"Transufômâ: Maikuron densetsu" (2002) TV series 2002-2003

Director:

Hidehito Ueda

Writers:

Jono Howard (English adaptation)
Terry Klassen (English adaptation)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

23 August 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Animation | Adventure | Family | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

The Autobots and the Decepticons are going at it again, but this time the two factions are fighting over little transformers called the Mini-Cons...

Plot Keywords:

Transformer | Battle | Computer | Extraterrestrial | Villain

Cast

Michael Dobson

...

Starscream (15 episodes, 2002-2003)

Also Known As:

Transformers: Armada (International: English title)

Country:

Japan | USA

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-Y7 | Australia:G (DVD rating)

Company:

Aeon Inc.

Trivia:

DÉBUT: High Wire of the Street Action Team (episode 1.01 "First Encounter Part 1").

Goofs:

Continuity: The named of the Mini-Cons constantly get mixed up in several episodes. Leader-1 is the name of Megatron's Mini-Con, but at instances Optimus Prime's Mini-Con (Sparkplug) is referred to by that name. Sometimes the names of Grindor, Hard-Wire, and Sureshock get mixed up as well.

Quotes:

Sideswipe: Hot Shot HELP ME!
Hot Shot: SIDESWIPE!
Sideswipe: Let go you creep! You're crushing me.
Wheel Jack: That's enough out of you. You'd better hurry Hot Shot, before this whole place goes up.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Son of the Mask (2005)

Bad

The new designs are pretty good, especially Optimus Prime's updated design and, overall, the actual look and art design seems better than that of the original cartoon. Problem is, there's very little action and every excuse possible to show as little animation as possible is fully exploited. Also, the annoying kids are shown more than the robots and the dialogue is as bad as in that other cartoon (the one shown on Fox Kids). Yeah, this show is for kids but so was the G1 cartoon and that one didn't talk down to its audience.