Transformers: Heroes
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"Transformers: Heroes" is the working title of the new animated series based on the shape-changing robot toy line, Transformers. The series will debut on Cartoon Network in Fall 2007, but little information about the series is known - even the "Heroes" title is known to have already been discarded in favour of a new, unknown title.
[edit] Storyline
The show takes place on a futuristic Earth, cohabitated by humans and robots.
[edit] Cast and characters
Confirmed Transformers featuring the show include Optimus Prime (who will be a fire truck), Megatron, Bumblebee, Ultra Magnus, Prowl, and Starscream. It is believed that the Optimus Prime of this series will be younger than the other Autobots; it has announced that David Kaye (best known for voicing the Megatrons of the Beast Era and the Unicron Trilogy) will provide his voice. Meanwhile statements from Frank Welker suggest that voice actor Corey Burton (Shockwave and Sunstreaker in from the original series) will provide the voice of Megatron in the show. Tom Kenny confirmed during an interview on IESB.net that he will be voicing Starscream,[1], and Tara Strong will be voicing a girl named Sari, one of the supporting human characters. [2]. Her website also quotes that the show will start shortly after the release of the live-action film.
[edit] Production
The show will be directed by Alex Soto, known for working on Cartoon Network series Teen Titans and Ben 10. The character designer, currently unknown, has worked on Teen Titans, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, and Legion of Super Heroes. Cartoon Network will also help with the production of the show, and the series will supposedly depart from the anime style of the previous five years, displaying a brand new look like nothing seen before in Transformers.
