Studio Set off Rolls Out With a Mysterious Transformers Anime Mission

Together with Hollywood’s large live-action movies, the Transformers have been reducing up on the small display screen with a number of TV exhibits through the years. Whereas Transformers: Earthspark’s second season simply hit Paramount+ again in June, one thing model new seems to be ready within the wings.

Earlier within the week, anime studio Trigger (finest recognized for Promare, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, and Delicious in Dungeon) revealed it was engaged on one thing to have fun the favored toy franchise’s latest benchmark. The Robots in Disguise flip 40 this 12 months, and the brief teaser options some transient glimpses of sequence mascots Optimus Prime and Megatron (plus Bumblebee and Scorching Rod) within the well-known G1 variations of their iconic designs, and Set off’s reimagining of these. (Curiously, some eagle-eyed viewers noticed Optimus from Transformers Animated!) However so far as what Set off is particularly making—like a easy celebration video or one thing greater like an intro for an unannounced sport—is at present below wraps.

Transformers and animationn have at all times been tight, however this marks the franchise’s third time dipping into precise anime following Transformers: Cybertron in 2005 and the Japan-only Transformers Go! in 2015. Conversely, Set off isn’t any stranger to the mecha scene: starting with 2018’s Darling within the Franxx, it’s labored on mecha tasks below the Gridman sequence. Given the studio’s bigger pedigree, it’ll be thrilling to see what Set off’s doing for the franchise’s birthday, as a result of it’ll look good as hell.

Whereas we await extra data on this mysterious Transformers enterprise, Transformers One could scratch any itch you’ve got for some good animated materials from the franchise. That film hits theaters on September 20, and you may look ahead to our evaluation nearer to launch.

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