Transformers Animated: The Cool

Also known as: トランスフォーマー アニメイテッド ザ・クール, Transformers: Animated manga

by Naoto Tsushima

Tie-in manga for the 2007 Transformers: Animated cartoon, serialized in Kerokero Ace. While occasionally retelling events from the show, it often deviates from its plotline, being treated as a continuation to the live-action movie series by Michael Bay instead of a standalone entry, and often featuring spotlights for characters whose toys were released exclusively in Japan. Note: Chapter count includes three extra chapters published after its initial run concluded, which were not collected in a tankoubon release. Those chapters were labelled "The Cool Extra (ザ・クール・エキストラ)" and often adapted plotlines from the show that Tsushima initially omitted.