May 20
From Transformers Wiki
- 19?? — Daisuke Ishikawa (voice of Motorarm) is born in Tokyo.
- 1948 — Tesshō Genda (Japanese voice of original cartoon Optimus Prime, movie Optimus Prime and EarthSpark Optimus Prime) is born. Henshin!
- 1952 — Jeong-gu Lee (Korean voice of film Optimus Prime, Cybertron Optimus Prime, Rescue Bots Optimus Prime, Fire Convoy, Lio Convoy, and Big Convoy) is born.
- 1956 — Marc Alfos (French voice of Megatron in the first two movie videogames and War for Cybertron Warpath) is born.
- 1957 — Ernesto Lezama (Mexican voice of Dark of the Moon Laserbeak) is born.
- 1965 — Shunsuke Sakuya (Japanese voice of Roadbuster and Grimlock) is born.
- 1967 — Claudio Moneta (Italian voice of Rattrap, Animated Wreck-Gar and Prime Ratchet) is born.
- 1973 — Comic artist Mike Norton is born in Santa Monica, California.
- 1975 — Marc Thompson (voice of Cyberverse Megatron, Sky-Byte, Sludge, Soundblaster, Bug Bite, Tarn and more) is born. Goongala!
- 1983 — Josh Perez is born, coloring his way into the world.
- 1988 — Chen Qian (Chinese voice of Arcee, Alice and Julia Singer) is born.
- 1998 — The Beast Wars II episode "Friend or Foe? The Insect Robos" premieres in Japan.
- 2009 — All Hail Megatron #11, Revenge of the Fallen #1 and the TPBs for Alliance, Defiance and Revenge of the Fallen are released by IDW Publishing.
- 2014 — Javier Amilibia (European Spanish voice of Jazz and a Prime in the live-action film series) passes away, aged 48.
- 2015 — The Transformers vol. 2 #41 — Combiner Wars part 4 is released by IDW Publishing.
- 2016 — "The Toxic Transformer" is released by Fun Publications.
- 2017 — The Robots in Disguise episode "Sphere of Influence" premieres on Cartoon Network.
- 2023 — The EarthSpark episode "Decoy" premieres in Cantonese.
- 2026 — G.I. Joe #22 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- 2026 — Stern Pinball reveals and opens orders for TRANSFORMERS: More Than Meets the Eye, a pinball machine themed after the original cartoon.
- 2026 — The Wild King W episodes "The Hero's Awakening" and "The Resurrected Bonds" premiere on the TakaraTomy YouTube channel.
