Transformers Animated - A Perfect Reboot
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When Optimus was like "yeah, that's what I should've said." After arguing with Sentinel, he really felt like a real person.
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@@walex6763 hi
I'd just kick Sentinel in the lugnuts
@@natek4488 we all wanted to do that.
I fairly recently watched the entire show and thinking about it here lately, that scene in season 2 when Optimus says, "a decepticon double agent," and Sentinel says, "yeah, well, why didn't you tell me that in the first place," I honestly think they missed a golden opportunity for Optimus to put Sentinel in his place for a second time.
Like take the first time, in season 2 episode 1: The Elite Guard.
Sentinel: "I think you've done enough Optimus. I'll make sure you're tried for high treason for destroying the allspark. Now, come with me."
Optimus: "No."
Sentinel: "That wasn't a request. That's a direct order, Optimus."
Optimus: "It's Optimus Prime. I may be an Elite Guard washout and a glitch detail flunky, but the last time I checked, you and I still have equal rank. So Sentinel Prime, take your order and your condescending attitude and stick in your hard drive. You're on my turf now."
In that later episode, when Sentinel asked why they didn't tell him that in the first place, I think Optimus should've said something like:
"We did tell you that Sentinel. We've been trying to tell you that all night. But as always, because of your pride and oversized ego, you refused to listen to us and insisted on doing things your own way."
Sometimes you gotta wonder, how many times does Sentinel have to be one upped by Optimus before he finally learns his lesson and puts his ego to the side and actually listens to other bots?
I loved how TFA Megatron is so cool and calm. Compared to the other series where he is a raging maniac TFA Megatron is so much more interesting.
This was the first truly great Megatron IMO.
IDW would _become_ great, but this was the first time I found him anywhere close to interesting.
I love seeing variations of character traits like that. Megatron was just too cool
The TFP Megatron is a mix of the two. He could be calm one minute and a raging maniac the next.
The most interesting aspect of this Megatron is the ambiguity around his belief system and his morality. Is he an unknown hero all along or is he always the villain?
“TFA Megatron is so cool and calm”
TFA Megatron: *LITERALLY HAS AN ANEURYSM EVERY TIME HE SEES STARSCREAM AFTER SERIES PREMIERE*
Can I say how great this version of Megatron is? Not only is his voice cool as hell, but he’s does what most other Megatrons fail to do and alright kills Starscream for betraying him the moment he has the chance.
And he did it, so many time...
Plus he owns that dominating, charismatic and calm prescense.
When he is on screen, you know shit was about to go down.
I mean, the guy was a head for the first season and he still was a better villain than (*starts counting) a lot of TF villains.
Helps that he's voiced by Shockwave.
Megatron's voice from this show is the only one I have trouble replicating when it comes to doing impressions. I can somewhat do it at times, but it sounds more like a whisper than an actual speaking/conversation voice.
@@ReligiousPrime My naturally deep voice helps me. I can do a half decent imitation
I don’t blame Sentinel for making Cybertron xenophobic towards organics. The under education of civilians in favour of military was already in full swing long before he took control. Remember, they weren’t allowed on organic inhabited planets. It’s part of the reason Optimus got kicked out of the elite guard after what happened with elita. The reason why Elita/BlackArachnia took such a dark turn was because she let her organic hate and self hatred control her. That’s part of what makes her so tragic. Her becoming a spider isn’t what made her a monster, her own actions did that. All for the sake of getting rid of her organic half kinda like Megatron from beast Machines. Sentinel only exacerbated the problem because he was a victim of Cybertrons efforts to militarize rather then educate. Put on top of that his genuinely traumatic experience of watching one of his best friends get killed by spider.
Sentinel is a big stupid dick head for a lot of reason. But this problem of his isn’t just his and it goes a lot deeper. It’s probably one of the most subtle yet most obvious pieces of world building in the show. It also makes for a fun yet intentionally heatable character trait!
Yeah, when Optimus' team first arrive on Earth they initially don't even seem to comprehend the idea of organics being able to create civilizations. At first they think the cars and robots are the actual people and the humans are just pets, before actually making contact with humans and being proven wrong.
@@CollinBuckman ☝️✨THIS✨☝️
axe go swoosh
Starscream go scream
@@jarodnole4618 megatron go make starscream scream
Oh hey diamond bolt, big fan, didnt expect you to see you here
I actually started watching animated just yesterday because of your review
I’m loving it so far, finished season 1
I always thought it was weird that TFP gets so much love and attention in the fandom over TFA.
Maybe a few years ago, but now I think every TF fan holds both in similar regards.
I think it’s mostly because of TFP’s animation
Prime is basically the “normie” show where everyone gets the most updated lore that is constantly used nowadays and feels like a modern G1.
Animated is that one show that throws a lot of that away and throws some people off (even though once you get past it, it rivals Prime and BW in terms of quality)
@@rolandodr9834 wouldn't use normie, but definitely a good gateway show for people whose only exposure to transformers is the g1 cartoon and the movies
@@rolandodr9834 prime is interesting. I think it feels a lot more familiar to people who really haven’t seen transformers a lot aswell or just new fans in general as it feels like the middle man of all the transformers cartoons and films. Being somewhat the middle man in terms of how realistic and grounded it is in its art, animation and writing probably makes it feel less daunting of an entry point
I feel the chins add a certain charm to them-I especially love that prowl’s just gets longer and longer by each episode, unintentionally showing his growth as a character
Prowl's chin grew by each episode⁉️ is this for real 😭
@@yachiyous9110 yes, just compare his design in the first episode and the last one and then you will never unsee it
Lmao
One of the many things that I really love about animated is how they handle the Easter eggs. It’s not like “hey did you see That! We mentioned Chaar! Look at that! We made a 1986 movie reference! Look at us!” The Easter eggs are really well done. I can’t remember all of them but the one that surprised me was when hook told sari that one of the dinobots was offended when he called him slag. That was absolutely genius.
So slug is now bri'ish
I absolutely LURV the part where Wreck-Gar mentions that he dares to be stoooopid!
@@silverbolt04 should i bring Wreck-Gar a Cheese sandwich ?
@@whitedarkness5508 Ha, I see what you did there. Wreck-Gar, a character from Transformers (in this case, Animated), and Cheese Sandwhich, a character from My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, which are both Hasbro franchises and both voiced by Weird Al Yankovic.
#Smokeyoreo I know the one you're talking about. And for the record, the constructicon's name is Scrapper, not Hook.
I love how TFA manages to rework Optimus as the everyday underdog so that he can be relatable with the audience, who are probably in his place at some point in our lives.
To be honest TFA megaton was the most terrifying villain I’ve seen as a kid. He’s cunning, his voice is incredible and overall his presence was dominating.
this whole show really was a love letter to transformers
My favorite part of this show was when Optimus laughed after Sentinel lost his body XD
This show leaves a great impact to transformers media.
I couldn't agree more
It’s really… brave for the writers to incorporate some of the elements of this show a show directed toward a younger audience not to mention, that they do. Sari was lied to her whole life, Ratchet has serious ptsd from the war, Bumblebee almost died SEVERAL TIMES, Blurr was crushed, bots were injured, and some died too many times to count, attempted murder of Megatron, Black Arachnia hitting on several bots, I could go on, and on. And this is why I love it so much. Not only is it just a show, but it paved the way for Ratchet’s most iconic line! “Bulkhead, I needed that!” I cannot explain my love for this series.
Rest In Peace, Derrick J. Wyatt.
Your animation work on this series and many other shows, such as Teen Titans and Scooby Doo: Mystery Inc., was the stuff of legends, and you will sorely be missed 😔.
Till all are one.
1972 - 2021
Fly high Derrick.
While TFP Soundwave will always be my favorite transformer of all time Animated Starscream will forever be the most accurate description of myself I have ever seen. David Kaye's performance is Orion Pax and in the end he evolves into Peter Cullen Optimus Prime. And while Frank Welker is Megatron, every time I read the IDW comic I hear Corey burton. Animated will forever have a place in my heart
Animated was what got me into Transformers as a series. I absolutely love the portrayal of Optimus Prime in this series, and Sari might be one of the most intriguing “human” characters in the whole franchise as a whole.
Are we not gonna talk about this show’s amazing rendition of the iconic theme song?! Literally the best version of the theme!
“The deceptions are so much more menacing this time”
Insert starscream showcasing his behind during megatrons speech here
I'm really glad you showed Ben 10 Omniverse and Rise of the TMNT in the back, because those shows I think are just like animated, brilliant reinventions of these franchises except TFA got the recognition it deserves now, but those shows haven't.
I totally agree
Not to mention all of them got unfairly canceled and cut short way too early, Rottmnt didn’t even get a full second season
Same art style.
Ben 10 Omniverse lasted longer than the other two. It had 80 episodes. TFA had 42 ROTMNT had 39.
This show deserves a 4th and 5th Season Revival.
Also I love this version of Optimus Prime,He's so Heroic and I think the the Song Hero from RWBY really fits the Character.
They could do it like with Samurai Jack
Yeah, I like that them made him younger and more relatable. And I also thought that him not being the leader of all Autobots but the leader of an Autobot repair crew was an interesting concept.
@@theone05 as well as Young Justice
I am willing to sacrifice my left arm for this show.
There's also a trial and error comic that's a season 4 for this show.
I have the link if anyone wants it.
I always thought that the human villains being kind of jokes was the point. They’re warm up foes before the Decepticons arrive and establish themselves as the real threat. Meltdown was cool, though. I wish he’d show up in more Transformers media.
Yeah it tickles me pink that David Kaye has both Optimus Prime and Megatron under his belt and both depictions are among the most celebrated depictions of both name stays. Yeeeeesssssss....
How different Animated Optimus Prime is from the typical portrayal of the character really gave him a lot of room to make the character his own. He's not pushed into doing his best Cullen impression like so many other versions of the character not voiced by the man himself are. It lets Kaye's Optimus really stand out among the others.
This man talks about Transformers Animated the same way Hi-Top Films talks about Sam Raimi's Spider-Man... and I love it!!!
Animated was just as important to the series as beast wars was. It evolved things and it was just a masterpiece.
This was the pinnacle of transformers for me when I was a kid
Transformers animated is the reason why I liked this franchise of robot caar people who turns into all kinds of crazy stuff. So many characters and concepts created from this show such as Lugnut, Lockdown, and Oil Slick to Jetstorm being Jetfire's twin I still hold dear to me.
"I could talk about this show for hours"
Please do talk about it for hours
Hey underutilized or nah, Soundwave was used in what I consider one of the single BEST things in the franchise: the Human Error two-parter. It's good enough that we explore the humanity of our fave bots, good enough that we see Sari take charge after so many eps not showing, but you put Soundwave as the main villain? SOLD. SOOOOOOLD. I still loathe the fact that the white, purple and teal design never got a release as a toy huhu
Honestly animated is the only series I've search and wondered how they would work in the series like gold bug and even the other combaticons
I also love how jazz changed from elite to the team like it's it's a transition to change and jazz was the first step
@@earthboundfan9446 the Japanese theme is absolute poggers
I like the fact that they actually show Decepticons (military vehicle) dwarfing over most of the Autobots (police or civilian vehicles). Always bother in most versions of Transformer that most Autobots (especially Optimus) is as tall and big as most Decepticons
this is probably one of the best videos about transformers animated on youtube
That's very kind, thank you!
I felt Optimus was only partly responsible for Sentinel's ego getting as bad as it was, due to him always covering for Sentinel's screw-ups back during their academy days. I mean heck Sentinel messed up so often they even had a code word "Broken Lance" for when it would happen. Optimus probably only did so because he felt guilty for letting Sentinel smooth talk him into those situations(losing Eltia-1) to begin with when he should've stood up to him and said NO to his half-brained schemes at the start. Since Sentinel never owned up to those mistakes he never learned the lessons needed to become even half the leader he imagines himself to be.
definitely can see that
A show that got me to the franchise. Such a brilliant reboot. And has my personal favorite Starscream. I really hope we'll still get that Season 4 happening.
TFA was the show that taught me on how to be a team player, a leader, and a part of the family. Jetfire and Jetstorm were hilarious and their combined mode was awesome.
This hits harder now... Thank you, Derrick J. Wyatt.
10:25 It actually makes sense that he goes down easily. His initial body was composed mostly of common earth metals rather than cybertronian materials.
20:25 what drew me to Transformers (G1 in my case) in the first place was that I *was* a kid with PTSD. As such, I really think it's a good thing it's shown. For me the message of G1 of never giving up no matter what, and holding on to your heart made a real difference. I needed that message.
Even many kids who don't have PTSD themselves have family members and loved ones who do. It's not just bold to show it, it's important. It affects and effects entire families. Kids are not immune to such things, and seeing it in a cartoon without a spotlight on it kind of normalizes coping. Seeing it in cartoons opens doors to talk about such things. It did for me. Including later, when talking to my own kids about me dealing with it in a way they could understand. It helped.
Sari was done better than Kicker ever dreamed of.
I remember how much hate this show got when it first was announced (from all the people I knew anyways) all because the art style looked "childish".
I'm so glad it's gotten so much love all these years later. Animated really deserves it c:
All in all, great review. It's nice seeing seeing you talk about all the things that made the show great and pointing out other stuff I didn't notice upon first watch. Now if y'all don't mind, I must go back and rewatch the series.
Honestly, I feel like the term childish is losing it's true meaning considering people mostly use it on something that's 2d art or a cartoon show aimed or suitable for kids.
I absolutely love ratchet in tfa and how they handle his ptsd and shows a very realistic version of some war veteran, I also love how ratchet dosent seem to want to talk to Optimus about his war experience because at first he just sees it as some guy trying to glorify war and justify most war propaganda and only opens up to him when he finally realizes that Optimus is truly there for him. I also love how ratchets feelings get translated into prime as ratchet has so much guilt and distress when bumblebee looses his T cog and he can’t fix him, feeling so much guilt to the point where he was fully willing to give up his own T cog so bumblebee wouldn’t be fully disabled.
Still wish we got season 4!
I never got to watch TFA in its entirety while it aired. I remember religiously watching the first four episodes on disk whenever I could. I was on board with Animated, but I was unsure about my parents. They were picky when it came to Transformers... but to my surprise my whole family enjoyed it. ADORED it.
I was always sad that I could never watch it through... whenever I saw it come on at a friend's house it was abruptly changed to something else... Then, during high school, I found it online and watched it there, but due to my wavering interests, and schoolwork, I ended up sadly dropping it.
Finally, just barely a year ago, I sat down and watched the whole series through. As soon as I started again, I couldn't stop. Each and every episode was an entertaining, hilarious, and joyful ride and I couldn't get enough. Animated was a gem that I had almost completely missed out on, but I am glad that I took time to experience it all for myself.
I will also fully admit to severely underestimating Optimus Prime in Animated. As a kid, I saw a leader as being someone like Bayformers Prime... but quickly I realized that a true leader is someone like G1 Prime, and Animated Prime. They let themselves feel things... anger, love, happiness... and it shapes who they are and how they treat others. They acknowledge their mistakes, and make amends. They show compassion, and heart but aren't afraid to get their hands dirty when necessary.
I guess what I am trying to say is that Animated just feels real, and relatable; organic, so to speak.
Animated is my favorite transformers show and this video perfectly encapsulates why. I remember being about the right age for it when it was on, but I never watched it as a real young kid because it was a "boy show" and we didn't have cable. Eventually I did decide to check out transformers media as an older teen/young adult after visiting Universal Studios, and Animated was the show I fell in love with the hardest. I enjoy that it can be both funny and tell a serious story, and I always thought the art style was super slick and stylish.
A lot of my favorite transformers characters are my favorites specifically because of their portrayals in animated (namely Prowl, Blitzwing, and Blackarachnia, although I also wound up adoring Beast Wars when I watched that later), and Derrick J Wyatt's passing hit me just as hard as it did for a lot of other fans. What a huge loss, and what an incredible legacy.
Dont forget, bumblee bee stingers in this show was not in full power in early episodes…it was just a construction level tool.
When megatron took over Omega Supreme, rachet upgrade bumblebee with military grade stingers…only suitable for combat bots like the elite guard…i forgot how strong his military grade stingers be…
This was a wonderful video, good work man, thanks for the invite !
Some times I like to think ultra magnus is not that corrupted he just take desparete decisións
Something I don't see people comment is how Animated got the regular lore but added so much more to it, the way their protoforms worked, their sparks, how they could change "shells"/bodies, the drastic difference between autobots and decepticons and how it made them feel like the underdog, how flying autobots were such a big deal, honestly all these details made the animated world so rich it's a shame it hasn't been touched in ages
Man, I loved animated. It was the show that got me into all this and it still holds up like an ace. I personally like it better than prime, and I wish hasbro would remember it existed.
And yeah, I spent hours looking at Wyatt's designs! He is one of my favorite artist and his love for TF is clear.
Also, on the voice actors... It took me 10 years till I realized that David Kaye was Optimus, he does such a good job on his own take on the character its stunning. Cory Burton is also easily the best Megatron, his voice along with his design just commands a presence which I don't even think Welker could in TFprime
Then again, I could write essays on why this show is so good.
I really hope Hasbro does something to commemorate Transformers Animated in the near future, given the massive impact it's had on the Transformers franchise and so many fans, myself included. Some new toys would be nice, but season four would be even better. Animated was the reason I got into Transformers. I've made art for Animated, spoken to the people who worked on the show, and its characters motivated me to push through some struggles I've been having recently in life. TFA Optimus is my second favourite Autobot, because of how he works to fix his mistakes to earn a better future. TFA Shockwave is my all time favourite Decepticon and fictional antagonist, because of how well he did his mission, fooling the Autobots, stealing Arcee's activation codes for Omega Supreme and earning Megatron's respect. I should also mention that I got the chance to speak to people from Hasbro at their MCM London Comic Con Transformers panels during the Q&A parts about a season four revival for Animated, and they said that it could still be possible.
I heard that the major roadblock preventing a return (like Samarai Jack or SW: Clone Wars) is some issues about licencing with CW after Hasbro went off and created The Hub (which resulted in TF Prime). Is this true?
@@casuallatecomer7597 I read something similar to that from Andyunicronus99, but he never verifies if his sources actually come from Hasbro or Cartoon Network themselves, so I can't confirm. However when I spoke to Hasbro, they confirmed that they do have a strong partnership with Cartoon Network.
Given that HBO Max is a thing, maybe we could get a fourth season there?
Doubtful as Hasbro themselves upon looking back realized how badly they screwed up with the trash that is TFA.
@@Ionstorm2002 Skids and Mudflap, Devastator's wrecking balls, Deep Wang, the Romeo and Juliet card and no whoopee, Mr Cade? were trash, Transformers Animated was not.
Megatron has Starscream, and Ultra Magnus has Sentinel Prime.
TFA remains one of my favorite versions of Transformers.
For a franchise so loaded with legacy characters, I feel like it's important to credit Animated for the invention of Lockdown, Lugnut, and Bulkhead, and codifying Ratchet, Prowl, and Blitzwing with interpretations that have subsequently been referenced in later shows like Prime.
This is the fasted I've ever added a video to my "videos that make me feel vindicated" playlist. Everything I know an love about the Transformers comes from this, Prime, and the WfC games, so it warms my heart to see this. It fills me with so much joy to see such a good retrospective of one my favorite tv show of all time. Thank you so much, Markscaper!
you're definitely missing out if youndon't watch the 80s cartoon. the WFC netflix series inrelated to the game is also great. i understand the michael bay films might not be to everyone's taste, lmao
@@DaveGrean I have the Shout Factory dvds of G1, but it’s been so long since I watched them. I should get around to seeing those episodes again.
@@RTRC_2012 it's what got me into the transforners as a whole, lol. saw '01 robots in disguise as a kid once and thought the concept was really dumb (i guess children's sensibilities had evolved a lot since the '80s - i never heard another kid my age express any interest in it either), and as a teenager i was way too pretentious and deeper-than-thou to appreciate the (in hindsight nearly masterful) silliness of the michael bay films. then one day in college i came across the '80s cartoon while stoned and oh boy, what an absolute masterpiece
funnily enough the exact same thing happened with he-man, the other big 80s toyline, lol. saw the 2001 series once, thought a naked manly brodude literally called 'he-man' was the dumbest thing ever, then years later fell in love with the 80s show as a stoned 20-something and now i even collect the '01 figures, lmao
as a side note, i'm watching legend of the microns now, and while not on the same level it's really good as well. megatron is hilarious, optimus is your typical fun cheesy japanese robot superhero and the micromasters are adorable. and that moody soundtrack and background art! i'd stay away from the english dub called 'armada' though, i couldn't even get past the first episode, the difference in quality is actually impressive
TFA is the only Transformers show that has really stayed with me ever since I saw it.
I watched Beast Wars, The Unicron Trilogy, G1 and a bit of Prime but none of them had the effect on me this show did.
I think the "superhero show" idea for Transformers was brilliant and may be part of why this series gelled with my tastes so perfectly.
Totally agree with what everyone said at the end. I saw TF07 when I was either 10 or 11, had never known about Transformers until that point, and I was so fascinated by the concept that I started looking up Transformeers online and found out that TFA existed. I think at the time they were either just starting with season 2 or near the middle, and luckily it was during the time we had extended basic cable. I binge watched that show and waited with so much anticipation of the next episode. TF07 got me interested, but it was TFA that really fueled my addiction! TFP was a great show too, but there's nothing among the shows, movies, or comics makes me feel like a kid again like that show does. I've watched TFA so many times at this point :)
this is so weird to me. i never heard of this cartoon, saw the '01 robots in disguise once as a kid and thought robots changing into cars were extremely stupid, and have only gotten into transformers as an adult through the bay filma and 80s cartoon. i've seen animated now, and while it was fun it did not feel very 'transformers' at all. neither so-cool-it's-hilarious ultra HD cgi action nor cheesy awkwardly animated blocky toy robots shooting little ray guns at each other
As a young kid back when this show was still new, I loved it. I thought the decepticons were terrifying, especially Megatron who was actually my favorite version of Megatron as a kid back then. No offense to others versions of the character, but animated Megatron will always be my definitive version of him. There were definitely moments that shock me as a young kid back then, Sari being a techno organic to the point she upgraded herself, Bumblebee almost dying which actually had that me worried since he has always been my favorite character of transformers media as a kid, and Ultra Magnus being heavy damaged by Shockwave. I really like animated Optimus Prime, I thought he was a good reimagine of Prime. As much as I love Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime and considering him as my definitive version of Optimus Prime, I am still interested in a reimagine of Optimus than I usually know him as. This show inspires me to take massive risk when I make my own fan made Transformers animated series which will be a reimagine of the live action transformers movie universe(which I am still big fan of the Movie TF series despite the many flaws it has). Thanks for this video mate. You really put a lot of effort into. :)
It’s such a shame they cancelled this in favor of TFP which was basically “Bayverse but on a budget”
It's funny how Armada Hotshot was meant to be Bumblebee and Animated Bumblebee was meant to be Hotshot
It's also funny that in Microns Legends, Bumble(Bumblebee's japanese name) was a minicon combiner
After G1, Beast Wars / Machine, I miss watching Transformers animation. I kinda miss the train with the Unicron trilogy but it doesn't give me the vibe.. until TFA showed us. Fresh, more character, growth, and so on. Best animation ever.
This is the "The Batman" cartoon of Transformers cartoons.
Jazz has always been my favorite character and animated version of him is my favorite.
The show was known in my local geek circle as "Transformers chins!".
so i was born in 03 so i was in the perfect age bracket for this show and i loved it it might actually be the first tf show i saw cheers lads
The moment Starscream finally went black and white after going Offline will be firmly rooted in my brain forever. Rip to a legend. (If you don’t count the deleted scene where he’s brought back by Slipstream)
TFA was my introduction to Transformers and it's easy to see how this show made me fall in love with Transformers. After rewatching the show last year, I can easily say that it still stands as one of the best pieces of Transformers media ever made.
This was my first Transformers show that i watched and i love it even till today, the style, animation, characters and how beautiful and bold the figures look is just everything to me.
Animated was a masterpiece just amazing
It's cool that you actually have some context at the beginning with 07 stuff
TFP is the definitive transformer show but animated is the most unique. Also I'm surprised you can talk about Animated without mention Shockwave one of the most interesting takes on the character ever
I’ve would’ve waited an eternity for this
Awesome, thank you for having me in this!
I never knew that they got Spongebob and Patrick to voice act in this, pretty cool
This amazing series is what got me into transformers I remember I watched animated when I was in preschool and I was animated optimus prime for Halloween
I like megatron as a head, it s the moment when we can see his true “brains” not only relying on his “brawl” (like In TFP)
After watching this show recently, I got to experience the emotions and appreciate it, love it with all my heart. I dare to say something a bit cliché but, it was truly transforming.
I love hearing someone talking about my favorite transformers show.
I fucking loved this man, you outdid yourself here mate
Thank you so much, and thanks for being a part of it!
@@RoadRustle ay it's no problem at all mate. Thanks for having me
Fun fact: there's a weird rescue bots toy where Optimus turns into a t-rex... and he has the same transformation as megatron in beast wars... and he's voice by david kaye in this show!!! Optimus Prime is Beast Wars Megatron!
Just wanted to add that the toyline was amazing and I'm hunting them all down to this day. The Japanese intro music is one of the best ones ever featured in Transformers too.
That and the characterization here laid the foundation of later installments in the franchise.
this is actually what got me into transformers as a kid, and my introduction began with a book in a thrift store that was the transformers animated all spark almanac and I am so happy I found that book or else I would have missed this amazing world of transforming robots.
This show was MAJORLY impactful on my life. Every day before I rode the bus to school I watched this with my dad (he grew up with Gen 1 and the movie) and from what I know he loved how they interpreted the characters.
There is so much that I find that ages greatly with TFA. Bulkhead being a blank slate before the show in his appearances really benefited his now iconic design and personality introduced in this show. Tom Kenny playing Starscream works perfectly, somehow bringing both hilariously incompetent as Gen 1 Starscream and as powerful and calculating as Steve Blum’s interpretation in Transformers Prime together into a single package.
The art style really cemented my love for this series (at least I think so). Not only does it remind me of *Teen Titans* and other shows worked on by Derek Wyatt (RIP), but also Gerard Way and Gabriel Da’s *Umbrella Academy* comic series having read it a few years ago. The idea to put the setting on Earth in a futuristic Detroit, the motor juggernaut of the US at the time, was a great idea. There are so many great ideas and concepts played out in this series and I am so furious that it was cancelled when it felt like they were diving into the deep end of the proverbial pool.
EDIT: Also apparently Megatron’s design is partially based off of his Japanese design, and I found it so ingenious that he starts out in a movie-inspired skin, then is rebuilt into something that resembles the original. There’s so much DNA and care put into every centimeter of this show and I wish more companies and executives would realize that animation is not a genre, rather it’s a medium, a vessel of storytelling.
WHY did those fools cancel this show?!!! It's was one of best versions there was and DESERVED a forth season!
Toyline sales
From my understanding, it's because of the Hub. Animated was a co-productuon between Hasbro and CN Studios, with Hasbro having the distribution rights. When Hasbro went to start their own TV channel, they suddenly went from CN's partner to CN's competition, thus killing CN's interest in continuing the show.
There's also the trial and error and comic.
This is the most beautiful love letter to this often overlooked masterpiece. Thank you
i love Transformers Animated. its my second favorite Transformers Series.
it has my favorite incarnations of Ratchet, Prowl, Starscream and Megatron. Ratchet especially, its back story and fighting his PTSD is great.
the story is amazing, totally different from many incarnations. but i will say it always reminded me of Beast Wars, only because it was a group of out matched bots aginst foes far more equipped, and has an Optimus who has to earn the respect from his comrades. the character development is truly some of the best i have seen in years.
some people give the animation a rash of slag, but i like it.
this was an awesome review.
This video is a masterpiece.
Every show that was made by Derrick J. Wyatt & his staff is a perfect example of how to make a good reboot
It's also why I loved Ducktales 2017 since Mat Youngberg and Frank Agones took the same aspects they learned from working with Wyatt by paying respect to the source material while making the series its own thing. It has a similar vibe to Transformers Animated and Wyatt's other shows.
Just one more season we would had Devastator Predacons and even the Dinobots would’ve took down Megatron
it would have been amazing
I love this animated series since childhood this one of the main reason why I drawn to transformers franchise and I wished transformers the animated would be revived just like samurai jack young justice and Star Wars the clone wars revival
I'm rewatching Animated for the 5th or so time and you really really hit the nail on the head for why I just adore this iteration of the Transformers.
I was around 13 when the show came out, and I was too poor to afford cable/internet, but my apartment complex had a gym with a TV in it so I'd sit there and watch Cartoon Network during the slower hours. And early in the mornings I managed to catch Transformers Animated and I really fell in love with it. This has probably my favourite versions of Megatron and Shockwave, and this show really made me love Shockwave, I just loved how conniving and cruel he was. I love watching it now in my 20s to really enjoy the more serious topics I never caught onto as a kid like Ratchet's PTSD from the war, how Prowl learned to be selfless, and how Sentinel Prime is a real dick head.
Maybe I don't travel in many Transformers circles (I haven't consumed all of the franchise, I dip in and out depending) but I swear I never see Animated get talked about much. The only person I knew who talked about it back in 2007-2008 was a youtuber called RandomDCE who talked about the show and made youtube poops of it. It's nice to see more people really show this cartoon the love it deserves. The show did deserve another season (hell maybe 2) but with what we have I'm still so happy to rewatch it once in a while. Hell it got me back into Transformers enough to get War for Cybertron on PS3, which is still my favourite Transformers game, and one I'd love to see you discuss on your channel. Definitely earned a sub, your content's really cool.
i watched the show back in 2009 here in Brazil when i was 7 years old , at the time i have borrowed the dvd of the first season of g1 and i though it was just that and the movies , boy how wrong i was . this series is one of my favorites
Eu também sou do Brasil
@@tiagosales4913 Ae mais um Brasileiro que sabe o que é desenho de verdade
Espero que a hasbro coloquem os personagens do Animated como fizeram com Beast wars em Kingdom
@@tiagosales4913 É verdade , a e uma dica tente ir no canal andy unicronus 99 ele tem ótimos videis sobre transformers , tente ir na playlist esploring series ele fala sobre algunas séries dos transformers que não foram produsidas
Absolutely loved this video! I was just a bit too young to fully get into Animated while it was airing, so I ended up watching the whole show in one big burst and honestly I'll never forget it, Animated was the first transformers show I saw that really showed the depth of the world and it showed me just how much potential this IP has. This video was such a nostalgia trip for me, thanks for making it!
Thank you for watching!
@@RoadRustle Thank you for making this awesome video!
TFA was definitely underrated. Giving Optimus that isn't the supreme leader or how the Autobots aren't entirely all good. G1 would brush some of the shitty behavior they had towards each other off. It also made the Decepticons as a threat since it took almost the whole group to take on 1 or 2 Decepticons at a time.
underrated? literally struggling to find anyone who doesn't think it's a masterpiece and one of the best transformers shows ever, which is frankly extremely confusing considering its mediocre execution when compared to other incarnations (mostly animation and voice acting - the writing wasn't that bad although there were definitely some WTFs, like the professor believing Megatron's dumb excuses for not telling the Autobots about him, or the daughter girl suddenly becoming a super-robot, or Bumblebee's entire character).
Not that I disliked it - I actually binge-watched the whole thing a few days ago and am going to look for figures of every main character - I'm just really weirded out by the exaggerated worship it gets for something so relatively mediocre? Same thing with that unwatchable Star Wars show with the lifeless CGI kinda based on the cartoon but without the charm, which everyone despised then after 5 seasons suddenly it's hailed as a masterpiece? Can't even get past the first episode, it's painful.
It's like ever since the mid-2000s everyone's standards for quality in cartoons suddenly dropped. Or maybe it's literally all people who saw those shows when very young so they have an unusually stronf attachment? Kinda like I love the plotline in Dragon Ball's Buu story arc even though it's objectively monstrously bad writing. But then again, I do realize it's bad, so I don't know, I'm still weirded out by all this
@@DaveGrean how is bumblebees character a wtf moment
@@8ball180 his voice, behaviour, personality. i have trouble thinking of a more annoying character from a show i otherwise enjoyed. except maybe orko from the '80s he-man, and actually even he is slightly less despicable imo
edit: jar jar binks. animated bumblebee is the jar jar binks of the transformers multiverse
@@DaveGrean There definitely more characters I would call the jar jar Binks of transformers before tfa bumblebee: Jan from victory, Daniel witwicky, Sam's mom, skids/mudflap, Rotf wheelie, wfc cartoon Optimus
@@8ball180 yeah okay, probably haven't seen enough different transformers shows to make such a generalized statement. but he'll probably be in my top 5 after having watched everything
sentinel prime from the same show doesn't count because he's clearly meant to be unlikable, lol.
i have trouble remembering the names of michael bay characters (for obvious reasons) but there was a small green one with a "comedically" exaggerated black accent who looked like a disgusting goblin. not sure if he was supposed to be wheelie, but yeah i hated him, he just didn't show up often enough (luckily) to annoy me as much as the (comparatively admittedly less horrible) bumblebee from animated
personally i loved sam's mom, lol! she was really fun, the actress should do more comedy stuff imo
The Matrix being part of the allspark chamber is so in line with g1 comics. Optimus have on his chest an artiffact that can heal and create. Is not a wiselines compilations or a data base that can turn information on energy. In the context of the show were Magnus and Sentinel are leaders not well suited for peace, Having Optimus lead and win a guerilla in a neutral peaceful world getting rid of his prejudices makes him the perfect leader for a future of conections, new frontiers, and a bot who will fight with his spark well placed in his chest and able to find peace again if the situation needs him to, Optimus is the leader of change and potential while Magnus and Sentinel are of a Functionalist regime.
I see Magnus as an ineffective leader of the status quo and Sentinel as an authoritarian straight up. They are way too militaristic to lead in peacetime. I don’t think Optimus would want to be Magnus tbh; he’s wise enough to know he is not a governing leader just a leader in as you said a guerilla. But as far as a leader of war, yes, Optimus is the GOAT. Listens to his other Autobots, acknowledging mistakes, apologies for when he’s wrong, etc. + yeah, not being a prejudiced ass
@@RoadRustle I think that Prime learned how to lead for peace while learning how to keep his friends safe. Optimus is wise enough to not be a Magnus, he just needs to be Optimus.
This is your best review yet!
thanks!
I'm only about half way through this, and have welled up, remembering this great show, and how you speak of it is absolutely phenomenonal.
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That ending was beautiful. This has to be one your best videos to date, and I can't express that enough. It's RUclipsrs like you who keep the Animated train running! Keep it up man, this was awesome.
Wow, thank you!
@@RoadRustle You are very welcome!!
I remember as a kid some of these stories and emotional beats hit so hard. I love how this show eloquently proves maturity doesnt mean dark and violent, it just means maturity. PTSD, coming to terms with regret and guilt, and a family mending their relationship and forgiving eachother for such a real issue like neglect. From a transformers cartoon no less
I love all transformers universes specially TFP, TFA and the movies
I loved animated with all my heart
My all time favorite transformers show
i love the joke-references in the episode with the transit trains, specifically, the Fully Automated Rapid Transit System, which was preceded in the "S4" readout's Bi-Unidirectionally Transit Terminal callout. It was hillarious!