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Transformers: EarthSpark is an animated series that made its debut in November2022 in support of thefranchise ofthe same name. First announced onFebruary 25,2021, alongsideTransformers: BotBots,^[1] the series was co-produced byEntertainment One,Hasbro Entertainment andNickelodeon Animation Studio. In the U.S., the series premiered onParamount+ onNovember 11, 2022 with the first 10 episodes of the season. The series also airs onNickelodeon, with the first two episodes premiering on the same date as a special preview, and the rest of the series premiering onFebruary 10, 2023; a Japanese release followed in October 2023. Following a normal-length first season, the series split its original second season into smaller onesNetflix-style for the remainder of its run, with the new second and third seasons premiering in June and October 2024 respectively.

Premise

Fifteen years after the end of thewar between theAutobots andDecepticons, younghumansRobby andMo Malto are struggling to adapt after moving fromPhiladelphia to the small town ofWitwicky,Pennsylvania. When they find astrange object in a cave, it grants them mysterious roboticcyber-sleeves and gives life toTwitch andThrash—the first everTransformers to be born onEarth. Bonded to them through their cyber-sleeves, the Maltos adopt the twoTerrans into their family. The Autobots, now working withMegatron and the secret human organizationG.H.O.S.T. to protect Earth from the remaining rogue Decepticons, reach out to the Maltos and offer the Terrans the chance to be mentored byBumblebee. With new threats on the horizon, such as the mad scientistMandroid and the various Decepticons still at large, the Maltos work together to keep each other safe and learn more about each other, including what it truly means to be a family.

Characters

Episodes

Main article:List of EarthSpark episodes

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Creative team

The series was developed for television byDale Malinowski,Nicole Dubuc, andAnt Ward, who all served as executive producers;Ciro Nieli joined them in executive-producing the first two-parter, but stepped back to the role of "consulting producer" for the rest of the season. Dubuc also served as story editor for the first season, being joined in the role byMae Catt partway through production. Other staff include supervising directorGlen Murakami; storyboard directorsJ.J. Conway,Matthew Humphreys,Alex Kwan,Sebastian Montes, andJordan Rosato; staff writersBernard Badion,Isabel Galupo, andMaasai Singleton; character designersNick Roche andAngelo Vilar; voice directorKristi Reed; and series composersCrush Effect. The season featured 3DCG animation by Canadian production houseIcon Creative Studio.

EarthSpark underwent a notable shakeup in production for its second season. Dubuc officially departed as executive producer and story editor, having already stepped away from the series halfway through the first season to work on a new project. Mae Catt also did not return as story editor, and was succeeded in the position byAmy Wolfram. The entire stable of storyboard directors and staff writers were also replaced: taking their places are directorsVinton T. Heuck,Will Ruzicka,Scooter Tidwell, andSheldon Vella, and writersIan Busch andMatt Wayne. Animation duties were transferred to Indian animation studio88 Pictures; series CG SupervisorMichael Launder explained that the change of studio was due to the fact that the stresses of production during season one had caused "the mental health and well being" of the Icon and Nick teams to suffer.^[2]

Home video releases

Main article:Paramount Pictures#EarthSpark

United States

• Transformers: EarthSpark - Season 1: Episodes 1-10 (2023)
• Transformers: EarthSpark - Season 1: Episodes 11-26 (2024)

Notes

• The series was originally planned to premiere on Nickelodeon first, with international releases to follow. At Nickelodeon's upfront in March 2022, a newer announcement clarified that the series would premiere globally on Paramount+ in November 2022.^[3] While its presence on the channel itself remained unclear leading up to release, the first two episodes also premiered on Nick the same day, both in the US and most international markets.
• Early in its development, the show was titled "Transformers: Home World".

Foreign names

• Mandarin:Biànxíng Jīngāng: Dìqiú Huǒzhǒng (变形金刚：地球火种, "Transformers: EarthSpark")
• Portuguese:Transformers: A Centelha da Terra ("Transformers: EarthSpark")
• Spanish:Transformers: La Chispa de la Tierra ('Transformers: Earth Spark")

References

External links

• Transformers: EarthSpark on Paramount+
• EarthSpark on Nick.com