The Transformers
Sunbow produced almost 100 episodes of the first
Transformers animated series from 1984 to 1987. In the
UK, episodes from the first season were shown
sporadically in 5 minute snippets on Saturday mornings
on ITV. Selected episodes from the rest of the series
were released direct to video including "The Rebirth"
and "The Return of Optimus Prime".
Aimed primarily at children, many episodes stuck to a formulaic template. Early episodes focused on Megatron's schemes of stealing energy from Earth, and later episodes focused on problems on other worlds that the Autobots managed to solve.
Aimed primarily at children, many episodes stuck to a formulaic template. Early episodes focused on Megatron's schemes of stealing energy from Earth, and later episodes focused on problems on other worlds that the Autobots managed to solve.