Transformers

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Transformers
Created by Hasbro
Takara Tomy
Nobuyuki Okude
Original work Transformers
Print publications
Book(s) Transformers: Exodus
Transformers: Exiles
Complete list
Comics Marvel series
Dreamwave series
IDW series
Complete list
Comic strip(s) Robo Machines
Films and television
Film(s) Animated
The Transformers: The Movie
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
Beast Wars II: Lio Convoy, Close Call!
Prime Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising

Live-action
Transformers
Revenge of the Fallen
Dark of the Moon
Age of Extinction
The Last Knight

Animated series The Transformers
Challenge of the GoBots
The Headmasters
Super-God Masterforce
Victory
Zone
Generation 2
Beast Wars
Beast Wars II
Beast Wars Neo
Beast Machines
Robots in Disguise (2001)
Armada
Energon
Cybertron
Animated
Universe
Cyber Missions
Prime
GO!
Rescue Bots
Robots in Disguise (2015)
Kre-O (catroon)
Games
Video game(s) War for Cybertron
Fall of Cybertron
Transformers Universe
Complete list
Audio
Soundtrack(s) Transformers audio releases
Miscellaneous
Related franchises Battle Beasts
G.I. Joe

Transformers is a media franchise produced by American toy company Hasbro and Japanese toy company Takara Tomy. Initially a line of transforming toys rebranded from Takara's Diaclone and Microman toylines, the franchise began in 1984 with the Transformers toy line, and centers on factions of self-configuring modular extraterrestrial robotic lifeforms (often the Autobots and the Decepticons) in an endless civil war for dominance or eventual peace. In its history, the franchise has expanded to encompass comic books, animation, video games and films.

The term "Generation 1" covers both the animated television series The Transformers and the comic book series of the same name, which are further divided into Japanese and British spin-offs, respectively. Sequels followed, such as the Generation 2 comic book and Beast Wars TV series, which became its own mini-universe. Generation 1 characters underwent two reboots with Dreamwave in 2001 and IDW Publishing in 2005, also as a remastered series. There have been other incarnations of the story based on different toy lines during and after the 20th century. The first was the Robots in Disguise series, followed by three shows (Armada, Energon, and Cybertron) that constitute a single universe called the "Unicron Trilogy". A live-action film was also released in 2007, with a sequel in 2009, a second sequel in 2011, a third in 2014, and a fourth in 2017, again distinct from previous incarnations, while the Transformers: Animated series merged concepts from the G1 story-arc, the 2007 live-action film and the "Unicron Trilogy". Transformers: Prime previously aired on The Hub.

Although initially a separate and competing franchise started in 1983, Tonka's Gobots became the intellectual property of Hasbro after their buyout of Tonka in 1991. Subsequently, the universe depicted in the animated series Challenge of the GoBots and follow-up film GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords was retroactively established as an alternate universe within the Transformers franchise.

Contents

[edit] Transformers: Generation 1 (1984–1993)

Main article: The Transformers (TV series)

[edit] Transformers: Generation 2 (1993–1995)

Main article: Transformers: Generation 2

[edit] Beast Wars and Beast Machines (1996–2000)

Main article: Beast Machines

[edit] Dreamwave Productions (2001–2005)

[edit] G.I. Joe crossovers (2003–present)

[edit] IDW publishing (2005–present)

Main article: The Transformers (IDW Publishing)

[edit] Alternative stories

[edit] Robots in Disguise (2000–2001)

Maina article: Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 TV series)

[edit] The Unicron Trilogy (2001 / 2002–2006)

Main article: Transformers: Armada, Transformers: Energon and Transformers: Cybertron

[edit] Transformers: Universe (2003–present)

[edit] Live-action film franchise (2007–present)

Main article: Transformers (film series)

[edit] Transformers: Animated (2007–2009 / 2010)

Main article: Transformers: Animated

[edit] Hunt for the Decepticons (2010)

[edit] Cyber Missions webisodes

Main article: Transformers: Cyber Missions

[edit] Aligned Universe (2010 - 2017)

Main article: Transformers: Exodus

[edit] Transformers: Cyberverse (2018-2019)

A new Transformers series, Transformers: Cyberverse, is expected to air in 2018, animated by Boulder Media Limited in association with Hasbro Studios.

[edit] Official Convention and Collector's Club releases

[edit] See also

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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