Interview: Kojin Ono (Generations 2024)

Interviews: Kojin Ono

Translated & Interpreted by Jeremy Barlow © Soundwave's Oblivion 2024.

Thanks to @LinkFrost_ for photographs from the TFG2024 interview pages

Interview from Transformers Generations 2024

Kojin Ono
■ Takara Tomy Transformers Development Team Hall of Fame 2010 Kojin Ono, who has been involved in toy development since the days of "Diaclone" and "Microman," reflects on his 40 years of experience working with the "Transformers" series. Let's take a look back at the 40 year history of Transformers, along with Kojin Ono’s career. He has been pivotal in the development of numerous Transformers, creating the cutting edge Masterpieces and MPG’s.

Interview: Kozo Morishita (Toei Animation)

Kozo Morishita 

Translated & Interpreted by Jeremy Barlow © Soundwave's Oblivion 2024 

Interview from Figure King 316 (May 2024) 

Here is a message from Mr Ono, the legendary toy designer who worked on the latest Masterpiece Skids:

The first of our Transformers 40th Anniversary Interviews….The man who created the Transformers cartoon series.  

Kozo Morishita
(Current Chairman and CEO of Toei Animation & Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers Director)

Here we interview Toei Animation's Chairman Kozo Morishita, a key figure in the creation of the cartoon "Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers" 40 years ago. Without the tireless efforts of the young Morishita, who worked diligently across Japan and the United States, Transformers would not have endured for four decades. 

Interview: Hironori Kobayashi (Generations 2024)

Interview: Hironori Kobayashi 

Translated & Interpreted by Jeremy Barlow © Soundwave's Oblivion 2024. 

Interview from Generations 2024 

Hironori Kobayashi, Missing Link Development Manager