Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)

Transformers: Cyberverse, later rebranded as Transformers: Bumblebee Cyberverse Adventures, is a computer-animated series developed by Boulder Media Studio. It debuted on the Cartoon Network app and website on August 27, 2018, and made its television premiere on Cartoon Network on September 1, 2018. The story is divided into chapters: Chapter One ran for 18 episodes in 2018, Chapter Two ran for 18 episodes in 2019, and a third 26-episode Chapter aired in 2020. Unlike nearly every prior Transformers TV series, episodes are only 11 minutes in length as opposed to 22 minutes. The show concluded after its third season.

The series focuses on the adventures of Bumblebee; having damaged his memory chips, he and Windblade must recover his missing memories in order to help him remember his mission on Earth. Unfortunately, the Decepticons are after their friends.

The series is intended to "focus more on characters and their mythology", featuring a stronger emphasis on serialized storytelling, and utilizes the "evergreen" character designs. It is set in a new continuity and is not a sequel to any previous series. {| class="wikitable"

Contents
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 * 1 Storyline
 * 2 Main cast
 * 3 Episodes
 * 3.1 Chapter One (2018)
 * 3.2 Chapter Two: Power of the Spark (2019)
 * 3.3 Chapter Three: Bumblebee: Cyberverse Adventures (2020)
 * 4 Japanese release
 * 5 Home video releases
 * 6 Notes
 * 7 References
 * 8 External links
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Storyline
During the war on Cybertron, Optimus Prime and a team including Bumblebee have left the planet to search for the Allspark. The Decepticons catch wind that the ancient artifact is on Earth, and leave to investigate, which forces Windblade to take a one-way space bridge journey there herself. Unable to find any trace of the Ark or Optimus Prime, she manages to find her old friend Bumblebee. However, he is suffering from amnesia and has no recollection of who he is or how he got there. With the pair being pursued relentlessly by Decepticons, Windblade must help Bumblebee unlock and repair his damaged memories of the war and his journey to Earth so that they can locate Optimus and the Allspark before their enemies do.

In the second season, several decades later, the revived Autobots and the recently arrived Decepticons now battle over the fate of Earth thanks to the knowledge that the Allspark is somewhere on the planet, protected by its guardian. The conflict escalates when Starscream, believing he has been chosen for a higher purpose, makes his own bid for power that puts both sides at risk. Thus it falls to the Autobots to not only retrieve the Allspark but to escort it safely back to Cybertron.

In the third and final season, the Autobots manage to retake Cybertron from the Decepticons, but otherworldly invaders arrive and take control of the planet. With everyone else imprisoned, a ragtag resistance group made up of Bots and Cons alike must band together to save their friends, Cybertron, and potentially the entire universe. The day was saved, but Cybertron now stands as a divided government, with Windblade's mind scattered in shards across the planet and Megatron preparing for the coming of an enemy from another universe.

Main cast
* Has changes in allegiance.

Chapter One (2018)

 * 1) "Fractured"
 * 2) "Memory"
 * 3) "Allspark"
 * 4) "The Journey"
 * 5) "Whiteout"
 * 6) "Megatron Is My Hero"
 * 7) "Cube"
 * 8) "Terminal Velocity"
 * 9) "Shadowstriker"
 * 10) "Maccadam's"
 * 11) "Sabotage"
 * 12) "Teletraan-X"
 * 13) "Matrix of Leadership"
 * 14) "Siloed"
 * 15) "King of the Dinosaurs"
 * 16) "The Extinction Event"
 * 17) "Awaken Sleeping Giants"
 * 18) "Eruption"

Chapter Two: Power of the Spark (2019)

 * 1) "Sea of Tranquility"
 * 2) "Bad Moon Rising"
 * 3) "The Visitor"
 * 4) "Bring Me The Spark Of Optimus Prime"
 * 5) "Trials"
 * 6) "Dark Birth"
 * 7) "Parley"
 * 8) "Starscream's Children"
 * 9) "Spotted"
 * 10) "Secret Science"
 * 11) "Infinite Vendetta"
 * 12) "I Am The Allspark"
 * 13) "Escape From Earth"
 * 14) "Party Down"
 * 15) "Wiped Out"
 * 16) "Ghost Town"
 * 17) "Perfect Storm"
 * 18) "The Crossroads"

Chapter Three: Bumblebee: Cyberverse Adventures (2020)

 * 1) "Battle For Cybertron I"
 * 2) "Battle For Cybertron II"
 * 3) "Battle For Cybertron III"
 * 4) "Battle For Cybertron IV"
 * 5) "The Loop"
 * 6) "The Dead End"
 * 7) "The Sleeper"
 * 8) "The Citizen"
 * 9) "The Trial"
 * 10) "The Prisoner"
 * 11) "The Scientist"
 * 12) "The Alliance"
 * 13) "The Judge"
 * 14) "The End Of The Universe I"
 * 15) "The End Of The Universe II"
 * 16) "The End Of The Universe III"
 * 17) "The End Of The Universe IV"
 * 18) "Enemy Line"
 * 19) "Thunderhowl"
 * 20) "Wild Wild Wheel"
 * 21) "Alien Hunt! With Meteorfire And Cosmos"
 * 22) "Journey To The Valley Of Repugnus"
 * 23) "Rack N' Ruin N' Ratchet"
 * 24) "Dweller In The Depths"
 * 25) "Silent Strike"
 * 26) "The Other One"

Japanese release
Unlike the English version (which uses voice actors new to their roles), several Transformers alumni voice characters in the Japanese dub. In some cases, this borders on role reprisal, such as Aligned Starscream's voice actor voicing his Cyberverse counterpart or Bumblebee's voice actor having voiced four different versions of Bumblebee. In others, there are nods to their previous characters, with both Optimus Prime and Megatron's voice actors previously voicing Optimus Primal and Megatron in the Japanese dub of Beast Wars.

Like many other Japanese dubs (including Beast Wars, Beast Machines and Transformers: Prime), the Japanese dub of Cyberverse takes a more "humorous" tack towards the show. For example, in the episode Sea of Tranquility as Starscream attacks Windblade he cheerfully goes, "Hello, Starscream here!" Even more serious characters like Optimus Prime aren't spared, as at one point he complains, "I was still talking!" when Megatron punches him.

Other typical Japanese dub additions include characters yelling "Transform!" as they, well, transform. The occasional special attack name is also called out (e.g. in Bad Moon Rising Megatron cries out, "Punishment Cannon: Fusion Cannon, FIRE!" when he blasts Starscream).

Personality-wise, some characters are effectively transplants of their previous incarnations. Starscream, for example, is basically Prime Starscream right down to his mannerisms. Megatron and Optimus Prime are basically their G1 counterparts with Japanese dub Beast Megatron and Optimus Primal's personalities. Other characters have quirks unique to previous Japanese dubs, like Shockwave punctuating his sentences with "shock!" similar to his Prime counterpart and being much more expressive compared to the stoic and clinical English version.

In lieu of an opening theme, Cyberverse has characters talking over the opening credits to pump up the kids watching the show. For the ending, the same character will talk over the English credits commenting on events in the episode, and afterward, the Japanese credits will play over stills of highlights from said episode.

Home video releases

 * Main article: Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)/home video


 * Australia


 * Transformers: Cyberverse - The Journey (2019)
 * Transformers: Cyberverse - Terminal Velocity (2019)
 * Transformers: Cyberverse - King of the Dinosaurs (2019)