Transformers: Energon
| Transformers: Energon | |
North American DVD cover
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超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー スーパーリンク (Chō Robotto Seimeitai Toransufōmā Sūpārinku) |
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| Genre | Action, Adventure, Mecha |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by |
Jun Kawagoe Yutaka Sato |
| Produced by | Eugene Ishikawa |
| Written by | Akira Okeya Shoji Tonoike |
| Music by | Kazunori Maruyama |
| Studio | ACTAS Studio Galapagos |
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| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| English network | |
| Original run | January 9, 2004 – December 24, 2004 |
| Episodes | 52 |
Transformers: Energon, known in Japan as Transformer: Superlink (トランスフォーマー スーパーリンク Toransufōmā Sūpārinku?), is the 2004–2005 Transformers toyline, animated series, and comic book series, another co-production between Hasbro and Takara and a direct sequel to Transformers: Armada. It is also the first Japanese Transformers show where the Transformers are computer-generated (CG), in a cel-shaded technique similar to the Zoids anime, which was a trend that would continue into the next series, Transformers: Cybertron. Needless to say, Energon had worse production mishaps than Armada.
In this series, the Transformers' primary gimmicks are the Autobots' ability to combine with partners of the same size, the Decepticons' ability to use powered up forms, and the addition of Energon weapons and stars that can be placed on any Transformer. Mini-Cons, from the previous line, are still present, but all Mini-Con pegs are "dead", and they do not activate a function on the toy.
Ten years after the war for the Mini-Cons and the apparent destruction of Unicron, the mysterious Alpha Q (which stands for "Quintesson"), operating out of the husk of the planet-eater's body, releases energy-eating Terrorcons to attack the Autobots' Cybertron Cities in the Solar system, gathering Energon for Alpha Q's plan. As the Autobots mobilize against the new threat alongside their human allies (including the teenager Kicker), Alpha Q creates Scorponok to lead the Terrorcons and forges a sword from the Spark of the Decepticon leader Megatron (whose corpse lies within Unicron), later known as Galvatron, in order to turn the other Decepticons on Earth to his side. Megatron engineers his own resurrection, however, taking control of Unicron's body and forcing Alpha Q to flee inside Unicron's head, then attacking Ocean City on Earth. Alpha Q recreates Starscream to assassinate Optimus Prime, but Starscream is brainwashed into Megatron's service, all along Scorponok continues to act as Alpha Q's mole within the Decepticons. Meanwhile, as the Autobots begin construction of Energon Towers to protect the Earth, the legendary figure from Cybertron history known as Rodimus makes his reappearance.
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