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>Most of its concepts and lore were created bu Americans
At first that was true. But Japan made its own lore stemming from the trademarks Hasbro made starting in 1985, not even a year after its American launch. We had Marvel comics and the G1 cartoon, they had a manga series and countless anime and OVAs. I always use the analogy that saying Transformers is a Hasbro creation is like saying Zoids is a Marvel UK creation; its reductionist either way. A lot of people are accepting the expansive Japanese side of Transformers because they live in an era where its no longer locked behind regional exclusivity.

>and it's always been pushed as an American product first
Depends on what era you're talking about. In the G1 era, Japan outpaced America quickly, and the Unicron trilogy was basically Aaron Archer living in Japan. It wasn't till the post movie era that Japan took a step back in media due to declining popularity. However the Japanese side and the American side gave always worked closely together on the toys, they aren't two entities but Takara/Hasbro are one.

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