Before 1982

History » Before 1982

Before Machine Robo started in 1982 and GoBots in 1983 very little of note happened. After all, Billy Joel managed to yell most of it in four minutes of VH-1 friendly dad-rock.

However, he did miss several of the most significant historical events of pre-GoBotic times.

1907

• Western Publishing Company was founded.

1911

• Ray Patterson, supervising director for Challenge of the GoBots, was born on November 23.

1912

• Foster Brooks, voice of Stoneheart and the Fossil Lord in GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords, was born on May 11.

1913

• Al Pegal, writer of Challenge of the GoBots episode "Whiz Kid", was born on January 17.
• Les Tremayne, who provided undetermined voices for Challenge of the GoBots, was born on April 16.

1916

• Sidney Miller, who provided undetermined voices for Challenge of the GoBots, was born on October 22.

1917

• Peter Leeds, who provided undetermined voices for Challenge of the GoBots, was born on May 30.

1920

• Henry Corden, who provided undetermined voices for Challenge of the GoBots, was born on January 6.
• Dan Spiegle, who provided art for "The Hideaway" and "Race to the Stars", was born on December 10.

1921

• Norma MacMillan, who provided undetermined voices for Challenge of the GoBots, was born on September 15.

1922

• Telly Savalas, voice of Magmar in GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords, was born on January 21.
• Hoyt Curtin, composer for Challenge of the GoBots, was born on September 9.

1923

• Allan Melvin, voice of Sentinel and Murchison in Challenge of the GoBots, was born on February 18.
• Jimmy Weldon, who provided undetermined voices for Challenge of the GoBots, was born on September 23.

1926

• Howard Caine, who provided undetermined voices for Challenge of the GoBots, was born on January 2.
• Regis Cordic, voice of Gunnyr and the narrator in Challenge of the GoBots, was born on May 15.
• Ted Zeigler, who provided undetermined voices for Challenge of the GoBots, was born on June 3.
• Walter Mathews, who provided undetermined voices for Challenge of the GoBots, was born on October 10.
• Erv Immerman, who provided undetermined voices for Challenge of the GoBots, was born.

1927

• Brock Peters, voice of General Newcastle in Challenge of the GoBots, was born on July 2.
• Steve Ditko, who provided art for "War of the GoBots" and "GoBots on Earth", was born on November 2.
• Collegeville were founded.

1928

• Roddy McDowall, voice of Nuggit in GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords, was born on September 17.
• Chumei Watanabe, composer of music for Leina Stol in Wolf Sword Legend, was born on August 19.
• Bob Holt, voice of Cop-Tur in Challenge of the GoBots, was born on December 28.

1929

• Richard Dysart, who provided undetermined voices for Challenge of the GoBots, was born on March 30.
• Gordon Hunt, voice director for Challenge of the GoBots, was born on April 26.

1930

• Alan Oppenheimer, who voiced Night Ranger in Challenge of the GoBots, was born on April 23.
• Jack Angel, who voiced Tork in Challenge of the GoBots, was born on October 24.
• Jered Barclay, who provided undetermined voices for Challenge of the GoBots, was born on November 22.

1931

• Darryl Hickman, who voiced Hornet in Challenge of the GoBots and Marbles in GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords, was born on July 28.
• Eddie Barth, who provided undetermined voices for Challenge of the GoBots, was born on September 29.
• Dick Gautier, who voiced Twister and Sky-Jack in Challenge of the GoBots, was born on October 30.
• Bob Ridgely, who voiced Hans-Cuff and BuggyMan in Challenge of the GoBots, was born on December 24.

1933

• Selette Cole, who provided undetermined voices for Challenge of the GoBots, was born on December 9.

1934

• Bernard Erhard, who voiced Cy-Kill in Challenge of the GoBots, was born on February 6.

1935

• Manu Tupou, who provided undetermined voices for Challenge of the GoBots, was born on January 5.
• Ken Mars, who provided undetermined voices for Challenge of the GoBots, was born on April 4.
• Jerry Dexter, who provided undetermined voices for Challenge of the GoBots, was born on April 18.
• Peter Renaday, who voiced the Master Renegade in Challenge of the GoBots, was born on June 9.
• Yuzuru Fujimoto, who voiced Narum in Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos, was born on September 24.
• Lewis Arquette, who provided undetermined voices for Challenge of the GoBots, was born on December 14.
• Ritsuo Sawa, who voiced Cross Rock in Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos, was born on December 20.
• Mario Capaldi, who provided art for The Robo Machines, was born.

1938

• Michael Bell, who voiced Granite and Slimestone in GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords, was born on July 30.
• Philip L. Clarke, who voiced Doctor Go in Challenge of the GoBots, was born on September 8.
• Zale Kessler, who provided undetermined voices for Challenge of the GoBots, was born on October 1.
• Leopoldo Durañona, who provided art for "The Power Machine" and "Operation Hoax, was born.
• Pioneer was founded.

1940

• René Auberjonois, who voiced Doctor Braxis in Challenge of the GoBots, was born on June 1.
• Marilyn Lightstone, who voiced Crasher and Path Finder in Challenge of the GoBots, was born on June 28.

1941

• Peter Cullen, who voiced Tank and Pincher in Challenge of the GoBots, was born on July 28.

1944

• Masato Shimon, who sang the second opening theme tune for Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos, was born on January 4.
• Yōsuke Akimoto, voice of Garudi in Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos, was born on May 5.
• B.J. Ward, voice of Small Foot and Snoop in Challenge of the GoBots, was born on September 16.

1945

• Arthur Burghardt, who voiced Turbo in Challenge of the GoBots, was born on June 23.
• Michael Nouri, who voiced Boulder in GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords, was born on December 9.

1948

• Phil Hartman, who voiced Professor Von Joy and Staks in Challenge of the GoBots, was born on September 4.
• Margot Kidder, who voiced Solitaire in GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords, was born on October 17.

1949

• Noelle North, who voiced Buddy in Challenge of the GoBots, was born on July 11.
• Steve Bulen, who provided undetermined voices for Challenge of the GoBots, was born on August 1.

1950

• Laurel Page, voice of Spay-C in Challenge of the GoBots, was born.

1951

• Tress MacNeille, voice of Vamp in Challenge of the GoBots, was born on June 20.
• Lou Richards, voice of Leader-1 in Challenge of the GoBots, was born on September 3.

1953

• Bever-Leigh Banfield, who provided undetermined voices for Challenge of the GoBots, was born on October 3.
• Gail Matthius, voice of Anya Turgenova in Challenge of the GoBots, was born on December 14.

1954

• Adrienne Alexander, who provided undetermined voices for Challenge of the GoBots, was born on January 7.

1955

• Shunsuke Takamiya, voice of Karate Robo in Machine Robo: Battle Hackers, was born on November 8.

1956

• Kirby Ward, voice of Heat Seeker in Challenge of the GoBots, was born.
• Robin Braxton, who provided undetermined voices for Challenge of the GoBots, was born.
• Martin, singer on two tracks used in Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos, was born on September 22.
• Taro Arakawa, voice of Magna Rock in Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos, was born on November 4.
• Kelly Ward, voice of Fitor and writer of 39 episodes of Challenge of the GoBots, was born on November 17.

1957

• Paul Eiding, voice of Scorp in Challenge of the GoBots, was born on March 28.
• Kenyuu Horiuchi, voice of Luke Stewart and Rod Drill in Machine Robo: Battle Hackers, was born on July 30.
• Keiichi Nanba, voice of Koron in Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos, was born on August 26.

1958

• Leslie Speights, voice of A.J. Foster in the Challenge of the GoBots series, was born on January 15.
• Yoku Shioya, voice of Bug Newman in the Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos series, was born on June 24.
• Candy Brown, voice of A.J. Foster in the Challenge of the GoBots "Battle for GoBotron" mini-series, was born on August 19.

1959

• Minako Arakawa, voice of the young Rom Stol in Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos, was born on November 5.

1962

• Ken Campbell, voice of Van Guard in the Challenge of the GoBots series, was born on June 5.
• Ike Eisenmann, voice of Nick Burns in the Challenge of the GoBots series, was born on July 21.

1963

• Rica Fukami, voice of Meryl in Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos and Nami Kojima in Leina Stol in Wolf Sword Legend, was born on August 8.

1964

• Yuko Mizutani, voice of Leina Stol in Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos, was born on November 4.

1966

• Yuri Amano, voice of Patricia Longfellow in Machine Robo: Battle Hackers, was born on January 5.

1967

• Sparky Marcus, voice of Nick Burns in the Challenge of the GoBots "Battle for GoBotron" mini-series, was born on December 6.

1969

• Ema Watanabe, whose music was featured in Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos, Machine Robo: Battle Hackers and Leina Stol in Wolf Sword Legend, was born on 13 September.

1971

• Popy, who would create the first Machine Robo toys in 1982, were founded by Bandai.

1973

• TV Land, which would later host Machine Robo content from 1982 to 1986 and again in 1988, launched on February 1.

1974

• Ledafilms, who would publish the GoBots comic in Argentina, were founded.

1975

• Ashi Productions, who animated Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos, Machine Robo: Battle Hackers and the Leina Stol OVA series, were founded on December 20.

1977

• Tom Scioli, who wrote, drew, lettered and coloured the IDW Go-Bots mini-series, was born.
• Benjamin Marra, who drew a cover for the first issue of the IDW Go-Bots mini-series, was born.

1978

• Wang Film Productions, who animated Challenge of the GoBots outsourced from Hanna-Barbera, were founded on July 10.