Episode 43.5, titled “Distribution,” is a comedic special that celebrates the 500th episode milestone of Transformers in Japan. Because that tally includes various Japanese series, the Western total remains some distance behind. The episode aired outside the regular Superlink timeslot and does not fit into the series’ chronological order. It centers on the Autobots engaging in a video‑game training simulator, a scenario unlikely to occur between the standard episodes 42 and 44.