#how do I know transformers is underrated regarding seiyuu? because many fans don't talk about them as much as I expected!

[firebirdtransam68]

Reasons I Prefer Transformers Over Sonic The Hedgehog

Recently, I have been looking at Sonic and Transformers content on Tumblr and DeviantArt (both have extraterrestrials, something I have a boner for (as they say), as well as plenty of interesting characters), but what I have noticed is that I have been looking at Transformers content more than I have been looking at Sonic The Hedgehog content.

Why is this, anyone (me, especially) would ask?

Well, to put it simply, here are the reasons why I am more into Transformers than Sonic The Hedgehog:

- The Transformers franchise originated in the 1980′s (probably the best decade of pop cultural history; if not all time); Sonic The Hedgehog originated in the 1990′s, a decade I am not too intrigued by

- Most of their music is kickass and really catchy, including Stan Bush’s “The Touch,” for example; Crush 40′s “Live And Learn” is good, too, but not enough for me to listen to it several times in a row

- The Transformers have their own terminology; Sonic The Hedgehog has very little (“Chaos” is not even a canon swear word, from what I could tell)

- Unlike most Mecha shows like Voltron, the Transformers consist of giant sentient mecha robots that are pilotless and have character as well as quirks and flaws of their own; giant mecha (especially sentient mecha) are absent, if not extremely rare, in Sonic canon, and most of Eggman’s robots are not as attractive, in my opinion

- They are transforming mecha that can have many different vehicles as alt-modes (like sports cars and supercars, planes, helicopters, armored vehicles, and even aircraft carriers); Mobians have many different animal forms, which is nice, but not as intriguing

- There are no song features in any Sonic media (except maybe three Off Course songs in Sonic X, which are close to having 1980′s influences for a Sonic The Hedgehog work), although an upcoming live-action work may contain at least one; Bumblebee (2018), on the other hand, has many 1980′s songs like “Runaway,” “Take On Me,” “Higher Love,” and “Don’t You (Forget About Me),” and even the first live-action film featured “Drive” by The Cars

- While Sonic has two anime shows (Sonic X is more well-known), Transformers has at least ten anime shows (including the original Unicron Trilogy)

- The Transformers influenced other shows like Brave Police J-Decker and GaoGaiGar; what has Sonic The Hedgehog influenced?

- The callbacks for Sonic The Hedgehog do not intrigue me as much as Transformers did (Micron Legend, Superlink, and Galaxy Force have the most G1 callbacks of all Transformers media besides the 1980′s show, itself)

- The Transformers have many excellent English-speaking voice actors, especially Peter Cullen (the original voice for Optimus Prime; who also did KARR in Knight Rider, another 1980′s show featuring robot (cars) characters); Sonic The Hedgehog does not have very much good voice actors, especially the current English voices; although, both franchises have excellent Japanese voice actors, as well

- GUN has been unreasonably demonized by many Sonic fans (because of a Commander who grew up thinking Shadow was evil, but then realized that the black hedgehog was not as bad as he thought), and the branch was branded as an evil organization that should have been the major antagonists in the franchise, despite that branch not being terminated, and that Shadow is working for them (the GUN soldier that killed Maria 50 years ago was even remorseful for what he did); Sector Seven, on the other hand, violated the law by cruel treatment of extraterrestrial life (and big government cover-ups), and got terminated in the 2007 film as a result (Agent Burns and the GUN Commander both hated extraterrestrials (including Bumblebee and Shadow, respectively) until they realized that not all of them are evil); both GUN and Sector Seven were meant to protect the public, and Sector Seven violated the law and nearly jeopardized human lives as well as Transformers, while GUN was misled by a conspiracy regarding the Ultimate Lifeform 50 years ago (why the fans blame certain people based on what happened in the past is beyond me...)

- Protecting Earth is more prominent in Transformers than it is in Sonic The Hedgehog, from my perspective

- The live-action films for Transformers debuted sooner, and a live-action Sonic film has yet to come (2020, I think it is...)

- I have been blocked by around 18 or 20 Sonic fans (including @khaosspear), and around 3 Trans-fans; therefore, Trans-fans tend to be more tolerant than Sonic fans

- The Transformers fandom is more flexible with shipping than Sonic is (for instance, Mobian reproductive systems are human-like; Transformers have a non-binary gender, and there are many possibilities of how they reproduce)

- Sonadow is more well-known regarding Sonic pairings, and there are no underrated pairings I could find (except for maybe Eggman x Katella); Megascream and MegOP are more well-known regarding Transformers pairings, and there are many underrated pairings that I wish to be recognized more (like Armada’s Hot Shot x Demolishor and Knightverse’s Shatter x Dropkick and Charlie x Memo)

- There are more villainesses in Transformers than there are in Sonic The Hedgehog (Nightbird, Strika, Blackarachnia, Arachnid, GF Chromia (Cybertron Thunderblast), Slipstream, SG Arcee and Elita-1, Alice, Crasher, Quintessa and Shatter vs. Katella The Huntress, Momma Robotnik, Fiona Fox, Zeena from the Deadly Six and Merlina The Wizard)

- The Transformers franchise is larger than the Sonic franchise, and has more fan media opportunities

- Nearly all Transformers works are the most underrated regarding seiyuu (the Sonic media is more well-known with seiyuu, but not Transformers; hopefully, THAT can be changed); in fact, the first work from many seiyuu I came across is Transformers (especially Micron Legend and Superlink) before I came across any Sonic games; there is even a list of seiyuu in TFWiki.net

Well, that sums it up.  I still like Sonic The Hedgehog, but I like Transformers even more for exactly those reasons.  Also, there are a lot more underrated pieces of content for Transformers than there is for Sonic.

Right now, I am still making a list of extra content for Tumblr and DeviantArt (among other sites, even though I am logged in to three), as well as browsing more that I may have missed; really old content counts, but since so many accounts were deactivated or dormant, my list is my top priority.  Also, @needs-to-stop-looking-at-valves just finished Transformers: Armada (and it didn’t look like they really like the overall show as much; I couldn’t blame them, though), and the voting for the next show to view is coming up soon.  My vote is for either one of the three Transformers shows: Micron Legend, G1, or Car Robots (Robots In Disguise).  But, whatever this user chooses, I am perfectly fine with it; I will not judge.

That is all I will be saying for now.  Stay tuned for more posts. 

This is FirebirdTransAm68 signing out.