Transformers: Combiner Wars

This article is about the animated series; for the toyline, see Transformers: Generations.

Transformers: Combiner Wars is an Internet-based animated series created by Machinima Inc. in partnership with Hasbro for the go90 Streaming media format from Verizon. As implied by the title, it is a branch of the Transformers franchise, specifically the Transformers: Generation 1 continuity family. It is based on the Combiner Wars toys as well as story line from IDW Publishing's The Transformers.

Premise

Several decades after the Great War between the Autobots and the Decepticons on Earth, the two factions have disbanded and a three member ruling council rules in place of the absent leaders Optimus Prime and Megatron. An uneasy peace has been created on Cybertron, but the rise of the Combiners threatens to bring it to an end. Prior to the events of the series, Optimus Prime and Megatron have engaged each other in a final duel, while the new combiner Victorion has been born from the Enigma of Combination. The new ruling council consists of Starscream, Rodimus Prime, the Mistress of Flame (a new female Transformer from the planet Caminus); Caminus has been devastated by the Combiner Wars, which has set the formidable Windblade on a quest for vengeance.

Cast and characters

Members of the cast were revealed at a panel at San Diego Comic Con 2016:

• Anna Akana as Victorion, a female Autobot Combiner who makes her animation debut in the series.
• Jon Bailey as Optimus Prime, former leader of the disbanded Autobots.
• Charlie Guzman as Menasor, combined form of the Stunticons.
• Ricky Hayberg as Computron combined form of the Technobots.
• Amy Johnston as Maxima, a new character created for the series and ally of Windblade.
• Jason Marnocha as Megatron, leader of the Decepticons.
• Lana McKissack as the Mistress of Flame, former ruler of the planet Caminus and current member of Cybertron's ruling council.
• Ben Pronsky as Rodimus Prime, Autobot member of Cybertron's ruling council.
• Patrick Seitz as Devastator, combined form of the Constructicons.
• Frank Todaro as Starscream, Megatron's former lieutenant and a member of the ruling council.
• Abby Trott as Windblade, vengeful female Transformer.

Release

Prior to the premier of the series on go90, a set of four prelude videos was released that detailed some of the events which had transpired in this continuity prior to the start of the series.