January 5
From Transformers Wiki
- 1923 — Animation director Jeff Hale is born.
- 1925 — Jean-Claude Michel (French voice of Unicron and the narrator in The Transformers: The Movie) is born.
- 1935 — Toyohiro Andō (writer for "Scramble City: Mobilization", Zone, and many episodes of The Headmasters, Super-God Masterforce, and Victory cartoons) is born.
- 1959 — Clancy Brown (voice of Silas & Nemesis Prime in Prime and also Quintus Prime) is born. Anchovies!
- 1972 — Jason C. Miller (voice of Optimus Prime in World of Warships: Transformers) is born.
- 1974 — Composer Jongnic Bontemps is born.
- 1974 — Felipe Grinnan (Brazilian voice of Swindle, Blurr and Steeljaw) is born.
- 1975 — Jin-uk Hong (Korean voice of Starscream, William Fowler, Robert Epps, Soundwave, Ratchet, Blurr, Scrapper, Wasp, Unicron, Morshower, L. W. Wilder, Tailgate and Vince) is born.
- 1976 — Raphaëlle Bruneau (French voice of Raf Esquivel in Prime) is born.
- 1978 — Revenge of the Fallen actress America Olivo is born.
- 1992 — The Victory episode "The Assassin Bugs" premieres in Malaysia.
- 2000 — The Beast Wars Metals episode "Where Is the Banana?" premieres in Japan.
- 2001 — Aldo César (Brazilian voice of Ram Horn) dies at age 72.
- 2008 — The Animated episode "Home Is Where the Spark Is" premieres in the U.S.
- 2009 — Animated: Be the Hero: Prime Suspect & Quest for the AllSpark are released in the UK by HarperCollins Publishers.
- 2011 — The Transformers #15, Drift TPB, and Prime are released by IDW Publishing.
- 2012 — The Prime episode "One Shall Rise, Part 1" premieres in Poland.
- 2013 — The Prime episode "Sonic Transformation! Ratchet's Recipe" premieres in Japan.
- 2015 — TakaraTomy releases Masterpiece MP-11 Skywarp
- 2016 — Robots in Disguise: The Trials of Optimus Prime is released by LB Kids.
- 2019 — The Rescue Bots Academy episodes "If at first..." and "Tough Luck Chuck" premiere on Discovery Family.
- 2022 — Best of Optimus Prime is released by IDW Publishing.
- 2024 — Rise of the Beasts is released on Prime Video.
- 2025 — Benoît Allemane (European French voice of Hound in the live-action film series) passes away at age 82.
