Unknown Generation 1 animation studios
For the production of the second season of the original Transformers animated series, Marvel Productions and Sunbow Productions utilized multiple overseas animation studios. Among them was an as-yet-unknown Filipino animation studio.
Little is known about the studio, including their name, thanks to the show's credits not identifying any specific animation studios. While studios like AKOM had unique styles that are immediately identifiable, the work of the Filipino studio is far more difficult to identify.
It has been confirmed that for season 2 of The Transformers, Japanese studio Toei animated a total of 39 episodes, leaving the remaining 10 to be divvied up between AKOM and the Filipino studio. At least 3 episodes from that season are immediately identifiable as AKOM productions, leaving a remaining 7 to be the work of the Filipino studio.
Their participation in season 3 is particularly questionable. Toei has been confirmed as having animated 13 episodes from that season, leaving 17 episodes to be animated by other studios. AKOM appears to have animated nearly all of those episodes, while it has been long believed that Tokyo Movie Shinsha animated "Call of the Primitives". How many episodes the Filipino studio provided for season 3, or if they provided any, is uncertain.
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Notes
- Although Toei has a Filipino branch, they were not established until 1986, which would have to be well after production of season 2 of The Transformers had already been completed.
