Transformers: Animated

This article is about the 2007-2009 animated "Transformers" series. For animated Transformers series in general, see List of Transformers TV series.

Transformers: Animated
The Autobots
Genre	Action Adventure Science fiction Comedy
Created by	Hasbro
Written by	Todd Casey Rich Fogel Henry Gilroy Steve Granat Marsha F. Griffin Kevin Hopps Marty Isenberg Andrew Robinson Michael Ryan
Directed by	Chris Berkeley Ben Jones Irineo Maramba Kintaro Mizuono Ciro Nieli Shunji Oga Keo Thongkham Matt Youngberg
Voices of	David Kaye Corey Burton Bumper Robinson Bill Fagerbakke Jeff Bennett Tara Strong Tom Kenny Susan Blu
Theme music composer	Andy Sturmer
Opening theme	"Transformers: Main Theme"
Ending theme	"Transformers: Main Theme" (Instrumental)
Composer	Sebastian Evans II
Country of origin	United States Japan
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	42 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Sam Register Brian Goldner
Producers	Vincent Aniceto Matt Youngberg (supervising producer)
Running time	22-23 minutes
Production companies	The Answerstudio Co., Ltd. MOOK DLE. Hasbro Studio 4°C Cartoon Network Studios
Original release
Network	Cartoon Network
Release	December 26, 2007 (2007-12-26) – May 23, 2009 (2009-05-23)

Transformers Animated (known in Japan as トランスフォーマー アニメイテッド Toransufōmā Animeteddo) is an Japanese/American animated television series based on the Transformers toy line. The series debuted on Cartoon Network on December 26, 2007, and has been shown on NickToons in the UK since February 2008. It is produced by Cartoon Network Studios and animated by The Answer Studio, MOOK DLE., and Studio 4°C . The series has 42 episodes (two sets of three interrelated episodes make up two 90-minute made for TV movies) across three seasons. The European Jetix began to air the series on September 10, 2008. The series began its broadcast in Japan on April 3, 2010, on both TV Aichi and TV Tokyo. The Japanese version of the cartoon was slightly rewritten to tie into Michael Bay's Transformers trilogy.

The show's continuity is separate from any other previous Transformers series, despite using footage from the first series (The Transformers) in its first episode as a historical film. Despite being a Cartoon Network original series, the show was aired on Nicktoons in the UK, Jetix/Disney XD in the rest of Europe and finally, back in the states on The Hub in high definition.

Synopsis

Main article: List of Transformers: Animated episodes

Pilot episodes

The series began with a three-part pilot called "Transform and Roll Out!". Centuries 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 Autobots take the Allspark back to their ship, but are soon confronted by a crew of Decepticons led by the notorious warlord Megatron and consisting of Blitzwing, Lugnut, Blackarachnia and Starscream. Megatron attacks the Autobot ship and tries to retrieve the Allspark, but when an explosive planted on Megatron by the treacherous Starscream detonates, the ship crashes on Earth. The Autobots go into stasis to survive the crash, while the scattered remains of Megatron are discovered by a human scientist named Isaac Sumdac.

Fifty years later, Professor Sumdac is the CEO of a robotics company named Sumdac Systems, which is based in a futuristic version of Detroit. Optimus Prime and the Autobots awaken from stasis and defend the people of Detroit from a monster, resulting in them becoming local celebrities. They befriend Sumdac's young daughter Sari, who teaches them about Earth customs. At the end of the pilot episodes, Starscream arrives on Earth and tries to take the Allspark for himself, but the Autobots successfully stop him and save the city once again.

Season One

In the first season, the Autobots settle into their new situation and learn about Earth culture and customs, all of the while defending Detroit from various threats. Megatron's disembodied head, which has been in Professor Sumdac's laboratory since the ship crashed, comes back to life and manipulates Sumdac into building him a new body, pretending that he is an Autobot. Blitzwing and Lugnut arrive on Earth searching for Megatron, while Blackarachnia targets Optimus Prime, blaming him for her techno-organic mutation. New Transformers introduced in the first season include the Autobot Arcee (who only appears in Ratchet's flashbacks), the Decepticon Soundwave, the bounty-hunter Lockdown, and the Dinobots Grimlock, Snarl and Swoop. Several human villains are also introduced, including Nanosec (who can run at extreme speeds), the Headmaster (who pilots a machine that attaches to and controls large robots) and Meltdown (who is covered in a toxic and corrosive substance). The series ends with Megatron returning with a new body, and the Allspark exploding into fragments that scatter across Detroit.

Season Two

In the second season, the Autobot Elite Guard members Ultra Magnus, Sentinel Prime, and Jazz arrive on Earth to retrieve the Allspark, only to learn of its destruction in the season 1 finale. While Sentinel completely disbelieves Optimus' claims, Optimus and his team are eventually able to convince Magnus of Decepticon activity on Earth. The main theme for season 2 is the discovery of small fragments of the Allspark littered across the city, while the Decepticons work on building a Space Bridge back to Cybertron. New characters introduced in season 2 include the Autobots Omega Supreme (who was revealed to be Optimus Prime's team's spaceship), Wreck-Gar, Wasp and Blurr, the Decepticons Shockwave, Swindle, Mixmaster and Scrapper, the human villain Slo-Mo (who is able to slow down time), and Starscream's army of clones Thundercracker, Ramjet, Skywarp, Sunstorm and Slipstream (none of the clones are openly referred to by name in the series, the names listed come from the toy-line, while Slipstream was retroactively given her name by Hasbro). At the end of the season, the Decepticon Space Bridge is destroyed, but Megatron, Starscream and Omega Supreme are sucked through and lost in deep space. Sari meanwhile, notices an injury that exposes machine parts under her skin, revealing that she is not human.

Season Three

Following the events of the two-part second season finale, Sari is shocked and distraught over the revelation that she is a robot, and instantly assumes that her "father" had built her, refusing to believe Sumdac's claim that he discovered her as a small liquid metal body. Prowl does some research and discovers that Professor Sumdac was in fact telling the truth, and deduces that Sari is a Cybertronian protoform (the early development stage of an Autobot and Decepticon) that scanned Professor Sumdac's genetic information. Sari later gives herself an upgrade using the power from her AllSpark-powered key to upgrade herself into an armored robotic/cybernetic teenage form that is far much taller and much stronger equipped with numerous weapons and special abilities.

Meanwhile, on Cybertron, Shockwave (disguised at the Autobot Longarm) sabotages several Elite Guard operations in preparation for Megatron's return, unaware that Megatron and Starscream are lost in deep space. Suspecting that the double-agent may be the escaped convict Wasp, Ultra Magnus sends Sentinel and Jazz back to Earth to find and apprehend Wasp, who has found his way to Earth to exact revenge on Bumblebee for framing him. Soundwave and Arcee reappear in season 3, with Soundwave being accompanied by minions Laserbeak and Ratbat. New characters introduced in season 3 include the Constructicon Dirt Boss, the Autobot scientist Perceptor, Prowl's mentor Yoketron (who only appears in Prowl's memory flashes), and the Elite Guard members Jetstorm and Jetfire.

In the final episodes third season, Jazz joins Optimus Prime's team on Earth, while Megatron and Starscream also find their way back to Earth, using information stored deep winin Arcee's subconscious mind to create an army of Omega Supreme-sized robots in Lugnut's likeness. Optimus defeats Megatron with the aid of Ultra Magnus' Magnus Hammer and a "Wingblade" jetpack built by Professor Sumdac, while Prowl sacrifices himself to re-assemble the Allspark and destroy the "Lugnut Supremes". The Autobots return to Cybertron with the apprehended Decepticons, and are hailed as heroes upon arriving on their home world.

Cancellation and Season Four

A fourth season was initially planned and intended, but was cancelled and never produced for unspecified reasons. According to Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II, season four's main theme would have been the discovery of Energon deposits left by the Allspark across Detroit. Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Jazz and Ratchet would have returned to Earth along with new team member Ironhide (who would scan a pick-up truck vehicle mode resembling the live-action film version of the character), while Bulkhead and Sari would have stayed on Cybertron, with Sari discovering more about her unique origins and Cybertronian species, and Bulkhead defending Cybertron's energon farms from the Decepticons. Megatron would also reformat into a new, Triple-Changer body, with his new vehicle modes being a fighter jet and a tank, both of which would be Cybertronian. An action figure was designed for Megatron's new body (along with figures for Powermaster Optimus Prime and Hot Shot's earth mode), but was never mass-produced or released at retail.

Other ideas planned for the cancelled fourth season include Blackarachnia returning with an army of Predacons, Bulkhead and Sari entering a parallel universe with evil Autobots and heroic Decepticons (an homage to the Shattered Glass comic), Minicons from Kaon disabling all the machinery in Detroit (an homage to the film Gremlins), the introductions of the Autobot Cosmos (who would have scanned a prop flying saucer from the set of a B-Movie) and the Decepticon Bludgeon (who would have been a pirate), and a new group of human villains called S.T.E.A.M. (Saving The Earth And Mankind), who are against modern technology and use Steampunk-style weaponry.

Return to The Hub

The Hub started airing reruns of the show on July 9, 2012.

Characters

Main article: List of Transformers: Animated characters

The main Autobots are Optimus Prime, Prowl, Ratchet, Bulkhead, and Bumblebee. The main Decepticon cast is made up of Megatron, Starscream, Blitzwing, and Lugnut. The main humans, or as the Transformers call them, "organics", are Professor Isaac Sumdac, Sari Sumdac, and Captain Fanzone.

Comic/manga adaptation

Transformers Animated was adapted into comics and published by IDW Publishing in 2008. The book used cartoon screen captures arranged in comic book style panels. In Japan, a manga adaptation titled Transformers Animated: The Cool was created by Naoto Tsushima and serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Kerokero Ace magazine in Japan.

Locations

• Detroit: The Autobots and Decepticons end up here, and the battle of good against evil is renewed in this future city on Earth.
  • Sumdac Tower: The largest tower in Detroit where Isaac Sumdac designs and tests his robot creations, which was also the resting place of Megatron's severed head before he was revived. Its appearance is that of a giant spark plug.
  • Abandoned Automobile Plant: The current headquarters of the Autobots. According to Sari, Isaac acquired the plant from a merger several years ago, and he was not aware of the plant itself being part of the merger.
  • Dino Drive: A theme park in 22nd-century Detroit that features displays of animatronic Dinosaurs.
  • Fossil Fuels: The city's oil refinery. Its logo is an homage to Sludge.
  • Wyatt Toy: A toy store.
  • Burger Bot: A fast food restaurant frequented by Sari and, later on, the Autobots. The restaurant's name is a pun on Burger King with the emphasis of it being run by robots.
  • Tigatron Stadium: The city's baseball stadium where Prowl faces Lockdown in the episode "Five Servos of Doom". The stadium is named after the Beast Wars character Tigatron and is also an homage to the now-demolished Tiger Stadium and the character from Beast Wars
• Dinobot Island: Small isolated island in middle of Lake Erie where the Dinobots are living. It is also the location of Meltdown's laboratory.
• Carbon Mines: The site far from Detroit where Megatron's body ended up. During Season 2, Megatron uses it as his base of operation because the carbon protects him and his forces from detection. The Mines are later destroyed during the "A Bridge Too Close" 2-parter.
• Orion: The Autobots' ship, Orion, crippled by the Decepticon's attack and crash-landed in Lake Erie. Its main computer system has a female-voiced persona known as Teletraan I, which is the same name of the Autobot computer system in Generation 1 (G1). When Blitzwing and Lugnut arrived on Earth to search for Megatron and the Allspark, Ratchet and Sari used its (previously deactivated) weapon systems to battle the Decepticons. In part two of "Megatron Rising", the ship flew again, only to be shot down and crash into the crater mountainside of Dinobot Island (similar to the crash of the Autobot ship in G1). The emergency shuttle stored inside the ship was destroyed by Starscream in the episode "A Fistful of Energon". In "A Bridge Too Close" Pt. 2, it was revealed to be the vehicle form of Omega Supreme.
• The Nemesis, the Decepticons' Warship: Megatron's flagship, which dwarfs The Autobot Ship in size and carried the stolen Protoforms. On the verge of destruction, it was abandoned by all of the Decepticons except Starscream. He managed to survive and pilot its remains for fifty years until he eventually homed in on the Allspark on Earth. The ship later crash-landed on the moon. It still remained there, acting as Starscream's base of operations and holding his decoy army, until Megatron had parts of it torn down to build his Omega Supreme clones.
• Death's Head, Lockdown's Ship: A ship that is outfitted with hologram projectors to disguise it, and very powerful scanners. Lockdown travels the galaxy in this ship, and he stores many of his hunting trophies on board. It is named after the Transformers comic character Death's Head.
• The Steelhaven, The Cybertron Elite Guard's Ship: Similar to the ship of Optimus Prime's crew, only larger and light blue in color, Ultra Magnus and his team landed with this ship in Detroit. As of "Mission Accomplished", the ship and its crew has returned to space again to aid the other Autobots across the galaxy. There is a special prison module for the captive Decepticons in this ship. Ultra Magnus had put Starscream in this module when the latter had been arrested by Optimus Prime on Earth; but during the Cybertron flight Starscream managed to break out of prison.
• Cybertron: home planet of the Transformers. It is usually seen in flashbacks.
  • The Metroplex: The Autobots' central headquarters on Cybertron, and the chambers to The Autobot High Council.
  • Fortress Maximus: The Elite Guard's base on Cybertron.

Production

The series is animated by Japanese animation studios MOOK DLE, The Answer Studio (the Japanese studio that animated Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!), and Studio 4°C.

Formerly known by the working title Transformers: Heroes, its new simplified title was designed to specifically distinguish it from the live-action film released in July 2007, months before the first episode aired. The series is distributed internationally by Entertainment Rights.

The show's supervising director is Matt Youngberg (Teen Titans, The Batman), with Cartoon Network vice-president Sam Register as executive producer and Vincent Aniceto as line producer. Additionally, Beast Machines writer Marty Isenberg returned as the head writer for this series. Art director/lead character designer Derrick Wyatt (Teen Titans, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Legion of Super Heroes) created the controversial "brand new look" that this series introduces.

The first episode was due to be screened in full on November 3–4, 2007, at the NTFA Mini-Con, a Transformers convention in Arlöv, Sweden, but US toymaker Hasbro pulled their approval of the screening of the full episode, despite it being green-lighted by Hasbro Nordic at first. The episode had to be cut down to the first 11 minutes.

After the series' normal run began in January 2008, the first two seasons were aired nearly back-to-back, creating nearly a year-long delay in between the second and third seasons. The long-awaited final season finally premiered in North America on March 14, 2009, with a 90-minute (three episode) special. After a lack of communication and much speculation, it was officially announced at BotCon 2009 that the series was over, at least in a televised format.

During the production of the show, voice actor David Kaye (Optimus Prime) was living in Vancouver Canada and flying to California once a week for nine months straight. This led him to a decision to move to California permanently.

A guidebook for the show, The Allspark Almanac, was released in 2009 and covers the first two seasons of the show.

Japanese version

While Transformers Animated had aired and completed its run in many other territories, the release of the series in Japan had been delayed. However, on December 18, 2009, it was announced through the launch of the official website that Takara Tomy would be bringing the series to Japan come Spring 2010. Later, TV Aichi confirmed the exact date of broadcast, which was April 3, 2010, at 8:00AM on the TV Tokyo Network. The website had launched with very little content available, with a trailer and wallpaper of Optimus Prime, later with adding Bumblebee media.

As with the movie when released in Japan, Takara Tomy is not renaming Optimus to Convoy as they have done in past properties. However, in a solicitation preview of the key chains, Bulkhead was renamed as Ironhide in toy version. The name change was done because this version the series has been rewritten to flow with the live-action Transformers film series, with Bulkhead being portrayed into a younger version of Ironhide while the show's Ironhide is renamed Armorhide. Human characters are also renamed like Nanosec into Speed King in the Japanese version. In addition, some of the episodes have been reordered, or removed, to fit with the change in story. Notably, the episodes focusing on the Constructicons have been omitted, likely due to the lack of toys based on the characters (though the last Constructicon-focused episode was aired anyway). Despite all these edits, little actually suggests a tie-in to the films, as the dub is mostly faithful to the original American broadcast; the only mention of Bulkhead's new identity as Ironhide is a toy biography stating that he is a weapons specialist.

In addition, the series features newly animated opening and ending sequences. The opening theme is "TRANSFORMERS EVO." performed by JAM Project, while the ending theme is "AXEL TRANSFORMERS" by Rey.

Cast

English cast

Susan Blu, John Moschitta Jr., and Judd Nelson reprise their characters from the G1 Series as well as Corey Burton.

• Jeff Glen Bennett – Prowl, Ultra Magnus, Soundwave, Mixmaster, Grandus, Captain Fanzone, Angry Archer
• Susan Blu – Arcee, Flareup
• Corey Burton – Ratchet, Megatron, Shockwave, Ironhide, Spike Witwicky, Cyrus "The Colossus" Rhodes, Cyclonus, Brawn
• Townsend Coleman – Sentinel Prime, Tracks
• Bill Fagerbakke – Bulkhead, Hotshot, Master Disaster
• Lance Henriksen – Lockdown
• David Kaye – Optimus Prime, Grimlock, Lugnut, Highbrow, Cliffjumper, Warpath, Sparkplug Witwicky
• Tom Kenny – Starscream, Scrapper, Wasp/Waspinator, Jetfire, Skywarp, Sunstorm, Thundercracker, Ramjet, Rattletrap, Professor Isaac Sumdac, Tutor Bot
• Phil LaMarr – Jazz, Oil Slick, Omega Supreme (Season 3), Jetstorm, Alpha Trion
• John Mariano – Dirt Boss
• John Moschitta, Jr. – Blurr
• Judd Nelson – Rodimus Prime
• Alexander Polinsky – Henry Masterson/Headmaster
• Brian Posehn – Nino Sexton/Nanosec
• Kevin Michael Richardson – Omega Supreme (Season 2)
• Bumper Robinson – Bumblebee, Blitzwing, Blackout, Porter C. Powell
• Kath Soucie – Professor Princess, Trisha
• Peter Stormare – Prometheus Black/Meltdown
• Tara Strong – Sari Sumdac, Red Alert, Strika, Slipstream, Teletraan I, Mayor Edsel's Aide, Daniel, Carly, Slo-Mo, Receptionist Bot
• Cree Summer – Blackarachnia/Elita One
• George Takei – Yoketron
• Fred Willard – Swindle
• "Weird Al" Yankovic – Wreck-Gar

Japanese voice cast

• Hiroki Takahashi – Optimus Prime
• Daisuke Kishio – Bumblebee
• Kenta Miyake – Bulkhead, Alpha Trion, Blackout
• Toru Okawa – Ratchet, Porter C. Powell
• Kouji Yusa – Prowl
• Tesshō Genda – Omega Supreme
• Satomi Akesaka – Sari Sumdac
• Takashi Nagasako – Professor Isaac Sumdac, Snarl, Brawn
• Nobuo Tobita – Captain Fanzone, Soundwave, Swoop, Cyrus "The Colossus" Rhodes
• Junichi Suwabe – Sentinel Prime
• Banjō Ginga – Ultra Magnus
• Hideo Ishikawa – Jazz, Spittor
• Takahiro Sakurai – Blurr
• Kappei Yamaguchi – Jetfire, Rattletrap
• Wataru Takagi – Jetstorm
• Ayahi Takagaki – Arcee, Teletran I
• Keiji Fujiwara – Grimlock
• Atsushi Imaruoka – Ironhide, Cliffjumper, Highbrow, Warpath, Oilslick
• Mitsuo Iwata – Wreck-Gar
• Hiroya Ishimaru – Rodimus Minor
• Rikako Aikawa – Red Alert, Strika
• Kōsuke Okano – Hotshot
• Kinryū Arimoto – Yoketron
• Norio Wakamoto – Megatron
• Kentarō Itō – Lugnut
• Chō – Blitzwing
• Jin Yamanoi – Starscream, Skywarp, Sunstorm, Thundercracker, Ramjet
• Ryoka Yuzuki – Blackarachina/Elita One
• Nobuyuki Hiyama – Longarm Prime/Shockwave
• Akio Ōtsuka – Lockdown
• Nobutoshi Canna – Swindle
• Atsuko Tanaka – Slipstream
• Masashi Endō – Scrapper
• Daiki Nakamura – Mixmaster
• Tetsuo Gotō – Dirt Boss
• Kenji Nojima – Wasp
• Kenso Kato – Waspinator
• Katsuyuki Konishi – Angry Archer
• Fumihiko Tachiki – Prometheus Black/Meltdown
• Takehito Koyasu – Nino Sexton/Nanosec
• Megumi Toyoguchi – Professor Princess
• Kōsuke Okano – Henry Masterson/Headmaster
• Jūrōta Kosugi – Master Disaster
• Takako Honda – Slow-Mo
• Shizuka Ito – Trisha

Crew

• Susan Blu – Voice Director

Home video releases

North America

The North American releases feature full-screen video and stereo sound in both English and Spanish.

• Transform and Roll Out (DVD, June 22, 2008)

A single DVD containing the feature-length premiere "Transform and Roll Out".

Also includes the first two unaired shorts, "Career Day" and "Evel Knievel Jump".

• A Target exclusive version came with a second disc containing the follow-up episode "Home Is Where the Spark Is".

• Season One (DVD, August 19, 2008)

A Two-disc set containing the complete first season, from "Home Is Where the Spark Is" to "Megatron Rising Part II".

Also includes a season 2 "sneak peek" photo gallery.

• Season Two (DVD, January 6, 2009)

A Two-disc set containing the complete second season, from "The Elite Guard" to "A Bridge to Close Part II", with audio commentary on selected episodes.

Also includes the shorts "Starscream Heckles Megatron" and "Explosive Punch" and a photo gallery.

• Season Three (DVD, June 10, 2014)

Shout Factory will be releasing the third season on DVD on June 10 as well as the complete series afterwards.

United Kingdom

Whereas in North America the series was released in complete seasons, the UK instead got several single-disc "volumes" containing four episodes each, also featuring full-screen video, but with audio and subtitles in English and German.

• Transform and Roll Out (DVD, August 4, 2008)

Contains the feature-length premiere "Transform and Roll Out" and the shorts "Career Day" and "Evel Knievel Jump".

• Volume One: Blast from the Past (DVD, October 20, 2008)

Contains episodes 4 Home Is Where the Spark Is, 5 Total Meltdown, 6 Blast From the Past and 7 Thrill of the Hunt

• Volume Two: Lost and Found (DVD, June 15, 2009)

Contains episodes 8 Nanosac, 9 Along Came a Spider, 10 Sound and Fury, 11 Lost and Found

• Volume Three: Megatron Rising (DVD, June 15, 2009)

Contains episodes 12 Survival of the Fittest, 13 Headmaster, 14 Nature Calls 15 Megatron Rising Part 1 and 16 Megatron Rising Part 2

• Volume Four: Mission Accomplished (DVD, June 15, 2009)

Contains pisodes 17 The Elite Guard, 18 Return of the Headmaster, 19 Mission Accomplished and 20 Garbage In, Garbage Out

• Volume Five: Fistful of Energon (DVD, September 3, 2009)

Contains episodes 21 Velocity, 22 Rise of the Constructicons, 23 A Fistful of Energon and 24 S.U.V - Society of Ultimate Villany

• Volume Six: Black Friday (DVD, November 5, 2009)

Contains episodes 25 Autoboot Camp, 26 Black Friday, 27 Sari, No One's Home, 28 A Bridge Too Close, Part 1 and 29 A Bridge Too Close, Part 2

Germany

Germany saw the same releases as the UK.

• Transformieren und Abfahrt (English: Transform and Roll Out) (DVD, September 10, 2008)

Contains the feature-length premiere "Transform and Roll Out" and the shorts "Career Day" and "Evel Knievel Jump".

• Volume Eins: Drachenkämpfer (English: Dragon fighter(s)) (DVD, October 13, 2008)

Contains the episodes "Home Is Where the Spark Is" through to "The Thrill of the Hunt".

• Volume Zwei: Die alten Waffen (English: The old weapons) (DVD, March 12, 2009)

Contains the episodes "Nanosec" through to "Lost and Found".

• Volume Drei: Megatrons Auferstehung (English: Megatron's Resurrection) (DVD, June 4, 2009)

Contains the episodes "Survival of the Fittest" through to "Megatron Rising - Part 2"

• Volume Vier: Mission erfüllt (English: Mission Accomplished) (DVD, August 20, 2009)

Contains the episodes "The Elite Guard" through to "Garbage In, Garbage Out"

• Volume Fünf: Der doppelte Starscream (English: The double Starscream) (DVD, October 15, 2009)

Contains the episodes "Velocity" through to "SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy"

• Volume Sechs: Schwarzer Freitag (English: Black Friday) (DVD, TBA 2009)

Contains the episodes "Autoboot Camp" through to "A Bridge Too Close, Part II"

Japan

In a press release by Takara Tomy, it was announced that starting in Fall 2010, they would be releasing the series on DVD.

Video game

Main article: Transformers Animated: The Game

This is the first Transformers Animated game. Released for the Nintendo DS platform in October 2008.

Channels

Country	Channel
Canada	YTV
United States	Cartoon Network, The Hub
United Kingdom	NickToons
Germany	Jetix, Super RTL
Mexico	Cartoon Network
Peru
Slovakia
Czech Republic
Colombia
Venezuela
Ecuador
Chile
Argentina
Bolivia
Paraguay
Guatemala
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Netherlands	Jetix
Portugal	TVI, Canal Panda
Serbia	Happy TV
Malaysia	TV3, Cartoon Network (Southeast Asia)
Bulgaria	bTV, Jetix, Nova Television
Slovenia	POP TV
Brazil	Cartoon Network, Rede Globo HD
Poland	Jetix
Philippines	Cartoon Network / GMA 7
Australia	Cartoon Network and Network Ten (On Toasted TV)
Israel	Jetix
Arab World Countries	MBC 3
France	Gulli
India	Cartoon Network
Italy	Mediaset Italia 1
Russia	Jetix, STS, Cartoon Network
Finland	MTV3
Thailand	Cartoon Network
Turkey	Minika
Indonesia	Global TV, Cartoon Network (Southeast Asia)
Taiwan	Cartoon Network (Beginning on July 1, 2008, until season 2)
Japan	TV Tokyo, TV Aichi (Both beginning April 3, 2010), etc.
Pakistan and Bangladesh	Cartoon Network
Romania	Cartoon Network and Jetix
Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh Republic	Shant

External links

• Tansformers: Animated at TakaraTomy
• Tansformers: Animated at TV Aichi
• Tansformers: Animated at YTV
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• Transformers Animated (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Transformers Animated at IMDb
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