Overview of 'Transformers: Super-God Masterforce' Season 1

Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (1988)

Transformers: Super-God Masterforce aired on Japanese television from 1988 to 1989. Taking place after Transformers: Headmasters, it is the story of how Metalhawk and his small team of Autobots must protect Earth from the mysterious Devil Z and his Decepticon forces. Humans play many prominent roles in Masterforce, from the Decepticon husband-wife team of Giga and Mega to the Autobot's Junior Headmasters and the reluctantly-recruited Ginrai. Masterforce is often considered second only to Transformers: Victory as a fan favorite.

Writing:

Toyohiro Andô
Hiroyuki Hoshiyama
Masumi Kaneda

Stars:

Release Date: 1988-04-12
Seasons: 1

8.2/10

Country: JP
Language: 日本語
Runtime: 24

Season 1 Episode List

Episode 1 - Rise Up!! Pretenders
Release Date: 1988-04-12
The sudden reappearance of the Decepticons on Earth forces the long-hidden Autobot Pretenders to drop their human disguises and rejoin the fight.
Episode 2 - Terror! The Decepticons' Manhunt
Release Date: 1988-04-19
The Decepticons transform human corpses into undead "Destroids", and then attack the island nation of Karin, where the Autobots must team up with the island's prince, Cab, to save the day.
Episode 3 - Kidnapping!? The Targeted Jumbo Jet
Release Date: 1988-04-26
Seeking live humans for their Destroid experiments, the Decepticons attack jumbo jets, bringing the Autobots into contact with a young girl named Minerva.
Episode 4 - Birth! Headmaster Jrs
Release Date: 1988-05-03
Shūta, Cab and Minerva become Headmaster Juniors, but the Decepticons have recruited humans to their side as well.
Episode 5 - Rage!! Little Devils with No Need for Rules
Release Date: 1988-05-10
Minerva is forced to overcome her fear of fighting when the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors cause chaos as they seek revenge on a motorcycle gang from Wilder's past.
Episode 6 - Go, Goshooter - Showdown in the Wasteland
Release Date: 1988-05-17
Wilder continues to revisit his past when he kidnaps a former member of his gang who turned against him, and Shūta has to lead the Headmaster Juniors in rescuing him.
Episode 7 - Panic! Protect the Wild Animals!!
Release Date: 1988-05-24
It's the Autobots to the rescue when the Decepticons cause animals to stampede in Africa in a scheme to destabilize the balance of nature!
Episode 8 - Super Warriors - The Godmaster Brothers
Release Date: 1988-05-31
A new element enters the Masterforce War in the form of Hydra and Buster—the Godmasters!
Episode 9 - A Fierce Battle!! The Autobots Are in Trouble
Release Date: 1988-06-07
The construction of the world's largest tidal power plant in the Karin Islands quickly attracts the attention of the Decepticons, and the Autobots are once again faced with the power of the Godmaster brothers.
Episode 10 - A Hero Is Chosen - His Name Is Ginrai
Release Date: 1988-06-14
On the day that he discovers a mysterious truck, a young man named Ginrai suddenly finds himself caught up in the war between the Autobots and Decepticons.
Episode 11 - Ginrai: God On of Rage!!
Release Date: 1988-06-21
While Ginrai debates over whether or not to join the Autobots, the Decepticons begin a series of fatal attacks on his trucker friends in an effort to draw him out.
Episode 12 - A Strange Friendship: Cancer and Minerva
Release Date: 1988-06-28
In an attempt to learn the secrets of the Godmasters, the Autobots capture Cancer, who develops the world's worst case of Stockholm Syndrome.
Episode 13 - Friend or Foe!? The True Form of the Monster!!
Release Date: 1988-07-12
The chase is on when Ginrai's Transtector activates on its own, and leads the Autobots and Decepticons to a mystery buried at a construction site.
Episode 14 - Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai
Release Date: 1988-07-19
The command goes out for the Decepticons to utterly destroy Ginrai, and he inadvertently makes himself easy to find when he appears on television searching for the remaining Godmasters!
Episode 15 - Heroism!! The Birth of Super Ginrai
Release Date: 1988-08-02
To rescue a group of kidnapped children and defeat the menace of King Poseidon, Ginrai must discover a new transformation!
Episode 16 - Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter
Release Date: 1988-08-09
The search for the next Godmaster leads Ginrai to Canada, and a young man named Lightfoot!
Episode 17 - An Enemy? The Third Godmaster, Ranger
Release Date: 1988-08-16
Attempting to track down new leads on the location of the remaining Godmasters, the Autobots venture into the Rocky Mountains, where they cross paths with a forest patrolman named Ranger, but Minerva suspects that he is working with the Decepticons!
Episode 18 - A Powerful Foe!! Sixknight the Wanderer
Release Date: 1988-08-23
A new threat to the Autobots arrives from space in the form of Sixknight, a Six Changer who targets Ginrai in order to prove his worth to the Decepticons. But Sixknight is in for a shock when he discovers the true nature of his opponent...
Episode 19 - Assemble! The Four Godmaster Gunmen
Release Date: 1988-08-30
The search for the fourth Godmaster brings the Autobots and Decepticons to France, where the Headmaster Juniors attend the finale of the World Grand Prix, and meet the champion racer, Road King.
Episode 20 - The Autobot Warrior, Sixknight?!
Release Date: 1988-09-13
Both Sixknight and Cancer have been greatly affected by their experiences with the Autobots and decide to do something about their conflicted loyalties.
Episode 21 - Save the Little Girl! The Chōjin Warriors, the Godmasters
Release Date: 1988-09-20
Cab's return home is an unhappy one thanks to the latest scheme by the Decepticons, which puts the life of his childhood friend Copo in danger.
Episode 22 - Life? Death? The Desperate Lightfoot
Release Date: 1988-09-27
As the Decepticons' newest plan slowly begins, Lightfoot finds himself alone against the Decepticons with his father's life at stake.
Episode 23 - Expose the Decepticons' Dark Trap!
Release Date: 1988-10-04
The Decepticons prove that you shouldn't believe everything you see on TV.
Episode 24 - Super Ginrai Gets Blown Away in the Desert!?
Release Date: 1988-10-11
Ginrai faces his greatest challenge yet when Mega and Giga reveal their true power.
Episode 25 - Will the Bomber Project Be Destroyed!?
Release Date: 1988-10-18
With Ginrai out of commission, the Decepticons initiate an all-out attack on the Bomber Project.
Episode 26 - God Ginrai - Into the Sky!!
Release Date: 1988-10-25
With the Bomber Project completed, Ginrai heads for the moon, and the battle of his life!
Episode 27 - God Ginrai - Showdown on the Surface of the Moon
Release Date: 1988-11-01
On the lunar surface, God Ginrai fights a desperate battle against Overlord and BlackZarak, with the fate of the world at stake!
Episode 28 - Overlord - Terror of the Chōkon Tornado
Release Date: 1988-11-08
Overlord formulates a plan for revenge against Ginrai, but Godbomber is about to unveil a surprising new power that will thwart his evil scheme!
Episode 29 - Escape!! The Underwater Volcano Erupts
Release Date: 1988-11-15
When Lightfoot investigates the eruption of an underwater volcano, he discovers the site of a new Decepticon base.
Episode 30 - Destroy Godbomber!!
Release Date: 1988-11-22
In the heartland of America, the Decepticons spring a trap that puts Godbomber in danger, forcing the Headmaster Juniors to discover a new power that will save the day.
Episode 31 - Appearance!! The Final Godmaster
Release Date: 1988-11-29
The final Godmaster Transtector turns up in possession of a young man named Clouder. But this particular Godmaster has a special ability which could spell the downfall of the Autobots...
Episode 32 - Secret Orders! Destroy the Autobot Base!!
Release Date: 1988-12-06
Installed as a double-agent within the Autobot ranks, Clouder begins a sabotage scheme that sets up their base for an all-out Decepticon attack.
Episode 33 - Disaster! The Autobot Base Explodes
Release Date: 1988-12-13
With God Ginrai trapped in battle with Overlord and Decepticon forces swarming the Autobots' base, catastrophe seems unavoidable.
Episode 34 - BlackZarak - Destroyer from Space
Release Date: 1988-12-20
At last, BlackZarak arrives on Earth, and chaos follows in his wake, as Decepticon attacks spread thin the Autobot forces on Earth, and Ginrai and Grand Maximus fall victim to a deadly trap in space.
Episode 35 - Crisis! The Day of Human Extinction
Release Date: 1989-01-10
With construction of a new Decepticon weapon occurring in the shadow of the Moon, time is against the Autobots as they race into space in an attempt to stop the destruction of all life on Earth!
Episode 36 - God Ginrai - Save Cancer!?
Release Date: 1989-01-17
Learning that BlackZarak is about to attack China, Cancer attempts to go to the rescue of his friends and countrymen.
Episode 37 - God Ginrai: Showdown at the Decepticon Base
Release Date: 1989-01-24
When Shūta and Clouder are captured while attempting to infiltrate the Decepticon base and used as bait to lure Ginrai into a trap, things look grim for the Autobots... until help comes from a most unexpected source!
Episode 38 - The Ultimate Combination!! BlackZarak, the New Lifeform
Release Date: 1989-01-31
In the midst of an all-out attack on the Decepticon base, Devil Z finally stands revealed, and the Autobots are faced with their deadliest enemy yet!
Episode 39 - Battle to the Death!! God Ginrai VS Darkwings Reborn
Release Date: 1989-02-07
Hydra and Buster turn to Devil Z in a final attempt to gain the power they need to destroy Ginrai.
Episode 40 - Autobots! Desperate Attack!!
Release Date: 1989-02-14
As BlackZarak's Devil Power throws America into chaos, Overlord seeks to prove the power of the flesh to Devil Z, and he engages Ginrai in their final, decisive confrontation.
Episode 41 - Malevolent and Inhuman! The True Form of Devil Z
Release Date: 1989-02-21
The Autobots track the Decepticons to the Matterhorn, and the final battle between the two factions begins.
Episode 42 - A Battle... and Then...
Release Date: 1989-02-28
It's BlackZarak versus God Ginrai—the power of evil against the power of man, and the winner will decide the fate of Earth!