Stellar-cycles (years) after the Autobots won the great war for Cybertron against the Decepticons, an Autobot maintenance crew led by Optimus Prime and consisting of Ratchet, Bulkhead, Prowl, and Bumblebee discover the legendary Allspark buried on an asteroid.
The series began with a pilot called "Transform and Roll Out!". Synopsis Main article: List of Transformers: Animated episodes Pilot episodes In addition, the Japanese version was slightly rewritten to tie into the live-action Transformers film series Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Despite this, the series features many references to the other continuities such as footage from the Generation 1 series being used as a historical film. The show is set in its own stand-alone continuity, separate from any other previous Transformers continuities.
In Japan, the show debuted on April 3, 2010, on both TV Aichi and TV Tokyo. The series debuted on Cartoon Network on December 26, 2007, and ended on running for 42 episodes across three seasons. It was produced by Cartoon Network Studios and Hasbro and animated by The Answer Studio, Mook Animation, and Studio 4☌ (shorts). Transformers: Animated is an American superhero animated television series based on the Transformers toy line. Transformers: AnimatedĮntertainment Rights Distribution (International) ] Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". For this reason, we consider all of these stories to be in canon with the television show itself, rather than occupying a closely-related but separate continuity like most ancillary media.American superhero animated series Template:SHORTDESC:American superhero animated series Unusually for tie-in Transformers media, almost all of these stories were produced with some level of input from the television show's production crew, most prominently Marty Isenberg and Derrick J. In 2011, Fun Publications returned to the universe for a one-off story, which followed the dysfunctional members of " Team Stunticon" as they attempted to spring Megatron and his underlings from prison, and again in 2015. IDW Publishing released a number of tie-in books: The Arrival tells stories set before and during the cartoon's first season, while the AllSpark Almanacs are lavishly illustrated, extensively researched guidebooks to the entire Animated universe and feature character models, backstories for just about every character to ever appear in the show, and literally hundreds of easter eggs and Transformers in-jokes. After reactivating in the 22nd century, the Autobots take up residence in the city of Detroit, robotics manufacturing capital of the world with the help of the eccentric Sari Sumdac, they contend with human supervillains, science experiments run amok, and the Decepticons. However, when a young Optimus Prime and his Autobot maintenance crew discover the life-giving AllSpark on a distant asteroid, they find themselves under threat from Megatron, who pursues them through a space bridge to Earth. Animated begins four million years after the end of the Great War between the Autobots and Decepticons the victorious Autobots control Cybertron and have banished the Decepticons to the galactic rim. The Transformers Animated cartoon debuted in December 2007, riding on the popularity of that summer's wildly successful live-action film.