When the autobots head for their ship to seek out new energy reserves, the decepticons attack, leading to a crash landing on earth several million years b. Transformers were a toy line and cartoon series from 1984 produced by hasbro and became one of the best selling toys of all time. Every transformers animated series ranked screenrant. The transformers tv series 19841987 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. While arcees vehicle mode is never shown in the series itself, the action. Ranking the top 20 characters from the original transformers. I just want the cartoon characters in the american continuity.
Transformers g1 all autobots and decepticons tv series. List of the transformers characters neo encyclopedia wiki fandom. The transformers is an american animated robot superhero television series which originally aired from september 17, 1984 to november 11, 1987. The movie is in continuity with the cartoon series, occurring 20 years after the end of season 2.
Megatron would go on to kill optimus prime, but perceptor was right there to examine primes wounds and declare there was nothing he could do. The army of fans, millions of cosplays, fan videos. Combiners more commonly known as gestalts by the fans are transformers who could combine with each other to form a larger robot. The autobots also known as cybertrons in japan are the heroes in the transformers toyline. More than meets the eye 1 episode 1 optimus prime megatron bumblebee starscream soundwave dinobots jazz iron hide rachet ravage mirage wheeljack hound. The first of many series in the transformers franchise, it was based upon hasbros transformers toy line itself based upon the diaclone and microman toy lines originally created by japanese toy manufacturer takara and depicts a war among giant robots.
List of all transformers characters tfarchive forums. Armada is a transformers animated series which ran from 20022004. Loved this series as a child so when i saw the complete series available on dvd, i had to purchase it. The cancellation of transtech left a yearlong gap in hasbros transformers line. Starscreams ghost which featured blitzwing as the main character. If you are a fan of the older transformers series like g1 and headmasters, you really should check this out. This is a list of known autobots from the transformers fictional universe and toy line.
Ultra magnus l transformers transformers generation 1, transformers autobots. Bumblebee cyberverse adventures in season 3 is a cel shaded computer animated series based on the transformers toy franchise by hasbro produced by boulder media limited, and allspark animation for cartoon network. This is a list of articles listing the many characters included in the transformers media franchise by the medium they appear in. Transformers the movie licensed to youtube by sme on behalf of volcanolegacy.
Heroes, transformers animated is set in 2050 detroit after crash landing 50 years earlier, when robots and humans live sidebyside. It was the single biggest turning point for the series, and remains controversial. Hasbro and takara worked together with cartoon network to codevelop the next series, transformers animated, seeing the autobots and decepticons heavily reimagined in the style of actionadventure cartoons like teen titans, a deliberate shift away from the look of the big liveaction movie also coming out in 2007. New transformer series coming to the cartoon network. Chapter one ran for 18 episodes in 2018, chapter two ran for.
The cartoon was produced by cartoon network, scripted in the united states, with character and background designs by the crews behind shows like teen titans and ben 10, while animation was provided by japanese studios. The term generation 1, or g1, is a retronym, coined after the. This article needs additional citations for verification. The following is a list of some of these more prolific and recurring characters. Jan 04, 2018 transformers the movie licensed to youtube by sme on behalf of volcanolegacy. The cartoon network and hasbro are teaming up to produce new episodes of the transformers.
While the cartoon was episodic, budiansky, artists like frank springer and colorist nel yomtov had an ongoing story that organically introduced new characters and went in new directions like grimlock becoming king of the autobots. While most characters in the series are somewhat based on older ones, these two dont really have anything in common with older versions of jetfire or jetstorm aside from the fact that they fly. Optimus prime by markerguru on deviantart transformers autobot. The transformers cartoon transformers universe mux fandom. The original animated transformers series remains fondly remembered for its colorful depictions of heroic autobots, evil decepticons and their galaxyspanning adventures.
Transformers g1 cartoon series season 3 lukis bros transformers collector site. The movies franchise, several cartoon serials, computer games and army of toys and logs. The girl who loved powerglide 1985, one background character can be heard saying bloody fool. Transformers animated is a cartoon series which debuted on december 26, 2007, in support of the franchise of the same name. Now they came here to earth to continue the struggle for victory. Rather than let the series lay dormant that long, hasbro imported the takara toy line and animated series car robots, which they rechristened robots in disguise to serve as, essentially, a placeholder line. See more ideas about transformers, cartoon and transformers art. While the transformers get overhauled with every new incarnation, they tend to stay true to a few core characteristics, and there are iconic members among them who are pretty much guaranteed to appear in any incarnation. Cho robotto seimeitai toransufoma v is an animated series produced by toei animation.
It is based on the transformers toy and entertainment franchise originally created in the 1980s by hasbro out of takaras robot toys. Community content is available under ccbysa unless otherwise noted. According to the hollywood reporter, the revitalized series will premier in. The beast wars tv series was the first transformers series to feature computeranimated characters, and was produced by mainframe entertainment of vancouver, canada. The entire seriess dialogue contained one example of mildly foul language. This was still when good was good and evil was evil. This one instance caused the uk metrodome dvd releases that contained this episode to be rated pg. Best transformers tv series top ten list thetoptens. Bumblebee cyberverse adventures, is a computer animated series developed by boulder media studio. The show introduced many new characters like sixshot, overlord, grand maximus and the pretenders. A new transformers series based on the new war for cybertron trilogy is coming to netflex next year.
The movie is set between seasons 2 and 3 of the cartoon series, but dont worry, its not heavy on continuity. The term generation 1, or g1, is a retronym, coined after the advent of 1992s transformers. Animated is an american animated childrens television series produced. Animated is a cartoon that was aired in early 2008 on cartoon network in the united states. Masterpiece transformers are meant to be reproductions of the characters aimed at adult collectors. Transformers animated is a cartoon series which debuted on. Bluestreak, brawn, bumblebee, cliffjumper, gears, hound, huffer, ironhide, jazz, laserbeak, megatron, mirage, optimus prime, prowl, ratchet, ravage. Which cartoon series are you 5 reasons the original transformers cartoon is not as great as you remember is an entertainment franchise coproduced between the japanese takara tomy and american hasbro toy companies. Transformers led to an animated movie in 1986, many future toy lines and a series of live action movies. But if he was more ruthless, he wouldnt be optimus prime.
List of transformers characters by continuity and series while there are many lists of toys out there, and lists of characters by individual series, ive never seen a list of all characters without having the hassle of seeing twentyfive entries of movie optimus prime. The entire series s dialogue contained one example of mildly foul language. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. The movie, rodimus prime the return of optimus prime part 2. It is based on the transformers toy and entertainment franchise created by hasbro, about a race of giant, sentient robots that come from the fictional planet cybertron and are able to change their appearance into cars, planes and other machinery. It was released in north america on august 8, 1986, and in the united kingdom on december 12, 1986. It is a japaneseproduced spinoff of the wellknown original transformers animated series, and the final complete animated series from the original generation 1 era. Animated is an american animated childrens television series produced by cartoon network studios. More than meets the eye 1 episode 1 optimus prime megatron bumblebee starscream soundwave dinobots. Most fictions in the franchise are about a race of giant, sentient robots. As such theyre complex and detailed and expensive, and work to create figures that match the animation designs. Transformers was always tops for me because the cartoon had a diverse cast of characters, a story with depth and morality. The alternate modes of autobots are usually cars, trucks and various other groundbased civilian vehicles.
Individual character articles should not appear directly under the characters category please subcategorize them. The last knight stampeding into movie theaters this week, its time to collect every energon cube, activate the space bridge and retreat back to the 1980s. The complete series dvd box set is the foundation of the brand new culture phenomenon. List of the transformers tv series characters wikipedia.
Netflix transformers cartoon big news for all transformers fans. Transformers g1 cartoon series season 1 lukis bros transformers collector site. Get your g1 transformers fix with the new web cartoon. Originally scheduled for late after 2007 under the title of transformers. It is not the best animated series ever to air, but it stimulated viewers with. This is a list of characters from the transformers television series. Their designs are actually from a much earlier phase of the series, and werent intended to be associated with any preexisting character. Although primary characters such as megatron, optimus prime, bumblebee. It was the first series coproduced by the american toy company, hasbro, and their japanese counterpart, takara. The film was coproduced and directed by nelson shin, who also produced the original transformers television series. Coinciding with that new cartoon, recent years have seen a flood of new mainline toys from hasbro tied together with the prime wars trilogy concept. In a cold, far away world, a battle has raged between evil and good. The production designer for the show, clyde klotz, won a daytime emmy award for outstanding individual achievement in animation in 1997 for his work on beast wars.
Transformers generation one cartoon series characters. A wonderful conceit of the series had harveys cases involving other classic cartoon characters, but with many adult scenarios thrown in including scooby and shaggy arrested for possession. The 1980s was a golden era for the action figure, and transformers were among the most popular. Prime is a computer animated robot superhero television series produced by hasbro studios and animated by polygon pictures. The transformers is a western animation series based on the transformers franchise produced by american toy company, hasbro. The transformers cartoon transformers universe mux. Small but tough autobot that has an affinity for interacting with humans. The transformers is also the first entry to the transformers 2020 series.
Transformers episode guide the story of the transformers begins on the planet cybertron, home to both autobot and decepticon. This is a list of characters from the 2002 anime series transformers. Mar 12, 2012 tfwiki usually have full lists for every characters in every animated continuity, but not for g1 cartoon with the exception for the movie so my question is. The movie is a 1986 animated film based on the transformers television series, in turn based on the transformers toyline created by hasbro. Transformers cyberverse season 3 trailer and all new.
The new cartoon webseries is still rolling out new episodes on a regular basis. Even when the series misses the mark, its exciting to see a new take on these old characters. The movie saw the introductions of unicron, the quintessons, and the matrix of leadership, all of which would play important roles in season 3. It is a japaneseproduced spinoff of the wellknown original transformers animated series, and the final complete animated series from the original generation 1.
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. Kids all around the world think that transformers are the most cool characters and toys in the history. Transformers cyberverse season 3 trailer and all new characters revealed here we go seibertronians. Transformers toys cyberverse tiny turbo changers series 2. Has there been any successful attempts to list every g1 cartoon characters. Although frequently used to simply refer to the original 19841991 marvel comic series, 19841987 animated series, the term encompasses all transformers fiction from 1984 to 1992. Dec 24, 2017 even when the series misses the mark, its exciting to see a new take on these old characters. The movie is in continuity with the cartoon series, occurring 20 years after the end of season 2 in the thenfuturistic year of 2005. By now, these early fans are all grown up, so there are probably a few things theyve forgottenor.
It begins with a devastating attack on autobot city that leaves. He is one of the most well known autobots and in most incarnations is optimus primes right hand man. Get your g1 transformers fix with the new web cartoon, toys. This cartoon will entertain you if you arent into mindless entertainment. The best part i get to rewatch the series with my young son, as he is exposed to some of the most compelling characters in the transformers universe. Many have remarked that if he was more ruthless, he would be a better military leader.
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