Shortpacked! by David Willis

Discussion (28) ¬

1. 
   Lynceus

   June 26, 2010 at 12:38 pm | # | Reply

   To be fair–the opening sequence for the Japanese dub of Transformers Animated -is- actually a lot cooler than the original US one. But they did get JAM Project to do the music. So.

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     parnash

     July 11, 2011 at 2:18 am | # | Reply

     Full stop. What. JAM PROJECT. I MUST FIND THIS NOW.
2. 
   MrGBH

   July 10, 2010 at 7:28 pm | # | Reply

   I can barely prevent myself from vomiting every time I see any of the Transformers from that ‘Animated’ trash.

   And don’t get me started on the use of the word Animated.
3. 
   Beachdog

   July 31, 2010 at 3:42 pm | # | Reply

   I gotta agree. It’s pretty lame.
4. 
   Black Bumblebee

   September 11, 2010 at 1:42 pm | # | Reply

   I like Animated. So there :-p

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     Eposi

     November 13, 2011 at 7:31 pm | # | Reply

     yeah, they blew up Detroit, repeatedly.
5. 
   Cinder

   September 16, 2010 at 12:59 pm | # | Reply

   *punches Duncan* What the hell is wrong with Teen Titans, *bleep*?! I loved that show.

   • 
     Rachel

     September 24, 2010 at 6:52 pm | # | Reply

     Definitely agreed. It had wonderfully subtle references to the characters’ comic backgrounds that I could enjoy because I’m a dork…
   • 
     Shade

     February 1, 2011 at 3:02 am | # | Reply

     Teen Titans was a great cartoon. I enjoyed it so much I have all five seasons.

     A lot of people I know who hated it, did so because of the anime-esque art style. But personally I loved the blend of anime and western animation.

     It’s sad it ended after only 65 episodes. But then again it was good they didn’t drag it our longer then it needed to be and ruined it.
   • 
     Lesharo

     February 8, 2011 at 2:26 pm | # | Reply

     And it features the voice of the amazing Tara Strong. How can you *not* like something she works on?

     • 
       penguintruth

       March 10, 2011 at 6:27 pm | # | Reply

       And the little girl from Growing Pains was Terra.

       Terra. <3
   • 
     Regalli

     May 26, 2012 at 11:24 pm | # | Reply

     I know! That show was awesome!

     Though I was always sad Starfire didn’t get her own season arc like the rest. Still, it was one of my favorite shows growing up!
6. 
   Anime fan

   October 9, 2010 at 9:10 pm | # | Reply

   So, you hate characters like this? <
7. 
   Tetsukalian

   October 10, 2010 at 2:14 am | # | Reply

   Isn’t that the ones where the Transformers have animated mouths? If that is the one, (and i have seen snippets of it) it looks terrible. Autobots and Decepticons are not supposed to have moveable lips. Hell, they’re not even supposed to have lips!
8. 
   Tetsukalian

   October 10, 2010 at 2:15 am | # | Reply

   I do like Anime, but they could have animated them better than that.
9. 
   Tetsukalian

   October 10, 2010 at 2:16 am | # | Reply

   Let me ammend that to say, they shouldn’t have mouths that look fleshy.

   • 
     David Willis

     November 11, 2010 at 2:02 pm | # | Reply

     So Transformers shouldn’t look like 100% of Transformers cartoons. Got it!
   • 
     Ragnal

     December 24, 2012 at 4:03 pm | # | Reply

     Yyyyeah, what Willis said. >_> Outside of the robots that had mouths like Soundwave or Optimus, their mouths moved like normal human mouths would.

     I’m just not following where this is leading.
10. 
    Ian

    October 27, 2010 at 11:13 am | # | Reply

    The Japanese dub was cut down from the full version broadcast in the US. I don’t generally like Japanese dubs, actually, because they deviate too far from what I can understand and relate to.

    Also, Japanese Airazor.
11. 
    Tom

    November 7, 2010 at 11:58 am | # | Reply

    Is this the show where that kid turns out to be a robot? What the hell was up with that
12. 
    Jabberwocky

    November 11, 2010 at 1:57 pm | # | Reply

    Geez, so much TFA hate >_>

    That show rocks. I seriously don’t see any reason that anyone could ever hate it.
13. 
    Yoto32

    December 20, 2010 at 12:17 pm | # | Reply

    My friends and I used to have an in-joke about that show, calling it “Transformers, (Barely) Animated.” We thought it was hilarious that they actually had mouths. Pretty much the only reason we watched it.
14. 
    Ragnal

    January 28, 2011 at 7:38 pm | # | Reply

    Sooooo, if it’s not in Japan, the show sucks? Is that what our resident strawman is claiming?

    • 
      Random Webcomics Junkie

      May 4, 2013 at 1:35 am | # | Reply

      It’s one thing to enjoy Japanese stuff, and it’s another to believe that anything that isn’t released in Japan is automatically objectively terrible. There are definitely real people who do the latter. I’ve known a few, and dated one. He was not very self-aware.
15. 
    Kelsey

    March 22, 2011 at 9:25 pm | # | Reply

    WHY DOES THIS GUY ALWAYS SEEK OUT ETHAN?!

    • 
      tiggerpete

      May 13, 2011 at 4:44 pm | # | Reply

      Ethan is the closest thing this guy has to a best friend
16. 
    Doctor_Who

    September 5, 2012 at 11:56 am | # | Reply

    I really did like Animated, though the title still bugs me.

    Of course it’s animated. All the Transformers cartoons have been animated. That’s what makes them cartoons.

    Okay, I get that it’s to differentiate it from the live action movies (though as CGI the Transformers themselves were still animated), but the movie franchise and show were no more than tangentially related. Did they think we’d see the cartoon and mistake it for the movies somehow?

    Still, great show.
17. 
    MarkReed

    January 1, 2013 at 10:38 am | # | Reply

    Possibly the most ironic comment I’ve ever heard is DUNCAN saying “Takara wouldn’t lead us wrong.”