Two opposing factions of transforming alien robots engage in a battle that has the fate of Earth in the balance.Two opposing factions of transforming alien robots engage in a battle that has the fate of Earth in the balance.Two opposing factions of transforming alien robots engage in a battle that has the fate of Earth in the balance.
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- TriviaThe name Megatron was originally rejected by Hasbro for being too scary. Bob Budiansky, the writer tasked with naming the characters, argued that, as a villain, his name should be scary.
- GoofsAnimation errors can be found in each and every episode, and some of these are quite noticeable. Characters are colored differently from shot to shot at times, robots that should be dead appear randomly, and sometimes, you can see the same character twice in the same shot. Another issue is the misplacing of animation cels, which resulted in characters appearing to be small/gigantic, and in some instances, full limbs and other body parts are missing.
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Optimus Prime: Autobots, transform and roll out!
- Alternate versionsDuring 1993-94, many episodes of the series were rebroadcast as "Transformers: Generation 2". These episodes included new main/end title sequences and computer-generated scene bumpers and enhancements.
- ConnectionsEdited into Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime (1987)
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Excellent cartoon that has something for both kids and adults
I love this series, it was a childhood favourite and I still am a fan of it. The animation is decent enough with the odd understandable inconsistency, with the robots wonderful to watch and the backgrounds and colours quite bold and fitting. The music is great, memorable while with an essence of complexity in some of the orchestration, the narrative is cool and does justice to some outstanding if simple story ideas. The writing is intelligent and humorous, in short enough to satisfy anybody who watches the show, and the characters are some of the memorable characters in a cartoon series for me, especially Megatron and Optimus Prime. This is helped hugely by a top notch vocal cast with Frank Welker and Peter Cullen born for their roles. All in all, an excellent cartoon that has something for everyone. 10/10 Bethany Cox
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- Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, USA(Marvel Productions)
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