Transformers: Prime (cartoon)

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Transformers: Prime is a computer-animated television series that premiered on The Hub on November 26, 2010 with a five-part mini-series, which was followed by a full season beginning on February 11, 2011. There are 26 episodes scheduled for the first season, and another three seasons have been outlined by the screenwriters.[1]

The Canadian broadcast of the series will be undertaken by the youth networks affiliated with Corus Entertainment (YTV, Teletoon, Teletoon Retro, and Nickelodeon Canada).[2]

Story

There will be toys of these guys, stop asking!

Team Prime lives on Earth as a pre-emptive measure against the return of the Decepticons. Autobot Central Command is located in a converted missile silo in Nevada which was provided by the United States government, with whom the Autobots have formed an alliance. However, the presence of Transformers on Earth is not generally known among the civilian population. The Autobots have taken three human teens under their protection after their association with the Autobots put them in danger from the Decepticons.

Megatron returns having discovered Dark Energon, which grants him rule of life itself, but is injured, with Starscream taking command in his absence. In addition to the Decepticons, the Autobots also contend with the human terrorist organization, MECH.

Cast

Autobots Decepticons Humans
Main Cast
Others
Main Cast
Crew of the Nemesis
Others

James Remar and Gina Torres are also voicing parts.

Episodes

For further information, see: List of Transformers: Prime episodes

Season 1

  1. Darkness Rising, Part 1
  2. Darkness Rising, Part 2
  3. Darkness Rising, Part 3
  4. Darkness Rising, Part 4
  5. Darkness Rising, Part 5
  6. Masters & Students
  7. Scrapheap
  8. Con Job
  9. Convoy
  10. Deus ex Machina
  11. Speed Metal
  12. Predatory
  13. Divide & Conquer
  14. Sick Mind
  15. Out of His Head
  16. Shadowzone

Production

The show runners are Jeff Kline, Duane Capizzi, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. Orci and Kurtzman's employees Steven Puri and Mandy Safavi are also listed as producers.[3] Additional production staff include principal character designer Jose Lopez and supervising director Dave Hartman.[1] Orci and Kurtzman explained the show offered them a better chance to delve into the Transformers' mythology than the live-action film series did.[4]For the show, Hasbro gave the producers a 400-page production bible that they had been working on since the movies, that combined elements of the most popular continuities.[5] Kline said they wanted the show to be very cinematic, with tension, suspense and danger (as marked by Cliffjumper's death in the pilot) as children are more media savvy than they were in the past. Regardless, they had be considerate as the show still had a broad audience.[6] Susan Blu was the casting director, but was replaced as voice director following a death in her family.[7]

According to Ken Christiansen, the show's design aesthetic was formed by Hasbro Studios hiring freelance conceptual artists like himself. The submitted artwork was given Lopez's staff to be examined, and they incorporated the ideas they liked best.[8] Polygon Pictures provided the CG animation, for which Digitalscape performed a recruitment drive for before the show began production.[9] Lopez said the animation would be a "groundbreaking mix of 2D animation and CGI".[10] Each character has three CG models: the robot mode, their alternate mode, and one for the transformation.[11] Lopez said the designs were personality driven, and that the 3D animation allowed them to go "crazy" with the transformation schemes. In contrast, the characters were given realistic textures,[12] and are subject to battle damage during episodes.[13]

Other staff members include:

Notes

  • Unlike most Transformers shows, episodes do not have an episode title card. Episode titles are from The Hub website.
  • The series has also been advertised as Transformers: Prime - The Animated Series.
  • The show was said to be "rightfully huge" at the BotCon 2010 panel.[1] Later, at the Hasbro designers' panel, the Thirteen original Transformers were described as being "rightfully huge".[14]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 TFormers BotCon 2010 Hasbro Studios Panel Coverage
  2. ↑ Hasbro Studios and Corus Entertainment’s Kids Networks Reach Broad Animation and Live-Action Programming Agreement
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 TFormers cast and crew announcement including Dwayne Johnson exclusive.
  4. ↑ LIVE! Transformers Prime Panel @ SDCC 2010, July 22, 2010
  5. ↑ Collider transcript
  6. ↑ PGP January 2011 Q&A
  7. ↑ Tformers.com's coverage of the SDCC Transformers Prime panel, July 22, 2010.
  8. ↑ August 2010 blog post by Ken Christiansen
  9. ↑ Announcement on Digitalscape, also asking for job applicants.
  10. ↑ Jose Lopez speaks about Prime's animation style
  11. ↑ Cybertron.ca January 2011 Q&A
  12. ↑ ASM Geekly Rewind January 2011 Q&A
  13. ↑ Botcon 2010 Transformers Prime Panel Coverage
  14. ↑ BotCon 2010 Hasbro designers' panel.
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