When Transformers Animated debuted I was immediately a fan. When it was cancelled I was none too happy. So, when I learned that the full series was coming to DVD including the never before released Season 3 I had to ask for a copy to watch and review. Opinions are as always 100% my own. I searched my past posts and even found a write up that I did about one of the episodes called Along Came a Spider. That episode and many more of them were why I loved Transformers Animated. So many calls back to the original Generation 1 cartoon and other series like Beast Wars where David Kaye voiced Megatron. David Kaye voices Optimus in this series. What? No Peter Cullen as Prime! Say it ain’t so. Actually it works really well with David Kaye as Prime.

Transformers Animated is about a group of Autobots who have the job of clearing debris from Space Bridges. The great war is over and the Autobots have won. The Decepticons have scattered to the winds, or so they thought. It looks like the Decepticons are still alive and kicking but have been watching and waiting for the reappearance of an artifact of great importance, the Allspark. When this team of Autobots inadvertently find the Allspark an new chapter in Transformers history begins.

I was excited to start watching this show again because I wanted to share it with my daughter. So far she is only a fan of Rescue Bots and some episodes of Transformers Prime. I figured that this series could bridge the gap between the two series and she could learn a few more bits of Transformers history. We are a few episodes into the series and she already loves it. she especially loves Sari. She gets a big kick out of it when I tell her that the actors and actresses from one show play other characters in other shows that she likes. For instance, Sari is voiced by Tara Strong who is the voice of Twilight sparkle in My Little Pony. Maybe when we finish the series I’ll actually open some of my Transformers Animated toys and let her play with them. Or maybe I’ll wait till my son is around 6 1/2 and he can play with them without breaking them.

TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED: THE COMPLETE SERIES
Relive the Epic Adventures of This Classic Animated TV Series in One Complete Set

TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED: SEASON THREE 2-DVD SET DEBUT IN STORES EVERYWHERE ON THE SAME DAY!

The long-awaited third season of TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED is finally available on DVD! Fans of the popular TRANSFORMERS classic animated adventures can relive the excitement and action of OPTIMUS PRIME and his team of AUTOBOTS through the complete TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED series, including the never-before-released Season Three DVD, in one exciting home entertainment collection. From 2007-2009, TRANSFORMERS fans and kids were introduced to this high-octane action adventure series, which chronicles the brave AUTOBOTS as they seek to protect the ALLSPARK, their new adopted home Earth and their human friends from the Earth-bound super villains.

On June 10, 2014, Shout! Factory Kids, in collaboration with Hasbro Studios, will release TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED: THE COMPLETE SERIES on home entertainment shelves. This highly anticipated complete series box set, featuring all 42 entertaining episodes with special bonus content, finally arrives exclusively to Amazon.com in a collectible 6-DVD box set. Whether reliving the childhood memory or discovering this series for the first time, this collectible DVD set is a must-have for collectors and fans to complete their TRANSFORMERS home entertainment library. TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED: THE COMPLETE SERIES 6-DVD box set is priced to own at $34.99 SRP.

Also available to own on the same day is TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED: SEASON THREE 2-DVD set, debuting on national retail stores shelves for the first time from Shout! Factory.

TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED: THE COMPLETE SERIES
Synopsis
Trapped on Earth, far from home and living in disguise, the brave AUTOBOTS must protect the ancient, all-powerful ALLSPARK from getting into the hands of the malevolent DECEPTICONS. As if their task weren’t difficult enough, the team — led by the honor-bound OPTIMUS PRIME and including BULKHEAD, PROWL, RATCHET and BUMBLEBEE — must also protect Earth from its own nefarious super villains! Can this mere maintenance team live up to the highest standard of what it truly means to be AUTOBOTS?

TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED: THE COMPLETE SERIES Bonus Content:
Audio Commentaries with writer Marty Isenberg, director Matt Youngberg, voice director/voice of “ARCEE” Susan Blu, voice of “OPTIMUS PRIME” David Kaye, and character designer/art director Derrick Wyatt.

About Hasbro Studios
Hasbro Studios is the Los Angeles-based entertainment division of Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS). The studio is responsible for entertainment brand-driven storytelling for the company across television, film, commercial productions and short-form. It develops, produces and distributes TV shows based on Hasbro’s world class brands, including TRANSFORMERS, MY LITTLE PONY, LITTLEST PET SHOP and FAMILY GAME NIGHT. Many of these shows air on the Hub Network, a U.S. television network for kids and their families, that is a joint venture between Hasbro and Discovery Communications (NASDAQ: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK). Hasbro Studios shows can also be seen on networks in more than 180 territories globally. Since its formation in 2009, the studio has received seven Daytime Emmy wins and 16 nominations. On the film side, the studio is developing and producing a number of features based on Hasbro’s brands, including TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION (Paramount), G.I. JOE 3 (Paramount) and CANDY LAND (Sony). The studio team also oversees the production of commercials that feature Hasbro’s brands as well production of short-form content that can be seen on all of the major digital and social media platforms globally.

About Shout! Factory
Shout! Factory, LLC is a diversified multi-platform entertainment company devoted to producing, uncovering, preserving and revitalizing the very best of pop culture. Founders Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos have spent their entire careers sharing their music, television and film favorites with discerning consumers the world over. Shout! Factory’s DVD and Blu-Ray™ offerings serve up feature films, classic and contemporary TV series, animation, live music and comedy specials in lavish packages crammed with extras. Shout’s audio division boasts GRAMMY®-nominated box sets, new releases from storied artists, lovingly assembled album reissues and indispensable “best of” compilations. In addition, Shout! Factory maintains a vast digital distribution network which delivers video and audio content to all the leading digital service providers in North America. Shout! Factory also owns and operates Timeless Media Group, Biograph Records, Majordomo Records, HighTone Records and Video Time Machine. These riches are the result of a creative acquisition mandate that has established the company as a hotbed of cultural preservation and commercial reinvention. Shout! Factory is based in Santa Monica, California. For more on Shout! Factory, visit shoutfactory.com