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| Also known as | Transformers: Prime – Beast Hunters(season 3) |
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| Based on | Transformers byHasbro andTakara Tomy |
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| Opening theme | "Transformers: Prime" byBrian Tyler |
| Ending theme | "Transformers: Prime" by Brian Tyler |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 65(list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 22 minutes |
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| Network | The Hub |
| Release | November 26, 2010 (2010-11-26) – July 26, 2013 (2013-07-26) |
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Transformers: Prime (known asTransformers: Prime – Beast Hunters during its third and final season) is an American animated television series based on theTransformers toy franchise byHasbro that aired on theHub Network from November 26, 2010, to July 26, 2013. The series focuses on theAutobots of "Team Prime", consisting ofOptimus Prime, Ratchet,Arcee,Bumblebee and Bulkhead, and their human allies as they attempt to protect the Earth from the villainousDecepticons and their leaderMegatron.
Development of the series began in early 2010 with the announcement thatAlex Kurtzman andRoberto Orci, screenwriters of the first twolive-action films, would be creating the series. Casting began soon after with the announcement thatPeter Cullen andFrank Welker would reprise their roles as Optimus Prime and Megatron, respectively. The series concluded on October 4, 2013, with the television filmTransformers Prime Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising. Astandalone sequel series following Bumblebee and a new cast of characters, titledTransformers: Robots in Disguise, premiered on March 14, 2015.
Transformers Prime is set in the franchise's "Aligned"continuity, which also includes a number of contemporary books and video games likeTransformers: Exodus,Transformers: War for Cybertron,Transformers: Fall of Cybertron,Transformers: Exiles, andTransformers: Retribution. The series is notably the first work within this continuity to not focus on theAutobots and theDecepticons' war on their home planet of Cybertron (though glimpses of it are shown in variousflashbacks), and instead takes place primarily on Earth during themodern era.
The series chronicles the adventures of an Autobot team known as "Team Prime" led byOptimus Prime and originally consisting ofArcee,Bumblebee, Bulkhead, Ratchet, andCliffjumper (who is killed in the five-part pilot “Darkness Rising”). The team operates from a former American militarymissile silo near the fictional town of Jasper,Nevada, and tries to conceal their existence from humanity while continuing their fight against the Decepticons. The Autobots make several human allies throughout the series who agree to keep their secret, including high school students Jack Darby (and later his mother,nurse June Darby), Miko Nakadai, Rafael Esquivel, and American government agent William Fowler. In the second half of the series, more Autobots join Team Prime, including Bulkhead's friend and former teammateWheeljack (who helped Team Prime several times during the first two seasons but did not officially join them until the third season), the ambitious rookieSmokescreen, and Optimus's chief lieutenantUltra Magnus.
The Decepticons, led byMegatron and briefly byStarscream in the former's absence, operate from their warship, theNemesis, and briefly from a base called Darkmount, which is built in the season two finale and then destroyed by the Autobots at the start of the third season. At first, Megatron, Starscream, andSoundwave (as well as his minionLaserbeak) are the only notable Decepticons, as they command a legion of identical drones called Vehicons. More Decepticons join the ranks over the course of the series, including the narcissistic medic Knock Out, his partnerBreakdown (who shares a rivalry with Bulkhead), the sadistic murdererAirachnid (who is Arcee's nemesis due to their history),Insecticon hive leader Hardshell,[b] Seeker captainDreadwing, and Decepticon scientistShockwave.
The series brings several notable changes and additions toTransformers lore. For example, both the Autobots and Decepticons use Ground Bridges (scaled-down versions of the Space Bridges, which also appear) to travel across the Earth, and the ancient planet-sized TransformerUnicron serves as the planet's core, emphasizing the idea of Earth and Cybertron being "twin planets". The series also marks the first appearance of thenecromantic Dark Energon, a more unstable and dangerous version of Energon (the substance that powers all Transformers), which can be used to bring the dead back to life as mindlesszombies (called "Terrorcons"). In the third season,Predacons (Transformers who resembledragon-like creatures) are introduced as the Transformers' ancestors, having gone extinct until they were recreated by Shockwave to serve the Decepticons. Initially, only one Predacon is created, Predaking, who later goes independent from the Decepticons upon learning that Megatron had ordered the destruction of his unborn siblings. Two more Predacons, Skylynx and Darksteel, appear inPredacons Rising.
Season One opens with Cliffjumper being murdered by Starscream, who leads the Decepticons on Earth during Megatron's absence. Following Megatron's return, he uses Cliffjumper's corpse as a test subject for Dark Energon, which he intends to use to create an undead army from Cybertron's fallen warriors. The plan fails when the Autobots destroy Megatron's Space Bridge, leaving him in a comatose state floating in space, and allowing the treacherous Starscream to claim leadership of the Decepticons once more.
The rest of the season takes on a more episodic approach, with each episode focusing on Team Prime having to overcome a new enemy or threat, usually in the form of one of Starscream's schemes. However, some episodes feature other antagonists, such as Skyquake, an ancient Decepticon warrior who is awakened by Starscream to eliminate the Autobots, only to be killed by them;Makeshift, a shape-shifting Decepticon who impersonates Team Prime's allyWheeljack to find their base (though he is killed before he can actually reveal its location to Starscream); M.E.C.H., a human organization led by the terrorist Silas who seek Cybertronian technology for their ultimate goal of establishing a new world order; andAirachnid, a rogue Decepticon and Arcee's nemesis who previously killed her former partner Tailgate and pursues her own vendetta against the Autobots before later rejoining the Decepticons' ranks to become commander. Knock Out andBreakdown also join the main Decepticon cast, establishing rivalries with Bumblebee and Bulkhead, respectively.
Eventually, Megatron recovers from his coma and reclaims leadership of the Decepticons from Starscream, who later defects to follow his own path and is replaced as Megatron's second-in-command by Airachnid. In the season one finale, the Earth starts to witness several natural disasters, later revealed to be caused by the awakening of Unicron. The Autobots and Megatron join forces to prevent the rise of Unicron, who is ultimately defeated after Optimus uses theMatrix of Leadership to knock him back into hibernation, at the expense of his memories. Regaining his pre-war personality of Orion Pax, he gets manipulated by Megatron into leaving the Autobots and joining the Decepticons.
In Season Two, Megatron manipulates the amnesiac Optimus into decrypting the Iacon archives, which contain the coordinates of Cybertronian relics hidden on Earth. Jack travels to Cybertron, obtaining Optimus’ memories from Vector Sigma, and restores them to Optimus via the Matrix. From this point onwards, most of the season revolves around the Autobots and Decepticons' hunt for the Iacon relics, with both factions retrieving a number of them. Starscream also searches for the relics and manages to beat the Autobots and the Decepticons to some of them.
This season introduces several new characters, such asSmokescreen, the newest member of Team Prime;Dreadwing which was Skyquake's twin brother who seeks to avenge his death and becomes Megatron's new second-in-command; and Hardshell, leader of anInsecticon hive that is found by Airachnid and later comes under Megatron's service. Plotlines featured in this season include M.E.C.H. creating their own Cybertronian calledNemesis Prime; Airachnid killing Breakdown and defecting from the Decepticons to pursue revenge against Megatron, only to be captured by the Autobots; Hardshell being killed by,Miko and Wheeljack in retaliation for hurting Bulkhead during the hunt for an Iacon relic; Silas being gravely injured and fused with Breakdown's body (becoming "Cy.L.A.S." Cybernetic Life Augmented by Symbiosis); and Megatron replacing his right forearm with that of a deceased Prime in order to wield the Forge of Solus Prime and create the Dark Star Saber, a dark counterpart to the Autobots' Star Saber.
Eventually, both the Autobots and the Decepticons learn about the Omega Keys, four Iacon relics used to power the Omega Lock, which can restore life to Cybertron. The Autobots manage to retrieve three of the keys, but Starscream steals them and gives them, along with the fourth key, to Megatron in return for clemency. Meanwhile, Dreadwing learns that Starscream resurrected Skyquake as a Terrorcon, thus desecrating his brother's honorable death, and becomes disillusioned with the Decepticon cause after Megatron allows Starscream to re-join their ranks. He steals the Forge and gives it to Team Prime before trying to exact revenge on Starscream, but is killed by Megatron. The Autobots use the Forge to transform their Ground Bridge into a Space Bridge, giving them the means to travel to Cybertron and find the Omega Lock. Optimus ultimately destroys the Omega Lock to prevent Megatron from using it toterraform the Earth, but not before the Decepticons use it to create a new base on Earth – Darkmount. The Decepticons then destroy the Autobots' base, unaware the team escaped beforehand using their Ground Bridge, though Optimus stays behind to destroy the bridge, in order to prevent the Decepticons from finding the others' whereabouts, and is seemingly killed.
The third season, subtitledBeast Hunters, opens with Team Prime divided and on the run from the Decepticons, while the severely damaged but still alive Optimus is being looked after by Smokescreen. New characters are again introduced, namelyUltra Magnus, Optimus's second-in-command and the leader of Bulkhead and Wheeljack's old team, and the coldly logical Decepticon scientist Shockwave, who plans to create an army of Predacons to serve Megatron, starting withPredaking. Eventually, Smokescreen is able to resurrect Optimus using the Forge's last powers after he dies, giving him a new, more powerful body, and the Autobots reunite, destroying Darkmount.
Despite this, the Decepticons remain an active threat, and Shockwave continues work on his Predacon army, until Megatron orders him to terminate it, pinning its destruction on the Autobots, after Predaking shows signs of intelligence and the ability to transform into a robot. During this time, Knock Out experiments on the captive Cy.L.A.S. with Dark Energon, inadvertently turning him into a Terrorcon that feeds on other Transformers' Energon and turns them into Terrorcons as well. He infects most of theNemesis' crew before freeing Airachnid (who was retrieved by the Decepticons following the Autobot base's destruction), who puts him out of his misery and claims back leadership of the Insecticons. However, she is quickly dealt with by Soundwave, who teleports her and all the Insecticons to one of Cybertron's deserted moons. Later, Soundwave is ordered to kidnap Ratchet, whom Megatron forces to rebuild the Omega Lock using Synthetic Energon. During his imprisonment, Ratchet informs Predaking of the truth about his unborn siblings' destruction, and he defects, attempting to kill Megatron, but fails.
Eventually, the Autobots storm theNemesis to rescue Ratchet and destroy the Omega Lock. During the battle, Soundwave is trapped in the Shadowzone (a parallel dimension created by the interaction of multiple Ground Bridges), and Bumblebee is mortally wounded by Megatron. However, he is resurrected after falling into a pool of Cybermatter, regaining his voice, and kills Megatron by impaling him with the Star Saber, sending his body falling back to Earth. Afterwards, the Autobots use the Omega Lock to restore Cybertron and head home victorious via theNemesis, bidding farewell to their human allies and Ratchet, who chose to stay on Earth to continue helping humanity.
The series concludes with a television film,Predacons Rising, in which the Autobots and most of the Decepticons work together to try and rebuild Cybertron. The Autobots also search for the fugitive Starscream and Shockwave, who plan to create an army of Predacons to exact their revenge on the Autobots. Meanwhile, Unicron reanimates and possesses Megatron's body, and with the power of Dark Energon at his fingertips, he seeks to kill Cybertron's core, which is actually his brother Primus, and eliminate all those who oppose him. To stop Unicron, the Autobots must form an uneasy alliance with Predaking and the first of Starscream and Shockwave's new Predacons, Skylynx and Darksteel.
Alex Kurtzman andRoberto Orci, co-writers ofTransformers and its sequelRevenge of the Fallen, were announced in early February to be helming a newTransformers series which would be CGI-animated.[2][3] The title of the series was first announced in February 2010 asTransformers: Prime onJeffrey Combs' website. Combs revealed he would be voicing Ratchet and that the first season would consist of 26 episodes.[4] The series' logo was revealed on May 3, 2010.[5] Orci said that one of the reasons he and Kurtzman decided to come back to the franchise is because when they worked on the live-action film, there were limitations on how much time theTransformers could appear on-screen and what type of actions they could perform, stating:
There were things we wanted to do in the movies that we just couldn't do and there were character arcs that we wanted to explore with the Transformers that we just couldn't do. We wanted to show more of their mythology and their past and their planet and just hang out with them. ... And in the movie, every time you did that, it was very special but it was extremely limited. So there was always another way ... to tell ... Transformers stories and this was ... a lucky accident that .. we got an opportunity to pursue that inspiration[.][6]
On February 4, 2011, when the show's first season resumed airing, it was announced that it had been renewed for a second season consisting of 26 episodes like the first.[7][8][6] The season began airing on February 18, 2012.[9] On March 1, 2013, it was revealed that the third season ofTransformers: Prime, which premiered a few weeks later on March 22, would be the show's last.[10] During the same month, it was also announced that following the series finale, a TV movie calledTransformers Prime Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising would air and would end the story.[11] According toHasbro Studios vice president Mike Vogel, "[they] knew, from day one, where [they] were going to try to wrap everything up".[12] Ironhide is originally going to be part of the initial line up, but is replaced by Bulkhead most likely due to their characterizations being too similar.
Discussing ideas about the show's themes and inspirations, Orci said that whilethe live-action film series was "about a boy and his cars", the dynamic between the kids and robots inPrime was to be more like that ofThe Iron Giant.[13] In a similar statement,Josh Keaton (Jack Darby) revealed in a November 29, 2010, interview withThe Trades that while the show does include human main characters, and their relationships with the Autobots are important, they are in the foreground.[14] According toJeff Kline, from the beginning they had created astory bible of at least "three years' worth of [storylines]" and that "the universal need to find or forge a family and a home" was one of the major themes when developing the series.[15]
Kline said that from the early stages of development they wanted to keep the ensemble of characters small; this was done both for production reasons and to allow deeper characterization and development. Optimus Prime, Megatron and Bumblebee were the characters that were considered "must-haves" for the series. From that point on, they tried to include Autobots and Decepticons that complemented those characters' personalities, "rather than duplicate them".[16]
RegardingArcee's inclusion in the main cast, Orci said that he regretted killing her off inTransformers: Revenge of the Fallen and thatPrime gave them "a chance to do what [they]’ve always wanted to do with her".[17] Kline said the staff wanted to include more Decepticons than Autobots in the series, so that the Autobots would always be at a disadvantage and their jobs would be that much harder. Additionally, when asked about the death of Cliffjumper and other characters in the series, he said that "when we kill a character, we kill a character".[18]
In an interview withMTV, Frank Welker (Megatron), when comparingPrime in the TV series tothe original cartoon, said that the writers "go deeper into the evil side of [Megatron] and what’s driving him."[19] In a different interview, Peter Cullen (Optimus Prime) said that "the writing is consistent with that of the original series, though in this new version [... my character] has a lot more communication with earthlings, and so he tries to be a little more Earthlike".[20]
DuringNew York Comic Con (NYCC) 2011, many details about season two were revealed. Regarding Optimus' memory loss and joining the Decepticons,Duane Capizzi said that they wanted to satisfy fans' expectations "but take it in unexpected directions. What happens will be pretty unexpected, but pretty organic." On the revelation that Unicron was sealed inside the Earth's core, Kline said that "[they] knew" they had to include him in the series but were initially unsure how. After a writer made the suggestion, they realized Unicron could be included in a way that tied Earth to Cybertron. He also reaffirmed his comment regarding death in the series, stating that "anyone can die" and revealed that "the body count has been upgraded" in season two.[21]
During NYCC 2012, it was revealed that the show would be retitled toTransformers: Prime – Beast Hunters for its third season. InBeast Hunters, the Predacons and Predaking are introduced.[22] By bringing Beasts into the show during the third season Kline said that this allowed them to emphasize further how Earth and Cybertron are "brother, or twin, planets"; something they had earlier indicated with Unicron's arc in season one.[23] He called the addition of beasts "fantastic" as it allowed them to keep shifting allegiances and "keep the [Autobots and Decepticons] out of balance".[24]
The first voice actor to be cast in the series was Jeffrey Combs as Ratchet. Combs revealed this on his personal website on February 4, 2010.[4] On May 17, 2010, it was announced that Peter Cullen, who had originated the role of Optimus Prime inthe original series and voiced him in the live-action film series, would return as Optimus' voice inPrime.[25] DuringSan Diego Comic-Con on July 8, 2010, it was revealed that Frank Welker would also reprise the role of Megatron from the original series. Besides Optimus and Ratchet, Autobots Bumblebee, Arcee and Bulkhead were also announced. It was also revealed that Starscream and Soundwave would be part of the Decepticons.[26]
On September 8, 2010, the show's voice actors were announced.[27] Kline would later reveal thatHasbro Studios had placed high importance in getting Cullen and Frank Welker to reprise their roles as Optimus Prime and Megatron respectively.[16] Steven Blum (Starscream) revealed in an interview that during recording ofTransformers: Prime, he and the cast are given the scripts and "a couple of days [...] to figure out where the story is going".[28] During New York Comic Con, 2011 it was announced thatTony Todd, who voicedThe Fallen inTransformers: Revenge of the Fallen, would join the series in season two as Dreadwing.[21]
According toAdam Baldwin, Breakdown's voice actor, the reason for his character being killed off and being let go from the show was due to "budget cuts".[29]
Music in the series was composed byBrian Tyler. Tyler stated that when he approached to perform the music for the series, they wanted it to be "cinematic, thematic [and feature] classic scores, similar toStar Wars." Live orchestras were used to create the music.[30]
A soundtrack was released on March 6, 2012.
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| Released | March 6, 2012 (2012-03-06) | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 1:12:24 | |||
| Label | Lakeshore Records | |||
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| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Transformers Prime" | 3:21 |
| 2. | "Optimus Prime Returns" | 2:07 |
| 3. | "One Shall Rise" | 2:43 |
| 4. | "Dreadwing" | 1:41 |
| 5. | "In Defense of Humanity" | 2:26 |
| 6. | "We Have Returned" | 4:42 |
| 7. | "Relentless Pursuit" | 4:36 |
| 8. | "This Is Your Home Now" | 5:02 |
| 9. | "Autobot Stratagum" | 2:38 |
| 10. | "Battle in the Energon Mine" | 3:11 |
| 11. | "Proximity Sensors" | 2:17 |
| 12. | "Cutting It a Bit Close" | 1:28 |
| 13. | "The Cons Are Back" | 4:46 |
| 14. | "RC on the Move" | 2:02 |
| 15. | "Always Welcome" | 2:11 |
| 16. | "Arachnid" | 4:10 |
| 17. | "The Space Bridge" | 1:29 |
| 18. | "Dogfight" | 4:52 |
| 19. | "Bumblebee" | 1:37 |
| 20. | "Next Day after School" | 1:12 |
| 21. | "Cybertron" | 1:31 |
| 22. | "Megatron on the Move" | 2:44 |
| 23. | "The Construct" | 2:16 |
| 24. | "Prime Finale" | 4:16 |
| 25. | "Transformers Prime End Title" | 3:05 |
In the United States,Transformers: Prime aired on Hasbro andDiscovery Communications-owned television network, The Hub. The show began broadcasting on November 29, 2010, continuing to December 3, 2010. The rest of season one began to air on February 11, 2011.[31] Reruns of the series began airing onThe CW as part of theVortexx block (owned bySaban Brands, that Hasbro eventually purchase their assets including thePower Rangers franchise in 2018) on December 8, 2012, makingPrime the first Hasbro Studios animated production to appear on United States terrestrial television.[32] The series was added toKabillion in July 2019.[33]
Reruns on Discovery Family ended in August 2023.[34][35]
The series is currently available for streaming online onAmazon Prime Video,Plex,The Roku Channel,Toon Goggles andTubi, as well as the official TransformersYouTube channel.[36][37][38][39][40][41]
On November 9, 2010, Hasbro Studios announced a broadcasting rights deal withCorus Entertainment in Canada, which includedTransformers: Prime.[42] The series premiered there on January 9, 2011, onTeletoon, half-owned by Corus.[43] As a part of the deal between Hasbro Studios andTurner Broadcasting System Europe announced on December 13, 2010,[44]Transformers: Prime began broadcasting in theUnited Kingdom on September 5, 2011, then inCentral Europe,South Africa, and the Middle East on September 10, 2011, onthe pan-European Cartoon Network.[44][45]
InSingapore,MediaCorp has broadcasting rights for Hasbro Studios programs includingPrime, with the English version airing onOkto.[46] InMalaysia,Media Prima has broadcasting rights for Hasbro Studios programs includingPrime; the series was broadcast onNTV7.[47]In India, the series premiered onDiscovery Kids on May 6, 2013.[48] The third season launched on October 19, 2014.[49]It was also released onBig Magic in February 2020.
In Southeast Asia (including thePhilippines), the series premiered onCartoon Network on June 18, 2012, with its second and third seasons also aired on their sister networkToonami,[50][51][52] and then onTV5 in the Philippines on December 7, 2015.[53]
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | DVD andBlu-ray release dates | ||||
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| First aired | Last aired | Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | |||
| 1 | 26 | November 29, 2010 (2010-11-29) | October 15, 2011 (2011-10-15) | March 6, 2012[54] | November 9, 2012[55] | December 12, 2012[56] | |
| 2 | 26 | February 18, 2012 (2012-02-18) | November 2, 2012 (2012-11-02) | DVD release:November 20, 2012[57] Blu-Ray release:November 27, 2012[58] | March 23, 2015[59] | October 14, 2015[60] | |
| 3 | 13 | March 22, 2013 (2013-03-22) | July 26, 2013 (2013-07-26) | December 3, 2013[61] | November 9, 2015[62] | February 3, 2016[63] | |
In the United States and Canada,Shout! Factory has the home distribution rights to the series. The complete first season was first released onDVD andBlu-ray on March 6, 2012.[54] The complete second season was first released on DVD on November 20, 2012,[57] with the Blu-ray version being released seven days later.[58] The third and final season,Beast Hunters, was released on December 3, 2013.[61]
The series attracted approximately 102,000 viewers per episode.[64]
TheTransformers: Prime/G.I. Joe Renegades special programming block on Friday from 3:30 p.m.–7;00 p.m. generated significant household and key audiences over the previous week. "[Households] (+111%, 97,000); Persons [age] 2+ (+133%, 142,000); Kids [ages] 2-11 (+130%, 62,000); Kids 6-11 (+78%, 32,000); Adults 18-49 (+117%, 50,000) and Women 18-49 (+120%, 11,000)."[65]
Dusty Stower ofScreen Rant, placedTransformers: Prime as the sixth bestTransformers cartoon. Stower described the first season as "a very slow burn, [with] its eventual payoff [being] incredibly anticlimactic" and that in their attempt to focus on the Transformers' mythology, the writers "forgot to craft three-dimensional, likable characters". However, he concluded that the show did live up to its promise of an epic tale late in its run and reacted positively toPrime's portrayal of Ratchet and Starscream.[66]
Eric Goldman ofIGN gave season one a "great" 8.0 out of 10. He praised the show for creating fully formed, relatable characters, well-done action sequences, serious-minded storylines and voice acting, singling out Peter Cullen (Optimus Prime), Jeffrey Combs (Ratchet) and Frank Welker's (Megatron) performances. He criticized Bumblebee's portrayal asmute. He concluded the review saying that the series "accomplishes its goals, delivering plenty of fun and action, while also incorporating darker and more complex moments that older viewers can appreciate".[67]
Brian Lowry ofVariety said thatTransformers: Prime is "unexpectedly sharp" and better than themovies, adding that the show's CGI animation is well-suited for rendering shiny robots and "their vehicular alter egos"; he ended the review by saying that while "there's nothing more than meets the eye here, [..] what does appear is plenty entertaining".[68]
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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| 2011 | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program | Peter Cullen (as Optimus Prime) | Nominated | [69] |
| Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program | David Hartman, Shaunt Nigoghossian, Todd Waterman, Vinton Heuck andSusan Blu | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation | Vince Toyama | Won | |||
| Christophe Vacher | Won | ||||
| Outstanding Music Direction and Composition | Brian Tyler | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Writing in Animation | Duane Capizzi, Steven Melching,Nicole Dubuc, Joseph Kuhr and Marsha Griffin | Nominated | |||
| 2012 | Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Special Class Animated Program | Roberto Orci, Stephen Davis, Shuzo John Shiota,Alex Kurtzman,Jeff Kline,Duane Capizzi, Mandy Safavi, Rafael Ruthchild, Shinji Santoh, Meiko Sato and Therese Trujillo | Won | [70] |
| Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program | David Hartman, Vinton Heuck, Shaunt Nigoghossian, Todd Waterman,Jamie Simone, Hiroyuki Hayashi, Kazuma Shimizu, Kazushi Nagase, Keisuke Ide and Akio Kazumi | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Animation | Robbi Smith | Nominated | |||
| Robert Poole II | |||||
| Roy Braverman | |||||
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing – Animation | Ray Leonard | Nominated | |||
| Mike Beiriger | |||||
| "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation" | Christophe Vacher | Won | |||
| CINE Awards | CINE Eagle Award | Whole crew | Won | [71] | |
| CINE Special Recognition for Series Television | Won | ||||
| CINE Special Jury Award | Nominated | ||||
| CINE Masters Series Award | Nominated | ||||
| 2013 | Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation | Arato Kato | Won | |
| Jason Park | |||||
| Kirk van Wormer | |||||
| Annie Award | Outstanding Achievement in Production Design in an Animated TV / Broadcast Production | Christophe Vacher | Nominated |
The official launch date of the toy line was December 1, 2011. The release date of July 2011 was incorrectly stated during BotCon 2011, but the December 1, 2011, date was later confirmed by the Hasbro Brand Team.[72] Although earlier sources stated that the line would launch on October 1, 2011,[73] or October 11, 2011.[74]
Ruckus Mobile Media partnered with Hasbro to deliverTransformers: Prime innovative storybookapps forAndroid, andiOS (iPad,iPhone,iPod Touch) systems. The app was meant to deliver immersive reading experiences with interactive storytelling including title specific activities, coloring and read-and-record functions. The app was slated to release in May 2011, but never came out.[75]
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IDW Publishing has released a group of comic books based onTransformers: Prime. A comic book prequel was released on October 13, 2010, in the United States, followed by an October 26, 2010, Canadian release date. Adaptations of episodes (usually two episodes per comic book) from the series are currently being released, similar to theTransformers: Animated comic books. SomeTransformers: Prime storybooks were released in April, August and September 2012, in the UK includingTransformers Prime: Official Handbook andTransformers Prime: Meet the Team.
IDW has also publishedTransformers. Prime: Rage of the Dinobots andTransformers Prime: Beast Hunters, two comic book tie-ins that link the cartoon and thevideogames developed byHigh Moon Studios.
A video game developed byNowpro and Altron distributed byActivision was released in October 2012. The game, titledTransformers: Prime – The Game, is abrawler available forWii,Nintendo DS,Nintendo 3DS, andWii U. Both the 3DS and Wii U versions of the game received mixed critical reviews.[76][77]
A sequel calledTransformers: Robots in Disguise debuted in March 2015. The series features Bumblebee as a police officer and follows his adventures on Earth, trying to catch escaped Decepticon prisoners. The series introduces a new cast of characters who help Bumblebee in his mission, including Strongarm, Sideswipe, Grimlock, Fixit, and the humans Denny Clay and his son Russell.[78] Optimus Prime appears in a recurring capacity during the first season as a spirit, before being resurrected in the finale and joining the main cast from season two onwards. The only other characters to return fromTransformers: Prime are Ratchet, Bulkhead, Soundwave, and Starscream.[citation needed]Robots in Disguise is much more light-hearted in tone than its predecessor and received an overall mixed reception.
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