Transformers: Combiner Wars Trailer, Cast

Today at SDCC 2016, Hasbro and Machinima finally revealed some details about Transformers: Combiner Wars. The first official trailer shows the cartoon has some pretty sweet visual designs. In addition a press release finally revealed the voice cast for the series (below) that all seem new to the franchise. Based on the description and snippets from the trailer, it seems that Combiner Wars lifts ideas and concepts from IDW's comic book series but is taking them in a different direction which technically voids the comic book canon but whatever. The comics vs movies vs cartoons were always treated as distinct universes anyway by fans.

From the SDCC panel, the goal of Machinima's creators was to get to the core of each character and then try to remain consistent with that core when writing them. The opening episode has Menasor landing on the planet Cambinus with Windblad and Maxima trying to stop him. While technically there are genders in Transformers, Hasbro made the decision to leave "why" a mystery. There are currently no plans for a blu-ray release of the series since it will be available for streaming. The 8 episode series will premiere August 2 on Go90.com in the United States.

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