New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon

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Every once in awhile now we have heard little bits of information regarding a new Transformers cartoon. Some of the pieces of information have been rumors that have not yet been confirmed. Now our own Shinobi Rendar has informed us about some new information. The Defiant of Don Murphy's Message Board posted the following information:

"Okay, so my boss is subscribed to a million and one magazines here in our work at the BBC. One magazine is called "Broadcast" and it has a very interesting front cover... but no details inside.

Basically we have a very TOONAMI-ISH logo (Think Sonic-X, for better or worse...) of a red/blue Transformers logo that says "Transformers Animated." The subtitle reads "More Than Meets The Eye" and says "New Series Coming 2008. 26 x 30 minute Episodes PLUS a 90 minute special."

That's your lot. It doesn't mention "Heroes" or anything but I suspect that it could tie in with the movie due to it being advertised inside this industry magazine... Makes me think it is coming out of budgets/revenue tied into the film and the profile rasising of Transformers that it will inevitably bring about."

The Defiant promises that pictures from the magzine will be posted. You can read the original post by clicking here.

Update:
An images from the issue of Broadcast Magazine that shows the Transformers Animated logo has made it onto the internet. The image has been posted Siabstudios.co.uk. Click here to check it out.

Credit(s): Shinobi Rendar, Siabstudios.co.uk, and The Defiant of Don Murphy's Message Board

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Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (85325)
Posted by jonusjaxon on April 14th, 2007 @ 6:57pm CDT

I hope it's based around the new movie.

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (85328)
Posted by Lapse Of Reason on April 14th, 2007 @ 7:03pm CDT

No matter what it is based on, I'm happy to see a new show is in the works.

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (85352)
Posted by XeroSyphon on April 14th, 2007 @ 7:29pm CDT

I love the part about Harry Knowles.

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (85357)
Posted by Down_Shift on April 14th, 2007 @ 7:37pm CDT

Wow, that is very Toonish. Oh well, bring it on, I'm sure it will be great.

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (85358)
Posted by Liege Evilmus on April 14th, 2007 @ 7:38pm CDT

All I hope is that this next series is good.

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (85374)
Posted by Burn on April 14th, 2007 @ 7:57pm CDT

Why do I get the feeling this is going to suck more than A/E/C and be exceptionally juvenile?

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (85376)
Posted by jdre_124 on April 14th, 2007 @ 8:01pm CDT

They really need to make a more mature series. Without humans too much like Beast Wars. It kept humor but was mostly serious. These new series havent lived up to it yet. I hate the entire Pokemon like relationship the Transformers and the Humans have in the new series.

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (85412)
Posted by ZenithF0RTE on April 14th, 2007 @ 8:47pm CDT

Burn wrote:Why do I get the feeling this is going to suck more than A/E/C and be exceptionally juvenile?

jdre_124 wrote:They really need to make a more mature series. Without humans too much like Beast Wars. It kept humor but was mostly serious. These new series havent lived up to it yet. I hate the entire Pokemon like relationship the Transformers and the Humans have in the new series.

I agree wholeheartedly with the both of you. I WANT a more mature show (at least as mature and dark as Beast Wars) and I WANT the humans to play a far smaller role than they ever did in Armada, Energon or Cybertron. But we'll have to wait and see.

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (85446)
Posted by jgilkinson on April 14th, 2007 @ 9:12pm CDT

well a 90 min special could be interesting

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (85480)
Posted by Mr.RobotoAutoMan on April 14th, 2007 @ 10:08pm CDT

only in the UK? or in the US also? the logo looks chessy

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (85486)
Posted by Burn on April 14th, 2007 @ 10:11pm CDT

Looking at the logo though it seems similar in animation style to the likes of Warner Bros. cartoons (Batman, Teen Titans etc) and while I don't so much hate that style, I certaintly don't want to see TF's done that way because they'd come across looking not only out of proportion but far too fluidic. They need to look mechanical and I can't see that look being achieved IF it were done that style.

Plus you just know the storyline is going to be more about team work moreso than A/E/C combined.

Yes, I highly suspect this show will me aimed at pre to early teens.

And as much as i'd love to see a mature storyline like BW/BM, I wouldn't completely object to the involvement of humans provided they're not made into annoying dumbarses.

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (85500)
Posted by Roboto750 on April 14th, 2007 @ 10:24pm CDT

Looks.... meh. I hope it's a work in progress. Plus, I hope to god that they don't go with "animated" for the new series title (I doubt they will).

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (85509)
Posted by Ultra Markus on April 14th, 2007 @ 10:35pm CDT

I bet it will be a scooby-doo/pokemon style cartoon

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (85550)
Posted by Predaprince on April 14th, 2007 @ 11:10pm CDT

I doubt it is linked with the live film since it stated it will be out in 2008 (way too far from the film debut) and that logo doesn't have hundreds of spikes and edges on it.

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (85561)
Posted by LuckytheWonderLlama on April 14th, 2007 @ 11:23pm CDT

The logo... I sense a disturbance in the Matrix. As if thousands of fans cried out and were suddenly pissed off because Hasbro keeps peddeling to the Pokecrap, Yo-Gay-Ho and the like crowd.

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (85615)
Posted by Aurax on April 15th, 2007 @ 12:19am CDT

Burn wrote:Why do I get the feeling this is going to suck more than A/E/C and be exceptionally juvenile?

Because the logo sucks and is exceptionally juvenile?

I'm really hoping that was a bored graphics artist intern's work that "Broadcast" magazine's editor said was "good enough". Look at any ad or any logo on this page. With the exception of the odd Star Wars logo I see popping up in the Robot Kingdom ad, every single entity here has a) less money and b) a better logo than this chaff.

I'd rather they went with a bitmapped Courier or something, fer the love of soup. Just wow.

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (85628)
Posted by Fireblast on April 15th, 2007 @ 12:46am CDT

If this is based upon Transformers Live Action Movie (and it is) I will officially hate Transformers for life. I think the fans who make fun of haters of the movie who go "they raped my childhood" are plain retarded. I hate the movie because people say "it's not G1" but you have G1 elements like Peter Cullen and in the prequel comic you have a broken golden disc so "booyah" there goes your theory about "it's entirely new". Say what you want to say to me because as of now, I quit being a part of a fandom since Hasbro, Michael Bay, Takara Tomy make what was an incredible toyline fail at life period.

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (85661)
Posted by ShGarland_1383 on April 15th, 2007 @ 1:55am CDT

Ick ick ick ick ick! I'm looking forward to a new series, but this logo? No sir, I don't like it it all.

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (85671)
Posted by XeroSyphon on April 15th, 2007 @ 2:11am CDT

Fireblast wrote:If this is based upon Transformers Live Action Movie (and it is) I will officially hate Transformers for life. I think the fans who make fun of haters of the movie who go "they raped my childhood" are plain retarded. I hate the movie because people say "it's not G1" but you have G1 elements like Peter Cullen and in the prequel comic you have a broken golden disc so "booyah" there goes your theory about "it's entirely new". Say what you want to say to me because as of now, I quit being a part of a fandom since Hasbro, Michael Bay, Takara Tomy make what was an incredible toyline fail at life period.

Having G1 elements doesn't make it G1. Every Non-G1 Transformers series have had G1 elements, so I guess there goes you're whole theory. Just face it, it's a new continuity that borrows elements from several Transformer sources, not just G1.

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (85673)
Posted by LuckytheWonderLlama on April 15th, 2007 @ 2:36am CDT

Fireblast wrote:If this is based upon Transformers Live Action Movie (and it is) I will officially hate Transformers for life. I think the fans who make fun of haters of the movie who go "they raped my childhood" are plain retarded. I hate the movie because people say "it's not G1" but you have G1 elements like Peter Cullen and in the prequel comic you have a broken golden disc so "booyah" there goes your theory about "it's entirely new". Say what you want to say to me because as of now, I quit being a part of a fandom since Hasbro, Michael Bay, Takara Tomy make what was an incredible toyline fail at life period.

Then why are you here? :???:

Oh well. At least there will be more for the rest of us!

However, I do hope that they eventually drop the whole "Optimus Prime, Transform!" and take thirty seconds of stock transformation footage to make up for terrible story telling routine.

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (85691)
Posted by Burn on April 15th, 2007 @ 4:23am CDT

Fireblast wrote:Some completely pointless nothing to do with this topic anti-movie rant

Yawn yawn yawn.

You know, Beast Wars, Beast Machines, Armada, Energon and Cybertron all had elements of G1. ;;)

Anyway, thanks for the entertaining post. It's people like you that give the anti-movie folk a bad name because your rants are so childishly entertaining. But alas, you're gone and won't see this post wah wah wah.

So ... it wouldn't suprise me if this little series is set in the movie universe. 2008 isn't that far away when you factor in release date, how long the toys are in store followed by the dvd release. By the time that hype nearly dies down this series could easily begin.

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (85705)
Posted by City Commander on April 15th, 2007 @ 5:22am CDT

My god, please don't let Transformers go down the toilet...

2008's a good time for a new show. Gives me ages to finish back-collecting, and still have money for thing like games and booze, and that new amp I've been eyeing up every time I go into Kidderminster.

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (85829)
Posted by Uncrazzimatic on April 15th, 2007 @ 11:06am CDT

Well, as long as the toys are good I can wait out another mediocre show.

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (85837)
Posted by Senor Hugo on April 15th, 2007 @ 11:19am CDT

Yeah, from the logo alone, I fear something 'hip' 'in the now' involving teenage robots and skateboards.

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (85843)
Posted by 1337W422102 on April 15th, 2007 @ 11:29am CDT

Please don't suck... Please don't suck... Please don't suck...

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (86063)
Posted by Leonardo on April 15th, 2007 @ 3:05pm CDT

Fireblast wrote:If this is based upon Transformers Live Action Movie (and it is) I will officially hate Transformers for life. I think the fans who make fun of haters of the movie who go "they raped my childhood" are plain retarded. I hate the movie because people say "it's not G1" but you have G1 elements like Peter Cullen and in the prequel comic you have a broken golden disc so "booyah" there goes your theory about "it's entirely new". Say what you want to say to me because as of now, I quit being a part of a fandom since Hasbro, Michael Bay, Takara Tomy make what was an incredible toyline fail at life period.

Your so-called argument makes no sense. Just because the movie continuity has references to G1 doesn't mean it is G1. Just because it has references to other continuities doesn't make it part of those continuities, either. How can you honestly say that the "this isn't G1" "theory", as you called it (though I tend to call if "fact"), is incorrect when, o, lo and behold, this movie isn't G1?

And nobody said this movie was "entirely new". Anyone in their right mind would have known it wasn't entirely new when they noticed that the movie was tied in to an existing franchise.

Anyway, as for this new logo, it suggests to me something as annoying as TMNT: Fast Forward. I hope we have something of a higher calibre than that tgo look forward to.

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (86202)
Posted by D-340 on April 15th, 2007 @ 5:44pm CDT

Burn wrote:Why do I get the feeling this is going to suck more than A/E/C and be exceptionally juvenile?

I have that same feeling. I think we're gonna be in line for another crapfest.

1337W422102 wrote:Please don't suck... Please don't suck... Please don't suck...

Let's all hope so.

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (89195)
Posted by MYoung23 on April 18th, 2007 @ 12:34am CDT

I dont think Hasbro gets it. For years they have underestimated and undervalued the fanbase.

If they would do something to I dont know grow the brand instead of incessantly trying to sell toys with each and every thing they do Transformers could be even bigger than what it is.

Why they havent capitalized on the straight to video movie market and recognize they have fans over 11 years old is beyond me.

The new show will likely be paint-by-the-numbers kiddie affair straight down to the preteen sidekicks.

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (89453)
Posted by Roboto750 on April 18th, 2007 @ 8:17am CDT

MYoung23 wrote:I dont think Hasbro gets it. For years they have underestimated and undervalued the fanbase.

If they would do something to I dont know grow the brand instead of incessantly trying to sell toys with each and every thing they do Transformers could be even bigger than what it is.

Why they havent capitalized on the straight to video movie market and recognize they have fans over 11 years old is beyond me.

The new show will likely be paint-by-the-numbers kiddie affair straight down to the preteen sidekicks.

Well said!

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (89461)
Posted by Brakethrough on April 18th, 2007 @ 8:24am CDT

Look on the bright side. Most of the toys from the last few series have been decent, and when Armada and Energon went to comics, they were leaps and bounds better than the shows.

As with the movie, as with all things. Wait and see.

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (89463)
Posted by Roboto750 on April 18th, 2007 @ 8:27am CDT

Brakethrough wrote:Look on the bright side. Most of the toys from the last few series have been decent, and when Armada and Energon went to comics, they were leaps and bounds better than the shows.

As with the movie, as with all things. Wait and see.

I agree, I liked the comic versions of Armada and Energon a lot more than either of the toons. In fact, I loved the comics, but I couldn't stand the shows! It's a shame that the Energon comic (and, later, Cybertron comic) went down the toilet, along with Dreamwave.

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (90194)
Posted by Down_Shift on April 18th, 2007 @ 9:16pm CDT

MYoung23 wrote:I dont think Hasbro gets it. For years they have underestimated and undervalued the fanbase.

If they would do something to I dont know grow the brand instead of incessantly trying to sell toys with each and every thing they do Transformers could be even bigger than what it is.

Why they havent capitalized on the straight to video movie market and recognize they have fans over 11 years old is beyond me.

The new show will likely be paint-by-the-numbers kiddie affair straight down to the preteen sidekicks.

Collectors aren't their target demographic. Unfortunatly for us, there just isn't enough "transformers collectors" out there to give it the push they give say, Startwars or Pokemon. While both are radically different, both have a much larger fan base then that of the always cool (with the exception of Fireblast

)Transformers fans.

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (90211)
Posted by Predaprince on April 18th, 2007 @ 9:44pm CDT

Down_Shift wrote:
MYoung23 wrote:I dont think Hasbro gets it. For years they have underestimated and undervalued the fanbase.

If they would do something to I dont know grow the brand instead of incessantly trying to sell toys with each and every thing they do Transformers could be even bigger than what it is.

Why they havent capitalized on the straight to video movie market and recognize they have fans over 11 years old is beyond me.

The new show will likely be paint-by-the-numbers kiddie affair straight down to the preteen sidekicks.

Collectors aren't their target demographic. Unfortunatly for us, there just isn't enough "transformers collectors" out there to give it the push they give say, Startwars or Pokemon. While both are radically different, both have a much larger fan base then that of the always cool (with the exception of Fireblast )Transformers fans.

QFT.

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (96697)
Posted by Windsweeper on April 24th, 2007 @ 1:17pm CDT

"Look on the bright side. Most of the toys from the last few series have been decent, and when Armada and Energon went to comics, they were leaps and bounds better than the shows.

As with the movie, as with all things. Wait and see."

You forgot the phenomenal PS2 game based on Armada. That game took all the greatness of Armada and magnified it. Those cutscenes, the music, the variety. It was to TF games, what Beast Wars was to TF cartoons and Marvel UK was to TF comics.

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (96831)
Posted by Rodimus Cloud on April 24th, 2007 @ 3:19pm CDT

The things that need to be or not to be (XD) in the new transformers :

1. No humans, or at least only few
2. Darker story
3. Lots of Autobots and Decepticons
4. Good fights, could put a few hectic ones
5. Lots of Death ( so what, it will make you watch the series hoping that it won't kill your favorite character)
6. Stan Bush's '' The Touch '' XD

And I would rather see it in normal cartoony look than CG.

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (109084)
Posted by Ramrider on May 3rd, 2007 @ 7:30pm CDT

Rodimus Cloud wrote:5. Lots of Death ( so what, it will make you watch the series hoping that it won't kill your favorite character)

Right, 'cause that's happening in a kid's cartoon.

As someone said earlier (although I can't be arsed to go back and find who it was) the logo definitely implies, style-wise, something along the lines of the JLA or Teen Titans etc. I think it'll be straight animation (as opposed to the cell-shaded stuff, which really looked out of place next to the anime humans), sharp, fast and edgy.
It could very well wind up a steaming pile, but I think it's vastly preferable to the anime tosh we've had for the last three series.

I like anime, but the problem is that western audiences have drastically different values to Japanese ones. The latest series (Energon and Cybertron were awful for it) just seemed like they'd been almost directly transferred from a Japanese cartoon, though, and it didn't translate at all.

The fact that this has the smack of a US-made cartoon is already a step in the right direction. I'm on the 'wait and see' bandwagon myself - I'm not gonna trash it till I know what I'm trashing.

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (109239)
Posted by ThunderThruster on May 3rd, 2007 @ 10:16pm CDT

i've got to agree with ramrider. this has alot of influence from western culture, so maybe we should wait and see what it becomes.

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (109367)
Posted by Leonardo on May 4th, 2007 @ 2:17am CDT

Why no humans? Humans are an important element to TF stories. It's just sometimes that element isn't executed very well. I say, have humans involved.

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (109536)
Posted by Screambug on May 4th, 2007 @ 6:28am CDT

If it's a perfect revival of the good old G1 series, with ALL our beloved TFs back and much better animation and deeper storylines, I'm looking forward to it!

Re: New Information About a New Transformers Cartoon (109920)
Posted by Zombie Starscream on May 4th, 2007 @ 2:03pm CDT

As I've seen or heard probably what everyone else has heard, and that revealed amount is still quite small, I think I will reserve judgement until I've actually seen it. They might change the font and style of the title still, just like they ended up changing the name itself. Though as they say "You can't judge a book by its cover" and it may be the same here.

What I hope happens:
1.Real cartoon animation, no CGI stuff
2.Some humans, but the humans SHOULD not be corny
3.The humans should not use gags and lingo of this time period, or this will feel dated in about 5 years
4.PLEASE, PLEASE, PRETTY PLEASE do good characters and voices, no Transformers strain of Jar Jar Binks
5.And lastly, please know not all of the shows viewers will be 5 yr olds with 2.8 second attention spans, we want a story to root over and feel anticipation for