Happy anniversary to the Transformers Sunbow series! For many, it was their first view of Cybertronians, and it changed our lives. Thanks to all who brought us these stories that we still love and share! Relive the excitement and fun by watching the pilot episode below!
A few months ago, some of us were treated to a table reading of the script for the 1984 Sunbow Transformers animated pilot More Than Meets The Eye, Part 1, by G1 voice actors Peter Cullen, Frank Welker, Gregg Berger, Paul Eiding, Michael Bell, and Dan Gilvezan, along with Arif Kinchen (Robots In Disguise 2015) […]
Peter Cullen, the voice behind the iconic voices of Optimus Prime, Eeyore, Venger, the Predator, and so many more, was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ 2nd Annual Children’s and Family Emmys on Sunday, the 18th of December, 2023. The award was presented to him by his longtime friend […]
A report from Candice Santora on Twitter/X states that original Airazor voice actress Pauline Newstone passed away on the 5th of May, 2023. We are saddened by this news and send our condolences to her family and friends. She had a long voice acting career that started in 1973 with the English dub of of […]
James Eatock (a.k.a. CerealGeek) and Grim2 have uncovered the previously lost version of The Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1 with Ted Schwartz as the voice of Rodimus Prime! Ted Schwartz was the original actor cast as Rodimus for the TV series, and was replaced by Dick Gautier. Gautier’s lines were dubbed over Schwartz’s, except […]
On September 19th, 2005, the third part of what has become known as The Unicron Trilogy, Transformers: Cybertron, premiered on Cartoon Network. It imported the video and music from the Japanese series Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Galaxy Force with translated and localized dialogue and a new theme song created by Paul Oakenfold. Where Transformers: Galaxy […]
24 years ago today the Beast Machines Transformers series premiered on the Fox Kids Saturday morning television block on the FOX network. It was a continuation of the previously syndicated Beast Wars Transformers series, but also a departure. Many of the cast members carried over from Beast Wars Transformers, as did the animation studio, Mainframe, […]
On Monday, September 17th, 1984 a new cartoon hit the airwaves. It was the pilot episode advertising for a new toy line of imported robots who shapeshifted into vehicles and common household objects, like cameras and German pistols used by super-spies: The Transformers. It was a collaboration between Hasbro, Griffin-Bacal Advertising’s Sunbow Animation, Marvel Entertainment […]
Romeo Tanghal, Sr. artist for the original Transformers series as well as the 1986 movie, G.I. Joe (series and movie), Jem, Men In Black: The Series, Robocop: Alpha Commando and many others, posted a picture of his fellow artists that worked alongside him on The Transformers: The Movie (1986). In his post, Mr. Tanghal said: […]