Entertainment Rights secures rights to new Transformers Cartoon.

154 episodes? That's quite a commitment! Most series are slated for 2 13-episode 'miniseasons', then extended for another two (or more) if all goes well.

I'm just hoping Cartoon network doesn't put it on for 3 weeks on Toonami then dump it at the 6am spot. Like it's done before!

Or it'll be on one of those cartoon channels that I'm not willing to pay $30 more a month to get.

But on a positive note, I am looking forward to this. I want a good Transformers series again. The Classics line built me up, the Movie destroyed my hopes and hopefully, this will bring me back up again.

"The new series has a good deal of talent onboard, including Sam Register, exec producer of Ben 10, Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi and Teen Titans; Vincent Aniceto, line producer (Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Power Puff Girls); and Marty Isenberg, head writer (Danny Phantom, A.T.O.M., X-Men, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles). In addition, Derrick Wyatt, character designer for smash hit Teen Titans, will take the role of lead designer."
- I have a bad feeling about this...

"The new 2D style that will be the show's trademark harks back to the original 20-year-old cartoon,"
- I have a good feeling about this

"but according to ER, the new Transformers has a different audience in mind."
-different than Cybertron, or different then the old cartoon or different than the 20-year old fans?

I believe this series is a re-hash of the old G1 show with a better story to actually have some consistancy. At Transformerscon, Mike Bell said that the show was based on the old G1 toon. He even auditioned for the part of Prowl again, but didn't get it. Apparently all the old G1 voice actors who're still around auditioned also, but only one of them got it.

Whatever it takes to keep the franchise name alive.

Somebody has seriously misunderstood ER's press release. The 154 episodes is actually the total of Armada/Energon/Cybertron episodes. The 4 seasons is actually AEC plus this new series, which ER have TV distribution rights in most places in the world.

This NEW Transformers series is only 26 episodes long plus a 70 minute special.

*praying that its based off of classics...*

Just for clarification ... it's 26 NEW episodes. Entertainment Rights distributes Armada, Energon and Cybertron to countries outside of North (and South?) America. It's NOT 154 NEW episodes.

"ER now has worldwide (excluding Latin America, North America and certain Asian territories) TV and video-on-demand distribution rights to Transformers (26x30') plus a 70-minute Transformers special."

Stop. Breathe. Take that in. Ok, read it once more. Now proceed ...

"ER now represents four seasons of the show"

Stop again. Read carefully what it says. "ER now represents four seasons of the show." That means they are distributing 4 different seasons of the Transformers worldwide. I'm assuming this means that if a company wanted to come along and syndicate Armada, for example, they would go through ER or it would be a package deal. Get all 4 seasons to air on your television channel/station, blah blah blah.

Proceed ...

", totalling 154 episodes."

That might just be poorly worded. I imagine if you did a count of AEC (The Unicron Trilogy), you'd see that there is around 150 episodes. Throw in the new season and there would be a total of around 175 to 180 total.

Seibertron wrote:Just for clarification ... it's 26 NEW episodes. Entertainment Rights distributes Armada, Energon and Cybertron to countries outside of North (and South?) America. It's NOT 154 NEW episodes.

"ER now has worldwide (excluding Latin America, North America and certain Asian territories) TV and video-on-demand distribution rights to Transformers (26x30') plus a 70-minute Transformers special."

Stop. Breathe. Take that in. Ok, read it once more. Now proceed ...

"ER now represents four seasons of the show"

Stop again. Read carefully what it says. "ER now represents four seasons of the show." That means they are distributing 4 different seasons of the Transformers worldwide. I'm assuming this means that if a company wanted to come along and syndicate Armada, for example, they would go through ER or it would be a package deal. Get all 4 seasons to air on your television channel/station, blah blah blah.

Proceed ...

", totalling 154 episodes."

That might just be poorly worded. I imagine if you did a count of AEC (The Unicron Trilogy), you'd see that there is around 150 episodes. Throw in the new season and there would be a total of around 175 to 180 total.

Changed the front page news to reflect that, but did not change the thread post yet...

This all sounds good, so far. If the series is good, I would like to see it go past 26 episodes (plus the special). I know it's what most series go on now-a-days, but in truth, that seems a bit short for a series to me, unless it goes into spid off's like Armada (the Unicron Trilogy). I have to admit that "according to ER, the new Transformers has a different audience in mind," does raise some questions in my mind.