The series was the only Transformers animated series to be fully plotted from start to finish by Marty Isenberg and Robert N. Skir, writers unfamiliar with Transformers lore who sought to produce the series as, in Skir's words, a "religious epic novel for television". 22 min 165 min Jun Uemoto, Both, however, share the same basic plot. A special agent named William Fowler often communicates with the Autobots directly. Nicola Peltz, Yûsaku Yara, Tomomichi Nishimura, They wake up 50 years later in a world where robots are used in everyday life. | Autobot Pretenders who can turn into human and live among them fight back. Not Rated Stars: Peter Cullen, Energon is the emanation of Primus, the creator of the Transformers, and it functions in transformers as blood does in humans. On July 5, 2011, Shout! Todd Waterman, Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy is the sequel series to Transformers: Rescue Bots, aimed at a younger audience than its predecessor. Most notably, their ranks include Ginrai, a character based on the Powermaster version of Optimus Prime, reinvented as a Japanese trucker, and the Japanese-exclusive character, Decepticon ambassador of destruction Overlord. Followed by Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen in 2009. Armada. Rodimus Prime departed to search for a new planet for the Transformers to live on, leaving Fortress in command, operating from the planet Athenia. Joe episode "G.I. PG Its airing schedule heavily disrupted by the 9/11 event, Robots in Disguise had to be re-edited in several ways for content, and several of its episodes aired out of order, or not at all in America. The first story arc of the series is a series of episodic adventures introducing the majority of the cast - like the original animated series, it was very Autobot-heavy, with most characters being newly designed (bar the Spy Changers, repainted versions of Generation 2 figures, and Tow-Line and Skid-Z, repainted Machine Wars toys), while on the Predacon side, only Megatron was a new mould, with his troops being repaints of Beast Wars Transmetal 2 toys. The clash between these two powers marked the end of the first season, and served to provide Primal with the revelation that drove the second - that he had been wrong, and that the Oracle desired not the domination of one power over the other, but a balance between the organic and the technological. The 42 main episodes received the same dub treatment as The Headmasters, but the dubbed version of the series was not included on the UK DVD release of the series in July 2006. With the original show's conclusion in 1987, original series exclusive to Japan were created which ran until 1990, and the franchise was later re-imagined with the fully CGI Beast Wars in the late 1990s. Megatron also realises that Earth is rich with sources of Energon, and the Autobots strive to stop him from destroying Earth as he searches for these sources. The comic takes the time to flesh out some unexplained plot points from the series, as well as providing an in-depth explanation on the nature of Mini-Cons. Steve Blum, Conceptually, the show united ideas from across the G1 and Beast eras by pitting the vehicular Autobots, led by Optimus Prime, against the bestial Predacons, led by Megatron, and through the inclusion of classic concepts such as Headmaster and combining technology; dubbed into English by Saban Entertainment, many fan-friendly references to the previous continuities were also added. After the conclusion of Beast Wars Metals, it was necessary for Takara to once again produce an original Transformers animated series and toyline, as Beast Machines had not yet amassed enough episodes to make importing it viable. Masashi Ebara, "The Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye!" Jeffrey Combs, With popularity rising, the second season soon followed in 1986 at a mammoth 49 episodes (in order to bring the total up to 65, for syndication). Hozumi Gôda, The Maximals must free the planet from Megatron and restore it to its real way of living. Nickelodeon and Hasbro's Entertainment One are set to roll out an all-new animated Transformers series. Brad Swaile. This led smoothly into the third and final arc of the show, which saw Magnus and Prime merge into Omega Prime, and Decepticon leader Scourge began his plot to wrest the power of the ancient battle station, Fortress Maximus, away from both Megatron and the Autobots. Series. The series is being distributed internationally by Entertainment Rights. Elan Garfias, We also have some great interviews from creators of the Transformers media and toy worlds! Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi. Stars: Corey Burton, Michael Bay The series tackled the heavy philosophical concept of what it meant to live in an increasingly technological society, running to 26 episodes over two seasons, though in its native Canada, the show was aired simply in one long 26-episode run. Eventually, however, the Mini-Cons fled Cybertron in a starship, which warped into the Solar system and crashed on Earth. Back in 2007, many people, specially the Transformers fans, were happy when Transformers first hit the big screens. Transformers Season show reviews & Metacritic score: "Many millions of years ago, on the planet Cybertron, life existed, but not life as we know it today. Dozens of new characters were introduced throughout the season, including the Triple Changers, the combining teams the Aerialbots, Stunticons, Combaticons and Protectobots, and more new Autobot cars and Decepticon planes, while many new ideas and concepts began to establish the history of the cartoon universe. 388,107 David Hartman The Transformers is an American animated television series which originally aired from September 17, 1984 to November 11, 1987 in syndication.The first of many series in the Transformers franchise, it was based upon Hasbro's Transformers toy line and depicts a war among giant robots that can transform into vehicles and other objects.. This is a list of the Transformers: Animated episodes. 138,299 F.J. DeSanto, the showrunner of the Prime Wars Trilogy animated series, returns in the same position, alongside writers George Krstic, Gavin Hignight and Brandon M. Easton and voice actors Jake Foushee, Jason Marnocha and Frank Todaro reprising their roles as Optimus Prime, Megatron and Starscream. The show's supervising director is Matt Youngberg (Teen Titans, The Batman), with Cartoon Network vice-president Sam Register as executive producer and Vincent Aniceto as line producer. Sean Miller Shia LaBeouf, Although frequently used to simply refer to the original 1984-1991 marvel comic series, 1984-1987 animated series, the term encompasses all Transformers fiction from 1984 to 1992. Commemorative Series. Frank Welker, PG-13 An ancient struggle between two Cybertronian races, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, comes to Earth, with a clue to the ultimate power held by a teenager. In this new set of adventures the Autobots live on Earth and maintain their secret identity. Stars: Stars: StarScream arrives looking for their AllSpark. Apparently never re-run after its original airing, the series aired More Than Meets the Eye Parts 1-3, Five Faces of Darkness Parts 1-5, Dark Awakening, the out-of-place Surprise Party, The Return of Optimus Prime Parts 1-2, The Rebirth Parts 1-3, and most notably, The Transformers: The Movie, split up and aired in five segments, with Stan Bush's music video for "The Touch" included in the final part. 602,164 These teenagers become great friends to the Autobots, as well as a great asset, providing them with useful information about human life and Earth. Having left Cybertron on a patrol ship prior to the war between Autobots and Decepticons, they eventually arrive on Earth and meet Optimus Prime, who pairs them up with the Burns family of the fictional island Griffin Rock. Two humans, one descended from a line of samurai and one from ninjas, encounter the Predacons who are attempting to steal the legendiscs-powerful ancient artifacts-to revive their leader, Dragotron. Matti Laitinen, Although the comic outlived the animated series by a number of years, the animated series is more widely recognised. 2:12. We discuss everything from the toys (both official and third party) to the comics, movies, and TV series. The Transformers - watch online: streaming, buy or rent . | The Transformers: The Movie (1986) PG | 84 min | Animation, Action, Adventure. Beast Machines writer Marty Isenberg returned to Transformers as the story editor/head writer for this series, and it is voice-directed by Susan Blu, the original voice of G1 Arcee, who will be voicing the character again in this series. 30 min Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi. | TV-Y7-FV Because I grew up watching it, I would place a vote for the Japanese dub of Beast Wars and Beast Machines as my favorite animated shows from the franchise. They absent parties did go on to appear, however, in the pages of the Japanese publication, TV Magazine - this monthly magazine had always included Transformers manga and "story pages" (splash page illustrations and prose text) from the beginning, and although no manga was released for Zone (barring a single chapter available through mail-away which simply re-told the episode), its tale was completed through the story pages. 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The courageous Autobots race to stop another Decepticon world domination plan. | Gross: 23 min Leonard Nimoy, Although initially a separate and competing franchise in 1984, Tonka's Gobots became the intellectual property of Hasbro after their buyout of Tonka in 1991. Victory also received the "StarTV dub" treatment - when the three Japanese series were broadcast on StarTV, it was under the umbrella title of "Transformers Takara", and all three were branded with Victory's opening sequence. Garry Chalk, | From then on, with the help of Optimus Prime, they combat the Predacons while attempting to retrieve all the legendiscs. Angry Birds and Transformers collide in this action-packed, 3D shoot 'em up adventure. An encounter with the ancient Cybertronian computer, the Oracle, sees them reformatted into new technorganic bodies that blend their mechanical natures with the organic material they acquired on Earth, and as the story of the show develops, an organic past to Cybertron is steadily revealed, as is the story of the Maximal's missing memories and friends. | Six years after the battle of Unicron, Japan studio Takara continue the Transformers story in The Headmasters! The term "Generation 1", or "G1", is a retronym, coined after the advent of 1992's Transformers: Generation 2. The series concluded with a drawn-out battle between Primal and Megatron, which ultimately concluded with their deaths, allowing the planet-wide reformatting of Cybertron into a technorganic paradise. The third movie in the live action series, Dark of the Moon includes new Transformers and a plot to transport Cybertron to Earth! | 27 The Face of the Nijika: Mary Skrenes, Steve Skeates: November 20, 1986 #700-113 The Autobots discover a race of aliens who have also experienced persecution from the Quintessons. This movie chronicles the epic battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons in their mission to defend Earth against Unicron and one day restore their homeworld Cybertron. [citation needed]. Taking place after Revenge of the Fallen, the war between Autobots and Decepticons continue to rage on. Gangan Battle, Transformers Prime Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising. Stars: Beast Wars Neo is the sequel series to Beast Wars II and pits the Maximals and Predacons against each other for possession of an energy source called Angolmois. Brian Bloom, E But, out in the void of space, the damaged, deactivated body of Unicron now serves the staging base of the deranged alien being Alpha Q, who sends armies of robotic Terrorcons to steal Energon for his own purposes. Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. Vinton Heuck, Tell us what you think about this feature. It aired from August 2, 2016 to September 20, 2016. Stars: After the unremarkable performance of the Generation 2 line, Hasbro aimed to completely re-work the Transformers premise; the result was Beast Wars: Transformers, which featured robots with familiar names and organic beast modes. 1986 also saw the start of the third season of the animated series, which took its cue from the film, picking up precisely where it had left off with Rodimus in command and the Decepticons in exile with Galvatron missing. Dark Energon, on the other hand, is a corrupted form of energon and the blood of Unicron the Chaos-Bringer, Primus's fallen brother. Directors: Hozumi Gôda, Share. Shinji Ogawa, Additionally, there was rarely even enough time to produce more than a first draft of the translated script, leading to many errors in translation making it into the finished product, including incorrect character names, flat, transliterated speech, and at times, utterly nonsensical dialogue that did not match the action onscreen. The core Autobot team is led by Optimus Prime (voiced by David Kaye, famous for voicing the Megatrons of the Beast Era and Unicron Trilogy) and consists of the speedy, wise-cracking Bumblebee; gentle giant Bulkhead; aged, ornery medic Ratchet; and loner ninja Prowl. Mark Ryan, These non-violent Transformer stories were aimed at pre-school viewers. This game consists of decepticons flying and autobots rolling out. Transformers: Combiner Wars is an Internet-based animated series, based on the G1-centric toyline of the same name, and created by Machinima, Inc. in partnership with Hasbro for the go90 streaming media format from Verizon. Human Daniel Witwicky and his young Autobot friend Wheelie also played major roles in the series, serving as the youthful characters for the audience to identify with. Michael Bay has directed the first five films: Transformers (2007), Revenge of the Fallen (2009), Dark of the Moon (2011), Age of Extinction (2014), and The Last Knight (2017). All Main Transformers Cartoon Intros HD (1984 - 2018) G1 to Cyberverse - YouTube. Laura Haddock, Votes: Super Robot Lifeform Transformers. When a new army of Decepticons appear, Bumblebee must lead a new team of Autobots to Earth against their eternal foes. Caught in the destruction of the planet, Star Saber is rescued by Dai Atlas, who then repels an attack by the Decepticons, and is appointed the new Autobot commander at the conclusion of the episode. Action. Fred Tatasciore, Zone is included as a bonus feature on the last disc of the Australian release of Victory with Japanese audio and English subtitles. Factory (publishers of G1 of DVD) released the Headmasters series on DVD for the US and Canada markets but the "StarTV" dub wasn't included as per Hasbro's request. | Stars: They explain that the tiny being is a Scraplet, a small metal eating robot. 65 min A spin-off film, Bumblebee, directed by Travis Knight and produced by Bay, … Robots in Disguise. | Masato Hirano. Keith Silverstein, | Gregg Berger. The heavily promoted series was an attempt to re-introduce Transformers to the children of the time, and featured a particularly large number of additional merchandise such as puzzles, games, cards, candy and a tie-in PlayStation 2 video game. Steve Blum, $319.25M. Action, Adventure, Crime. $5.85M. 30 min TV-Y7 Stars: Although controversial among fans in its early days due to its complete re-imagining of the Transformers concept, today, it is not uncommon to find long-time Transformers fans - even those who have grown up with the franchise since 1984 - who consider Beast Wars to be their favorite Transformers series. Hideyuki Tanaka, Stars: | Otherwise known as Beast Wars II: Lio Convoy's Close Call!, this 1998 animated movie is set between episodes 32 and 38 of the Beast Wars II TV series and brings in a new antagonist which threatens all of the Maximals. These Transformers gives their masters a ... See full summary », Stars: Rather than import The Rebirth as a conclusion, Takara, the Japanese producers of the Transformers toyline, opted instead to continue the Generation 1 universe by creating the full-length 35-episode series, Transformers: The Headmasters (two additional clips episodes were produced after the fact for direct-to-video release). | | Animation, Action, Adventure. Tetsuo Komura, Produced by Canadian animation house Mainframe Entertainment, the computer-animated show was unlike any Transformers cartoons before it, both visually and in terms of story. Shopping. The Transformers' war continues in an older time, through a new generation. The dub was not released on DVD in the UK either. Junko Takeuchi. Toyline. - All Shows Feed, free! Spanning twenty years from 2010 to 2030, the trilogy is significant for being a co-production between Hasbro and Takara; the Japanese production team actually wanted to set the series in the Generation 1 continuity, post-"The Rebirth", but this was vetoed by Hasbro's head Transformers design director, Aaron Archer, in favour of completely rebooting the Transformers universe and introducing a brand new continuity for the second time (the first being Robots in Disguise). With Larry DiTillio and Bob Forward at the helm as story editors, it was planned for the show to start afresh, with no ties to anything that had gone before, but the off-handed reference to the "Great War" included in the first episode set the internet fandom ablaze. The group is a Space Bridge repair crew led by academy washout Optimus Prime, who stumble across the legendary life-giving Allspark on a routine mission, drawing the attention of the long-exiled Decepticons under the command of Megatron. Now that they are involved, the Autobots take it upon themselves to protect them. 1986 marked a huge change for The Transformers with the summer screening of The Transformers: The Movie, which jumped the action forward in time twenty years to the then-future of 2005 and pitted both the Autobots and Decepticons against the menace of the giant planet-eating robot, Unicron. More new characters continued to pour in when Galvatron returned to leadership and the Decepticons embarked on a space voyage, ransacking planets in a chain of stories that introduced the Horrorcons and Autobot and Decepticon Clones. Fred Tatasciore. The return to Earth was no less momentous, as the Decepticon ninja six-changer Sixshot killed Ultra Magnus, and the Autobot Headmasters finished off Galvatron. Mini-Cons can "powerlink" to larger Transformers, increasing their powers, and consequently became a sought-after commodity in the war between the Autobots and Decepticons. As controversial as Beast Wars started out, it was nothing compared to the controversy that would result from the infamous Beast Machines. It is, however, the first stand-alone Transformers show not connected to any larger continuity since Transformers: Animated. Stars: The Rescue Bots are tasked with helping protect the citizens of Griffin Rock while learning from them and maintaining their cover as highly sophisticated-but nonsentient-transforming robots. Michael Bell. Concluding in Japan at the end of 2005, the series ran throughout 2006 in Hasbro markets, and once again, Takara had no animated product on Japanese screens for that year. Optimus Prime and a small team of Autobots travel to various worlds in search for the one thing that can stop it - the Omega Lock! T As the Transformers brand grew throughout G1 , it began to define the genre, and all other super robots were measured competitively to Transformers' standard. Primus makes up the core of Cybertron, and it is eventually revealed that Unicron makes up the Earth's core. The series, however, ultimately proved duly unsuccessful (to the extent that there was no Transformers animated series broadcast in Japan in 2001) and following both the conclusion of it and the second season of Beast Machines, Takara and Hasbro opted to co-produce the next series for the first time.
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