Studio Trigger Rolls Out With a Mysterious Transformers Anime Project

Along with Hollywood’s monolithic live-action movies, the Transformers person been cutting up connected the tiny surface with aggregate TV shows implicit the years. While Transformers: Earthspark’s 2nd play conscionable deed Paramount+ backmost successful June, thing marque caller appears to beryllium waiting successful the wings.

Earlier successful the week, anime workplace Trigger (best known for Promare, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, and Delicious successful Dungeon) revealed it was moving connected thing to observe the fashionable artifact franchise’s newest benchmark. The Robots successful Disguise crook 40 this year, and the abbreviated teaser features immoderate little glimpses of bid mascots Optimus Prime and Megatron (plus Bumblebee and Hot Rod) successful the celebrated G1 versions of their iconic designs, and Trigger’s reimagining of those. (Interestingly, immoderate eagle-eyed viewers spotted Optimus from Transformers Animated!) But arsenic acold arsenic what Trigger is specifically making—like a elemental solemnisation video oregon thing bigger similar an intro for an unannounced game—is presently nether wraps.

Transformers and animationn person ever been tight, but this marks the franchise’s 3rd clip dipping into existent anime pursuing Transformers: Cybertron successful 2005 and the Japan-only Transformers Go! successful 2015. Conversely, Trigger is nary alien to the mecha scene: opening with 2018’s Darling successful the Franxx, it’s worked connected mecha projects nether the Gridman series. Given the studio’s larger pedigree, it’ll beryllium breathtaking to spot what Trigger’s doing for the franchise’s birthday, due to the fact that you cognize it’ll look good arsenic hell.

While we hold for much accusation connected this mysterious Transformers venture, Transformers One may scratch immoderate itch you person for immoderate bully animated worldly from the franchise. That movie hits theaters connected September 20, and you tin look guardant to our reappraisal person to release.

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