Lastly but not leastly is passion platform Transformers, which you undoubtedly recognise if you were ever a child. There’s 10bn views of Transformers content on YouTube, not to mention four theatrical films, which saw $3.7bn in global revenues.
Machinima’s contribution to the canon, Transformers Combiner Wars, is 40 years removed from previous events. It’s a time of peace. Cybertron is ruled by a triumvirate … but an ancient technology has emerged, enabling a new threat to take the stage. As in the case of Robocops, there is no trailer we can share for this, but it was worked on by “some of the world’s leading creative minds”: Eric Calderon, FJ Desanto, and George Krstic. It is directed by Kenji Nakamura. License partners are welcome.
Here is some glorious artwork. This is the planet Cybertron, in which you get a sense of the filmlike cinematography (“This is not a children’s cartoon!” exclaimed Gutstein).
Machinima Transformers Combiner Wars Sneak Peak
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Comment by o.supreme
Apr 20, 2016
Umm...okay... mountainous terrain, and *seemingly* a body of water on Cybertron? it is definitely its own thing...or perhaps 40 years after BM ?
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Comment by Va'al
Apr 20, 2016
Duuuuuuuuuude...
Purdy!
Purdy!

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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal
Apr 20, 2016
It's gonna have some nice scenery to blow up won't it 

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Comment by Sabrblade
Apr 20, 2016
Looks more like comic book artwork than animation artwork.
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Comment by Deadput
Apr 20, 2016
The dude who directed Mononoke is in this.
I have good hopes for this show.
Edit: Never mind just realized that it's not PRINCESS Mononoke that I was thinking about but some other tv show over there.
I have good hopes for this show.
Edit: Never mind just realized that it's not PRINCESS Mononoke that I was thinking about but some other tv show over there.
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Concept art I would believe.
Comment by Deadput
Apr 20, 2016
Sabrblade wrote:Looks more like comic book artwork than animation artwork.
Concept art I would believe.
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Not necessarily! Could also be cutscenes or promotional material.
Comment by Va'al
Apr 20, 2016
Deadput wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Looks more like comic book artwork than animation artwork.
Concept art I would believe.
Not necessarily! Could also be cutscenes or promotional material.

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That could very be the case as well!
Concept art was just the first thing that popped into my head thats all.
Comment by Deadput
Apr 20, 2016
Dr Va'al wrote:
Not necessarily! Could also be cutscenes or promotional material.
That could very be the case as well!
Concept art was just the first thing that popped into my head thats all.
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They may also be pulling the Batman: The Animated Series style trick of using fully painted characters with limited animation for some close-ups or special shots. It CAN be a budget saving move but it's stylistically one of those things I like as a gimmick in traditional animation.
It does sound like this will be set in a nebulous post-G2, pre-Beast Wars continuity (albeit one where combiners may be a new thing). All I can say is that this may encourage me to pick up some figures and G2 reprolabels for my G2 shelf.
Comment by RodimusRex
Apr 20, 2016
Deadput wrote:Dr Va'al wrote:
Not necessarily! Could also be cutscenes or promotional material.
That could very be the case as well!
Concept art was just the first thing that popped into my head thats all.
They may also be pulling the Batman: The Animated Series style trick of using fully painted characters with limited animation for some close-ups or special shots. It CAN be a budget saving move but it's stylistically one of those things I like as a gimmick in traditional animation.
It does sound like this will be set in a nebulous post-G2, pre-Beast Wars continuity (albeit one where combiners may be a new thing). All I can say is that this may encourage me to pick up some figures and G2 reprolabels for my G2 shelf.
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Comment by RodimusRex
Apr 20, 2016
As a side note: this could be an interesting way to work in the G2 store box sets if the G2 repaints are featured in flashbacks and the idea is that the characters dropped their G2 forms after the war.
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Comment by BERSEKAEL
Apr 20, 2016
As long as they keep working on legion class I am happy. And g1 legion class even happier.
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Comment by Rainmaker
Apr 20, 2016
Looks like RiD's animation, never really liked the animation in that show


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Comment by Sabrblade
Apr 20, 2016
The animation of either RiD cartoon does not look like that.[BW] Rainmaker wrote:Looks like RiD's animation, never really liked the animation in that show
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What, I swear it does.
Comment by Rainmaker
Apr 20, 2016
Sabrblade wrote:The animation of either RiD cartoon does not look like that.[BW] Rainmaker wrote:Looks like RiD's animation, never really liked the animation in that show
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What, I swear it does.

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Comment by Sabrblade
Apr 20, 2016
It looks too grim and serious to be like the bright and cheery look of either of the RiD cartoons.[BW] Rainmaker wrote:Sabrblade wrote:The animation of either RiD cartoon does not look like that.[BW] Rainmaker wrote:Looks like RiD's animation, never really liked the animation in that show
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What, I swear it does.
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Comment by no-one
Apr 20, 2016
Those are some pretty snazzy images. I'd be proud to slap those on my trapper keeper or more realistically, my phone's background. Either way, gimme some high res version for DL 

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Comment by Ultra Markus
Apr 20, 2016
what previous events are they talking about i seriously doubt BM or G2 have any part 

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Comment by Sabrblade
Apr 20, 2016
Most likely it's just a nebulous Autobot/Decepticon war whose exact events are unimportant to expound upon, much like how Beast Wars and Animated each took place in a post-war setting.Ultra Markus wrote:what previous events are they talking about i seriously doubt BM or G2 have any part![]()
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The "rule by triumverate" sounds like Prowl, Ironhide, and Silverbolt, aka Magnaboss. I can't think of another example of three rulers sharing leadership of Cybertron, particularly in a setting 40 years after the great war and several years after the deaths of Optimus and Megatron.
My guess would be that the convention comic this last year was directed to lead into the Combiner Wars show, albeit VERY loosely. Not the same continuity but one parallel to it in some key ways.
Comment by RodimusRex
Apr 21, 2016
Sabrblade wrote:Most likely it's just a nebulous Autobot/Decepticon war whose exact events are unimportant to expound upon, much like how Beast Wars and Animated each took place in a post-war setting.Ultra Markus wrote:what previous events are they talking about i seriously doubt BM or G2 have any part![]()
The "rule by triumverate" sounds like Prowl, Ironhide, and Silverbolt, aka Magnaboss. I can't think of another example of three rulers sharing leadership of Cybertron, particularly in a setting 40 years after the great war and several years after the deaths of Optimus and Megatron.
My guess would be that the convention comic this last year was directed to lead into the Combiner Wars show, albeit VERY loosely. Not the same continuity but one parallel to it in some key ways.
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Actually the triumvirate is likely to be Starscream, Windblade and one other. Maybe bumblebee, unless they killed him off in this timeline as well. I highly doubt it will have anything to do with the comic from bot con as combiner tech has already been introduced there.
Comment by ZeroWolf
Apr 21, 2016
RodimusRex wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Most likely it's just a nebulous Autobot/Decepticon war whose exact events are unimportant to expound upon, much like how Beast Wars and Animated each took place in a post-war setting.Ultra Markus wrote:what previous events are they talking about i seriously doubt BM or G2 have any part![]()
The "rule by triumverate" sounds like Prowl, Ironhide, and Silverbolt, aka Magnaboss. I can't think of another example of three rulers sharing leadership of Cybertron, particularly in a setting 40 years after the great war and several years after the deaths of Optimus and Megatron.
My guess would be that the convention comic this last year was directed to lead into the Combiner Wars show, albeit VERY loosely. Not the same continuity but one parallel to it in some key ways.
Actually the triumvirate is likely to be Starscream, Windblade and one other. Maybe bumblebee, unless they killed him off in this timeline as well. I highly doubt it will have anything to do with the comic from bot con as combiner tech has already been introduced there.