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TFW2005.com is reporting that season 3 will in fact be the last:

"Our own S250 has confirmed from his sources that Animated will end after season three, as a lot of plot connects to the planned season four have been deleted from episode scripts. This confirms our January report here that the series was rumored to end after season three, but doesn't clarify the reasoning for the cancellation.

S250 also names the character that will die during the course of the season, that was mentioned on the season two DVD commentary of "Garbage In, Garbage Out," but I won't spoil that here on the front page. If you want to be spoiled, hit discuss below."

here's the link: http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/animated-8/animated-season-three-character-death-and-series-finale-confirmed-166778/

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! This was the first Transformers cartoon and toyline I ever got into, and they're killing it? No! What will they do next?

Cant say that Im sad.

Can we now get a drum beat going for a full length, mature themed DTV Transformers movie based on the IDW universe a la Marvel & DC?

MYoung23 wrote:Cant say that Im sad.

Can we now get a drum beat going for a full length, mature themed DTV Transformers movie based on the IDW universe a la Marvel & DC?

For a toyline aimed at boys 5-9??? I don't think so.

It would be a massive shame if Animated does not get as many episodes aired as Armada or Energon.

Batman went from Adam West camp to The Dark Knight.

It could happen you need vision which Hasbro doesnt have.

This is indeed sad news indeed. Someone front page and credit this ASAP!

MYoung23 wrote:Batman went from Adam West camp to The Dark Knight.

It could happen you need vision which Hasbro doesnt have.

Hasbro is toys first tv second.

MYoung23 wrote:Cant say that Im sad.

Can we now get a drum beat going for a full length, mature themed DTV Transformers movie based on the IDW universe a la Marvel & DC?

Why on Earth would you want that?

i_amtrunks wrote:For a toyline aimed at boys 5-9??? I don't think so.

It would be a massive shame if Animated does not get as many episodes aired as Armada or Energon.

Exactly. I hated the Dreamwave comic because it was so boring, so long and drawn out, so dark and brooding. It lost it's spark as being fun and adventurous. That's it! It stopped being an adventure, and turned into a story. Just a plain 'ol run of the mill story, but with giant robots in it.

The Movieverse is dark, but there's still enough fun and wow factor in it to make you feel like a kid.

I don't want TFs to get rid of their youthful origins. I don't want them to be matured beyond a certain point. I want them to be toys with a cartoon and a movie or two.

This was always meant to be a kid's toyline first and foremost. We seem to forget that.

And before anyone else mentions Batman again, or Superman. Well, here's the problem...

A superhero is aimed at kids as well, even though some of their origins can be extremely dark. Batman The Brave & The Bold is a perfect example of this. It's fun, with enough ties to his past to make it Batman.

Superman Returns was just dark and took us to depths in his character that we just didn't need to see. He's Superman, he's not supposed to have flaws, or at least ones that weren't quite so...evident.

The Dark Knight, while a very good film, is just too friggin' dark, and definitely is a watch once in a while kinda flick. It's emotionally draining, and beats the crap out of you by the end of it.

No. I don't want that for TransFormers. I don't want that for kids. Does anyone remember when we allowed kids to just be kids, and they had fun? I do. Let's not change that.

Coughler wrote:Hasbro is toys first tv second.

And that's why TFs retain their fun factor. You should be grateful that they're still fun. You say no to it now, but the instant this whole thing stops being fun for you, the thrill will be gone. The love is out the window.

It's fine to have doses of maturity in TFs. It's better when it's balanced like Animated, but it's never good if we get our own version of The Dark Knight.

Kids don't need to watch character studies into the mind and soul of a man who is or isn't criminally insane, or just evil. No thanks.

Autobot032 wrote:

MYoung23 wrote:Cant say that Im sad.

Can we now get a drum beat going for a full length, mature themed DTV Transformers movie based on the IDW universe a la Marvel & DC?

Why on Earth would you want that?

Because it would be fun and exciting?

i_amtrunks wrote:For a toyline aimed at boys 5-9??? I don't think so.

It would be a massive shame if Animated does not get as many episodes aired as Armada or Energon.

Exactly. I hated the Dreamwave comic because it was so boring, so long and drawn out, so dark and brooding. It lost it's spark as being fun and adventurous. That's it! It stopped being an adventure, and turned into a story. Just a plain 'ol run of the mill story, but with giant robots in it.

The Movieverse is dark, but there's still enough fun and wow factor in it to make you feel like a kid.

I don't want TFs to get rid of their youthful origins. I don't want them to be matured beyond a certain point. I want them to be toys with a cartoon and a movie or two.

This was always meant to be a kid's toyline first and foremost. We seem to forget that.

And before anyone else mentions Batman again, or Superman. Well, here's the problem...

A superhero is aimed at kids as well, even though some of their origins can be extremely dark. Batman The Brave & The Bold is a perfect example of this. It's fun, with enough ties to his past to make it Batman.

Superman Returns was just dark and took us to depths in his character that we just didn't need to see. He's Superman, he's not supposed to have flaws, or at least ones that weren't quite so...evident.

The Dark Knight, while a very good film, is just too friggin' dark, and definitely is a watch once in a while kinda flick. It's emotionally draining, and beats the crap out of you by the end of it.

No. I don't want that for TransFormers. I don't want that for kids. Does anyone remember when we allowed kids to just be kids, and they had fun? I do. Let's not change that.

The sad truth is that world is NOT simple black and white and kids need to be told that good and bad are at best abstract points of views. As a kid I enjoyed the "mature edgy" stories of Watchmen and Batman: Arkham Asylem when I was 12, because they showed the world as it is and not as a stupid fanasty.

Kids aren't stupid and having shows that are simple and idiotic is insult to their intellegence, and frankly I think a darker and more edgy Transformers show might be a nice pace for change. I don't think Superman Returns was a dark movie it showed a man who had left and was trying to find his place in the world again. The Dark Knight was exactly how Batman should always be presented, I hate the campy Adam West show.

Heroes who don't have flaws are boring as dirt and quite frankly suck.

I enjoyed the simple good guy vs. bad guy story as much as the next guy but not as much as I enjoyed the complex stuff.

Coughler wrote:Hasbro is toys first tv second.

And that's why TFs retain their fun factor. You should be grateful that they're still fun. You say no to it now, but the instant this whole thing stops being fun for you, the thrill will be gone. The love is out the window.

It's fine to have doses of maturity in TFs. It's better when it's balanced like Animated, but it's never good if we get our own version of The Dark Knight.

Kids don't need to watch character studies into the mind and soul of a man who is or isn't criminally insane, or just evil. No thanks.

I disagree Animated was never balanced as Beast Wars and Beast Machines were and I found the latter more fun than Animated.

I doubt Hasbro is cancelling a show just because they can, there can be bigger projects ahead in their heads.

I hope...