The Energon Pub

[o.supreme]

Of Course. I do have a question however. Perhaps I am just showing my age, naive, or out of touch, but... are these episodes actually airing on CN in the United States? Or are they online exclusively? I guess I assumed when an episode is "released" online, that it aired sometime on the actual channel, but I can find no evidence of it even on CN's actual TV schedule.

[Sabrblade]

Of Course. I do have a question however. Perhaps I am just showing my age, naive, or out of touch, but... are these episodes actually airing on CN in the United States? Or are they online exclusively? I guess I assumed when an episode is "released" online, that it aired sometime on the actual channel, but I can find no evidence of it even on CN's actual TV schedule.

It's airing on the CN app a week before it airs on TV, on CN itself on Saturdays, on Hasbro's YouTube channel the next day, on Xfinity OnDemand, and on Teletoon in Canada.

[o.supreme]

on CN itself on Saturdays

Do you happen to know when on Saturdays? Perhaps the schedule I'm looking at is erroneous. (see below)

To clarify, this obviously dosen't hinder my ability to see it. I'm sure most kids are pretty savvy anyway, and know as most adults where to get episodes online before they even are provided by Hasbro or CN, I'm just curious about its airing schedule. Is it a single airing, without repeat situaiton? Like pretty much any show CN execs don't favor, which dooms it from the start, so they can air Teen Titans GO! and other awful shows ad nauseum.

[ZeroWolf]

CN execs are fickle and hardly give anything a chance, I'm waiting to see what reception the show has when it airs on the UK cartoon network at the end of the month.

Im quickly catching up on cyberverse though, and I'm looking forward to the next couple given what I've heard.

[william-james88]

Everything regading this show screams that the real goal is to be streamed more than braodcasted on a time slot. I am definitely getting Youtube vibes from this and i am sure thatshow most kids will be watching it in the years to come.

[Sabrblade]

on CN itself on Saturdays

Do you happen to know when on Saturdays? Perhaps the schedule I'm looking at is erroneous. (see below).

That's the Pacific Time schedule. It's on Saturdays at 6:30am Eastern Time, three hours ahead of 6:30am Pacific Time.

[ThunderThruster]

Something that's been bugging me so far is the choice to give Windblade retractable wings in bot mode.
While I get the argument that it's less obtrusive for the story and for animation purposes, but non of the other jet form characters exhibit this (so far), and all prior incarnations of Windblade have never been shown to be able to do it either.
I don't know why, but it just niggles at me why this is a thing when wing kibble is a staple of jet formers.

[Sabrblade]

Something that's been bugging me so far is the choice to give Windblade retractable wings in bot mode.
While I get the argument that it's less obtrusive for the story and for animation purposes, but non of the other jet form characters exhibit this (so far), and all prior incarnations of Windblade have never been shown to be able to do it either.
I don't know why, but it just niggles at me why this is a thing when wing kibble is a staple of jet formers.

Thundercracker had his wings retracted in part of Episode 1.

[Sabrblade]

Episode 7 "Cube" is on YouTube.

This one gives us a look at some of prewar Cybertronian society.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Thanks to Seibertronian Sabrblade, we have news that the 7th episode of the Transformers: Cyberverse TV show, titled "Cube" is now online at the Hasbro Youtube station! This episode gives us a look at pre-war Cybertron, as it recounts how Windblade and Bumblebee met, with the game Cube (which Bee is a big fan of) serving as the setting. It also gives us a look at the society of pre-war Cybertron, among which is the setting that the flyers are among the elite of the society.

Check out the video below, and let us know what you think of this new episode, and what you think of the show in general, in the comments section below!

Bumblebee learns how he first met Windblade and they both discover that Starscream is going to sabotage the Cube Championship game.

[Bumblevivisector]

And that makes 2 episodes in a row with what appeared to be a State Games homage! Since Starscream was the puppet-governor of Vos (I've seen that repeated numerous times, but it's not in the actual text story. Was that tidbit in "The Facts" booklet?), and their delegation sent some 'bots including the Starscream-esque Tornado to bomb Tarn's power plant during the gladiatorial games, Starscream, Ramjet, and Dirge tampering with a cube during a big game sure seems like a retelling with more familiar characters. Add in one team hailing form Polyhex, and this show just sounds more Marvelous every week!

Though granted, their tampering making the cube go berserk and injure the players may be just as much an homage to Dobby messing with the Bludger during that Quidditch match...

[william-james88]

I most definitely saw this as an homage/callback to quiditch

[BeastProwl]

...doesn't Starscream know that Bumblebee's on that ship? The one they've been in for several episodes now? I wouldnt be hanging around reliving the glory days of CUBE if that were the case, but I suppose it makes sense that Windblade might wanna show Bumblebee this particular memory, seeing as how it's where they first met and all.

But other than a scene explaining this, there's no scene after the fact showing why this is important in any way to the characters. The episode just ends with another joke.

Also, Bumblebee is racist towards jets unless it's a pretty girl?

[ThunderThruster]

Something that's been bugging me so far is the choice to give Windblade retractable wings in bot mode.
While I get the argument that it's less obtrusive for the story and for animation purposes, but non of the other jet form characters exhibit this (so far), and all prior incarnations of Windblade have never been shown to be able to do it either.
I don't know why, but it just niggles at me why this is a thing when wing kibble is a staple of jet formers.

Thundercracker had his wings retracted in part of Episode 1.

Did not spot that. Still the whole thing of retractable wings seems... unusual....

Onto another point, it is interesting how they've already incorporated the more recent colonies thing into the pre-war story.

[Sabrblade]

Onto another point, it is interesting how they've already incorporated the more recent colonies thing into the pre-war story.

I get a real strong feeling that this show is like a second attempt at adapting the compiled Cybertronian history given by the Binder of Revelation (which likewise took the colonies idea from the Cybertron cartoon of 13 years ago) into a form of story-told fiction, after the first attempt to do so by the Aligned continuity met its end prematurely.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

...doesn't Starscream know that Bumblebee's on that ship? The one they've been in for several episodes now? I wouldnt be hanging around reliving the glory days of CUBE if that were the case, but I suppose it makes sense that Windblade might wanna show Bumblebee this particular memory, seeing as how it's where they first met and all.

But other than a scene explaining this, there's no scene after the fact showing why this is important in any way to the characters. The episode just ends with another joke.

Also, Bumblebee is racist towards jets unless it's a pretty girl?

He does, but often times the ship is near electric plants (I think that's what it was) so its signals can be jammed. They've tried to make a point that they are being hunted, but the scout ship is hard to find thanks to Windblade trying to actually hide it.

And it is more of a personal connection episode, and considering what happens in the next episode, a nice light hearted episode that also shows some of Cybertron Pre-war and gives us an idea that the modism existed here, adding more detail as to why Cybertron needed change and thus the war.

So Bumblebee isn't really racist, more like he has a history with the jets and the jets tend to be the elites of the society.

[Ig89ninja]

If Megaton was against the idea of elitism (implied by him using “till all are one” in his rally speech), how the heck did Starscream end up on his side instead of forming his own third faction?

Also, I like how we now kinda have an idea on why Cybertronian society needed to be reformed

[Decepticon Stryker]

Really glad that Dirge and Ramjet were referred to by name. Now that means they're more likely to get toys than other characters. I know it's just wishful thinking, but I want more Conehead toys!

[o.supreme]

on CN itself on Saturdays

Do you happen to know when on Saturdays? Perhaps the schedule I'm looking at is erroneous. (see below).

That's the Pacific Time schedule. It's on Saturdays at 6:30am Eastern Time, three hours ahead of 6:30am Pacific Time.

Forgive me, because I haven't had cable TV in about a decade but...Last time I did, most carriers had a East Coast & West Coast Feed. I remember distinctly having 2 Cartoon Networks. --As many have said, it seems to be that this show is made more for streaming, and that IS the future, however....I'd think it absurd that it would ONLY air at 3:30am on Saturday mornings on the west coast. I mean I know CN is screwed up, but if that is the case, its way worse than I ever imagined.

[notsoalex]

Hey did any of you non-Canadians get to watch the next two episodes, "Shadowstriker" (episode 9) and "Maccadam's" (episode 10)? If so, how?

[Sabrblade]

Hey did any of you non-Canadians get to watch the next two episodes, "Shadowstriker" (episode 9) and "Maccadam's" (episode 10)? If so, how?

Well, up until now, I hadn't watched them. But after reading your post, I went looking and found them both on Dailymotion:

Episode 9 - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6vih1d

Episode 10 - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6vih1e

And IMHO, the Maccadam's episode is the best one of this show yet! It's awesome!

[notsoalex]

Hey did any of you non-Canadians get to watch the next two episodes, "Shadowstriker" (episode 9) and "Maccadam's" (episode 10)? If so, how?

Well, up until now, I hadn't watched them. But after reading your post, I went looking and found them both on Dailymotion:

Episode 9 - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6vih1d

Episode 10 - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6vih1e

And IMHO, the Maccadam's episode is the best one of this show yet! It's awesome!

Thanks! Funny enough, I ended up finding these two episodes before I saw your reply! But I'd have to agree, Maccadam's was a great episode! I liked Shadowstriker too!

[Va'al]

From regular sources for the animated series so far, and for specifically Transformers: Cyberverse, we have the Canadian listings over on TVpassport and Zap2It for the upcoming episodes 15 to 18 for the currently airing new series of our favourite converting sentient robots-but-not-quite!

The four episodes listed below, with their synopses, airing dates, and titles - which may also contain spoilers if you're waiting for them to be available in US or international channels to view - are the last in the first season of this series, with Episode 18 'Eruption' being the season finale. Check them out, and join the ongoing discussion in the Energon Pub boards!

Episode 15: “King of the Dinosaurs”
Sunday November 4, 2018. “Windblade and Bee uncover a buried Autobot who turns out to be an old friend.”

Episode 16: “The Extinction Event”
Sunday November 4, 2018. “The newly formed team of Autobots must stop Shockwave from destroying all life on the planet.”

Episode 17: “Awaken Sleeping Giants”
Sunday November 11, 2018. “The Autobot team finally discovers the location of the Ark.”

Episode 18: “Eruption” (Season Finale)
Sunday November 11, 2018. “The Autobot team must fight its way through Shockwave and his Decepticons to defend the Ark and awaken Optimus Prime and the other Autobots.”

[ThunderThruster]

It's nice to see that there is a reason Shadowstriker is a mish-mesh of parts other than because Shockwave experimented on her.

Agreed that "Macsadam's" is the best episode of the series so far.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

this show has been simply awesome the past few episodes. It's really hitting its stride and it's really enjoyable!!!