Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)
| This article is about the 2015 cartoon. For the 2001 cartoon, see Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon). For a list of other meanings, see Robots in Disguise (disambiguation). |
Template:Nav-Rid2015 Transformers: Robots in Disguise is an animated television series set to air on Cartoon Network[1] On March 14 2015.[2] Set years after Transformers: Prime, it will follow Bumblebee as he leads a ragtag group of Autobots back to Earth, pursuing a Decepticon prison ship that has crash-landed on the planet.
Crew members returning from Prime include executive producer Jeff Kline and writer Steven Melching, now story editor, and Mairghread Scott, serving as Script Coordinator/Writer’s Assistant[3]. Adam Beechen will serve as the producer. Kevin Manthei and Kevin Kiner are serving as series composers.[4] Once again, Polygon Pictures are handling the animation.[5]
The show made its worldwide debut in late December 2014, with the first 13 episodes released as pay-to-view content on Chinese video streaming website M1905.
Cast
| Autobots | Decepticons | Humans |
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Main Cast
Others
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Other characters from Prime will appear in the show's second season.[7]
Episodes
Japanese release
Re-titled Transformers: Adventure (トランスフォーマー アドベンチャー, Toransufōmā Adobenchā), the series will air on the satellite network Animax, thus making Adventure the first Transformers cartoon to be relegated directly to satellite since Beast Wars Returns. It is currently scheduled for a Spring 2015 premiere.
As is rather well-known, Transformers: Prime did not complete its run in Japan, ending at 52 episodes. To date, Japanese audiences have not received the Beast Hunters episodes or the Predacons Rising film. How this will affect the localization of Adventure is currently unknown; whether the missing material will be accounted for or the scripts reworked to ignore it. We'll just have to wait and see.
The theme song for the series is "Save the Future!!" by Mitsuhiru Oikawa.
Notes
- The first 13 episodes were released with Mandarin Chinese dubs on December 31, 2014 in mainland China, but not Hong Kong. The episodes were made available on website 1905.com, with five-minute previews being free and the whole episodes available until January 15 for RMB$19.5, which is around USD$3-4. You could even win a "fabulous" assortment of Hasbro toys (legion class) and a RMB$30 digital coupon if you pay for the episodes!
- While it's possibly a coincidence, this series features antagonists with animal-like forms for the Autobots to fight, much like the series' 2001 namesake predecessor and its featured villains.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Transformers: Adventure (トランスフォーマー アドベンチャー Toransufōmā Adobenchā)
- Mandarin: Transformers: Leader's Challenge (变形金刚：领袖的挑战)
References
- ↑ Cartoon Network Becomes the Home of Hasbro Studios' Newest Series, Transformers: Robots in Disguise
- ↑ Products and Images from the 2015 UK Toy Fair
- ↑ Mairghread's Tumblr Post
- ↑ Kevin Manthei's Tumblr post
- ↑ Tweet by Polygon Pictures CEO Shuzo Shiota
- ↑ The Hub Network Announces Brand New Transformers Series in Production Now Ffo 2015 (press release)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 SDCC 2014 Hasbro Transformers Panel Pics Part 2 - Robots in Disguise
- ↑ TFW2005: Optimus Prime New Cartoon Look Revealed
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 TFW2005: Transformers RID (2015) New Screen-caps Reveal Optimus Prime and Drift
- ↑ 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 10.11 10.12 10.13 10.14 Cast list for the first 13 episodes on TFW2005
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 NYCC 2014 - Transformers Robots In Disguise 2015 Live Panel Report
