January 28
From Transformers Wiki
- ???? — Gabriela Guzmán (Mexican voice of Moonracer in Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy) is born.
- 1951 — Comic letterer Todd Klein is born in New Jersey.
- 1954 — Kaneto Shiozawa (voice of Road King and Sonic Bomber) is born.
- 1954 — Director Hideki Takayama is born.
- 1957 — Lin Dongfu (Chinese voice of Soundwave, Ironhide, Rumble, Grimlock, Motormaster and Bruticus) is born with a operatic singing voice.
- 1974 — Ty Olsson (voice of Downshift) is born.
- 1978 — Jollibee is founded.
- 1983 — Director Angel Manuel Soto is born in Puerto Rico.
- 1984 — Eloisa Cervantes (French Canadian voice of Su Yueming) is born.
- 1988 — Alexandra Krosney (voice of Sierra on Transformers: Prime) is born.
- 1998 — The Beast Wars episode "The Hellish Ant Warrior, Inferno" premieres in Japan.
- 2002 — Transformers—Original Series: Volume One is released on DVD in the UK by Sony Wonder and Maverick Entertainment.
- 2003 — The Armada episode "Tactician" has its world premiere in the UK.
- 2004 — Legends of the Microns — Volume 10 is released on DVD in Japan by Columbia Music Entertainment, coming with the "Linkage Part 10" mini-comic and exclusive Sunburn toy.
- 2009 — Revenge of the Fallen preview toys of Bumblebee and Soundwave are officially revealed by Empire magazine's web site. Idiotic responses immediately followed.
- 2012 — United Rodimus Prime, Tank Megatron, Thunderwing, Warpath, and Wind Charger & Decepticon Wipe Out are released in Japan.
- 2014 — Transformers: Retribution is released by Del Rey Books.
- 2015 — Angry Birds Transformers #3 is released by IDW Publishing. The Transformers: Drift - Empire of Stone #3 is released in other territories after an early release in the UK the previous week.
- 2015 — Geneon Universal Entertainment releases two separate Transformers: Masterforce DVDs.
- 2015 — Transformers Prime — Stagione 2 Vol. 3: Il Tox-En is released to home media in Italy by Primal Screen.
- 2017 — TakaraTomy releases Legends LG40 Astrotrain
- 2021 — Shōzō Tajima (Japanese voice director of Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers) dies at age 81.
- 2023 — TakaraTomy releases Masterpiece MP-57 Skyfire and MP-48+ Dark Amber Leo Prime and Legacy TL-15 Pointblank and TL-16 Dead End.
- 2023 — Diego Reggente (Italian voice of G1 Optimus Prime and Cybertron Sideways) dies.
- 2024 — The Transformers: EarthSpark episode "Are Megatron And Optimus Friends?" premieres in Japan.