down and moves towards streaming distribution.
• 2022 — Transformers: Best of the Rarities is released by IDW Publishing.
• 2023 — Final day of the Rise of the Beasts Optimus Prime, Optimus Primal and Mirage World Tour in Tokyo, Japan.
• 2024 — The EarthSpark episode "Witwicky, Part 1" premieres in France and Turkey.

August 4

• 1932 — Eleu Salvador (Brazilian voice of Arblus) is born.
• 1961 — Barack Obama (some important guy who is mentioned in the live-action film series) is born.
• 1961 — Lauren Tom (voice of Meili Szeto on Rescue Bots) is born.
• 1971 — NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon is born.
• 1972 — Writer Ian Busch is born.
• 1972 — Omar Barrera (Columbian voice of Bulkhead and Carmine Fanzone) is born.
• 1976 — Hitomi Nabatame (Japanese voice of June Darby and Windblade) is born, That is all.
• 1980 — Daniel Ross (voice of Starscream in Transformers The Game) is born.
• 1991 — The Victory episode "The Decepticons' Evil Scheme" premieres in Malaysia.
• 1999 — The Beast Wars Neo episode "Pursue the Blentrons!" premieres in Japan.
• 2002 — Wonder Festival is held in Japan, the second of three events where Takara sold the Mega SCF "Megatron Metallic VER" figure.
• 2004 — Micromasters #2 is released in the US by Dreamwave Productions.
• 2007 — The Transformers live-action movie is released in India and Japan.
• 2008 — Transformers Animated: Transform and Roll Out is released on DVD in the UK by Paramount Pictures.
• 2010 — Ironhide #4 is released by IDW Publishing.
• 2012 — The Rescue Bots episode "Little White Lies" premieres on The Hub.
• 2012 — The Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Prime episode "Adhesive Transformation!? Magnetic Tag Match" premieres in Japan.
• 2012 — The Transformers: Prime episode "One Shall Rise, Part 2" premieres in Spain.
• 2014 — Transformers Prime — Stagione 2 Vol. 1: Orion Pax is released to home media in Italy by Primal Screen.
• 2015 — The Robots in Disguise episodes "Trust Exercises" and "More than Meets the Eye" premieres in Russia.
• 2016 — First day of the Angry Birds Transformers mobile game's "Peace Through Tyranny" Challenge Event.
• 2017 — Part 1 of Transformers × Dialect Girl: My Toys is published in the Young Gangan magazine.
• 2017 — Transformers: The Last Knight is released in Japan and Spain.
• 2021 — Transformers #33 and King Grimlock #1 are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2023 — Transformers: Beast Awakening is theatrically released in Japan.
• 2023 — First day to preorder the Transformers x Duel Masters Collaboration.
• 2023 —​ Renegade Game Studios unveils New Transformers Robo Rally Board Game.
• 2024 — The EarthSpark episode "Save Robby" premieres in Japan.
• 2024 — The EarthSpark episode "Witwicky, Part 2" premieres in France and Turkey.

August 5

• ???? — Musician Kenji Terazono is born.
• 1924 — Billie Hayes (voice of Mrs. Neederlander and Virginia) is born.
• 1930 — Astronaut Neil Armstrong is born.
• 1947 — Musician Rick Derringer is born.
• 1952 — Júlio César (Brazilian voice of Air Raid, Breakdown, Hound, Metroplex, Rippersnapper, Swindle, Scourge, Barricade and more) is born.
• 1956 — Katsumi Suzuki (Japanese stand in voices of Frenzy, Bluestreak and Wheeljack) is born.
• 1956 — Pep Antón Muñoz (Castilian Spanish voice of Joshua Joyce and Merlin) is born.
• 1958 — Éric Legrand (European French voice of Que/Wheeljack in Dark of the Moon) is born.
• 1960 — John Mariano (voice of Dirt Boss) is born.
• 1966 — Roberto Fidecaro (Italian voice of Unicron in Rise of the Beasts) is born.
• 1968 — Corrado Conforti (Italian voice of W.A.R.S. and Fred) is born.
• 1970 — Dennis Schmidt-Foß (German voice of William Lennox, Wheeljack and Makeshift) is born.
• 197? — Ryō Hirohashi (incidental voice actress in Legends of the Microns) is born.
• 1990 — The Super-God Masterforce episode "The Appointed Hero" premieres in Malaysia.
• 1992 — Erin Yvette (voice of Slipstream in Transformers: Battlegrounds) is born.
• 1995 — The first day of BotCon 1995 in Dayton, Ohio.
• 1998 — The Beast Wars II episode "The Space Pirate Seacons!" premieres in Japan.
• 2000 — The Beast Machines episode "Fallout" premieres in the U.S. on Fox Kids.
• 2004 — Takara releases Super Link SD-18 Chromhorn Limited Forest Type, and Robotmasters RM-11 Beast Convoy and RM-12 Starscream.
• 2004 — JUSCO stores release Universe Nemesis Prime as a "USA Edition" exclusive.
• 2005 — Transformers Galaxy Force Volume 1 is published in Japan by Kodansha.
• 2011 — Transformers: Dark of the Moon is released in Indonesia.
• 2014 — The Transformers Cybertron: The Complete Series DVD set is released in the US by Shout! Studios.
• 2014 — Writer Scott Ciencin dies at age 51.
• 2015 — The Transformers vol. 2 #44 is released by IDW Publishing. Also Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #8 is released a week late on digital platforms.
• 2015 — Rescue Bots: "Bots and Robbers" is released on DVD by Beyond Home Entertainment in Australia.
• 2015 — The Robots in Disguise episodes "W.W.O.D.?" and "As the Kospego Commands!" premiere in Russia.
• 2017 — The Robots in Disguise episode "Railroad Rage" premieres on Teletoon in Canada.
• 2019 — The Generations Selects Special Comic Seacons comic 2 is first published.
• 2020 — My Little Pony/Transformers: Friendship in Disguise! #1 is released by IDW Publishing.
• 2023 — TakaraTomy releases the BPC-03 Papapatto Change Rhinox.
• 2024 — Preorders for this years Hasbro SDCC exclusives go up.

August 6

• 1954 — John Moschitta (voice of both Generation 1 Blurr and Animated Blurr as well as Punch/Counterpunch) is born. And is quick about it.
• 1957 — Andrei Yaroslavtsev (Russian voice of movie Optimus Prime) is born.
• 1957 — Patrick Borg (French voice of Glenn Morshower in the live-action film series, Optimus Prime in the first two movie videogames and Barricade in the War for Cybertron game) is born.
• 1962 — Michelle Yeoh (voice of Airazor) is born.
• 1966 — Comic artist Terry Pallot is born.
• 1969 — Chris Edgerly (voice of Crustacion in Robots in Disguise 2015) is born, and immediately asks if we got that thing he sent us.
• 1971 — Mário Tupinambá (Brazilian voice of Sideswipe) is born.
• 1976 — Robin Kahnmeyer (German voice of Trent DeMarco and Cliffjumper) is born.
• 1976 — Augie Fantinus (Indonesian voice of Galvatron and Lockdown) is born.
• 1994 — The Transformers: Generation 2 episode "Atlantis, Arise!" premieres in Germany.
• 1995 — The final day of BotCon 1995.
• 2004 — The Super Link episode "Crucial Moment! Sprung Steps Forward" premieres in Japan.
• 2004 — Musician Rick James passes away.
• 2005 — The Galaxy Force episode "High Speed Fusion, Sonic Convoy" premieres in Japan.
• 2005 — The Cybertron episode "Collapse" premieres in the U.S.
• 2006 — Hirotaka Suzuoki (Japanese voice of Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers [2010] cartoon Starscream, Powerglide, Slingshot and Devcon) dies from lung cancer at the age of 56.
• 2008 — Saga of the Allspark #2 is released by IDW Publishing.
• 2010 — The Transformers: Animated volume 1 DVD is released by Paramount Japan.
• 2010 — As the final leg of a Transformers Animated promotional campaign centered around Starscream's clones that began July 24, Starscream Clone Black Version is given away at JUSCO stores to customers who buy Animated Ultra Magnus.
• 2011 — Francesco Quinn (voice of Dino/Mirage in Dark of the Moon) dies of a heart attack at 49.
• 2014 — The Transformers Classics UK Volume 5 is released by IDW Publishing.
• 2014 — Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters — Season 3 Volume 2: Race for Salvation" is released to home media by Madman Entertainment in Australia and New Zealand.
• 2015 — The Robots in Disguise episodes "Collect 'Em All" and "True Colors" premieres in Russia.
• 2016 — The Rescue Bots episode "Pizza Pi Party" premieres on Discovery Family.
• 2023 — The Beast Wars Again episode "Revive, Beast Power! (Part 1)" airs on TV Tokyo.
• 2024 — A second chance to preorder for this years Hasbro SDCC exclusives go up.

August 7

• ???? — Andrés Gutiérrez Coto (Mexican voice of Optimus Prime/Orion Pax in Transformers One) is born.
• 1922 — Pierre Trabaud (replacement French voice for Cliffjumper, Soundwave and Spike Witwicky in "A Prime Problem") is born.
• 1940 — Isaac Schneider (Brazilian voice of Sharp and Morshower) is born.
• 1957 — Paul Dini (writer of the Generation 1 episode "The Dweller in the Depths") is born.
• 1963 — Hiroaki Hirata (Japanese voice of Cybertron Ransack, Evac, Ernesto and Thunderhoof) is born.
• 1965 — Jon Jon Briones (voice of Alex Malto) is born.
• 1966 — Marco Baroni (Italian voice of Strongarm) is born.
• 1968 — Davide Lepore (Italian voice of Outback, Wheelie, Slapper, Mudflap and War for Cybertron Trilogy Sky Lynx) is born.
• 1969 — Frédéric Desager (Canadian French voice of Mudflap and Hot Rod in the live-action film series) is born.
• 1971 — Even Yōji Ueda (Japanese voice of Wheeljack and numerous others) is afraid to be born.
• 1980 — Andrew Morgado (voice of Cliffjumper in Bumblebee) is born.
• 1987 — The Headmasters episode "Approach of the Demon Meteorite" premieres in Japan.
• 2003 — The first Micron Booster series is released in Japan at stores participating in the "TF Station" affiliate program. Armada Skywarp is released in Japan as a Toys"R"Us-exclusive "USA Edition".
• 2006 — The 19th show in the Kiss Players radio drama series airs in Japan on the "Lyrian Moe-tchao" program.
• 2010 — The Animated episode "Wreck-Gar's Rampage" premieres in Japan.
• 2011 — The Prime episode "T.M.I." makes its world premiere in Canada on Teletoon.
• 2013 — Monstrosity #3 (print) and Robots in Disguise #20 are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2013 — Prime — Season 2 Volume 2: Battle for Supremacy is released to home video in Australia and New Zealand by Madman Entertainment.
• 2014 — The Mystery of Convoy Returns mobile game is released on Android devices.
• 2015 — The Robots in Disguise episode "Rumble in the Jungle" premieres in Russia.
• 2016 — The Robots in Disguise episode "Cover Me" premieres in Japan.
• 2019 — Transformers #10 and Transformers/Ghostbusters #3 are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2019 — Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection Volume 38: Devastation is released by Hachette Partworks.
• 2021 — Markie Post (voice of June Darby) passes away at the age of 70 due to cancer.
• 2021 — TakaraTomy releases Kingdom KD-12 Rodimus Prime and Studio Series SS-68 Bumblebee.
• 2024 — Scarlett #3 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
• 2024 — TakaraTomy officially reveals the 40th Selection TF-40A Lio Convoy and preorders go up.

August 8

• 1919 — Producer Dino De Laurentiis is born.
• 1932 — Paulo Pinheiro (Brazilian voice of Bumblebee) is born.
• 1943 — Charlie Elvegård (Wheeljack, Soundwave and Windcharger) in the Swedish dub of Generation 2) is born.
• 1947 — Lutz Riedel (German voice of Thermidor) is born.
• 1957 — Hozumi Gōda (voice of Lio Convoy), is born.
• 1963 — Rika Fukami (Stewardess from Super-God Masterforce), is born on the planet Venus.
• 1978 — Natsuko Kuwatani (Japanese voice of Thunderblast) is born.
• 1981 — Tongayi Chirisa (voice of Cheetor) is born.
• 1986 — The Transformers: The Movie is released to US theaters.
• 1986 — The Transformers: The Movie - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is released on vinyl LP and audio cassette by Scotti Bros. Records.
• 1986 — The Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers clip-show episode "Desperate Battle on Dinobot Island" premieres in Japan.
• 1986 — Alessandro Germano (Italian voice of Sawtooth and Hot Rod) is born. Busy day, eh?
• 1989 — The Victory episode "Rescue! Guyhawk" premieres in Japan.
• 1998 — The Beast Wars episode "Call of the Wild" premieres in Germany.
• 2002 — Robots in Disguise Air Attack Optimus Primal and Megatron Megabolt are released in Japan as Toys"R"Us-exclusive "USA Editions".
• 2002 — The Transformers: The Headmasters DVD BOX is released in Japan by Pioneer LDC.
• 2003 — The Legends of the Microns episode "過去 (いんねん)-前編 - past, part 1" premieres in Japan.
• 2004 — Energon Offshoot is sold exclusively through Gamers stores in Japan as "Signal Flare USA Edition".
• 2007 — New Avengers/Transformers #2 is released by Marvel Comics and IDW Publishing.
• 2007 — The Transformers Song Universe soundtrack album is released in Japan by Columbia Music Entertainment.
• 2007 — The Transformers live-action movie is released in Iceland.
• 2010 — Final day of the Transformers Museum event in Ozu, Japan.
• 2012 — The Transformers: Robots in Disguise #8 is released IDW Publishing.
• 2014 — Transformers Movie Trilogy #1 is released by DeNA in the Manga Box app.
• 2014 — Transformers: Age of Extinction is released in Japan and Spain.
• 2015 — The Robots in Disguise episode "Lockout" premieres on Cartoon Network in the USA.
• 2016 — Transformers: Fall of Cybertron is released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
• 2018 — Optimus Prime #22, Lost Light #22 and Transformers: Unicron #3 are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2018 — Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 62: Earthfall is released by Hachette Partworks.
• 2019 — The Generations Selects Special Comic Seacons comic 3 is first published.
• 2024 — The Transformers Earthspark 1-Step Flipchanger Chaos Terran Spitfire is revealed by Amazon AU.

August 9

• 1923 — John Stephenson (voice of Thundercracker, Alpha Trion, Kup (in the original The Transformers cartoon) and more) is born.
• 1931 — Ron Gans (voice of Drag Strip) is born.
• 1946 — Alain Dorval (European French voice of Ratchet in the live-action film series) is born.
• 1953 — Edgar Givry (European French voice of Cliffjumper, Skyfire, Chip Chase and Bruce Brazos) is born.
• 1962 — Hisashi Izumi (Japanese voice of Car Robots Railspike, Rail Racer and Kenneth Onishi) is born.
• 1970 — Actor Thomas Lennon (Chief of Staff in Age of Extinction) is born.
• 1978 — Marie Zidi (French voice of Slipstream in Transformers: Battlegrounds) is born.
• 1980 — Actor Stephen Schneider (Ron in Bumblebee) is born.
• 1988 — The Super-God Masterforce episode "Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter" premieres in Japan.
• 1989 — The Transformers: The Movie is finally released to Japanese theaters... for one day, as single charity screenings in Tokyo and Osaka.
• 1992 — The Headmasters episode "The Revolt on Planet Pisto" airs in Malaysia.
• 2000 — The Car Robots episode "Secret Strategy! Gelshark" premieres in Japan.
• 2006 — Stormbringer #2 is released by IDW Publishing.
• 2007 — TakaraTomy releases the Transformers: Beast Wars Telemocha Series TM-12 Gimlet.
• 2008 — Actor Bernie Mac (Bobby Bolivia in Transformers) dies of complications from pneumonia at age 50.
• 2008 — The Transformers Animated episode "Survival of the Fittest" premieres in Latin America.
• 2013 — "Deep Trouble" is first published by Eaglemoss/GE Fabbri in Russia.
• 2014 — Transformers Expo takes place in Yokohama, Japan. The "Slug G1 Color" toy is released there to people who have pre-purchase tickets from Lawson stores (first available April 25), and the "Convoy [Anniversary Clear Ver.]" toy is just given away. Available for sale is the exclusive Masterpiece MP-12 Lambor.
• 2015 — Thomas Schüler (German voice of Inferno) dies at age 67.
• 2016 — The Combiner Wars episode "The Council" premieres on go90.
• 2017 — First Strike #1 and Till All Are One #12 are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2017 — Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 64: Windblade is released by Hachette Partworks.
• 2022 — TakaraTomy reveals Masterpiece MP-53+B Dia Burnout and Canon/Transformers Optimus Prime R5 and Decepticon Refraktor.
• 2023 — TakaraTomy officially reveals the Missing Link Convoy and Beast Wars Again BWVS-06 Inverse Confrontation Dinobot vs Tarans.
• 2023 — Preorders also go up for the Legacy Selects GADEP on TakaraTomy Mall, with pre-orders closing on September 7.

August 10

• ???? — Snoopy is born.
• 1950 — Tetsuo Gotō (Japanese voice of Ron Witwicky and Animated Dirt Boss) is born.
• 1950 — Ronald Nitschke (German voice of Dreadwing, Harold Attinger and Overload) is born.
• 1956 — Michel Vigné (French voice of Dinobot and Inferno in Beast Wars, Brawl in the War for Cybertron video game and Optimus Primal in Rise of the Beasts) is born.
• 1966 — André Sogliuzzo (voice of Sideswipe in Revenge of the Fallen, Thundercracker & Scavenger in Transformers: Devastation, and Clawtrap in Robots in Disguise) is born.
• 1966 — Shang Hong (Chinese voice of John F. Kennedy and Lucas Flannery) is born.
• 1967 — Zoltán F. Nagy (Hungarian voice of Kickback, Kup , Optimus Prime, Rumble and Spike Witwicky in the 2nd dub of The Transformers: The Movie) is born.
• 1969 — Brian Drummond (voice of Jetstorm, Blurr, Shockblast, Cybertron Jetfire, Jolt and more) is born, and IT'S OVER 9000!!!!!!
• 1971 — Justin Theroux (voice of Bumblebee Dropkick) is born.
• 1972 — Derrick J. Wyatt (Art Director & Lead Character designer for Transformers Animated) is born.
• 1984 — Nancy Philippot (French voice of Frankie Greene in Rescue Bots) is born.
• 1987 — Chinatsu Akasaki (Japanese voice of Arcee and Nova Storm) is born.
• 1988 — Luis Leonardo Suárez (Latin-American Spanish voice of Graham Burns in Rescue Bots) is born.
• 1990 — Magalhães Graça (Brazilian voice of Alpha Trion, Scourge, Scrapper, Quintesson Judge and more) dies at age 68.
• 2004 — Japanese Toys"R"Us stores release Energon Tow-Line as a "USA Edition", plus offer the exclusive Mini-Con Throttle free with the purchase of 2000 yen worth of Super Link toys.
• 2006 — The Kiss Players toyline kicks off with the release of "Convoy x Melissa" in Japan.
• 2007 — The Transformers live-action movie is released in Pakistan.
• 2007 — Eleu Salvador (Brazilian voice of Arblus) dies at age 75.
• 2010 — First day of the Transformers Museum event in Yokohama, Japan.
• 2011 — The Transformers #23 and Infestation, Vol. 1 TPB are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2012 — AEON stores in Japan release the limited edition Prime Terrorcon Bumblebee with Terrorcon Zori.
• 2012 — Transformers Prime — "Folge 3: Nur dieses eine Mal " and "Folge 4: Die vierte Dimension" are released to home media by EDEL:kids in Germany.
• 2014 — TakaraTomy releases Movie Advanced Series AD27 Bumblebee and AD28 Dinobot Snarl.
• 2015 — Hamilton Ricardo (Brazilian voice of Silas) dies at age 59.
• 2019 — The Cyberverse episodes "Awaken Sleeping Giants" and "Eruption" premieres in Japan.
• 2021 — Júlio Chaves (Brazilian voice of numerous characters in the original cartoon, but also Ratchet in the live-action film series) passes away.
• 2023 — To celebrate the reveal of the Missing Link Convoy, TakaraTomy uploads the first three episodes of the japanese dub of Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers from now till September 7.

August 11

• 1950 — Elya Baskin (Dimitri in Dark of the Moon) is born.
• 1951 — Kazumi Tanaka (voice of Kirk, Suiken, Mac and Killbison) is born.
• 1951 — Katsumi Chō (Japanese voice of Unicron in Armada) is born.
• 1960 — Nathalie Coupal (Canadian French voice of Airazor in Rise of the Beasts) is born.
• 1964 — Comics artist Jim Lee is born.
• 1964 — Comics letterer Pat Brosseau is also born.
• 1964 — Japanese voice actor Michio Nakao is likewise born.
• 1971 — Jacek Kopczyński (Polish voice of Hot Shot, Prowl, Clocker and Cade Yeager) is born.
• 1972 — Gray Haddock (voice of Spinister in Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy) is born
• 1975 — Roger Craig Smith (voice of Robots in Disguise Slipstream, Jetstorm, Airazor, and Blastwave as well as EarthSpark Breakdown) is born.
• 1976 — Will Friedle (voice of Prime and Robots in Disguise Bumblebee) meets the world. Boo-Ya!
• 1983 — The realm of Asgard is blessed as Chris Hemsworth (voice of Orion Pax/Optimus Prime in Transformers One) is born under the sight of the all-father Odin.
• 1987 — Shouta Aoi (voice of Cliff in Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns) is born.
• 1991 — The Victory episode "Rescue Meekon" premieres in Malaysia.
• 1992 — Pablo Rafael Moreno (Mexican voice of Cheetor in Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy) is born.
• 1999 — The Beast Wars Neo episode "Angry Magmatron" premieres in Japan.
• 2004 — The G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers trade paperback is released by Devil's Due Publishing.
• 2005 — Galaxy Force Mission.8 is published in the September issue of Comic Bom Bom.
• 2005 — Takara also releases the Robotmasters Edition Skywarp & Thundercracker
• 2007 — The Kiss Players/15 Go! Go! Compilation is released in Japan at Wonder Festival 2007 Summer.
• 2009 — The Henkei! Henkei! Transformers manga chapter "A Nightmare, Once Again" is serialized in Japan in Comic Bun Bun's September 2009 issue.
• 2010 — The Transformers #10 and Classic Transformers Volume 6 are published by IDW Publishing.
• 2012 — The Rescue Bots episodes "Shake Up" and "Rescue Boy" premiere on The Hub.
• 2012 — The Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Prime episode "Exploration Transformation! Escape from the Underground" premieres in Japan.
• 2012 — The Transformers: Prime episode "One Shall Rise, Part 3" premieres in Spain.
• 2020 — First day of preorders on Hasbro Pulse for Generations Selects WFC-GS15 Hot House
• 2021 — Transformers: Heavy Metal's beta is released in Denmark.
• 2024 — The EarthSpark episode "Bumblebee's Spy Plan" premieres in Japan.

August 12

• 1945 — Patrick Messe (European French voice of Optimus Prime in Rise of the Beasts) is born.
• 1960 — Thierry Desroses (European French voice of General Whalen in Bumblebee) is born.
• 1961 — Luiz Feier Motta (Brazilian voice of Brawn, Blaster, Lightspeed, Scavenger, Brock O'Lonely and more) is born.
• 1962 — Toshihiko Nakajima (Japanese voice of Crumplezone) is born.
• 1966 — Michael Dobson (voice of Unicron Trilogy Starscream, Signal Flare, Brakedown, Colonel Franklin and more) is born.
• 1967 — Japanese voice actress Junko Shimakata is born.
• 1968 — Kōji Yusa (Japanese voice of Demolishor, Thrust, Wing Saber, Prowl, Hardtop and more) is born.
• 1979 — Anita Sajnóg (Polish voice of Professor Princess) is born.
• 1990 — The Super-God Masterforce episode "Turn the Anger to Power" premieres in Malaysia.
• 1998 — The Beast Wars II episode "Who Is the Strongest Warrior!?" premieres in Japan.
• 2003 — Beast Wars — The Complete First Season is released on DVD in the U.S. by Kid Rhino.
• 2009 — Best of UK: Prey #1 and Tales of the Fallen #1 are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2011 — Japanese Toys"R"Us stores give away the exclusive EZ Collection "Darkside Optimus Prime" figure with the purchase of 3,000 yen's worth of Dark of the Moon toys.
• 2012 — Toys"R"Us Japan releases the exclusive Battle Shield Optimus set, which includes the Arms Microns O.P. A, Pral G, Sise G, and Jaze G.
• 2015 — Combiner Wars TPB and The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 2 are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2017 — The Rescue Bots episode "Too Many Kades" premieres in Italy.
• 2017 — The Robots in Disguise episode "Combine and Conquer" premieres on Teletoon in Canada.
• 2017 — The Robots in Disguise episodes "The Golden Knight" and "The Fastest Bot Alive!" premieres on Cartoon Network in the U.S.
• 2020 — Galaxies #8 is released by IDW Publishing.
• 2020 — Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection Volume 91: Generation 2 Part 2 is released by Hachette Partworks.
• 2024 — Skybound annouces the graphic novel Transformers: Worst Bot Ever: Meet Ballpoint!

August 13

• 19?? — Lu Kui (Chinese voice of Bumblebee, Seymour Simmons and Joshua Joyce) is born.
• 1938 — Archibald Witwicky dies in an insane asylum. Movie Prequel issue 3
• 1940 — Sandro Sardone (Italian voice of Bumblebee, Perceptor, Shockwave and Ultra Magnus) is born.
• 1943 — Hervé Jolly (French voice of Rhinox and Tarantulas in Beast Wars) is born.
• 1951 — Barry Gjerde (voice of Ultra Magnus, Shockwave, Scourge and Octane in The Transformers (G1 PS2)) is born.
• 1965 — Musician Hayato Matsuo is born.
• 1975 — Nanni Baldini (Italian voice of Mohawk) is born.
• 1979 — Jhonny Torres (Latin-American Spanish voice of Sideways, Unicron, Inferno, Ransack and Hot Rod) is born.
• 1987 — Till Völger (German voice of Graham Burns) is born.
• 1994 — Transformers: Generation 2 episode Wahre Freunde premieres in Germany.
• 1998 — Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers—The Great Cybertron Army Collection and The Great Destron Army Collection are released on VHS in Japan by Pioneer LDC.
• 1999 — Emilio Treviño (Mexican voice of Cody Burns, Bumblebee and Thrash) is born.
• 1999 — First day of BotCon Europe 1999.
• 2002 — Beast Wars—Volume 2 is released on DVD, and Volumes 3 and 4 on VHS, in the US by Rhino Entertainment.
• 2003 — Transformers Armada #14 is published in the US by Dreamwave Productions.
• 2003 — Transformers: Armada Official Guidebook, Transformers Armada: Decepticon Attack! and Transformers Armada: Enter the Mini-Cons are published in the US by Reader's Digest.
• 2004 — The Super Link episode "Saraba Inferno" premieres in Japan.
• 2005 — The Galaxy Force episode "Transcendental Transformation! The Released Power" premieres in Japan.
• 2005 — The Cybertron episode "Time" premieres in the U.S.
• 2008 — Transformers Animated: The Arrival #1, Best of UK: Time Wars #1 and The Reign of Starscream #4 are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2009 — Pre-orders begin for the Japanese Toy Hobby Market exclusive release of Revenge Deluxe-Class Dead End.
• 2010 — First day of Auto Assembly 2010.
• 2014 — Primacy #1 and a re-printing of Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #1 are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2015 — "Burning Bridges" is released by Fun Publications.
• 2016 — The Rescue Bots episode "Uninvited Guest" premieres on Discovery Family.
• 2016 — First day of the Angry Birds Transformers "You've Got The Touch" event.
• 2017 — The Rescue Bots episodes "Phantom of the Sea", "Unfinished Business" and "No Place Like Dome" premieres in Italy.
• 2018 — Unshō Ishizuka (Japanese voice of Silas) passes away at age 67.
• 2021 — Hasbro hosts a Fan First Friday online event.
• 2023 — The Beast Wars Again episode "Revive, Beast Power! (Part 2)" airs on TV Tokyo.

August 14

• 1926 — Georges Atlas (European French voice of Shockwave, Ratchet, Skywarp, Swindle, Kup and many others in the original cartoon) is born.
• 1927 — Roger Carel (European French voice of Beachcomber and Inferno in "The Insecticon Syndrome" episode of the original cartoon) is born.
• 1932 — Rino Bolognesi (Italian voice of Roadbuster) is born.
• 1944 — Manga artist Yoshihiro Moritō is born.
• 1956 — Jackée Harry (voice of Zizza) is born.
• 1958 — Junichi Inoue (voice of Big Convoy) is born.
• 1963 — Marco Kröger (German voice of Cybertron Starscream, Brakedown, Colonel Franklin, Predaking, Crosshairs and two Grimlocks) is born.
• 1972 — Takako Honda (Japanese voice of Slo-Mo and Airazor) is born.
• 1981 — "Start Me Up" is released by The Rolling Stones.
• 1993 — Mister V (European French voice of Mirage in Rise of the Beasts) is born.
• 1999 — "Evolution Revolution" airs for the first time on Fox Kids at about 10:37 AM EST.
• 1999 — Second and final day of BotCon Europe 1999.
• 1999 — The Beast Machines episodes "The Reformatting" and "Master of the House" receive an advanced screening at San Diego Comic-Con 1999 ahead of their respective premieres on Fox Kids.
• 2003 — Takara releases Legends of the Microns MD-07 Rampage, MC-10 Stepper, MM-14 Space Micron Exdimensions, MM-15 Sea Micron, MM-17 Air Assault Micron, and MS-08 Rampage & Air Assault Micron.
• 2006 — Beast Wars — Season 2 is released on DVD in New Zealand by Madman Entertainment.
• 2006 — The 20th show in the Kiss Players radio drama series airs in Japan on the "Lyrian Moe-tchao" program.
• 2010 — Second day of Auto Assembly 2010.
• 2010 — The Animated episode "Ratings Race!" premieres in Japan.
• 2011 — The Prime episode "Stronger, Faster" premieres on Teletoon in Canada.
• 2013 — Dark Prelude TPB and The Transformers 30th Anniversary Collection HC are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2016 — The Robots in Disguise episode "Brainpower" premieres in Japan.
• 2017 — The Rescue Bots episodes "Bugs in the System" and "Switcheroo" premiere in Italy.
• 2023 — Final day to pre-order the Transformers × Duel Masters Collaboration.
• 2023 — Rise of the Beasts is released on digital in the United Kingdom.
• 2024 — Transformers #11 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.

August 15

• 1806 — Construction begins for the Arc de Triomphe
• 1924 — Werner Abrolat (German voice of Devastator and Unicron in The Transformers: The Movie and a few other roles) is born.
• 1952 — Marek Obertyn (Polish voice of Landmine, Mirage and Crumplezone) is born.
• 1954 — Gabriele Carrara (Italian voice of Ironhide, Skyfire, Omega Supreme, Soundwave, and Ultra Magnus) is born.
• 1955 — Joy Grdnic (voice of Nancy and Nimue) is born.
• 1959 — Yōichi Kobiyama (voice of Car Robots Gigatron) is born.
• 1967 — Laura Torres (Mexican voice of Mary Jo McGatlin) is born.
• 1968 — Comic artist Sean Chen is born.
• 1970 — Anthony Anderson (Glen Whitmann in Transformers) is born.
• 1970 — David Sheinkopf (voice of Dropforge) is born.
• 1975 — Charlotte Marin (French voice of Agent Croft in Transformers: EarthSpark) is born.
• 1977 — The Big Ear radio telescope detects the Wow! signal, which was sent by N.B.E. 2. Sector Seven
• 1986 — The Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers clip-show episode "Devastator, the Giant Warrior" premieres in Japan.
• 1986 — Pierre Garin (alternative European French voice of Hoist, Blaster and several other characters in the original cartoon) passes away at age 61.
• 1988 — Miguel Ángel Ruiz (Mexican voice of Sideswipe in Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy) is born.
• 1989 — The Victory episode "Unite! Liokaiser" premieres in Japan.
• 1998 — The Beast Wars episode "Dark Voyage" premieres in Germany.
• 2003 — The Legends of the Microns episode "過去 (けっちゃく)-後編 - past, part 2" premieres in Japan.
• 2009 — First day of Auto Assembly 2009.
• 2010 — Final day of Auto Assembly 2010.
• 2013 — First day of Cybertron Con 2013 at the China Millennium Monument in Beijing, China.
• 2015 — The Robots in Disguise episode "Similarly Different" premieres on Cartoon Network in the USA.
• 2016 — The Transformers Legends Spin Off Cybertron Convobat prequel comic is first published.
• 2017 — The Rescue Bots episodes "Did You See What I Thaw?", "The Attack of Humungado" and "Quarry's Quarry" premieres in Italy.
• 2018 — Lost Light Volume 3 TPB is released by IDW Publishing.
• 2022 — Transformers Go! Go! #14 is published.
• 2024 — Transformers Go! Go! #41 is published.
• 2024 — Early fan screenings of Transformers One are held in Atlanta, Austin, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City and San Francisco.

August 16

• 1950 — Kōki Mitomo (Japanese voice of Theodore Galloway) is born.
• 1953 — Ben Jurand (voice of Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy Alpha Trion) is born.
• 1958 — Angela Bassett (voice of Shatter) is born.
• 1969 — Andy Milder (R&D Team Leader in Transformers, as well as voice of Quillfire) is born.
• 1982 — Todd Haberkorn (voice of War for Cybertron Trilogy Red Alert and Shockwave) begins his symmetrical life.
• 1988 — The Super-God Masterforce episode "An Enemy? The Third Godmaster, Ranger" premieres in Japan.
• 1989 — Federico Viola (Italian voice of Fixit in the 2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon) is born.
• 1990 — Kōki Uchiyama (voice of Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns Smokescreen) is born.
• 1992 — The Headmasters episode "The Evil Meteor" airs in Malaysia.
• 2000 — The Car Robots episode "Hot-Blooded Warrior! Buildmaster" premieres in Japan.
• 2005 — The Transformers—Collection 6: Series 4 is released on DVD in New Zealand by Madman Entertainment.
• 2006 — Hearts of Steel #2, Beast Wars: The Gathering TPB and the Infiltration Cover Gallery are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2007 — The Transformers live-action movie is released in Slovenia and Slovakia.
• 2008 — The Transformers Animated episode "Headmaster" premieres in Latin America.
• 2009 — Second and final day of Auto Assembly 2009.
• 2010 — Final day of the Transformers Museum event in Yokohama, Japan.
• 2013 — Second day of Cybertron Con 2013 at the China Millennium Monument in Beijing, China.
• 2016 — The Combiner Wars episode "The Duel" premieres on go90.
• 2017 — Revolutionaries #7 and Micronauts: Wrath of Karza #4 are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2017 — The Rescue Bots episodes "All Bots Great and Small", "Time After Time" and "Pirates Ahoy" premieres in Italy.
• 2021 — Ulf-Jürgen Wagner (German voice of Generation 2 Bumblebee, Kickback and more) dies at age 76.
• 2022 — Hasbro Pulse hosts a Transformers fanstream revealing new products for Studio Series and Transformers: Legacy.
• 2023 — Void Rivals #3 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
• 2023 — Hasbro Entertainment is launched.
• 2023 — Jürgen Kluckert (German voice of Brigham, Unicron, Walter Cronkite, Cogman and Uncle Hank) dies at age 79.

August 17

• 1936 — Thomas Rau (German voice of Rodimus Prime, Blaster, Optimus Prime and more) is born.
• 1939 — Two children and four Rescue Bots emerge from the Temporal Station, having traveled back in time from 2012, and accidentally alter history, allowing Doctor Morocco to take over Griffin Rock. It's a Bot Time
• 1942 — Sound editor Michael Tomack is born.
• 1942 — László Ujréti (Hungarian voice of numerous characters in the first dub of The Transformers: The Movie) is born.
• 1966 — Hinako Yoshino (voice of Pīpō) is born.
• 1975 — Antoni Lo Presti (French voice of Blurr in Robots in Disguise 2015) is born.
• 1989 — Lupita Leal (Mexican voice of Twitch) is born.
• 1994 — Tasuku Hatanaka (Japanese voice of Jetstorm) is born.
• 1995 — Alejandro Orozco (Mexican voice of Robots in Disguise 2015 Blurr and Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy Spinister) is born.
• 2005 — Nilton Valério (Portuguese voice of Brawl, Octane, Streetwise and Superion in the original cartoon) passes away, aged 69.
• 2007 — The Transformers live-action movie is released in Poland.
• 2010 — Preorders begin for the Japanese 7-11 exclusive Donald Duck Halloween Ver. toy.
• 2011 — The remaining stock of Side Burn, the Transformers Collectors' Club membership "freebie" for 2011, goes on sale at the Club store... and sells out in about three hours.
• 2013 — Third day of Cybertron Con 2013 at the China Millennium Monument in Beijing, China.
• 2013 — The Transformers: Prime episode "Inside Job" premieres in Brazil.
• 2014 — "Hell Day": The Decepticons led by Shockwave invade Earth with Teletran 3's teleportation ability, and devastate the planet. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 3
• 2014 — The Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns mobile game is released in Japan on Android.
• 2014 — Final day of the Transformers Expo taking place in Yokohama, Japan.
• 2016 — More than Meets the Eye #56, Till All Are One #3 and a new reprinting of Transformers: War Within Omnibus are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2017 — The Rescue Bots episodes "Turning the Tide", "The Last of Morocco" and "The New Recruits" premiere in Italy.
• 2023 — Threezero reveals their Shattered Glass Optimus Prime and also a full colour reveal of the Threezero DLX Optimus Primal.
• 2023 — Klaus Lochthove (German voice of Porter C. Powell, Leadfoot, Drag Strip and Megatronus) dies at age 69.

August 18

• 1943 — Jocelyne Darche (European French voice of Charlotte Mearing) is born.
• 1944 — Bodo Wolf (German voice of L. W. Wilder) is born.
• 1955 — Kōzō Shioya (voice of Bullhorn) is born in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
• 1959 — Writer Beth Bornstein is born.
• 1973 — Laura Blanc (French voice of Elita One in the War for Cybertron Trilogy) is born.
• 1977 — Hugolin Chevrette-Landesque (Canadian French voice of Sam Witwicky) is born.
• 1982 — Mireya Mendoza (Mexican voice of Alice and Viviane Wembly) is born.
• 1986 — Zina Khakhoulia (French voice of Kikmee) is born.
• 1988 — Greek comic book artist Giannis Milonogiannis is born in Maryland.
• 1989 — Anna Akana (voice of Combiner Wars Victorion) is born.
• 1991 — The Victory episode "The Underground Water Electricity Plant" premieres in Malaysia.
• 1999 — The Beast Wars Neo episode "Illusion? Lio Convoy" premieres in Japan.
• 2002 — Super Festival is held in Japan, the last of three events where Takara sold the Mega SCF "Megatron Metallic VER" figure.
• 2003 — Transformers Armada: The Awakening is published in the US by DK.
• 2004 — Super Link—Volume 004 is released on DVD in Japan by Interchannel.
• 2005 — Model and Background designer Fred Carrillo dies.
• 2008 — Henry Djanik (European French voice of Megatron, Brawn, Mirage, Prowl and Omega Supreme in the original cartoon) passes away at age 82.
• 2009 — Transformers Generations 2009 Volume 3 is published in Japan by Million Publishing.
• 2010 — Nefarious #6 and the Transformers Armada Omnibus are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2012 — The Rescue Bots episodes "It's a Bot Time" and "Bot to the Future" premiere on The Hub.
• 2012 — The Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Prime episode "Duel Transformation! Quell Cliffjumper's Regrets" premieres
• 2013 — Fourth day of Cybertron Con 2013 at the China Millennium Monument in Beijing, China.
• 2013 — The Transformers: Prime episode "Patch" premieres in Spain.
• 2014 — The Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns game is released for iOS devices.
• 2017 — Part 2 and Part 3 of Transformers × Dialect Girl: My Toys is published in the Young Gangan magazine.
• 2017 — The Rescue Bots episodes "Rescue Bots Academy", "A New Hero" and "Four-Legged Hero" premiere in Italy.
• 2019 — Carlos Nieto (Latin-American Spanish voice of Cliffjumper, Jazz, Powerglide, Slingshot, Starscream and Tracks) dies at age 97.
• 2020 — "Crashing the K-Wave" is uploaded to YouTube.
• 2024 — The EarthSpark episode "Where will the Space Bridge fly?" premieres in Japan.

August 19

• 1925 — Composer Chūmei Watanabe is born.
• 1945 — Writer Arthur Sellers is born.
• 1948 — Jim Carter (voice of Cogman) is born.
• 1954 — Tatá Guarnieri (Brazilian voice of Optimus Prime, Cheetor, Dreadwing, Huxley Prescott, Saberhorn and Quintesson Executioner) is born.
• 1957 — Pascal Casanova (French voice of Ironhide and several characters in the The Battle Begins version of Transform and Roll Out, Part 1) is born.
• 1966 — Kőrösi András (Hungarian voice of Apelinq) is born.
• 1969 — Takeshi Maruyama (Japanese voices of Colan, Jerry Wang, Chief of Staff and Roy) is born.
• 1976 — Yuki Nakao (voice of Mikesu) is born.
• 1978 — Satoshi Tsuruoka (voice of Strada and Japanese voice of Prime Starscream and Cyberverse Starscream, Thundercracker, Lockdown, Rack'n'Ruin and more) is born.
• 1980 — Balázs Simonyi (Hungarian voice of Leo Spitz) is born.
• 1984 — The first known newspaper advertisements for the the original Transformers toyline offer Autobot Cars for $8.99 USD (approximately $22.39 in 2020 dollars). No rainchecks, limit two per customer, minimum 300 per store.
• 1990 — The Super-God Masterforce episode "A Friendship is Born" premieres in Malaysia.
• 1996 — The Beast Wars episodes "The Web", "Equal Measures", "Power Surge", and "Fallen Comrades" are made available for early access to DirecTV customers in the United States on a pay-per-view basis.
• 1998 — The Beast Wars II episode "The Tentacular Scuba" premieres in Japan.
• 2000 — The Beast Machines episode "Savage Noble" premieres in the U.S. on Fox Kids.
• 2003 — The Battle of the Star Gate #3, "Activation", is published in Super Robot Magazine #13 in Japan.
• 2004 — The Transformers — Collection 3: Series 2.2 is released on DVD in New Zealand by Madman Entertainment.
• 2004 — Siena Agudong (voice of Izzy) is born.
• 2008 — Transformers Animated: Season One is released on DVD in the US by Paramount Pictures.
• 2009 — IDW Publishing's Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac is released to stores, as is our collective joyjuice. All Hail Megatron #14 is also released, to a great deal less enthusiasm.
• 2010 — Final day of shooting in Chicago for Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
• 2013 — Final day of Cybertron Con 2013 at the China Millennium Monument in Beijing, China.
• 2013 — The Transformers: Prime episode "Regeneration" premieres in Brazil.
• 2014 — TakaraTomy releases the exclusive Masterpiece MP-10A Convoy (BAPE ver.)
• 2015 — The Transformers: Windblade (vol.2) #6 is released by IDW Publishing.
• 2016 — Final day of the Angry Birds Transformers "You've Got The Touch" event.
• 2017 — The Robots in Disguise episode "Moon Breaker" premieres on Teletoon in Canada.
• 2017 — The Robots in Disguise episode "Railroad Rage" premieres on Cartoon Network in the U.S.
• 2017 — The Rescue Bots episodes "Endangered Species", "More than Meets the Eye" and "I Have Heard the Robots Singing" premiere in Italy.
• 2020 — Transformers #22, Secrets & Lies #2, and Transformers vs. The Terminator #3 are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2023 — The Transformers: EarthSpark episodes "Bear Necessities" and "Warzone" premieres on Nickelodeon.

August 20

• 1948 — John Noble (voice of Unicron in Prime) is born, both here and in a parallel universe.
• 1949 — Pedro Eugênio (Brazilian voice of Egyptian guard) is born.
• 1961 — Voice actor Stanley Townsend is born.
• 1962 — Actor Ravil Isyanov (Alexi Voskhod in Dark of the Moon) is born in Moscow.
• 1970 — Fredrik Hiller (Swedish voice of Megatron in the Unicron Trilogy and also Animated Megatron) is born.
• 1971 — Japanese voice actor Kōichi Toshima is born.
• 1975 — Luis Carreño (Latin American Spanish voice of Unicron Trilogy Starscream) is born.
• 1977 — The Voyager spacecraft, carrying one of two Voyager golden records leaves Earth.
• 1978 — Anneli Heed (Swedish voice of Arcee) is born.
• 1983 — Arturo Acosta (Mexican voice of Bumblebee) is born.
• 1991 — André Luiz Chapéu (Brazillian voice of Ironhide, Shockwave, Quintessons and more) dies at age 50.
• 1994 — The Generation 2 episode "Kremzeek!" premieres in Germany.
• 2001 — Beast Wars — The Beginning: Vol. 3 is released on VHS in the UK by Universal.
• 2003 — The Transformers Theme Song Collection soundtrack album is released in Japan by Columbia Music Entertainment.
• 2004 — The Super Link episode "Return! Our Scorponok" premieres in Japan.
• 2005 — The Cybertron episode "Search" premieres in the U.S.
• 2005 — The Galaxy Force episode "The Revived Giant God" premieres in Japan.
• 2008 — All Hail Megatron #2 and Spotlight: Doubledealer are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2009 — Animated — Volume Vier: Mission Erfüllt is released on DVD in Germany by Paramount Pictures.
• 2012 — TakaraTomy releases the Arms Micron Gum candy toys: basically the Gacha Arms Microns Optimus Prime Blaster, Bumblebee Sword, and the reddish-purple versions of Gobu and Zado.
• 2014 — Robots in Disguise #32 is released by IDW Publishing.
• 2017 — The Rescue Bots episodes "Now and Then" and "Today and Forever" premiere in Italy.
• 2018 — Roger Behr (voice of Runabout and Runamuck) passes away at age 70.
• 2021 — Hasbro China officially reveals WFC-K35 Tigatron on their flagship store on Taobao.
• 2023 — The Beast Wars Again episode "Stop the Sneezing (Part 1)" airs on TV Tokyo.
• 2024 — Atsuko Tanaka (Japanese voice of Botanica in Beast Machines and Slipstream in Animated) passes away at age 61.
• 2024 — Transformers One: Movie Novelization, Destined for Greatness! & Finding the Spark are released by Simon & Schuster.
• 2024 — Hasbro Pulse puts up the 40th Selection TF-40A Lio Convoy for preorder.

August 21

• 1921 — Carlos Nieto (Latin-American Spanish voice of Cliffjumper, Jazz, Powerglide, Slingshot, Starscream and Tracks) is born.
• 1929 — Comic artist Marie Severin is born in Long Island, New York.
• 1962 — Actress Cleo King (Mary Jo McGatlin in Age of Extinction) is born.
• 1967 — Musician Serj Tankian is born.
• 1970 — Voice actress Cathy Weseluck is born.
• 1970 — Revenge of the Fallen actor Marc Evan Jackson (and voice of Jon Schloder) is born.
• 1985 — Actress Laura Haddock (Viviane Wembly in The Last Knight) is born.
• 1985 — Manuel Pérez (Mexican voice of Nitro Zeus, Bumblebee Wheeljack, Heatseeker and Soundwave) is born.
• 1998 — Beast Wars II — ACT. 3 & ACT. 4 are released on VHS in Japan by Pioneer LDC.
• 1998 — The Beast Wars II: Cyber Music Original Soundtrack soundtrack album is released in Japan by Columbia Music Entertainment.
• 2000 — Beast Wars — Vol. 3 & Vol. 4 are released on VHS in the UK by Universal.
• 2003 — Transformers: Cybertron Redux TPB is released by Titan Books.
• 2006 — The first issue of the Kiss Players manga is released. Meanwhile, the 21st show in the Kiss Players radio drama series airs in Japan on the "Lyrian Moe-tchao" program.
• 2007 — Michael Bay briefly declares that he will not be participating in Transformers 2 before backtracking.
• 2010 — The Animated episode "Increasing Enemies" premieres in Japan.
• 2011 — The Prime episode "One Shall Fall" premieres on Teletoon in Canada.
• 2012 — Fall of Cybertron is released.
• 2013 — Last Stand of the Wreckers Red Label Edition is released by IDW Publishing.
• 2013 — Prime — Season 1 Vol. 3: Decepticons Unleashed, Vol. 4: Unlikely Alliances & Vol. 5: One Shall Stand are released to home video in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden by Universal Studios.
• 2016 — The Robots in Disguise episode "Misdirection" premieres in Japan.
• 2019 — Transformers '84 #0 is released by IDW Publishing.
• 2019 — Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection Volume 57: Remain in Light is released by Hachette Partworks.
• 2024 — Destro #3 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.

August 22

• 1946 — Raimund Krone (German voice of Daytrader, Insecticons and Vehicons) is born.
• 1950 — Hans-Jürgen Wolf (German voice of Megatron in the live-action film series and another Megatron in Transformers: Prime) is born.
• 1951 — Generation 1 script writer Earl Kress is born.
• 1957 — Daniele Demma (Italian voice of Animated Starscream and his many clones, including Slipstream as well as Bisk) is born in Cosenza, Italy.
• 1967 — Eiji Yanagisawa (Japanese voice of Sixshot, Goldbug and others) is born.
• 1968 — Philippe Allard (French voice of Prime Wheeljack) is born.
• 1970 — Marco Ribeiro (Brazillian voice of Jerry Wang and two Wheeljacks) is born.
• 1971 — Silvia Sarmentera (Castilian Spanish voice of Lori, Thunderblast and Skywarp) is born.
• 1989 — The Victory episode "Assemble! Combiner Warriors" premieres in Japan.
• 1998 — The Beast Wars episode "Possession" premieres in Germany.
• 1999 — An online copy of the Visitations script reading script is posted on the original BotCon Online website.
• 2003 — The Legends of the Microns episode "犠牲 (すていし) - sacrifice" premieres in Japan.
• 2007 — Target: 2006 #5 and Transformers: Magazine #2 are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2008 — Transformers Adventures Volume 2 is released in the UK by Titan Books.
• 2008 — Jeff MacKay (voice of the original The Transformers cartoon Fireflight) dies from liver failure at the age of 59.
• 2011 — Studio Trigger is founded.
• 2012 — The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye #8 is released by IDW Publishing.
• 2014 — Transformers: Age of Extinction is released in Venezuela.
• 2014 — Thomas Hailer (German voice of Demolishor) dies at age 69.
• 2015 — The Robots in Disguise episode "The Buzz on Windblade" premieres on Cartoon Network in the USA.
• 2015 — TakaraTomy releases Unite Warriors UW-02 Menasor.
• 2017 — Mario Milita (Italian voice of Megatron, Soundwave, Scourge and Wreck-Gar) dies at the age of 94.
• 2018 — Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 4: Second Generation is released by Hachette Partworks.
• 2019 — Hasbro announces their acquisition of multimedia production company Entertainment One for US $4 billion.
• 2023 — Kodansha releases the TV Magazine Transformers Perfect Encyclopedia Enlarged Revised Edition.
• 2024 — Early fan screenings of Transformers One are held in Toronto and Montreal, Canada.

August 23

• 1965 — Kenichi Sakaguchi (voice of Pointblank, Strafe and others) is born.
• 1968 — Voice actor Peter von Gomm is born.
• 1977 — Kenta Miyake (Japanese voice of Bulkhead, Landmine, Omega Supreme, Shockwave, Razorpaw, Battletrap and more) is born. I AM HERE!
• 1979 — Artist and the webmaster of the Obscure Transformers Website Andrew Sorohan is born.
• 1986 — Grimlock considers this his birthday, the date he took over the Marvel UK letters page.
• 1988 — The Super-God Masterforce episode "A Powerful Foe!! Sixknight the Wanderer" premieres in Japan.
• 1991 — Olin Garces (Mexican voice of Sentinel Prime) is born.
• 2000 — The Car Robots episode "Quadruple Merge! Build King" premieres in Japan.
• 2002 — The Armada episodes "First Encounter", "Metamorphosis" and "Base" premiere in the U.S.
• 2002 — The Headmasters — DVD Box is released in Japan by Pioneer LDC.
• 2002 — Transformers: Target: 2006 TPB is released by Titan Books.
• 2004 — Transformers: Second Generation TPB is released by Titan Books.
• 2006 — Generations #6 is released by IDW Publishing.
• 2008 — The Animated episode "Nature Calls" premieres in Latin America.
• 2013 — Rescue Bots — Eine Familie von Helden & Außerirdische in Griffin Rock are released on DVD in Germany by EDEL:kids.
• 2016 — First day of the Angry Birds Transformers mobile game's "Medic!" Challenge Event.
• 2016 — The Combiner Wars episode "Unforgotten" premieres on go90.
• 2017 — Aw Yeah Revolution! #3, First Strike #2 and Shining Armor #2 are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2017 — Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection Volume 19: Perchance to Dream is released by Hachette Partworks.
• 2022 — After years of being unreleased lost media, the Animated shorts "Starscream's Fantasy" and "Logo" finally surface online.
• 2024 — Hasbro releases the Beast Wars Original Soundtrack.

August 24

• 1932 — William Morgan Sheppard (Archibald Witwicky in Transformers) is born.
• 1946 — Bernd Simon (German voice actor of Starscream, Rumble, Old Snake and many others in the original cartoon) is born.
• 1954 — Joe Ochman (English voice of Hightower) is born.
• 1960 — Roberto Draghetti (Italian voice of Unicron Trilogy Starscream, Dark Scream, Robert Epps and Siege Optimus Prime) is born.
• 1968 — Musician Hiroshi Kitadani is born.
• 1973 — Grey Griffin (voice of Arcee in the live-action film series & Glowstrike in Robots in Disguise) is born.
• 1984 — Shen Dawei (Chinese voice of Coby Hansen and Wing Saber) is born.
• 2004 — The Transformers: Armada Best of the Autobots and Best of the Decepticons DVDs are released in the US by Kid Rhino.
• 2005 — Galaxy Force—Vol. 03 is released on DVD in Japan by Victor Entertainment.
• 2007 — The Transformers live-action movie is released in Latvia and Vietnam.
• 2011 — The Transformers #24 and The Transformers Classics, Vol. 1 are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2012 — The Transformers: Prime episode "Hurt" premieres on The Hub.
• 2012 — "On Thin Ice" is first published by Eaglemoss/GE Fabbri in Russia.
• 2016 — The Sins of the Wreckers TPB is released by IDW Publishing.
• 2019 — TakaraTomy releases Siege SG-27 Caliburst and SG-28 Refraktor.
• 2019 — The Cyberverse episode "Sea of Tranquility" premieres in France, Australia and New Zealand.
• 2019 — The Cyberverse episode "Bad Moon Rising" premieres in Australia and New Zealand.
• 2019 — The Cyberverse episode "The Visitor" premieres in France.
• 2019 — The Cyberverse episode "Bring Me The Spark Of Optimus Prime" premieres in France.
• 2023 — Preorders go up for the Threezero DLX Optimus Primal.

August 25

• 19?? — Takayasu Usui (Japanese voice of Wing Saber, Dirt Boss and others in Cybertron) is born.
• 19?? — Mika Ishibashi (voice of Stampy) is born.
• ???? — Yukako Kiuchi (Japanese voice of Sam) is born.
• 1945 — Catherine Lafond (European French voice of Moonracer in the original cartoon) is born.
• 1950 — Giovanni Battezzato (Italian voice of Road King, Denny Clay, Thermidor and Doctor Morocco) is born.
• 1951 — Ikuya Sawaki (voice of Fortress/Fortress Maximus, Grand/Grand Maximus and Ratchet) is born.
• 1957 — Kai Taschner (German voice of Armada Thrust, Kremzeek and other Generation 1 roles) is born.
• 1961 — British comic artist Kev Hopgood is born.
• 1963 — Brianne Siddall (Doctor Bridget and additional voices in the 2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon) is born.
• 1965 — Masato Obara (Japanese voice of Aerobolt and The Last Knight Bumblebee) is born.
• 1967 — Nobuyuki Hiyama (Japanese voice of Rampage, Energon Jetfire and Shockwave) is born with the Triforce of Courage in hand.
• 1973 — Rossella Acerbo (Italian voice of Beast Machines Blackarachnia) is born.
• 1977 — Masumi Asano (Japanese voice of Energon Arcee, Sally Jones and more) is born.
• 1986 — Internet personality Vangelus is born.
• 1991 — The Victory episode "Combat in the Meteorite Zone" premieres in Malaysia.
• 1993 — Ernesto Cronik (Mexican voice of Starscream and Laserbeak) is born.
• 1998 — Lee Gunther, executive producer of the original Transformers cartoon (and other Hasbro cartoons), dies of a stroke at age 63.
• 1999 — The Beast Wars Neo episode "Unicron Revived!?" premieres in Japan.
• 1999 — Beast Wars Neo — ACT. 3 and ACT. 4 are released on VHS in Japan by Pioneer LDC.
• 2000 — The Beast Wars: Transformers DVD BOX is released in Japan by Pioneer LDC.
• 2001 — Ginzō Matsuo (voice of Commercial director) dies at age 49 from an acute subarachnoid hemorrhage.
• 2004 — "Infestation" is released in the US by Dreamwave Productions.
• 2005 — Takara releases Galaxy Force EZ Collection Galaxy Convoy, Master Megatron, and Starscream.
• 2005 — Galaxy Force Dark Ligerjack is released as a Toys"R"Us exclusive in Japan.
• 2005 —The 15 Go! Go! chapter "Kup Volume" is published in the October 2005 issue of Dengeki Hobby.
• 2006 — The 15 Go! Go! chapter "Starscream? Volume 2" is published in the October 2006 issue of Dengeki Hobby.
• 2012 — TakaraTomy releases Prime Swerve and Airachnid, AMW Arms Microns Pral, Sise and Jaze, and Masterpiece MP-11S Sunstorm.
• 2012 — Neil Armstrong, US astronaut to be the first man to step on the Moon, passes away at age 82 due to complications from heart surgery.
• 2012 — The Vortexx block starts its run on the CW.
• 2012 — The Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Prime episode "Friendship Transformation! My Bulkhead" premieres in Japan.
• 2015 — The Transformers: Rescue Bots: "Dinobots!" compilation DVD is released in the US by Shout! Studios.
• 2016 — "Intersectionality" is released by Fun Publications.
• 2018 — TakaraTomy releases Masterpiece MP-34S Shadow Panther (Beast Wars) and Power of the Primes PP-20 Quintus Prime, PP-21 Terrorcon Rippersnapper, PP-22 Terrorcon Cutthroat, PP-23 Terrorcon Blot, PP-24 Terrorcon Sinnertwin, PP-25 Terrorcon Hun-Gurrr, PP-26 Elita-1, and PP-27 Optimus Primal.
• 2020 — "Virtually Reality" is uploaded to YouTube.
• 2021 — Beast Wars #7 and Shattered Glass #1 are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2022 — A 30-second Transformers: EarthSpark teaser trailer is uploaded.
• 2023 — The Paint Master for Transformers Bishoujo Starscream is revealed at Megahobby Expo 2023.
• 2023 — Last day of Fortnite's Chapter 4, Season 3 which had introduced Transformers to the game.
• 2024 — The EarthSpark episode "Shockwave! Shockwave!" premieres in Japan.

August 26

• 1930 — French Tickner (voice of Energon Bulkhead) is born.
• 1937 — Kenji Utsumi (voice of the Narrator in Robotmasters) is born.
• 1952 — Franco Zucca (Italian voice of Jetfire) is born.
• 1957 — Keiichi Nanba (Japanese voice of Blaster, Chip Chase, Wilder, Leozack and many more) is born.
• 1961 — Satoko Shimonari (Japanese musician who sang "TRANSFORMER" for Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers) is born.
• 1969 — Holly Kaneko (voice of Guiledart and Japanese voice of Mega-Octane and Ruination) is born.
• 1972 — Aaron Archer, aka "Orson", former Vice President of Intellectual Property Development for Hasbro, is born.
• 1975 — Actor Brian Reece (Moustache Man in Transformers (2007)) is born.
• 1975 — Rodrigo de la Paz (Chilean voice of Prowl) is born.
• 1990 — The Super-God Masterforce episode "The True Face of the Mysterious Rock" premieres in Malaysia.
• 1991 — Dylan O'Brien (voice of the titular character in Bumblebee) is born.
• 1994 — Eduardo Martínez (Mexican voice of Laserbeak and Hardtop) is born.
• 1995 — Actress Gracie Dzienny (Tina Lark in Bumblebee) is born.
• 1998 — The Beast Wars II episode "Megastorm's Reckoning" premieres in Japan.
• 2000 — The Beast Machines episode "Prometheus Unbound" premieres in the U.S. on Fox Kids.
• 2002 — Transformers: Takara is released on DVD in the UK by Sony Wonder and Maverick Entertainment.
• 2004 — Takara releases Super Link SC-21 Inferno Volt.
• 2009 — Transformers: The Complete Ark and the Transformers Best of UK Omnibus are released in the US.
• 2010 — The Cool Episode 6 is serialized in Japan by Kerokero Ace in their October 2010 issue.
• 2011 — The My Chemical Romance single "The Only Hope for Me is You" is released by Reprise Records.
• 2015 — Robots in Disguise #2 is released by IDW Publishing.
• 2017 — The Robots in Disguise episode "Exiles" premieres on Teletoon in Canada.
• 2017 — The Robots in Disguise episode "Combine and Conquer" premieres on Cartoon Network in the U.S.
• 2017 — TakaraTomy releases Legends LG-43 Dinosaurer.
• 2020 — Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 88: Unicron is released by Hachette.
• 2021 — French Tickner passes away on his 91st Birthday.
• 2022 — Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 1 is first published.
• 2023 — TakaraTomy releases Transformers: Legacy TL-31 Grimlock, TL-32 Sharpnel, TL-33 Prowl, TL-34 Metalhawk, TL-35 Skyquake and Studio Series SS-108 Cheetor, SS-109 Scourge and Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers Again BWVS-01 Eternal Beast Showdown: Convoy VS Megatron.
• 2023 — First day for the Transformers “Battle For The Spark” Live Event In Shanghai, China.
• 2023 — The Transformers: EarthSpark episodes "Home, Part 1" and "Home, Part 2" premieres on Nickelodeon.
• 2024 — TakaraTomy officially reveals the Synergex Series and Crossovers with Zoids, Godzilla, Macross and more.

August 27

• 1929 — Artist Don Perlin is born.
• 1953 — Peter Stormare (voice of Animated Meltdown) is born. Booga-looga-loo.
• 1959 — Peter Mensah (voice of Prime Predaking) is born in Sparta.
• 1965 — Artist Staz is born.
• 1966 — Frank Schröder (German voice of Wheeljack) is born.
• 1972 — Writer F.J. DeSanto is born.
• 1982 — Musician Daisuke Kikuta is born.
• 1991 — Allan Arnold (Brazilian voice of Agent Schloder) is born.
• 1994 — The Transformers: Generation 2 episode "Triple Takeover" premieres in Germany.
• 1997 — The Beast Wars cartoon premieres in Italy with "Beast Wars (Part 1)".
• 2003 — War and Peace #5 is released in the US by Dreamwave Productions.
• 2003 — Armada—Vol:04 is released on DVD in Australia by Warner Music Video.
• 2003 — Micron Legend—Volume 5 is released on DVD in Japan by Columbia Music Entertainment, coming with the "Linkage Part 5" mini-comic and exclusive Falcia toy.
• 2004 — The Super Link episode "Out of Control! The Starving Unicron" premieres in Japan.
• 2005 — The Galaxy Force episode "Counterattack from the Darkness" premieres in Japan.
• 2005 — The Cybertron episode "Deep" premieres in the U.S.
• 2007 — Transformers: The Movie Guide is published in Japan by villagebooks Inc.
• 2008 — Transformers Animated Volume 4 and The Reign of Starscream #5 are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2008 — Preorders for Fun Publications' Timelines Nightbeat toy go up.
• 2009 — Activision releases a DLC pack for the Revenge of the Fallen game for the PC, 360 and PS3, which includes playable versions of the Aerialbot Scout 2, Jazz, Jetfire, Sideswipe, Soundwave, and Generation 1 continuity family incarnations of Optimus Prime, Megatron, Starscream and Sunstorm.
• 2011 — Final day to preorder the Generations 2011 Vol. 1 exclusive United Stepper toy.
• 2014 — Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #2 and More than Meets the Eye #32 are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2016 — The Rescue Bots episode "Camp Cody" premieres on Discovery Family.
• 2016 — TakaraTomy releases Masterpiece MP-31 Delta Magnus, Unite Warriors UW-08 Computicon, Legends LG-24 Shockwave & Cancer, LG-25 Blurr, and LG-26 Scourge and Adventure TAV-53 Hyper Surge Sideswipe and TAV 54 Scorponok.
• 2017 — The Robots in Disguise episodes "The Great Divide" and "Get a Clue" premieres in France.
• 2018 — The Cyberverse episodes "Fractured" and "Memory" receive an early release via the Cartoon Network app and website.
• 2021 — HasLab Victory Saber is officially revealed during a Fan First Friday online event, and the crowdfunding campaign goes live.
• 2021 — Preorders for Transformers ULTIMATES! wave 2 close.
• 2021 — Hasbro vice president of marketing Bob Prupis dies at age 93.
• 2022 — TakaraTomy releases Studio Series SS-85 Exo-Suit Spike Witwicky, SS-86 Arcee, SS-87 Ironhide, SS-88 Junkheap, SS-89 Dinobot Sludge, Legacy TL-04 Kickback and TL-05 Arcee.
• 2023 — The Beast Wars Again episode "Stop the Sneezing (Part 2)" airs on TV Tokyo.
• 2023 — Second and final day for the Transformers “Battle For The Spark” Live Event In Shanghai, China.
• 2024 — Ticket preorders go up for Transformers One.

August 28

• 1898 — Caleb Bradham names his soft drink Pepsi-Cola.
• 1952 — Guy Nadon (Canadian French voice of Optimus Prime, Ironhide, Scourge and Grimlock) is born.
• 1955 — Michitaka Kobayashi (Japanese voice of Bruticus, Bumblebee, Highbrow and more in The Headmasters) is born.
• 1973 — Kirby Morrow (voice of Armada Rad and Hot Shot in Cybertron) is born.
• 1974 — Leonardo García (Mexican voice of Midnight Express, Soundwave, Hardcore Eddie and more) is born.
• 1987 — The Headmasters episode "The Four-Million-Year-Old Veil of Mystery" premieres in Japan.
• 1987 — The Headmasters for the Famicom Disk System is released in Japan.
• 1993 — The very first episode of the long running Power Rangers franchise broadcasts onto television.
• 1997 — Werner Abrolat (German voice of Devastator and Unicron in The Transformers: The Movie and a few other roles) dies.
• 2002 — Armada #2 is released by Dreamwave Productions.
• 2003 — Takara releases Legends of the Microns MC-11 Grap Super Mode, MM-16 Adventure Micron, and MS-07 Grap Super Mode & Adventure Micron.
• 2005 — Christoph Lindert (German voice actor for much of G1 and G2) passes away.
• 2006 — The 22nd show in the Kiss Players radio drama series airs in Japan on the "Lyrian Moe-tchao" program.
• 2010 — Animated Rodimus Minor, Samurai Prowl, Sunstorm, Swindle, Waspinator and the Cybertron Megatron & Cybertron Optimus Prime 2-pack are released in Japan.
• 2010 — The Animated episode "Swindle's Scheme" premieres in Japan.
• 2012 — The Japanese Collection — Victory DVD set is released in the U.S. by Shout! Studios.
• 2013 — Beast Hunters #4, More than Meets the Eye #20, Regeneration One #94 and The Transformers Classics, Vol. 5 are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2014 — TakaraTomy releases Cloud TFC-A02 Brawn and TFC-D02 Starscream.
• 2015 — Nintendo of America hosts the Splatoon "Autobots vs. Decepticons" Splatfest online event, starting at 9pm Pacific Time.
• 2016 — The Robots in Disguise episode "Bumblebee's Night Off" premieres in Japan.
• 2019 — Transformers #11 is released by IDW Publishing.
• 2021 — Go! Go! Warriors' Day Off is first released.
• 2021 — The Hasbro Pulse YouTube channel uploaded the entire first season of The Transformers for free streaming. The remainder of the show was subsequently added to the channel at a rate of one season per week.
• 2024 — Void Rivals #12 and Transformers #1 40th Anniversary Edition are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.

August 29

• 1957 — Musician Shirō Sagisu is born.
• 1958 — The Fly, the movie that would later inspire the Vintage Horror Movie Series Fly character, is released.
• 1958 — Musician Michael Jackson is born.
• 1962 — Ian James Corlett (voice of Beast Wars Cheetor, Sentinel, Sea Clamp and Shadow Raker) is born.
• 1963 — Peppino Capotondi (French voice of Nightscream in Beast Machines and Ratchet in Transformers: Prime) is born.
• 1968 — Teruaki Ogawa (voice of Mach Kick) is born.
• 1973 — Jason Spisak (voice of Koji Onishi and Paralon) is born.
• 1974 — Artist David Messina is born in Rome, Italy.
• 1986 — The Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers clip-show episode "Neverending Struggle" premieres in Japan.
• 1989 — The Victory episode "Resurrection!? The Decepticon Fortress" premieres in Japan.
• 1997 — Netflix is founded.
• 1997 — The programming block Animation Station is cancelled and has its final broadcast.
• 1998 — The "Dark Glass" debacle begins with a post to ATT.
• 1998 — The Beast Wars episode "The Low Road" premieres in Germany.
• 2003 — The Legends of the Microns episode "生命 (すぱーく) - regeneration" premieres in Japan.
• 2005 — Energon—Volume 2: The Return of Megatron is released on VHS and DVD in the UK by Paramount Pictures.
• 2007 — "Spotlight: Optimus Prime" is released by IDW Publishing.
• 2009 — The C3 X Hobby Chara Hobby show in Japan offers Revenge "Soundwave Black Version" for 3000 yen.
• 2011 — The Transformers: Prime episode Darkness Rising, Part 1 premieres in South Korea.
• 2012 — G.I. Joe/Transformers Volume 1 is released by IDW Publishing.
• 2015 — The Robots in Disguise episode "Ghosts and Impostors" premieres on Cartoon Network in the USA.
• 2015 — The Splatoon "Autobots vs. Decepticons" Splatfest online event continues, ending at 9pm Pacific Time.
• 2015 — TakaraTomy releases Masterpiece MP-18B Bluestreak, Adventure TAV24 Micron Shooter Fracture, TAV25 Runabout, TAV26 Override and TED 11 Big Steeljaw, and Q-Transformers QT-26 Shockwave, QT-27 Soundwave and QT-28 Cliff.
• 2016 — Final day of the Angry Birds Transformers mobile game's "Medic!" Challenge Event.
• 2018 — Transformers: Bumblebee Movie Prequel #3 and M.A.S.K. Mobile Armored Strike Kommand Riding V.E.N.O.M.'s Trail TPB are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2018 — The Cyberverse episode "The Journey" premieres on Xfinity X1.
• 2020 — TakaraTomy releases Studio Series SS-53 Cliffjumper and Earthrise ER-07 Smokescreen, plus ER EX-06 Slitherfang, ER EX-07 Quintesson Allicon and ER EX-08 Quintesson Judge are released as TakaraTomy Mall exclusives.
• 2020 — The Transformers: Cyberverse episode "Battle For Cybertron I" premieres in Germany.
• 2022 — e-HOBBY releases the fourth wave of Transformers Character Card.
• 2023 — Transformers: EarthSpark Ready-To-Read Book Series Optimus Prime and Megatron's Racetrack Recon!, The Terrans Cook Up Some Mischief!, It's Optimus Prime Time!, Meet Twitch and Thrash! and The Spark That Started It All are published by Simon Spotlight.
• 2024 — TakaraTomy officially reveals the Dramatic Capture Series Starscream, Astrotrain and Blitzwing as well as Bump of Chicken Convoy at Tokyo Toy Show 2024.
• 2024 — TakaraTomy uploads a Transformers 40th Anniversary PV Teaser by Studio Trigger.

August 30

• 1921 — Manfred Schmidt (German voice of Sky Lynx, Metroplex and others) is born.
• 1931 — Jōji Yanami (Japanese voice of Sea Clamp) is born.
• 1948 — Ben Hecker (German voice of Optimus Primal) is born.
• 1949 — Chris Latta (voice of the original The Transformers cartoon Starscream, Wheeljack, Cobra Commander and more) is born. Imagine the screaming.
• 1949 — Élcio Romar (Brazilian voice of Bobby Bolivia and Harold Attinger) is born.
• 1951 — César Soto (Mexican voice of Silverbolt) is born.
• 1961 — Mauro Castro (Brazilian voice of Devastator, Hound, Alpha Trion and Shockwave) is born.
• 1963 — Paul Oakenfold (composer of the Cybertron theme song) is born. AU-TO-BOTS! DE-CEPTICONS! GO!
• 1971 — Actress Laurel Garner is born.
• 1980 — Diouc Koma (European French voice of Nitro Zeus) is born.
• 1981 — Simone Crisari (Italian voice of Carl, Carlos Lopez, Lucas Flannery, Dave and War for Cybertron Trilogy Starscream) is born.
• 1987 — Edson Matus (Mexican voice of Dutch and Mirage in War for Cybertron Trilogy) is born.
• 1988 — The Super-God Masterforce episode "Assemble! The Four Godmaster Gunmen" premieres in Japan.
• 1992 — The Headmasters episode "Four Million Years—the Veil of Mystery" airs in Malaysia.
• 2000 — The Car Robots episode "Friend of Righteousness? Gelshark" premieres in Japan.
• 2004 — The Transformers—Season 3 and Season 4 is released on DVD in the UK by Metrodome.
• 2006 — The Art of War #5 is released by Devil's Due Press. Hearts of Steel #3 is released by IDW Publishing.
• 2008 —TakaraTomy releases the Gentei! Gentei! Stuntron Wildrider at the "Chara Hobby 2008" show.
• 2008 — The Transformers Animated episode "Megatron Rising - Part 1" premieres in Latin America.
• 2009 — The second day of the C3 X Hobby Chara Hobby show in Japan continues to offer Revenge "Soundwave Black Version" for 3000 yen.
• 2011 — The Transformers: Prime episode Darkness Rising, Part 2 premieres in South Korea.
• 2013 — "Perfect Trap" is first published by Eaglemoss/GE Fabbri in Russia.
• 2016 — The Combiner Wars episode "Homecoming" premieres on go90.
• 2017 — G.I. Joe #8, Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook #3 and Optimus Prime #10 are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2018 — Comic artist Marie Severin dies at age 89.
• 2019 — Michael Lindsay (voice of Rollbar and Skid-Z) dies from complications of failing health.
• 2021 — World of Warships: Transformers returns, letting players obtain time-limited skin designs based on Hot Rod, Grimlock, Starscream and Soundwave.
• 2023 — Transformers Go! Go! #28 is published.
• 2023 — Jean Roche (European French voice of several characters in a few episodes of The Transformers) passes away.

August 31

• ???? — Ai Kaneta (Japanese voice of Bala and Kwan) is born.
• ???? — Artist Frankie B Washington is born.
• 1946 — Marvel letterer Rick Parker is born.
• 1947 — Mona Marshall (voice of several incidental characters in the original The Transformers cartoon) is born.
• 1950 — Vladimir Gerasimov (Russian voice of Optimus Prime and numerous others in Transformers: Robots in Disguise) is born.
• 1956 — Shirō Saitō (Japanese voice of Brains) is born.
• 1962 — Dee Bradley Baker (voice of Noble, Poopsie, Wi-Fido, Bludgeon and Clout) is born with a mouthful.
• 1969 — Revenge of the Fallen actor John Eric Bentley is born.
• 1970 — Zack Ward (Sergeant Donnelly in Transformers) is born on a double-dog-dare.
• 2009 — Final day to send off for the M&M'S^® Brand Chocolate Candies Transformers^TM Candy Dispenser.
• 2010 — All entries to TV Aichi's "draw your favorite Transformer" contest (with Animated Voyager Optimus Prime and Megatron Light & Sound as the prizes) must be postmarked by this date. In other words, you're too late.
• 2011 — Infestation Volume 2 TPB is released by IDW Publishing.
• 2012 — Prime — Vol. 1, Vol. 2 & Vol. 3 are released to home video in Japan by Avex Trax.
• 2012 — The Prime episode "Orion Pax, Part 1" premieres in South Korea.
• 2012 — The Prime episode "Out of the Past" premieres in the U.S.
• 2013 — TakaraTomy releases Generations TG21 Springer and TG22 Blitzwing and Go! G08 Budora, G09 Goradora Set, G10 Hishoumaru and G19 Hunter Ratchet.
• 2016 — The Transformers #56 is released by IDW Publishing.
• 2019 — Final day of the TakaraTomy & TV-Kun crowdfunding campaign to make the "Transformers 35th Anniversary Commander Convoy" trophy-toy, which failed to fund with just under half the number of backers and amount of money needed. Unlike Unicron, this one did not get an extension.
• 2019 — TakaraTomy releases Masterpiece MP-44 Convoy, Masterpiece Movie Series MPM-8 Megatron, and Studio Series SS-36 Dropkick 2, SS-37 Constructicon Hightower, SS-38 Sky Drift, and SS-39 Jetwing Optimus Prime.
• 2019 — The Cyberverse episodes "Trials" and "Dark Birth" premiere in Australia and New Zealand.
• 2019 — The original deadline for HasLab's War for Cybertron Trilogy Unicron project. The deadline was later extended to October 6.
• 2022 — Heavy Metal shuts down its beta, never to be released properly.
• 2022 — Last Bot Standing #4 and Shattered Glass II #1 are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2023 — Go! Go! #35 is released.
• 2023 — Pre-orders for the Transformers Bishoujo Series Starscream go up.
• 2023 — TakaraTomy officially reveals more Beast Awakening products.
• 2024 — TakaraTomy releases the TL-70 Tidal Wave and SS-128 Starscream.