If anime characters were transformers, which Transformer (or vehicle mode) would they be?

[robkelk]

Which would make Hayate a Stratofortress - powerful as all hell, but not particularly precise without her AWACS, Reinforce Zwei.

Fate... dunno.

Thread resurrection... success!

I erred here. Hayate isn't a Stratofortress; she's a Nakajima Ki-84 / Army Type 4 Fighter - heavily-armed (enough so to be able to take out a Superfortress), but prone to buckling in the landing gear.

Besides, Nakajima called the Ki-84 "Hayate". (Given http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-84]its description on Wikipedia, I suspect the anime character was named for the aircraft...)
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