Transformers Universe (anime)

Transformers Universe is an anime series adapted from the 2003 Transformers line of the same name. However, compared to the toy line's story, the anime's story will be slightly different, as well as the setting and characters' personality. It revolves Autobots led by Optimus Primal fighting Megatron and his Decepticon army to save the Earth, which has the Allspark that is buried at the Earth's core, giving the Transformers infinite Energon power after the Energon on planet Cybertron runs dry. It was released by TMS and aired on TV Tokyo in 2003, possibly the same exact date the toyline was released. The anime was then dubbed into English by 4Kids Entertainment and aired on Fox Box (now 4Kids TV) on Valentine's Day 2004. It was notable for having veteran voice actors Frank Welker and Peter Cullen reprising their roles as Megatron, Skywarp, Soundwave, Optimus Prime, Ironhide, and Streetwise respectively. It also borrows some elements from other lines like the RiD Dinobots line from Wal-Mart, as an example.
== Plot: ==
=== Season 1: ===
Millions of years ago on planet Cybertron, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons have waged a terrible war against one other. The violence claimed many lives, as well as draining the planet's precious energy sources. Suddenly, the two sides are then instantly transported to prehistoric Earth by kind of some warp device. Feeling that there are no Decepticons in sight, the Autobots thanks to the Allspark in the Earth's core start thriving and roaming on the planet for eons. In present day, human society is falling apart thanks to crime, violence, family breakups, political troubles, war, poverty, economic hardships, and mental instability. Discovering that the Decepticons may have been on Earth all this time, the Autobots came out of hiding, taking forms of vehicles and animals. Meanwhile, when an autistic 10-year-old boy Phineas Anderson (Katachi Yamato in the Japanese dub), was running away from his abusive family with help from his new friends Keenan Hiro and Maria Kato (Ano Hiro and Kamiya Kato in the Japanese dub respectively), he is caught in the middle of the battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons. With one of the Autobots, Prowl, killed in battle, and Megatron coming back to life from his statue imprisonment, Optimus Prime and his new human ally Phineas round up his Autobot comrades to protect the blue Earth and make it a better place. And thus, the eons-long war continues on Earth, and thus the battlefield, advantages, and the tide of battle has shifted! Who will win?
=== Season 2: ===
TBA
List of Transformers Universe characters
List of Transformers Universe episodes
== Cast: ==
Greg Abbey: TBA
Robert Axelrod: Movor
Amy Birnbaum: Crystal Widow, Joe Amato
Maddie Blaustein: Triceradon, Rollbar 
Steven Jay Blum: Silverbolt, Swoop, Director Manning 
Richard Cansino: Space Case 
Peter Cullen: Optimus Primal, Ironhide, Streetwise 
Marc Diraison: Hoist 
Brian Donovan: Keenan Hiro 
Darren Dunstan: Ultra Magnus, Wind Sheer, Principal Higgins
Richard Epcar: Armorhide 
Frank Frankson: Fireflight 
Barbara Goodson: Marge Anderson 
Wayne Grayson: Peter "Ponch" Anderson 
Dan Green: Striker 
Jason Griffith: Snarl 
Megan Hollingshead: Nemesis Strika 
Steve Kramer: Reptilion 
Wendee Lee: TBA 
Ted Lewis: Inferno 
Rachael Lillis: Maria Kato, Prissy Anderson 
Dave Mallow: King Atlas, Sludge 
Jim Malone: Air Raid 
Mona Marshall: Perceptor, Brandon "Brains" McNeil 
Jamie McGonnigal: TBA 
Laura Jill Miller: Miss Yujimoto 
Lisa Ortiz: Brittany Seltzer 
Bob Papenbrook: Mega-Octane, Ruination 
Mike Pollock: Ratchet 
Derek Stephen Prince: Ro-Tor 
Scottie Ray: Prowl 
Kevin Michael Richardson: Depth Charge 
Sam Riegel: Skydive 
Kayzie Rogers: Blackarachnia 
Tara Sands: TBA 
Sean Schemmel: Grimlock
Brianne Siddall: Magna Stampede 
Patrick Sietz: Swerve 
Michael Sinterniklaas: Side Burn
Michael Sorich: Tankor, Spike, Stanley "Slouch" Anderson 
Eric Stuart: Silverstreak, Astor Anderson 
Veronica Taylor: Phineas Anderson 
Marc Thompson: Slag, Slapper
Tom Wayland: Sunstorm
Frank Welker: Megatron, Skywarp, Soundwave, Agent Kaiser 
David Willis: TBA 
Tom Wyner: TBA 
Stuart Zagnit: Wheeljack 
Jimmy Zoppi: Obsidian 
Category:Transformers
Category:Anime
Category:Action/Adventure
Category:Mecha
Category:Science fiction
Category:4Kids TV
Category:2004
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