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

User Rating:

5.7/10   

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 | Alien Technology | Alien Civilization | Quest

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:

Many Transformers in this show take their names from the G1 transformers: Red Alert, Starscream, and Cyclonus. Hot Shot may be a new name for Hot Rod; Sureshock may be new name for Sureshot (Targetmaster) (episode 1.02 "First Encounter Part 2: Metamorphasis").

Goofs:

Continuity: In the early episodes, Hot Shot is sometimes called Hot Rod. Later when Tidal Wave appears he is sometimes called Shockwave.

Quotes:

Carlos: Aw, man. I feel so useless.

Movie Connections:

Spin off Transformers (2004) (VG)

An Absolute Wasted Opportunity!!! Stick with the Japanese version!

I am a huge Transformers fan and I have been for a very long time and I think that this Transformers armada, is a completely wasted Transformers series! Transformers armada came along in 2002 shortly after RID had ended, when I first saw the Toonami TV spot for it, I was head over the moon when I saw it! Then shortly after I watched the first 3 episodes of armada and it seemed pretty OK, but then after that the story when Downhill as did everything else that the series had.

The Scripts were appaulingly terrible, The Sound Effects were awful, the voices needed to be put in a lot more work. This show just F***ing sucked! In Japan however, Armada was called Micron Legend, which is no where near as bad as Armada, the voices and everything about it were 100% perfect and received quite a lot of recent positive reinforcement ^_^ Unfortunately, We got a completely rushed version of the show were most of the cool stories were skipped, some terrible animation in some points in the show which arnt exactly worth a good show.

Transformers Armada could have been the next Beast wars, along with the other 2 series that followed - Energon & Cybertron. Generation 1, Beast wars and Beast machines as well as RID have one thing that Armada will never have, and thats True loyalty to the actual story that Generation 1 had.

Generation 1 was excellent! Hands down and no questions asked, because it had characters like Optimus Prime, Megatron and Starscream with talented voice actors to breath life into them. Flint Dille, Douglas Booth, Buzz Dixson etc, they were superb Writers that made Generation 1 into a complete legend among 80's cartoons.

Beast Wars/Machines was amazing as well because it was animated in CGI by Mainframe and written by Larry Ditillo, Bob Forward & Bob Skir, who studied the characters really well, down to there last roots and also made Beast wars into a jewel on the crown.

RID....Well, Geneon did an amazing job, the jokes were funny and Richard Epcar wrote the scripts really well, Some Hate it, Some Love it, Me I LOVE IT ^_^ But Armada had so much potential, and it was all blown. Armada should be re-acted and rewritten and then it may be the greatest TF show ever next to Beast Wars. But Do the smart thing everyone and Watch the Japanese version...

Or watch Generation 1, Beast Wars, Beast Machines & RID.

Thank you ^_^