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Publisher	IDW Publishing
First published	June 30, 2010
Written by	Jim Sorenson and Bill Forster
Continuity	Animated cartoon continuity
ISBN	ISBN 1600106838 ISBN 978-1600106835
Page count	224
Price	$19.99 USD

Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II is proof of a loving, nonspecific deity that delights in shattering readers' pants and brains. Again.

Contents

• Foreword, by Matt Youngberg
• Introduction by the Authors
• Chapter 1: Autobots
• Interstitial A: Size Comparison Charts
• Chapter 2: Decepticons
• Interstitial B: Animated in Japan
• Chapter 3: Events
• Interstitial C: Style Guides
• Chapter 4: Culture
• Interstitial D: Shorts
• Chapter 5: Cybertron
• Interstitial E: Deleted Scenes
• Chapter 6: Settings
• Interstitial F: The Video Game
• Chapter 7: Project Omega
• Interstitial G: Transformers Animated: The Arrival
• Foreword by Eric Siebenaler
• Section I: Toy Design
• Section II: Animation
• Section III: Season Four
• Section IV: Toy Gallery
• Section V: Packaging Art
• Section VI: The Cast
• Afterword, by Aaron Archer
• Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 - Autobots

Chapter one covers all Autobots who appear in the third season of the cartoon and beyond.

Transformers references

• Pg 16 - Yoketron has learned and subsequently taught the arts of Crystalocution, Diffusion, Tekkaido, and Circuit-Su.
• Pg 17 - The art of Kup depicts him with a cy-gar.
• Pg 18 - Shockwave comments on sitting "not ten mechanometers" across from Perceptor in High Council meetings.
• Pg 19 - Mainframe is credited with solving Extempaxia's fourth conjecture.
• Pg 20 - Kup refers to Hot Rod's flame deco as making him look "like he's the Pit-Damned Fallen."
• Pg 22 - In Ironhide's anecdotes about Brawn, he makes mention of the Tower of Pion, ballobots, and Widow's Cafe.
• Pg 23 - Red Alert says that a "fractured anterior torso-strut" is no laughing matter. Sounds like somebody hurt their shoulders.
• Pg 24 - Red Alert's hand has been replaced with a Transfer Interlink. She graduated top of her class at Polyhex Medical Mechanical and created the vaccine for Gold Plastic Syndrome.
• Pg 25 - Rosanna's song about Grandus is from Twincast Productions. It describes him as being "like Belzone in the Void".
• Pg 26a - Reportedly, Beachcomber is into syk, simultronics, Angolmois, and crysmag, among other substances.
• Pg 26b - Shockwave recounts the last meeting he had with Highbrow in the Manganese Mountains.
• Pg 29a - Rattletrap can apparently get unlicensed Shock Pop datatrax and forged S.T.A.R.S. idento-cards for the right price.
• Pg 29b - Seaspray fought in the War of the Waves on Antilla.
• Pg 30a - Botanica rid Daffodil II of a Morphobot infestation.
• Pg 30b - Wheelie was found orphaned in Quintesson territory.
• Pg 33 - Most of Cliffjumper's run-up on Mirage portrays a major lack of trust.
• Pg 34 - Glyph apparently studied the technological evolution of the inhabitants of the Gorlam system.
• Pg 36a - Tap-Out accuses Volks of being a "LadiesBot217-type."
• Pg 36b - Carrera's run-up mentions the Iacon 5000.
• Pg 36c - Furão's name means "ferret" in Old Malignus. He was stationed aboard the Flash Frenzy.
• Pg 37 - Bumper's ship crash-landed on Bhul.
• Pg 38 - Lickety-Split is a fan of the Galactic Olympics, and would like to win a Golden Disk in the Tour de Orgenon.
• Pg 41 - Ratchet mentions Project: Powermaster.
• Pg 42-43 - Sari's built-in upgrades include twin Master Blades, a Skyboom Shield, Azusa energy skates, and Micron Boosters.

Real-world references

• Pg 38 - Lickety-Split seems to have a thing for a certain space ranger.
• Pg 41 - Sari yapping on and on about "vampire movies" is a reference to the Twilight book/film franchise.

Chapter 2 - Decepticons

Chapter two covers all Decepticons who appear in the third season of the cartoon and beyond.

Transformers references

• Pg 48 - Strika carries a small reserve of Forestonite to achieve high velocity in tank mode.
• Pg 49 - Oil Slick has concocted both cosmic rust and the Reverse Evolution virus. As Cyclonus begins to talk about how he wants to see Oil Slick killed, he cuts himself off and says "this interview is over, finished".
• Pg 50 - Cyclonus was discovered by the Decepticons, muttering about somebody called "Galvatron".
• Pg 52 - Blackout's feet were reverse-engineered from Crasher, an oddly-misplaced Cybertronian.
• Pg 54 - Spittor's tendril weapons are identified as Legion Tentacles. Eugh.
• Pg 55 - Scrapper and Mixmaster have been working on a "Devastator."
• Pg 57 - Ratbat's electro-echolocation allows him to "pinpoint objects the size of a Scraplet from a dozen hics away."
• Pg 58 - Reflector can create hard-light holographic duplicates of the Spectro/Viewfinder models, which have little intelligence and can't transform, but make great army-builders. The original Reflector often did the same thing in early episodes of The Transformers.
• Pg 59 - Slapper once utilized Vrobian powder on his brothers.
• Pg 61 - Scalpel is also known by the nickname The Doctor.

Real-world references

• Pg 52 - Blackout is armed with wrist-mounted zander cannons.

Chapter 3 - Events

• TransWarped as Shockwave and Starscream's Internal Logs, Ratchet and Optimus Prime's Autobot Incident Reports, Bumblebee's Private Journal, and the Headmaster's Yatter page
• Three's a Crowd as an Autobot Incident Report by Bulkhead and Lugnut's Internal Log
• Where Is Thy Sting? as Autobot Incident Reports by First Aid and Bumblebee
• Five Servos of Doom as an Autobot Incident Report by Prowl
• Predacons Rising as an Autobot Incident Report by Sentinel Prime and a message in a bottle by Waspinator
• Human Error, Part I as an Autobot Incident Report by Optimus Prime
• Human Error, Part II as a fairy tale/"Wizard of Oz" type of story
• Decepticon Air as Sentinel Prime's Private Journal
• This Is Why I Hate Machines as an issue of the ALTernity Today magazine
• Endgame, Part I as an Autobot Incident Report by Optimus Prime
• Endgame, Part II as Megatron's Encrypted Internal Log

Transformers references

• Pg 64 - The icon on top of Headmaster's Yatter is Moon, next to which is the code "C-131", which is Raiden's ID number. His top trackers include in_your_face_Furg, President_For_Life, Maggie_M_999, and ravagekitteh. Trending Yatts are Digital Doom, Ear Fungus, WrecknRule, Shortpacked!, FIRRIB (and RIBFIR), I Risk My Life for Earth, Darque Chocolate, Battle Protocol, ThisManThisMayonnaise, and RotateBlade.
• Pg 77 - On a pole are three "missing dog" notices: Patch, Pis, and a certain unnamed dog. Their chances of being found do not look hopeful.
• Pg 79 - ALTernity Today refers to Aero-Bot's expedition to the X-Dimension, Sector Seven, Doctor Thadius Braxis, Smokejumper and Dreadwind, Sharkticons, and Alexis Thi Dang. An insurance company is owned by T-AI.
• Pg 79b - Ulchtar (a preliminary name for Starscream) from Aurex 603.0 Kappa stole personality components for five renegade Autobots. The five Autobots are Screechwing, Spiketail, Nightprowler, Albitron, and Leatherhide. Christening them "Combatibots", he intends to have them transform into a gestalt called "Toxitron". The story is printed on page G2.
• Pg 80 - Astroscope signs include Xal, Void, Shokaract, Serpent O.R., Golden Disk, and Aquarius. There is also a warning about the Devastator Winds.

Real-world references

• Pg. 64 - One of Headmaster's top trackers is "Sacred Palutena", a goddess from Kid Icarus.
  • "Where_am_I_Hibiki" references Ryouga Hibiki, the 'eternal lost boy' from Ranma ½
• Pg. 78 - Sentinel likens Optimus' entrance to a Xenomorph.
• Pg. 80 - Crossword clue 113 Down is "Adobe file format".
• Various fictional businesses are featured on ALTernity Today's stock exchange numbers on pages 80–81.
  • Umbrella Corporation is from Resident Evil
  • Spacely Sprockets is from The Jetsons
  • Strickland Fuels is from King of the Hill.
  • Sirius Cyb. is Sirius Cybernetics from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
  • S-Mart is from the Evil Dead movies.
  • Biffco is from Back to the Future.
  • Rossum is probably a reference to the play Rossum's Universal Robots, the origin of the word "robot".
  • Blue Sun is from Firefly.
  • Gizmonic is a reference to the Gizmonic Institute from Mystery Science Theater 3000.
  • Ziktor Industries is from VR Troopers.
  • Yoyodyne is a popular fictional company name first appearing in the works of Thomas Pynchon, but is more likely referring to the use of the name in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.

Chapter 4 - Culture

• Automen by Bulkhead
• Rock Lords by Bumblebee
• Space bridges by Megatron
• Ninja Gladiator by Sari
• Christmas by Optimus Prime
• Scooter / Jetpack by Isaac Sumdac
• Thanatos-class ships by Strika
• The Great War (the game)
• Electronic Paint by Bumblebee
• Helmets by Swindle
• Protoforms by Yoketron
• Cloning by Swindle
• The Cyber-Ninja Corps
• Prototype Minions by Soundwave
• The AllSpark Reconstituted by Optimus Prime

Transformers references

• Pg 93 - One of the playable characters in Ninja Gladiator is the hideous giant brain guy, referred to as "HGBG". Hojoni is also listed among the Inhumanoid boss characters.
• Pg 98 - "The Great War - The Game" is chock-full of references. Spaces include:
  • "Unexpected Delays at Combatron"
  • "Paradron resistance"
  • "Inferno protects the royalty"
  • "Underbase lost"
  • "Squadron X defeated at Pova"
  • "Straxus smelts Scrounge"
  • "Sideways enters this dimension"
  • "Minicons pledge neutrality"
  • "Gold Plastic Syndrome cured"
  • "Wheeljack develops Immobilizer"
  • "Frenzy infiltrates resistance"
  • "Devcon captures Cryotek"
  • "Sideswipe spots enemy ship"
  • "Sunstreaker captured"
  • "Runabout accidentally shoots Autobot double agent"
  • "Runamuck forgets to encrypt signal"
  • "Atlas War on Combatron"
  • "Machine Wars on Vehicon"
  • "Pangea Wars on Gigantion"
  • "Asphalt Wars on Velocitron"
  • "War of the Dunes on Praun"
  • "Energon Wars destroy Paradron"
  • "Time Wars in Salvvatan System"
  • "Beast Wars on Animatron"
• Pg 106 - Soundwave's prototype minions are Buzzsaw, Sunder, Garboil, and Wingthing. These were all partners of G1 Soundwave or redecoes of Laserbeak.

Real-world references

• Pg 93 - Ninja Gladiator's character roster includes Snake-Eyes, Antron from Micronauts, Hudson from Gargoyles, Felina Feral from SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron, Big Boss from COPS, Gizmo from Superbook, Miles Mayhem from M.A.S.K., Slaughter Steelgrave from Starriors, and the eponymous character from Turbo Teen. Its bosses include the Inhumanoids Metlar, D'Compose, Tendril, and Ssslither, while Inhumanoids protagonists the Earth Corps are mentioned in the backstory, alongside the Lunartix from G.I. Joe and Dr. Emmett Benton from Jem and the Holograms. The "secret code" is the famous Konami Code.
• Pg 93 - Ninja Gladiator's game box closely replicates the style of early first-party NES releases.
• Pg 104 - Devcon is said to wield Goongala Staves, a reference to the battle cry of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles character Casey Jones.

Chapter 5 - Cybertron

• Cybertron and its moons by Ultra Magnus
• The Hadeen System by Cosmos
• Stellar Cartography by Swindle
• Iacon by Captain Fanzone
• The Metroplex by Alpha Trion
• Longarm's office by Cliffjumper
• Infirmary by Arcee
• Fortress Maximus by Sentinel Prime
• Maccadam's Old Oil House by Brawn
• Cyber-Ninja Dojo by Lockdown
• Spacebridge Nexus by Bulkhead

Transformers references

• Pg 110 - Cybertron's two moons are called Moonbase One and Moonbase Two.
• Pg 112 - Planets in the Hadeen System include Dread and Thrush. There is also an Autobot Mausoleum.
• Pg 114-115 - Planets/sections in the galaxy include the Benzuli Expanse, Mumu-Obscura, Gorlam Prime and Protos, the location of the lab of Primacron.
• Pg 122-123 - Ultra Magnus's predecessor is Powered Convoy.
• Pg 125 - On the menu for Maccadam's there are several pictures of the heads of various Transformers characters from across the multi-verse. These include Sky Lynx, Barricade, Chromia, Stampy, Hellbat, Cy-kill, Antagony, Blaster, Tarantulas, Clipper, Mindwipe, Cheetor represented as remold of Blurr with new head pieces representing two ears, and Sky-Byte as a freaky grinning four eyed shark. One of the weeknight drink specials is the Latta Collins. Chris Latta was a voice actor for the G1 cartoon, whose real name was "Christopher Collins". Furthermore, under 'Oils and Other Fuels', there is a drink called 'Michelobay.' This is a reference to the director of the live-action Transformers movies, Michael Bay.
• Pg 128 - Spacebridge Nexus's full name is the "Emirate Xarron [sic] Spacebridge Nexus".

Real-world references

• Pg 112-113: There are numerous references here, many of them to classic sci-fi and fantasy.
  • Aouda Fogg is the wife of Phileas Fogg, the main character of Around The World in Eighty Days. Tom Ayrton was a character in The Mysterious Island. Both are works by Jules Verne.
  • Frehley's Comet was a band headed by Ace Frehley, a member of KISS.
  • Thuvia, Kerchak and Kala are all characters created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The former is from the Barsoom novels (she was introduced in the eponymous novel Thuvia, Maid of Mars), while the latter are characters from the Tarzan novels.
  • Tsathoggua and Eibon are from the Cthulhu Mythos. The latter is a priest of the former, and both were created by Clark Ashton Smith.
  • Belegaer is a sea from The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien.
  • Thulsa Doom is a character created by Robert E. Howard and is most well known as the villain from the film Conan The Barbarian. All of the planet's moons are the names of Howard creations, with "Gwalhar" derived from the land of Gwalhur.

• Pg 114-115: There are dozens of references to fictional planets on these two pages alone.
  • Rimmerworld, a planet from the Red Dwarf episode of the same name inhabited solely by backstabbing weasely smeg head clones, appears here.
  • Marklar is a reference to a planet in the South Park episode "Starvin' Marvin in Space".
  • Skaro is the home planet of the Daleks from Doctor Who. Swindle comments about needing a Mark III Travel Machine, the shell of a Dalek as named in their origin story "Genesis of the Daleks".
  • Nintenduu LXIV is a reference to the planet Nintendu 64 in Fry's segment of the Futurama episode "Anthology of Interest II", itself a reference to the Nintendo 64 console.
  • Zeotopia and the subsequent comments by Swindle about the Sectoids and Reptosaurs are all reference to the now defunct Hasbro toyline called Xevoz. If you don't get these references, you are a monster.
  • Thundera is a reference to the original home world of the ThunderCats.
  • Eternia is the setting for He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.
  • Ceti-Alpha VII is likely a reference to the system of planets from the Star Trek universe most noted for being the system in which Khan was stranded.
    • Sarpeidon is the location of the penultimate episode of the original Star Trek.
  • Thra and its valuable crystals are a reference to the planet that provides the setting for The Dark Crystal
  • Druidia is a reference to the planet in Spaceballs
  • Necronom IV, is a reference of the painting of the same name by Swiss surrealist artist H. R. Giger, done as concept art for the Xenomorph in the original Alien film.
  • Yautja is a reference to the species name of the Predators. The message written below is in the script of the Predators, as seen most famously on their self-destruct devices.
  • Tencton is the home planet of the Tenctonese from Alien Nation.
  • Ork is the home of Mork from Mork and Mindy. The nearby planet of Melmac is the home of Alf from his titular television show.
  • Fleed is the home planet of Duke Fleed, pilot of the giant mecha Grendizer and star of that series.
  • Magrathea is from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
  • Krankor is the home of the Phantom of Krankor from Prince of Space, which was presented on Mystery Science Theater 3000.
  • Hala is the home world of the Kree from Marvel Comics, who indirectly gave Ms. Marvel her powers.
  • Fhloston refers to Fhloston Paradise, from the film The Fifth Element.
  • Giedi Prime is from the novel Dune by Frank Herbert.
  • Z'ha'dum is from the television series Babylon 5.
  • Maxie's World refers to an animated series of the same name created by Hasbro.
  • Thermia is from Galaxy Quest.
  • Reptizar is a world from the television show Shadow Raiders.
  • Arus is the home planet of the giant robot Voltron. Planet Doom is the enemy world nearby.
  • Vhoorl is another reference to the Cthulhu Mythos — namely, the planet of the titular god's birth.
  • Tau Ceti Center and Qom-Riyadh are references to the Hyperion Cantos by author Dan Simmons.
  • SR388 is the home planet of the Metroids from the video game series of the same name. The planet being listed as destroyed is a reference to the final events of Metroid Fusion.
  • Kinmoku is the home planet of the Sailor Starlights and Princess Kakyuu in Sailor Moon.
  • Terminus is a reference to the Foundation series.
  • Cyteen is a reference to the Alliance-Union universe, where Cyteen is the capital world of the titular Union.
  • We Made It is a human colony in the Known Space universe.

Chapter 6 - Settings

• Cyberspace by Prowl
• Burger Bot by Sari Sumdac
• Tigatron Stadium by Lugnut
• Fossil Fuel by Dirtboss
• Soundwave's lab by Sari
• Unknown locale by Blackarachnia

Transformers references

• Pg 135 - Burger Bot's mascot is B.O.T.. Some of the presidents are Tommy Kennedy, Elaine Nakamura, and Walter Barnett. Also, Cobra Commander's face is on Mount Rushmore.
• Pg 136 - Lugnut complains about Tigatron Stadium, lamenting that he misses the Jekka Amphitheatre.
• Pg. 139 - Blackarachnia wonders "where the Pit am I?".
• Pg. 139 - A cheetah, a gorilla, a rat, and a rhinoceros are shown looking inquisitive together.

Real-world references

Chapter 7 - Project Omega

• Omega Laboratory by Ratchet
• Autobot workers by Blitzwing
• Steelhaven by Ultra Magnus
  • Steelhaven cargo by Swindle
  • Steelhaven brig by Sunstorm
  • Steelhaven infrastructure by Optimus Prime
  • Steelhaven Energon storage by Jazz
  • Steelhaven schematics by Perceptor
• Lugnut Supreme by Starscream

Transformers references

• All of the Omega Sentinel captains are homages to past Autobot and Maximal leaders and commanders:
  • Primal Major is a reference to the Maximal leader Optimus Primal from Beast Wars.
  • Big Bang Prime is an homage to the very obscure Big Bang from Return of Convoy.
  • Longrack Major is an homage to the Maximal commander Longrack from Beast Wars Neo.
  • Silverbolt Major is an homage to the Aerialbot leader Silverbolt from Generation 1.
  • Scattershot Major is an homage to the Technobot leader Scattershot from Generation 1.
  • Impactor Major is a reference to Impactor, leader of the Wreckers from the UK run of Marvel Comics' The Transformers.
  • Hot Spot Major is an homage to the Protectobot leader Hot Spot from Generation 1.
  • Railspike Major is an homage to Team Bullet Train leader Railspike from Robots in Disguise.
  • Wedge Major is an homage to Build Team leader Wedge from Robots in Disguise.
  • Override Prime is an homage to Override of Transformers: Cybertron.
• Similarly, the codenames of the Omega Sentinels' ship modes are references to past Transformer starships.
  • The codename of Omega Supreme's ship mode is revealed to be Orion, the name of an Autobot ship from Dreamwave's Generation 1 comics.
  • The name of Alpha Supreme's ship mode is the Axalon, the name of the ship used by the Maximals in Beast Wars.
  • Beta Supreme's codename, Battlestar is a reference to Battlestar from Return of Convoy
  • Gamma Supreme's codename, Gung Ho, is a reference to the Maximals' ship in Beast Wars Neo.
  • Delta Supreme's codename, Darkstar is a reference to an Autobot ship from Marvel's Generation 2 comics.
  • Epsilon Supreme's codename, Eclipse, is a reference to an Autobot ship from the Timelines portion of the Unicron Trilogy.
  • Zeta Supreme's designation, the Xantium, as well as him being home to the Wreckers, are all references to the Generation 1 Wreckers and their starship, the Xantium.
  • Eta Supreme's codename, the Hyperion is a reference to the Autobot ship from Armada.
  • Iota Supreme's designation, the Iron Hope, is a reference to another Autobot ship from the Timelines portion of the Unicron Trilogy.
  • Kappa Supreme's codename, Chromia X, is a reference to the pursuit ship used by Airazor in Dawn of Future's Past.
  • Finally, Sigma Supreme's codename of Steelhaven references the Autobot ship from Marvel's Generation 1 comics
• A comic strip called "Boxtron" is seen, written by a D. Finkleberg.

Real-world references

Section I - Toy Design

Details the processes behind designing each toy, and how Hasbro, Takara, and Cartoon Network worked together to make them possible.

Transformers references

• Pg. 159 - While each R.C. car represents one present Autobot in the drawing, Bumblebee's and Optimus Prime's toys represent their G1 altmodes.

Section II - Animation

This section is about the general production of the series, including design, the first treatment for the show, how the show evolved from season to season, casting, scripts, post-production, and of course, animation.

Section III - Season Four

Contains info on what would have happened if season four was made. Hasbro and Cartoon Network collaborated extensively on what such a thing would be like.

• The season's theme would be energon, since the Allspark left energon deposits all over Detroit and the surrounding area.
• There would be more on Sari's origin and Blackarachnia would have a growing army of Predacons.
• Sari and Bulkhead would stay on Cybertron to continue Sari's education and to protect the energon farms from Decepticons.
• Among the main characters, Ironhide would receive an Earth mode and replace Bulkhead, and Jazz would replace Prowl.
• Bludgeon would have appeared, as a pirate.
• Ultra Magnus was planned to go offline after being attacked by our favorite double agent back in Season 3.
• Some episode proposals were listed:
  • "The Trial of Megatron" - Three-part season premiere; Sari wants to learn more about her origins, Sentinel tries to become Magnus, Bulkhead's hometown is targeted by Decepticons, Megatron relocates Kaon to Earth using his trial as a distraction, and there is a spectacular prison break.
  • "Allspark-alypse Now!" - Sentinel comes to Earth and intends to use the AllSpark to kill Megatron, as Prowl's ghost inhabits Cybertronians powered by AllSpark fragments, telling Optimus about the consequences of Sentinel's ideas.
  • "S.T.E.A.M." - The Autobots are forced to save their detractors when the steampunk tool-using, anti-technological Luddites of "Save The Earth And Mankind" run afoul of Soundwave.
  • "Mirror, Mirror" - Bulkhead and Sari enter a mirror universe with evil Autobots and heroic Decepticons.
  • "Gremlins in the Gears" - The Minicons who run Kaon disassemble all machinery in Detroit, and Ratchet and Fanzone have to stop them.
  • "It Came from Planet Cybertron" - Cosmos has an important message for Optimus, and comes to Earth to tell him. He loses his memory after scanning a prop flying saucer from a B-movie's set, and hi-jinks ensue.
  • "Turf War" - The Constructicons battle with the Decepticons over control of the energon in Detroit.
  • "Megatron Must Be Destroyed!" - The two-part season finale (series finale?) would have had Megatron's machinations threaten the entire planet. Optimus gathers as many allies as imaginable to defeat Megatron once and for all.

Three rejected toy concepts were shown: Marauder Megatron (Megatron in a new body, and as a Triple Changer), Hot Shot (an Earth-mode toy inspired by his 2008 Universe figure), and Powermaster Optimus Prime (would have combined with a trailer and a Minicon to improve his size and power, looking similar to the original Powermaster Prime). Hot Shot and Megatron made it as far as the prototype stage, but Powermaster Prime existed only as concept art. There is a note from Hasbro outright stating that they will never be released, despite their wishes.

Section IV - Toy Gallery

Stock photography of every toy released in the Animated toyline, including some that were completed, yet not released. There is a note from Hasbro stating that some of the unreleased toys might see the light of day in some form.

Section V - Packaging Art

Discusses and shows off each toy's "action" package art (mass released and otherwise), drawn by Derrick J. Wyatt and Marcelo Matere.

Section VI - The Cast

Presents information and photos of the main members of the voice cast: David Kaye, Tara Strong, Corey Burton, Bumper Robinson, Jeff Bennett, Bill Fagerbakke, Tom Kenny, Cree Summer, Townsend Coleman, and Phil LaMarr.

Interstitials

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Literary elements

Including the copyright information, title page, foreword and afterwords, notes from the authors and acknowledgments.

Back cover

Fictional words of praise for the book, attributed to Dirt Boss, the Headmaster (via Yatter), 音仏ひろゆき, and Swindle (Mirror Universe).

Notes

• Cover artist Marcelo Matere recreates some of his own package art on the cover. That's probably a first.
• The 3D cross-section of the Steelhaven was created by Transformers: Mosaic contributor Chris Vera.^[1] Another cross-section was planned for the teensy shuttle that appears inside the Steelhaven, but it wasn't finished in time.^[2]
• Meanwhile, designs for Wing Saber, Sideways and Scrash, along with colors for the Supremes and the Cyber-Ninja Corps headshots, were provided by Mosaic alumnus Javier Reyes.^[3][4]
• Hiroyuki Otoboto's quote contains 「思ったよりも本のサイズが大きくてびっくり！」 ("I was amazed—the book was even bigger than I expected!"), which was manga artist Naoto Tsushima's reaction that he tweeted after importing the first volume. ^[5]
• This book is terribly inconsistent about whether it's volume "2" or "II". It says "2" on the spine, "II" on the front cover, "2" in the indicia, and "II" on the title page. The "most legal" title is probably the one in the indicia, "TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED: THE ALLSPARK ALMANAC, VOL. 2". For the title of this page, we went with the cover title.
• In the section on "Animation" in section two of the book, concept art for an Animated version of Scourge can be seen, indicating that he, too, was meant to appear in the series at one point.

Errors

• The cover depicts Bumblebee playing with Roll Out Command Optimus Prime, but the box beside him is that of Prime's Voyager-sized toy. It also depicts the Leader Class Bulkhead's buzzsaw on the wrong arm.
• On the back cover, the quote for Hiroyuki is mistakenly written as 「小さい頃、超ロボット生命体 トランスフォーマーの本この本に等しかったな。懐かしいない... 思ったよりも本のサイズが大きくてびっくり！」 ("When I was young, Super Robot Lifeform Transformers did have a book that was something like this. I didn't miss it... I was amazed—the book was even bigger than I expected!"). The correct form should have been 「小さい頃、『超ロボット生命体 トランスフォーマー』の本この本に等しかったない。懐かしいな... 思ったよりも本のサイズが大きくてびっくり！」 ("When I was young, 'Super Robot Lifeform Transformers' didn't have a book that was something like this. How nostalgic... I was amazed—the book was even bigger than I expected!").
• On p. 12, "splitting" is misspelled "spitting".
• On p. 48, Blackarachnia's name is misspelled "Blacharachnia".
• On p. 52, the text says that Blackout "bristles with ordinance". "Ordinances" are local laws; "ordnance" is weaponry.
• On p. 58, "posses" is misspelled "poses".
• On p. 114, in the text at the top, "Vestial Imperium" is misspelled "Vestal".
• On p. 128, "Xaaron" is misspelled "Xarron".
• On p. 139, "primitive" is misspelled "primative".
• On p. 217, "Sunstreaker" is misspelled "sunstreak"

References

1. ↑ "I'm so glad to finally present to you, my loyal fans - something I've been busting to show you all for months now! I present to you the Autobot Elite Guard flagship - THE STEELHAVEN!!! [...] I was lucky enough to be able to contribute to the 'Transformers Animated - Allspark Almanac II'!"—Chris Vera, deviantART, 2010/10/18
2. ↑ "This is the shuttle from TFA which I was doing for the Almanac 2 - which I started to model before the Steelhaven. In the end, ran out of time. [...] PS. This is the shuttle that is in the Steelhaven cross section, all teeny-tiny like!"—Chris Vera, deviantART, 2010/10/18
3. ↑ "Here's some of the stuff I contributed for the Allspark Almanac. I had to give some Wing Saber, Sideways and Scrash the animated look. I also had the chance to give a new face design to Dug Base and Powered Convoy (not shown here). I got to also draw some alt modes like Hot Shot's and the back for Brawn's (which did not make it into the book)"—Javier Reyes, deviantART, 2010/07/23
4. ↑ "Here's some of the stuff I colored for the Allspark Almanac II. I had a lot of fun colouring on this one, especially those busts which were kinda tough but fun."—Javier Reyes, deviantART, 2010
5. ↑ Tsushima's TwitVideo with "The AllSpark Almanac"

External links

• The Annotated AllSpark Almanac II, a 98% complete listing of the hidden references in the book