Transformers Superlink (Transformers Energon)

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English: Transformers Energon

Japanese: トランスフォーマースーパーリンク

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Type: TV

Episodes: 51

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jan 9, 2004 to Dec 24, 2004

Premiered: Winter 2004

Broadcast: Unknown

Producers: Hasbro

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Actas

Source: Unknown

Genres: Sci-Fi, Adventure, Space, Mecha

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 6.21¹ (scored by 1,973 users)

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Ranked: #7096²

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Popularity: #6605

Members: 3,965

Favorites: 9

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Synopsis

It has been 10 years since the fateful battle with Unicron. Many of the Decepticons who fought in the battle against Unicron have joined forces with the Autobos to mine for Energon, an alternate energy source. But a new source of evil has a risen, Alpha Q who plans to steal the Energon from the Autobots with the help of Scorponok and the Terrorcons. This new evil is trying to revive Megatron and Unicron in order to rekindle the old flames of war.

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Related Anime

Sequel:	Transformers Galaxy Force
Alternative version:	Transformers Galaxy Force
Prequel:	Chou Robot Seimeitai Transformers Micron Densetsu
Side story:	Transformers Superlink Special

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Characters & Voice Actors

Starscream

Main

Tobita, Nobuo
Japanese

Convoy

Main

Konishi, Katsuyuki
Japanese

Master Megatron

Main

Endou, Junichi
Japanese

Jones, Kicker

Main

Kishio, Daisuke
Japanese

Unicron

Supporting

Canna, Nobutoshi
Japanese

Hot Shot

Supporting

Toriumi, Kousuke
Japanese

Jones, Sally

Supporting

Asano, Masumi
Japanese

Jetfire

Supporting

Hiyama, Nobuyuki
Japanese

Ironhide

Supporting

Yusa, Kouji
Japanese

Shockwave

Supporting

Yamanoi, Jin
Japanese

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Staff

Kawaguchi, Keiichirou

Producer, Storyboard, Key Animation, Animation Director

Sano, Takashi

Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation

Kawagoe, Jun

Director

Satou, Yutaka

Director

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"Taiyou no Transform" by Kitadani Hiroshi

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"Calling you" by Takayoshi Tanimoto

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Nov 7, 2019

51 of 51 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 6

FireRifle64 (All reviews)

2 people found this review helpful

I will reference Transformers Superlink by its English alternate of Transformers Energon. Energon was the second part to the Unicorn trilogy which we won't delve into because of how much stuff there is need ed to cover. It takes place 10 years after armada introducing new characters.
Story: 6/10
10 years after the events of Armada, the main cast of characters are pushed aside and we are given a new character by the name of Kicker. Autobots and Decepticons somehow made an alliance and are mining for energon, a type of energy in the series. Honestly, I was quite shocked and confused that they managed to have Autobots and Decepticons working alongside each other. But, a rogue entity teamed up with the husk of the planet-eating transformer, Unicron, started attacking different planets for Enron to fuel his schemes. Including Earth. Some of the deceptions see this as a chance to go after the autobots and team up with this entity called Alpha Q. But, one can't really have a good classic show without the main star of the show: Megatron. But, at this point, he is dead or at least, in a dormant state for 10 years but he is able to resurrect and is given a new design to lead the fight against the Autobots. You know, a typically Saturday cartoon: good vs evil. Blah blah Blah. And, because this is a show meant to sell new toys, new features are given to the transformers such as these energon pieces that become attached to the robots to give them weapons or the ability to have two transformers to link up with each other to form into a different robot. But really, its just one person is forced to become the legs and waist while the other gets to be the arms and head.
Art: 4/10
Probably the most shocking and eye-hurting thing about the show. The 2-D animation has some nostalgic feel for it because of it being that old anime art. But, troubles arise when viewing the Transformers themselves. Whenever humans or environments are shown, they are done as 2-D, however the Tranformers are entirely done in CGI. And knowing the early 2000's, that CGI was not the good kind. I feel like this was a venture into risky territory which did not pay off for this show. I give them credit for trying to produce the robots into this CGI but it did not work well. The special effects and cgI just look terrible back then and now.
Sound: 4/10:
The voice actors are very good, not going to lie. But the sound for never really stood out. We were only given a 30 some second intro with them repeating the same words over with a weird techno beat. And nobody cared for the ending because it was nothing really special about it.
Character 5/10:
The characters were very average to todays standards. The main human, Kicker, grew up with issues toward Transformers and his family but gradually gets over them throughout the show. Growing up with the Michael Bay version of Ironhide, I wasn't keen on having a version of Ironhide sounding and acting as a new recruit for the autobots and who would become the partner for the human, Kicker. Many transformers get added into the show mainly for the idea to sell more toys.
Enjoyment 6/10:
Personally, as a transformers fan: the show was cool at introducing more Transformers and going through the process of having them transform with each other. But, looking back at it now. Many people back then and now agree that the CGI really hurt the show. I binged watched the show in the early 2010's on youtube. Always wanting to watch more to see where the next part of the story would lead to. I have issues with the CGI but it is something I can deal with.
Overall 6/10:
This show never really came out great and is still not great. For people that can endure 2000's CG and enjoy transformers, I can recommend this show. But if you are not a fan of transformers or can't handle terrible CGI, you should avoid this at all cost

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