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Deathsaurus (officially called Deszaras in Japan) is a fictional character in the animated series ''Transformers: Victory'' and its accompanying toyline, one of the numerous Transformers series. Wired Magazine once nominated him as one 12 most ridiculous Transformers of all time. ==Transformers: Generation 1== Deathsaurus is the newest Decepticon leader, the captain of the Breast Force, in ''Transformers: Victory''. Savage and cruel, Deathsaurus loathes nearly all human beings, but has an unusual soft spot for children. He transforms into a monstrous bird creature with wings capable of separating into launchable serrated blades. In robot mode, he wields the "Living Metal-Destroying Cannon," a mighty weapon that fuses with his own systems to deliver energy blasts that begin to erode the metallic "skin" of super-robot lifeforms upon impact. The animated series also depicts him frequently using a flail weapon with a hidden blade - his toy features this a non-removal, non-poseable solid-plastic bayonet-style attachment under the barrel of his gun. A shield adorns his right arm, and the animated series also endows him with a scimitar.〔http://www.seibertron.com/database/character.php?view=&char_id=3330〕 As a member of the Breast Force, Deathsaurus commands two "Breast Animals," or "Beastars" - Tiger Breast and Eagle Breast, who transform from a twin set of chestplates into ferocious animal forms for triple-pronged attacks. Additionally, the two animals can become hand-held weapons for Deszaras to wield - while the toys features them both as guns, the animated series turns Tiger Breast into a bow and arrow. One of the series' episodes reveals that Deathsaurus becomes weakened when he deploys both Beastars, to the point that Star Saber is able to fight him off in his smaller form of Saber. Deathsaurus was also responsible for killing God Ginrai, forcing the Autobots to rebuild him into Victory Leo. As ''Transformers: Victory'' had no professional English release (the infamous StarTV dub of ''Victory'' had the actors pronounce the name "Dez-sand-rass"), Deszaras's name was not translated in any fashion, leaving fans to interpret the Japanese as best as they were able. Deszaras's name in katakana reads デスザラス ''Desuzarasu''. The popular interpretation of this, based on the pronunciation of the name in the animated series, is "Deathsaurus"; this is challenged by most Japanese transliterations of "saurus" being ザウルス ''zaurusu''. "Deszaras" is the romanised name which appears on the toy's Japanese packaging and also appears in 2006's ''Victory'' Region 2 DVD boxset. The name is intended to evoke those of creatures from sentai and kaiju movies, and may not be based on an English word at all. Some fans alsop believe that his name might have a slightly royal connection, as quite a few Transformers from Victory have royal names like Liokaiser, Dinoking and Road Caesar. Deszaras' name might be inspired by tsar the name of the old Russian rulers, but this is only a theory conceived by some fans. The official English name of Deathsaurus was given to the character in 2005 when he appeared in the ''Transformers: Timelines'' toy line and fiction series. Oddly the announced Robot Heroes toy of the character for the ''Universe'' line is named Dessarus. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Deathsaurus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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