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.

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:
Robert Axelrod: Movor

Amy Birnbaum: Crystal Widow, Joe Amato

Maddie Blaustein: Triceradon, Rollbar

Steven Jay Blum: Silverbolt, Swoop, Wind Sheer, Director Manning

Richard Cansino: Space Case

Peter Cullen: Optimus Primal, Ironhide, Streetwise

Marc Diraison: Hoist

Brian Donovan: Keenan Hiro

Darren Dunstan: Ultra Magnus, 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

Ted Lewis: Inferno

Rachael Lillis: Maria Kato, Prissy Anderson

Dave Mallow: King Atlas, Sludge

Jim Malone: Air Raid

Mona Marshall: Perceptor, Brandon "Brains" McNeil

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

Tara Sands: Blackarachnia

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

Tom Wyner: TBA

Stuart Zagnit: Wheeljack

Jimmy Zoppi: Obsidian