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<div>{{nav-armada}}'''''Armada''''' was the first Transformers cartoon to be co-developed in the United States and Japan. The show was produced in Japan, aired first in the United States, and then aired later in Japan. The cartoon served as a media tie-in for the overall ''[[Armada|Transformers Armada]]'' franchise.<br />
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==Story setup==<br />
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''Armada'' is set in a [[Unicron Trilogy]] universe, and is the first series in its continuity. Thus, the ''Armada'' cartoon was responsible for establishing the animated UT universe. (There are also [[Armada (Dreamwave comic)|comic books]] based on ''Armada'' that are set in slightly different UT continuities.)<br />
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''Armada'' added to Transformers mythology the notion of [[Mini-Con|Mini-Cons]], a tiny (human-sized) race of Transformers that, when "[[powerlinking|powerlinked]]" to their larger brethren, would unleash a floodgate of energy. Because of the great potential for their exploitation, the Mini-Cons attempted to abstain from the [[Autobot]]/[[Decepticon]] war and fled [[Cybertron]], crashing several of their ships on or near [[Earth]]. When some Mini-Cons are accidentally reactivated in 2002 by clumsy teenagers, a beacon alerts both the Autobots and Decepticons on Cybertron, who track them to Earth and continue their battle here.<br />
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==Production==<br />
''Armada'' was plagued with translation errors, particularly the repeated misnaming of characters in dialog, and also wildly varying animation quality. This is due in large part to an extremely rushed production schedule; the dub studio often got unfinished animation to work with, and rarely had time to get more than a first-draft translation of the script together in time for recording.<br />
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The nature of this rush-job is still under speculation, but there appear to be two primary suspects. Initial plans called for [[Dreamwave]] to supply character models for the series (at least, that was the claim), but that never materialized, possibly throwing production schedules off. Also, it has been mentioned that Cartoon Network, the channel that aired the show, would not sign off on the series without a certain number of episodes already finished, forcing a rush-job to get the cartoon out in a timely manner to coincide with the toyline's release.<br />
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Although fans had a mixed reaction towards the product as a whole (which is in reality typical of ''any'' new series), it was ''incredibly'' successful with the target audience, children ages 4-9. The success of Armada lent to the more expensive R&D that went into the next two toylines, [[Energon (franchise)|Energon]] and [[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]], as well as help launch the Transformers [[Universe]] subline. Armada remains a toyline of controversy still to this day.<br />
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==Episodes==<br />
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1. [[First Encounter]]<br><br />
2. [[Metamorphosis]]<br><br />
3. [[Base]]<br><br />
4. [[Comrade]]<br><br />
5. [[Soldier]]<br><br />
6. [[Jungle]]<br><br />
7. [[Carnival]]<br><br />
8. [[Palace]]<br><br />
9. [[Confrontation]]<br><br />
10. [[Underground]]<br><br />
11. [[Ruin]]<br><br />
12. [[Prehistory]]<br><br />
13. [[Swoop (Armada episode)|Swoop]]<br><br />
14. [[Overmatch]]<br><br />
15. [[Gale]]<br><br />
16. [[Credulous]]<br><br />
17. [[Conspiracy]]<br><br />
18. [[Trust]]<br><br />
19. [[Vacation]]<br><br />
20. [[Reinforcement]]<br><br />
21. [[Decisive Battle]]<br><br />
22. [[Vow]]<br><br />
23. [[Rebellion]]<br><br />
24. [[Chase (Armada episode)|Chase]]<br><br />
25. [[Tactician]]<br><br />
26. [[Link Up]]<br><br />
27. [[Detection]]<br><br />
28. [[Awakening]]<br><br />
29. [[Desperate]]<br><br />
30. [[Runaway]]<br><br />
31. [[Past, Part 1]]<br><br />
32. [[Past, Part 2]]<br><br />
33. [[Sacrifice]]<br><br />
34. [[Regeneration]]<br><br />
35. [[Rescue]]<br><br />
36. [[Mars (Armada episode)|Mars]]<br><br />
37. [[Crack (Armada episode)|Crack]]<br><br />
38. [[Threaten]]<br><br />
39. [[Crisis]]<br><br />
40. [[Remorse]]<br><br />
41. [[Depart]]<br><br />
42. [[Miracle]]<br><br />
43. [[Puppet]]<br><br />
44. [[Uprising]]<br><br />
45. [[Dash (Armada episode)|Dash]]<br><br />
46. [[Drift]]<br><br />
47. [[Portent]]<br><br />
48. [[Cramp]]<br><br />
49. [[Alliance]]<br><br />
50. [[Union]]<br><br />
51. [[Origin]]<br><br />
52. [[Mortal Combat]]<br><br />
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==External links==<br />
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*[http://www.geocities.co.jp/Playtown-Knight/6670/my_micron/armada-legend.html Site comparing animation differences between Armada and Micron Legend]<br />
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