Derrick Wyatt has now answered 933 questions over on formspring.me which covers the Transformers Animated series, the universe in general and just about anything.

Derrick will be over in the UK in August as one of the guest of honour for Auto Assembly 2010. and event at which you will be able to meet the man himself, ask him your own questions and generally thank him for his work on Transformers Animated.

Snakas is reporting that Rakuten Ichiba Santa toy store has two new Transformers Animateditems listed.

The first is for a Transformers gum card 20 card set which includes chewing gum and a card and is priced at 105 yen with a July release.

The 2nd is for a painted PVC figure that go on sale in August priced at 315 yen.  The figures are of Optimus Prime, Megatron and Bumblebee.

You can view images of both sets below.
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Dengeki Online have posted some news images of the Transformers Animated Plushes of Optimus Prime, Starscream and Megatron. Click on the thumbnails below to view the full size images.

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CyberGundam blog scanned in the latest issue of Figure King magazine which as well as including the image of Unicron also included the first images of the clear Optimus Prime and Rodimus 2-pack from Transformers Animated as well as a first look at the trailer of Sleep Mode Convoy which shows that it will be clear.

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Credit to Snakas for the news

TFArchive have published translations of issue 1 of the Japanese Transformers Animated manga called "Transformers Animated: The Cool".  Issue 1 is a 6 page re-imagining of the third part of Transformer and Roll Out.

The Japanese Exclusive Transformers Animated merchandise continues to be released with indlucin the below Transformers Animated gashapon (capsule) figure. The "Microbots Collection" is done in the super deformed style, similar to those of previous Japanese Transformers series such as Beast Wars II. The lineup will feature Optimus Prime, Megatron, Bumblebee, Starscream, Blackarachnia and Grimlock.

Our thanks go out out ninja_autobot for letting us know that hs has subtitled the full JAM Project theme for Transformers Animated now.  You may remember that he recently subtitled the TV version well now you can enjoy the full track which you can see here or by using the plug-in below.

Hong Kong Toy World forum member tom.com has posted various Transformers Anmated images from TakaraTomys ordering catalogue including the first images of Ultra Magnus and Swindle.  The full list of the figures that were shown is:

Leader Class Megatron
Ultra Magnus
Sentinel
Jazz
Blurr
Elite Guard Bumblebee­
Wreck-Gar
Rodimus (two images)
Optimus Prime / Rodimus Crystal two pack
Prime Vs Megatron
Cybertronian mode Ratchet
Jet Pack Bumblebee
Wing Blade Optimus Prime
Waspinator
Samurai Prowl
Sunstorm
Swindle

You can view the mirrored images below.

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Kapow Toys have updated their blog with some images of upcoming Japanese Transformers figure including the highly anticipated Rodimus figure.  They have also published release dates for various toys, some of which have been seen before on Japanese sites.

1) Animated Leader Class Megatron - July
2) Animated Swindle - July
3) Animated Jazz - July
4) Animated Sentinel Prime - July
5) Animated Wreck Gar - July
6) Animated Blurr - August
7) Animated Ultra Magnus - August
8) Animated Samurai Prowl - August
9) Animated Cybertron Ratchet - August
10) Animated Rodimus - August
11) Animated Jetpack Bumblebee - September
12) Animated Wingblade Optimus Prime - September
13) Revenge Human Alliance Jazz - July
14) Revenge Insecticon - September
15) Revenge Battle Blade Bumblebee - September
16) Revenge Battle Blade Optimus Prime - September
17) Revenge Deluxe Ironhide - September
18) Disney Label Buzz Lightyear - July

Snakas has updated Autobase Aichi with some upcoming Japanese Transformers Animated releases.  The figures listed are:

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Toys R Us Exclusive "burning" EZ Collection Optimus Prime (clear red).  This figure is a campaign toy and can be viewed here.

July
TA26 Leader Class Megatron - 7140yen
TA27 Leader Class Ultra Magnus - 7140yen
TA28 Sentinel - 2415yen
TA29 Autobot Jazz - 2415yen
TA30 Autobot Blurr - 2415yen
TA31 Elite Guard Bumblebee - 2415yen
TA32 Wreck-Gar - 3780yen
Optimus Prime & Rodimus (Japanese exclusive clear ser) - 5250yen

August
TA33 Rodimus - 3780yen
TA34 Samurai Prowl - 2940 yen
TA35 Decepticon Sunstorm - 3780yen
TA36 Swindle - 2415yen
TA37 Waspinator - 2415yen
Cybertron Optimus Prime Vs Cybertron Megatron - 4725yen

September
TA38 Wingblade Optimus Prime - 4725yen
TA39 Jetpack Bumblebee - 3360yen
TA40 Cybertron ­Mode Ratchet - 2415yen