Transformers: Mission Earth

After Transformers: Robots in Disguise 2015, another new Transformers cartoon was in the works (alongside Transformers: Cyberverse), and will be released roughly one year after Robots in Disguise concludes. It will be distributed by Hasbro Studios, and will premiere on Nickelodeon at Fall 2018, after Cyberverse airs two seasons ago on Cartoon Network.

It is called Transformers: Mission Earth (known in Japan as Transformers: Arc 1 for Season 1, and Transformers: Arc 2 for Season 2.)

In the U.S., Season 3 will have the title renamed as Transformers: Mission Deep Space. For unknown reasons, Season 3 won't air in Japan. Instead, an anime spinoff trilogy is in the works. More details for the anime trilogy soon...

Synopsis:
Millions of years ago, on a small planet of Cybertron, a race of robots called the Autobots lived together in harmony. There, a young, adventurous, cheerful, energetic, and sometimes mischievous 10-year-old Optimus Prime wanted to follow in the footsteps of being a great Autobot leader like his father Sentinel Prime. His best friend is Bumblebee and love interest is Elita-One. One fateful day, during his training with Alpha Trion, Optimus chases a criminal who steals an ancient casket-like prison that holds the Decepticons inside. He tries to stop him, but his failure results in getting the Decepticons (Megatron, Starscream, Shockwave, Soundwave, Blackout, and Barricade) walking to freedom. Megatron plots to plunge Cybertron and the galaxy into a new age of terror and destroy anyone who opposes him. Optimus wants to help Sentinel Prime and his mom stop the Decepticons, but his parents were both killed by Megatron, who then kidnaps Elita-One. Devastated and realized that Elita-One may have the codes Megatron needs to conquer the universe, Optimus Prime (with his own Autobot team: Ratchet-an old but very kicking martial-arts master who is also the medic, Bumblebee-his best pal and a wild child, Hot Shot-a snobbish big brother of Elita-One, and Trailbreaker-a super-strong and mild-mannered but very dimwitted handyman) violates Cybertronian law about using an Autobot shuttle underaged without any permit, and tries to chase the Decepticons to avenge the death of his parents, rescue Elita-One, and save the universe. If things couldn't get any more complicated, the Decepticons hijacked Optimus' ship and attack, and then---a meteor storm strikes the ships, allowing them to crashland into prehistoric Earth to have Megatron's body parts scattered all over the globe! In present day, 10-year-old lonely boy Spike Witwicky is sick and tired of living in a world made only for adults is in the biggest surprise of his life when he accidentally reawakens the Transformers from their long coma! When the Decepticons are wrecking havoc on Earth, Spike, Optimus, and Bumblebee form an unexpected friendship with each other, as they and the Autobots team up to shut down their enemies' nefarious schemes and save Elita for the future of Cybertron and Earth! Well, that is if only if they avoid his parents' strict rules.

Cast:
List of Transformers: Mission Earth Characters

Episodes:
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Toy Line:
TBA

Production Notes:
Executive Producers: Stephen Davis

Producers: Trevor Bentley, Mauro Casalese, Rob Davies, Olaf Miller

Directors: Henry Gilroy, Ciro Nieli, Marty Isenberg, David Hartman, Vinton Hueck, Irineo Maramba, Kintaro Mizuono, Shunji Oga

Voice Director: Jamie Thomason

Music by: Noam Kaniel

Animation Provided by: Atomic Cartoons, The Answer Studio Co, Ltd

Production Companies: Hasbro Studios, Atomic Cartoons

Distributor: Hasbro Studios

Channels:

 * Nickelodeon and Nicktoons (USA)
 * TV Tokyo (Japan)
 * Teletoon (Canada)
 * Canal J (France)
 * Cartoon Network (Latin America)
 * Rede Globo (Brazil)
 * ABC3 (Australia)
 * SET One (South Korea)
 * Super-RTL (Germany)
 * Cartoon Network (Philippines)

Ratings:

 * TV-Y7-FV (USA)

Sequel:
A sequel series, Transformers: Fusion Force, has been announced roughly a couple days after the show's Season 3 premiere, and will begin to air on Spring 2020.