Transformers: The Headmasters

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Transformers: The Headmasters
North American DVD cover, depicting Chromedome and Sixshot
トランスフォーマー ザ★ヘッドマスターズ (Toransufōmā: Za Heddomasutāzu)
Genre	Mecha
Created by	Masumi Kaneda
Anime television series
Directed by	Katsutoshi Sasaki
Produced by	Hirohisa Satō (Takara) Kenji Yokoyama (Toei Animation) Tatsuya Yoshida (Toei Animation)
Written by	Keisuke Fujikawa
Music by	Katsunori Ishida
Studio	Toei Animation
Licensed by	AUS: Madman Entertainment NA: Hasbro Shout! Factory SG: Omni Productions UK: Metrodome Distribution
Original network	NNS (NTV)
English network	UK: AnimeCentral
Original run	July 3, 1987 – March 25, 1988
Episodes	35 (List of episodes)
Light novel
Transformers: The Headmasters - Dream War
Written by	Keisuke Fujikawa
Illustrated by	Shoko Yoshinaka
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
Imprint	Kadokawa Bunko
Published	August 25, 1987
Video game
Developer	Takara
Publisher	Takara
Genre	Scrolling shooter
Platform	Family Computer Disk System
Released	August 28, 1987
Manga
Written by	Masumi Kaneda
Illustrated by	Ban Magami
Published by	Kodansha
Magazine	TV Magazine
Demographic	Children
Original run	August 1987 – March 1988

Transformers: The Headmasters (トランスフォーマー ザ★ヘッドマスターズ, Toransufōmā: Za Heddomasutāzu) is a Japanese anime television series that is a part of the Transformers robot superhero franchise.^[1] It aired from July 3, 1987 to March 25, 1988, and its 17:00–17:30 timeslot was used to broadcast Mashin Hero Wataru at the end of its broadcast. It serves as the first sequel series to the Japanese dub of the original 1985 The Transformers cartoon series in the Generation 1 franchise, followed by Transformers: Super-God Masterforce.