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*Compared to past ''Transformers'' cartoons set on modern day Earth, the presence of [[human]]s in the series is extremely limited. Aside from a kid in the first season episode "[[Teletraan-X (episode)|Teletraan-X]]", humans have yet to make a physical appearance, with their presence limited to unseen voiceovers on media services. This is surprising considering that the first episode of the second season reveals that the existence of the Autobots and Decepticons are now public, with both sides directly addressing the people of Earth more than once.
*Compared to past ''Transformers'' cartoons set on modern day Earth, the presence of [[human]]s in the series is extremely limited. Aside from a kid in the first season episode "[[Teletraan-X (episode)|Teletraan-X]]", humans have yet to make a physical appearance, with their presence limited to unseen voiceovers on media services. This is surprising considering that the first episode of the second season reveals that the existence of the Autobots and Decepticons are now public, with both sides directly addressing the people of Earth more than once.
*While most of the cast make use of [[evergreen]] designs, several characters who don't have toys in the accompanying toyline use stylised versions of recent toy or fiction designs. For example, [[Chromia (Cyberverse)|''Cyberverse'' Chromia]]'s appearance is based on her [[Chromia (G1)#2005 IDW continuity|2014-2018 IDW comic design]] while [[Bludgeon (Cyberverse)|''Cyberverse'' Bludgeon]] is modeled on his [[Bludgeon (Prime)#Robots in Disguise (2015)|2017 ''Robots in Disguise'' toy]]. The [[Seeker (Cyberverse)|Seekers]] are a special case, generally using modified versions of Starscream's design (which ''is'' based on his evergreen design). This does slightly affect [[show-accuracy]] in regards to toys: both Slipstream and Thundercracker's toys are straight [[redeco]]es of Starscream's whereas in the cartoon itself the differences between Screamer and his subordinates is more pronounced.
*While most of the cast make use of [[evergreen]] designs, several characters who don't have toys in the accompanying toyline use stylised versions of recent toy or fiction designs. For example, [[Chromia (Cyberverse)|''Cyberverse'' Chromia]]'s appearance is based on her [[Chromia (G1)#2005 IDW continuity|2014-2018 IDW comic design]] while [[Bludgeon (Cyberverse)|''Cyberverse'' Bludgeon]] is modeled on his [[Bludgeon (Prime)#Robots in Disguise (2015)|2017 ''Robots in Disguise'' toy]]. The [[Seeker (Cyberverse)|Seekers]] are a special case, generally using modified versions of Starscream's design (which ''is'' based on his evergreen design). This does slightly affect [[show-accuracy]] in regards to toys: both Slipstream and Thundercracker's toys are straight [[redeco]]es of Starscream's whereas in the cartoon itself the differences between Screamer and his subordinates is more pronounced.
*There is precedent for how some characters in the Japanese dub act like a voice actor's prior role: in ''Transformers Prime'''s Japanese dub, [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airarchnid]] had several of [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackwidow]]'s quirks thanks to being voiced by the same voice actress [[Ryōka Yuzuki]].


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Revision as of 07:07, 11 November 2019

This article is about the 2018 animated series. For the 2011 toyline, see Cyberverse (toyline).
Cyberverse »
"This, Bumblebee, is my archive of all the experiences you've begged me to remove from your life. I call them 'Bumblebee's Mind Blowers'!"

Transformers: Cyberverse is a computer-animated series developed by Boulder Media Studio. It debuted on the Cartoon Network app and website on August 27, 2018, and made its television premiere on Cartoon Network on September 1, 2018. The story is divided into chapters: Chapter One ran for 18 episodes in 2018, while a second chapter is targeted for a late 2019 release. Unlike nearly every prior Transformers TV series, episodes are only 11 minutes in length as opposed to 22 minutes.

The series focuses on the adventures of Bumblebee; having damaged his memory chips, he and Windblade must recover his missing memories in order to help him remember his mission on Earth. Unfortunately, the Decepticons are after their friends.[1]

The series is intended to "focus more on characters and their mythology", featuring a stronger emphasis on serialized storytelling, and utilizes the "evergreen" character designs. It is set in a new continuity and is not a sequel to any previous series.

Storyline

During the war on Cybertron, Optimus Prime and a team including Bumblebee have left the planet to search for the AllSpark. The Decepticons catch wind that the ancient artifact is on Earth, and leave to investigate, which forces Windblade to take a one-way space bridge journey there herself. Unable to find any trace of the Ark or Optimus Prime, she manages to find her old friend Bumblebee. However, he is suffering from amnesia and has no recollection of who he is or how he got there. With the pair being pursued relentlessly by Decepticons, Windblade must help Bumblebee unlock and repair his damaged memories of the war and his journey to Earth so that they can locate Optimus and the AllSpark before their enemies do.

In the second season, the revived Autobots and the recently arrived Decepticons now battle over the fate of Earth thanks to the knowledge that the AllSpark is somewhere on the planet, protected by its guardian. The conflict escalates when Starscream, believing he has been chosen for a higher purpose, makes his own bid for power that puts both sides at risk. Thus it falls to the Autobots to not only retrieve the AllSpark, but to escort it safely back to Cybertron.

Main cast

(Recurring characters only.)

Autobots Decepticons Others
Main Cast
Other Recurring
Main Antagonists
Other Recurring

Episodes

Chapter One (2018)

  1. "Fractured"
  2. "Memory"
  3. "Allspark"
  4. "The Journey"
  5. "Whiteout"
  6. "Megatron Is My Hero"
  7. "Cube"
  8. "Terminal Velocity"
  9. "Shadowstriker"
  10. "Maccadam's"
  11. "Sabotage"
  12. "Teletraan-X"
  13. "Matrix of Leadership"
  14. "Siloed"
  15. "King of the Dinosaurs"
  16. "The Extinction Event"
  17. "Awaken Sleeping Giants"
  18. "Eruption"

Chapter Two: Power of the Spark (2019)

  1. "Sea of Tranquility"
  2. "Bad Moon Rising"
  3. "The Visitor"
  4. "Bring Me The Spark Of Optimus Prime"
  5. "Trials"
  6. "Dark Birth"
  7. "Parley"
  8. "Starscream's Children"
  9. "Spotted"
  10. "Secret Science"
  11. "Infinite Vendetta"
  12. "I Am The Allspark"
  13. "Escape From Earth"
  14. "Party Down"
  15. "Wiped Out"
  16. "Ghost Town"
  17. "Perfect Storm"
  18. "The Crossroads"

Japanese Release

Unlike the English version (which uses voice actors new to their roles), several Transformers alumni voice characters in the Japanese dub. In some cases, this borders on role reprisal, such as Aligned Starscream's voice actor voicing his Cyberverse counterpart or Bumblebee's voice actor having voiced four different versions of Bumblebee. In others, there are nods to their previous characters, with both Optimus Prime and Megatron's voice actors previously voicing Optimus Primal and Megatron in the Japanese dub of Beast Wars.

Like many other Japanese dubs (including both "Beast Wars" and the original G1 cartoon), the Japanese dub of Cyberverse takes a more "humorous" tack towards the show. For example, in the episode Sea of Tranquility as Starscream attacks Windblade he cheerfully goes, "Hello, Starscream here!" Even more serious characters like Optimus Prime aren't spared, as at one point he complains, "I was still talking!" when Megatron punches him.

Other typical Japanese dub additions include characters yelling "Transform!" as they, well, transform. The occasional special attack name is also called out (e.g. in Bad Moon Rising Megatron cries out, "Punishment Cannon: Fusion Cannon, FIRE!" when he blasts Starscream).

Personality-wise, some characters are effectively transplants of their previous incarnations. Starscream, for example, is basically Prime Starscream right down to his mannerisms. Megatron and Optimus Prime are basically their G1 counterparts with Japanese dub Beast Megatron and Optimus Primal's personalities. Other characters have quirks unique to previous Japanese dubs, like Shockwave punctuating his sentences with "shock!" similar to his Prime counterpart and being much more expressive compared to the stoic and clinical English version.

In lieu of an opening theme, Cyberverse has characters talking over the opening credits to pump up the kids watching the show. For the ending, the same character will talk over the English credits commenting on events in the episode, and afterward the Japanese credits will play over stills of highlights from said episode.

Notes

  • Cyberverse draws some concepts from the Bumblebee film, released a few months after Cyberverse debuted; in particular, the plot point of Bumblebee's amnesia is lifted directly from the film, as is the "honeycomb" design of Bumblebee's internal readouts.
  • Unlike previous Transformers series, the characters in this show are drawn with only four fingers.
  • The show's premiere episodes, "Fractured" and "Memory," were both put up on Cartoon Network's mobile app and website several days before their U.S. television premiere. All subsequent episodes of the show were uploaded the day before they were aired on television, followed by a release on Hasbro's YouTube channel the day after, region-locked to United States users; following a weekend without any videos due to American Thanksgiving, the YouTube release moved to the next Sunday after airing starting with episode 13. Cartoon Network's app/website split each episode into two separate parts, each with a generic title card, and were numbered as such. By the second season, the Cartoon Network site began putting up episodes over a week before they would hit the airwaves, and Hasbro's YouTube uploads returned to their one day delay schedule.
  • While the first season was aired at a rate of one episode per week in the United States, in Canada, two episodes aired every week in a half-hour block. Consequently, "Megatron Is My Hero" through "Maccadam's" all premiered on Canadian television ahead of their US broadcasts. In fact, the entire rest of the first season was initially scheduled to debut in Canada over the following weeks, but it was all pulled and replaced with re-runs, presumably because someone US-side didn't like how far ahead they were getting! However, the show still couldn't catch a break, as the next two episodes premiered on the Xfinity X1 service more than two weeks before they aired on television, with the remaining Chapter One episodes each airing in Singapore at least a week ahead of their US broadcast. This unfortunate scheduling continued during Chapter Two's broadcast, with the season premiering in multiple countries (including Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, and France) two weeks ahead of its US broadcast and airing at a rate of four new episodes each weekend, finishing out the season as the US was only just starting it.
  • Compared to past Transformers cartoons set on modern day Earth, the presence of humans in the series is extremely limited. Aside from a kid in the first season episode "Teletraan-X", humans have yet to make a physical appearance, with their presence limited to unseen voiceovers on media services. This is surprising considering that the first episode of the second season reveals that the existence of the Autobots and Decepticons are now public, with both sides directly addressing the people of Earth more than once.
  • While most of the cast make use of evergreen designs, several characters who don't have toys in the accompanying toyline use stylised versions of recent toy or fiction designs. For example, Cyberverse Chromia's appearance is based on her 2014-2018 IDW comic design while Cyberverse Bludgeon is modeled on his 2017 Robots in Disguise toy. The Seekers are a special case, generally using modified versions of Starscream's design (which is based on his evergreen design). This does slightly affect show-accuracy in regards to toys: both Slipstream and Thundercracker's toys are straight redecoes of Starscream's whereas in the cartoon itself the differences between Screamer and his subordinates is more pronounced.
  • There is precedent for how some characters in the Japanese dub act like a voice actor's prior role: in Transformers Prime's Japanese dub, Airarchnid had several of Blackwidow's quirks thanks to being voiced by the same voice actress Ryōka Yuzuki.

References

  1. ↑ Exclusive: Your First Look At The New Transformers: Cyberverse Animated Series
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