Transformers Animated (franchise)
Transformers Animated is the next television-supported Transformers franchise, due to start in the January of 2008 with a 3-episode mini-movie.
The cartoon is produced by Cartoon Network, scripted in the West, character design and production by people who worked on shows like Teen Titans and Ben10, while animation is being provided by Japanese studio Mook.
The series will serve to focus less on the war between the Autobots and the Decepticons, with many of the threats also coming from human villains.
Cast
Autobots
- Optimus Prime (David Kaye)
- Bumblebee (Bumper Robinson)
- Ratchet (Corey Burton)
- Bulkhead (Bill Fagerbakke)
- Prowl (Jeff Bennett)
- Ultra Magnus (Jeff Bennett)
- Jazz (Phil LaMarr)
- Arcee (Susan Blu)
- Grimlock (David Kaye)
- Blurr (John Moschitta)
- Wreck-Gar ("Weird Al" Yankovic)
Decepticons
- Megatron (Corey Burton)
- Starscream (Tom Kenny)
- Shockwave (Corey Burton)
- Blackarachnia (Cree Summer)
- Blitzwing
- Lugnut (David Kaye)
Humans
Toyline
First previewed in Hasbro's pannel at Botcon 2007.
The Transformers animated toyline successfully merges the more fluid, expressive design style of the cartoon with extremely poseable robot forms (to a degree even Hasbro seemed pleasently surprised by). Unlike the most recent franchises before it there is no line-wide gimick (such as Minicons or Cyberplanet keys) rather transforming IS the gimick, and toys will have other special features that are unique and appropriate to the character they depict. Though the designs have originated with Hasbro and Cartoon Network, Takaratomy is stepping up to the plate once again ot design the toys.
The toyline is currently schedualed to debute ~March 2008 with a special "battle pack" featuring several figures. The full toyline will debute sometime a few months after that.
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