Rate . Notably, the episodes focusing on the Constructicons have been omitted, likely due to the lack of toys based on the characters (though the last Constructicon-focused episode was aired anyway). The series is being distributed internationally by Entertainment Rights. 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. Debuting in Japan in January 2005, under the title Transformers: Galaxy Force, the series was intended by its Japanese producers to be yet another complete reboot to the timeline, beginning yet another continuity from the beginning with no connections to Armada or Energon. NewsNation . 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. Penned by regular series writer David Wise (who had previously written several of the series' mythology-building episodes), this finale story introduced the Headmasters and Targetmasters, as well as several other characters. 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. Subsequently, the universe depicted in the animated series Challenge of the GoBots and follow-up film GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords was established as an alternate universe in the Transformers Multiverse.[4]. 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. Episode Ep. Aided with new "Cyber Key Powers" of their own, the Transformers makes allies and enemies on each different world they visit, from the racing-obsessed Velocitron to the bestial Jungle Planet and beyond, on an adventure that has its roots in the ancient past, and sculpts a new future for Cybertron. According to The AllSpark Almanac II, The Complete AllSpark Almanac, and issue #71 of the Transformers Collectors' Club magazine, season four's main theme would have been the discovery of Energon deposits left by the Allspark across Detroit. These three young Autobots previously appeared in the follow-up story "The Return of Blurr", in which they helped Sari and Arcee with stopping an ancient Decepticon weapon named Kremzeek and restoring Blurr, who was compacted into a cube by Shockwave in the third season. Optimus Prime met his end at Megatron's hands, and Ultra Magnus briefly replaced him as a leader before being succeeded by Rodimus Prime, while Megatron himself was recreated by Unicron as Galvatron. It was produced by Cartoon Network Studios and Hasbro and animated by The Answer Studio, Mook Animation, and Studio 4°C (shorts). Select all. ^ a b Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac ^ 'ER picks up new Transformers'. 2 Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2: Flint Dille: September 16, 1986 #700-87 She stuck a tracer on Bumblebee so she could listen in on the crew and find out the best opportunity, while she roped Blitzwing and Lugnut into helping her. A companion comic book was included with the Japanese DVD releases of the series titled Linkage, which focused on the side story of a group of Mini-Cons whose adventures happened concurrently with the animated series. Rate. Season Two Volume One was released on September 15, 2009. Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy is the sequel series to Transformers: Rescue Bots, aimed at a younger audience than its predecessor. Optimus Prime and his band of Autobots are taken off the job when the Cybertron Elite Guard, led by Ultra Magnus, comes to Earth looking for the AllSpark. Season 1. Garbage In, Garbage Out May 10, 2008. The Autobots take the Allspark back to their ship, but are soon confronted by a crew of Decepticons led by the notorious warlord Megatron and consisting of Blitzwing, Lugnut, Blackarachnia, and Starscream. Bulkhead and Sari entering a parallel universe with evil Autobots and heroic Decepticons (a homage to the, Minicons from Kaon disabling all the machinery in Detroit (a homage to the film. A guidebook for the show, The Allspark Almanac, was released in 2009 and covers the first two seasons of the show. The series featured an entirely new cast of Maximals and Predacons - led by Lio Convoy and Galvatron, respectively - fighting on the planet Gaia - a future Earth, devastated by the power of the energy source the two factions seek, Angolmois energy. Originally intended to be a full-length direct-to-video (OVA) series, 1990s Transformers: Zone was cancelled after only one episode, making it the last Generation 1 animated project. 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. In Japan, the show debuted on April 3, 2010, on both TV Aichi and TV Tokyo. Cybertron: the home planet of the Transformers. Around fifty Generation 1 episodes from seasons 1 to 3 of The Transformers were chosen and, as the show's narrator proudly proclaimed, "computer-enhanced" with the "Cyber-Net Space-Cube" - a gimmick that essentially consisted of inserting new, computer-generated borders and scene-changes into the existing episodes. Three seasons, dubbed "Chapters", are planned, in conjunction with the eponymous toyline: Siege, Earthrise and Kingdom, cummulating to a total of 18 episodes. 1. In another difference, the characters and toys of Victory are predominantly unique to Japan, and those that are not are remoulded in unique, distinguishing ways - the series debuts the Brainmasters, Brestforce and Multiforce, all new toys, as well as the Dinoforce, remoulded versions of the American Monster Pretenders. The series debuted on Cartoon Network on December 26, 2007, and ended on May 23, 2009. Two clans of robotic aliens from the distant planet Cybertron continue their ancient war as they search for new sources of energy on Earth, disguising themselves as earth-like vehicles. The Autobots spend these years in stasis, but when they are awakened as a result of one of Sumdac's experiments in techno-organic fusion going berserk, they publicly save the day, befriend Sumdac's daughter Sari (who later reveals to be a robot herself), and quickly establish themselves as a force for justice on Earth. Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy is a CGI anime-influenced animation series that was first released on Netflix on July 30, 2020.[7]. Rate. The series debuted on Cartoon Network on December 26, 2007, and ended on May 23, 2009. Tap to unmute. The story of Cybertron centres on a gigantic black hole, created by the destruction of Unicron at the conclusion of Energon, which threatens to consume Cybertron and the rest of the universe. They would also battle the other Decepticons over control of the Energon deposits on Earth. "Daniel's Adventure" 30. Slipstream leading her own team of Decepticons on Earth before ultimately becoming an ally to the Autobots. The show's continuity is separate from any other previous Transformers continuities, despite using footage from the first series (The Transformers) in its first episode as a historical film, and having many references to the other Transformers continuities in the Transformers franchise. The third act was Lio Convoy, Close Call!, a new, original story that saw Optimus Primal pulled forward in time to team up with Lio Convoy to stop the monstrous Majin Zarak. As with the movie when released in Japan, Takara Tomy is not renaming Optimus to Convoy as they have done in past properties. While they are usually called upon to defend Griffin Rock and its citizens from man-made and natural disasters, the Rescue Bots occasionally engage human villains eager to exploit their advanced technology. Although populated mainly with new characters, The Headmasters did continue to feature characters from all previous seasons, including new versions of Soundwave and Blaster, rebuilt after a duel that destroyed them both as Soundblaster and Twincast. Rate. A standard season's worth of 13 more episodes was commissioned, expanding the Transformers universe in which the Dinobots, Constructicons and Jetfire (then later called Skyfire in the series) made their debut. 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. Like Combiner Wars before it, Titans Return is also an Internet-based series for go90, supporting the Titans Return toyline. Episode List. Cybertron's English language adaptation flouts Unicron Trilogy convention by being competently produced. The cast of Zone is heavily composed of Micromasters, who also made up much of the toyline. To survive its harsh climate, a select few of the most-highly trained constructed larger bodies called "Transtectors," to which they connected as heads. After the series' normal run began in January 2008, the first two seasons were aired nearly back-to-back, creating nearly a year-long delay in between the second and third seasons. The series began with a pilot called "Transform and Roll Out!". 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. Sat, Feb 18, 2012 30 mins. There are two chapters: Samurai and Shinobi. Rate. 01. Just as with the Generation 1 timeline, Japan was quick to get in on the act when Beast Wars took off. The keys, however, are scattered on planets throughout the galaxy, and the Autobots must now race from world to world to acquire their power before the Decepticons. 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. Megatron's remains are discovered by the young scientist Isaac Sumdac, who reverse-engineers his Cybertronian technology to create massive leaps in Earth machinery, transforming the planet into a technological utopia over the course of the following fifty years. Longtime Transformers comic scribe Simon Furman was brought on board to script the final episode, which concluded with the end of the Beast Wars, and the Maximal's departure for Cybertron. The 21st century saw a total reboot of the Transformers universe (first being Takara's produced Car Robots, imported and called for Western release as Transformers: Robots in Disguise), as Hasbro collaborated with Japanese Transformers producers Takara to create a new storyline with Transformers: Armada and its sequels, produced in Japan and then dubbed for English-speaking audience. It is unknown the exact reason the American series ended after the movie, though it is assumed that Sunbow had lost its contract to keep its cartoons running by 1987 (the final Transformers episode "The Rebirth" coincided with the final G.I. Well, they can't be more wrong about that. 0. However, on December 18, 2009, it was announced through the launch of the official website that Takara Tomy would be bringing the series to Japan come Spring 2010. From Transformers Wiki. The show uses elements and characters across all eras of the franchise, specifically G1, Animated, Aligned and the live-action films continuities. Year: Season 2. As controversial as Beast Wars started out, it was nothing compared to the controversy that would result from the infamous Beast Machines. 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. S2, Ep21. They get pulled into a time warp, and end up on Cybertron, before the current war began. It aired from November 14, 2017 to January 9, 2018 and features Peter Cullen and Judd Nelson as Optimus Prime and Hot Rod, reprising their respective characters from The Transformers 30 years previous.[6]. This led him to a decision to move to California permanently. While the Autobot's presence is not known among the general population, the United States government is aware of their presence and cooperates with them. At four seasons and 104 episodes, it is the longest-running Transformers series, surpassing the record set by the original animated series at 98 episodes. Primus makes up the core of Cybertron, and it is eventually revealed that Unicron makes up the Earth's core. Zone is included as a bonus feature on the last disc of the Australian release of Victory with Japanese audio and English subtitles. Sumdac Tower: The largest tower in Detroit where Isaac Sumdac designs and tests his robot creations, which was also the resting place of Megatron's severed head before he was revived. Eventually, however, the Mini-Cons fled Cybertron in a starship, which warped into the Solar system and crashed on Earth. Transformers Animated - 1x01 - Les transformers mettent la gomme (part 1).PDTV.FR.XviD.splanck-BaLLanTeAm. Transform and Roll Out! In March 2015, a compilation of the two almanacs, titled The Complete Allspark Almanac, was released. 7.6 (90) 0. 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. [12] The website had launched with very little content available, with a trailer and wallpaper of Optimus Prime, later with adding Bumblebee media. 3. May 10, 2008. List of Transformers Animated episodes. All 30 episodes were dubbed for Transformers 2010 and 2 additional clip episodes were produced, bringing the total to 32 episodes. Micromasters also make their debut in Victory. Archer crafted the basic story outline of each of the three lines, with the anime themselves then being written and animated in Japan, but in practice, the Japanese studios did not always follow Archer's design. The season ends with Megatron returning with a new body (built by the all-powerful AllSpark from his old body), and the AllSpark exploding into many fragments that scatter across Detroit. Early antagonists in the series will be superhuman villains, some of whom will obtain powers through Transformer technology, with the scattered Decepticons (Starscream, Blackarachnia, Lugnut, and Blitzwing) periodically arriving on Earth in their search for Megatron and the Allspark.