The original Transformers cartoon.(1984)
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TRANSFORMERS Toon Comes Back
By: Jarrod Sarafin, News EditorDate: Monday, June 25, 2007
Source: Hollywood Reporter
Hey all you Cartoon Network fans. A new cartoon based on a classic is hitting the network on January courtesy of a partnership between the Cartoon Network and Hasbro. Yep, a new Transformers show will be back on the air by the beginning of next year. Both the toon network and Hasbro will co-produce the show.
There has been 8 other Transformers series on the air since the classic 1984-1987 series.The new show will focus on a different direction in the overall storyline and mythology aspect of the autobots. The headlining Autobots will be taking on evil humans (think superhero like characters), there will be more humor added into the mix and the Decepticons will show up but they won't be as frequent as before. Think a more diverse group of enemies if you will.
"We've used the basic Transformers and characters as a springboard, but then we're pretty much reimagining the whole thing," said Bob Higgins, senior vp programming and development at Cartoon Network. "What we're doing with it is basically turning it into a superheroes story. We're really excited that we're able to take this decades-old property and hopefully turn it into something that kids haven't seen or expected from a Transformers series before."
