Transformers Prime Beast Hunters Debuts on March 22nd

FINALLY! Something to count down to! Can't wait to see this season. I really hope it's not the last one though, and that it continues on in some form.

Is that a working title?

Still, good to finally know! One month, ladies and gentlemen... this'll probably pop a good rating for the Hub.

About time. I was getting restless over when Season 3 was going to premiere.

Wait, Optimus survived that blast at the end of season 2?! I'm sure everyone thought he died.

There's also the 2nd episode's title and description in that report.

Friday, March 29

“Transformers Prime Beast Hunters”
(New episode: 7:30 – 8 p.m.)
“Scattered” – The Autobots search for signs of each other, but start to lose hope while the Decepticons welcome a key player to their ranks. A win for Wheeljack may ultimately lead to an Autobot defeat. TV-Y7, FV

AlphaReject93 wrote:Wait, Optimus survived that blast at the end of season 2?! I'm sure everyone thought he died.

PrymeStriker wrote:There's also the 2nd episode's title and description in that report.

Friday, March 29

“Transformers Prime Beast Hunters”
(New episode: 7:30 – 8 p.m.)
“Scattered” – The Autobots search for signs of each other, but start to lose hope while the Decepticons welcome a key player to their ranks. A win for Wheeljack may ultimately lead to an Autobot defeat. TV-Y7, FV

Oh, so THAT's the title.

Well, better than "Darkmouth, NV".

Henry921 wrote:
Oh, so THAT's the title.

Well, better than "Darkmouth, NV".

No. Like I said, "Scattered" season three's second episode. "Darkmouth, NV" is season three's first episode.

Yes!!!! I have been waiting forever. I can't wait for the new season

I got all excited when I saw "Darkmount, NV" as the title. Then I got sad when I realised it was just my mild dislexia.

PrymeStriker wrote:

Henry921 wrote:
Oh, so THAT's the title.

Well, better than "Darkmouth, NV".

No. Like I said, "Scattered" season three's second episode. "Darkmouth, NV" is season three's first episode.

Well, crap.

D'oh well. I'm still excited but... man, that title.

Anyone who thought Optimus was dead doesn't know how this franchise works.

ABOUT TIME!!!!!!!!

Henry921 wrote:D'oh well. I'm still excited but... man, that title.

"Darkmouth, NV." "Darkmouth, Nevada." Hmmmm...

Lemme guess, teletoon in Canada won't air it til the fall like they did season 2.

Glad to know that. I hope my DVR will pick it ip.

And on a side-note, Takara Tomy has announced that Transformers GO! will not be tied to this season, much less the series altogether. The translation was not clear if they mean they are going to continue the series, start their own side-series, or anything that might detail their plans for the future when it comes to their incarnation of PRIME and their Arms Micron line.

I'm so glad this was finally announced!

My prediction for the first episode: Optimus actually used the Star Saber to cut off his own arm to close the ground bridge right after he went through it. So, he is out there somewhere alone missing an arm and leaking energon...hence "Optimus struggles to survive."

My hope for episode two: That the Predacons are introduced in the first episode since there will only be thirteen overall. I'm crossing my fingers that "while the Decepticons welcome a key player to their ranks" isn't just the first emergence of Predaking that was shown in the trailer. Again, since this series is Beast Hunters the beasts had better be in every episode out of the gate (IMHO)!

Maybe the "key player" is the side-switcher...like Ratchet?

Also, does anyone think or expect the season to follow the "Tales of the Beast Hunters" snippets found in the BH toy instructions? I have mixed feelings about these bios/stories.

Rhinox23 wrote:Maybe the "key player" is the side-switcher like Ratchet?

Or...you know....Shockwave.

Also, does any think or expect the season to follow the "Tales of the Beast Hunters" snippets found in the BH toy instructions?

PrymeStriker wrote:

Rhinox23 wrote:Maybe the "key player" is the side-switcher like Ratchet?

Or...you know....Shockwave.

You could very well be right about it being Shockwave. Again, I just hope that the clip from the IGN trailer and the earlier teaser where Shocky introduces Predaking occurs in the first episode. Hence my speculation if your prediction doesn't happen (though it does seem most likely).

KUMA-NIN Maximus wrote:And on a side-note, Takara Tomy has announced that Transformers GO! will not be tied to this season, much less the series altogether. The translation was not clear if they mean they are going to continue the series, start their own side-series, or anything that might detail their plans for the future when it comes to their incarnation of PRIME and their Arms Micron line.

Most curious, indeed. Where was this?

Sabrblade wrote:

KUMA-NIN Maximus wrote:And on a side-note, Takara Tomy has announced that Transformers GO! will not be tied to this season, much less the series altogether. The translation was not clear if they mean they are going to continue the series, start their own side-series, or anything that might detail their plans for the future when it comes to their incarnation of PRIME and their Arms Micron line.

Most curious, indeed. Where was this?

Autobase Aichi: http://snakas.blog95.fc2.com/blog-entry-2975.html

Every viable translator I used had given a slightly different take (with some portions not translating at all for two) of what is said. However, they all say that GO! is not part of the anime series. In all cases, finding a slightly better translation, they mean season 3.

PrymeStriker wrote:

Also, does any think or expect the season to follow the "Tales of the Beast Hunters" snippets found in the BH toy instructions?

Well... they might mention it off hand, in filling in the Predacons' backstories. They might want to show off their sense of continuity. A few generic statements are sometimes all the characterization the Cons get.

Mt cable provider just dropped a bunch of channels and the hub was one of them. Is there another site I could catch season 3 on? Driving my crazy Im missin out on it =(

KUMA-NIN Maximus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

KUMA-NIN Maximus wrote:And on a side-note, Takara Tomy has announced that Transformers GO! will not be tied to this season, much less the series altogether. The translation was not clear if they mean they are going to continue the series, start their own side-series, or anything that might detail their plans for the future when it comes to their incarnation of PRIME and their Arms Micron line.

Most curious, indeed. Where was this?

Autobase Aichi: http://snakas.blog95.fc2.com/blog-entry-2975.html

Every viable translator I used had given a slightly different take (with some portions not translating at all for two) of what is said. However, they all say that GO! is not part of the anime series. In all cases, finding a slightly better translation, they mean season 3.

Interesting. Though, I usually don't trust machine translations (since places like Google Translate couldn't accurate translate full sentences to save a life ), but this does merit looking into. I've now asked about it elsewhere and hope to hear back about it.

Hopefully we'll get some more clarification in the near future.

Henry921 wrote:Well... they might mention it off hand, in filling in the Predacons' backstories. They might want to show off their sense of continuity. A few generic statements are sometimes all the characterization the Cons get.

Maybe, but I wouldn't expect too much of the story to follow it, considering how "Tales of the Beast Hunters" killed off Megatron.

LiKwid wrote:Mt cable provider just dropped a bunch of channels and the hub was one of them. Is there another site I could catch season 3 on? Driving my crazy Im missin out on it =(

YouTube?

Someone usually uploads it either a few hours after or the next day after it airs. Sure, it gets taken down a few days later, but it's better than nada.

Sabrblade wrote:

KUMA-NIN Maximus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

KUMA-NIN Maximus wrote:And on a side-note, Takara Tomy has announced that Transformers GO! will not be tied to this season, much less the series altogether. The translation was not clear if they mean they are going to continue the series, start their own side-series, or anything that might detail their plans for the future when it comes to their incarnation of PRIME and their Arms Micron line.

Most curious, indeed. Where was this?

Autobase Aichi: http://snakas.blog95.fc2.com/blog-entry-2975.html

Every viable translator I used had given a slightly different take (with some portions not translating at all for two) of what is said. However, they all say that GO! is not part of the anime series. In all cases, finding a slightly better translation, they mean season 3.

Interesting. Though, I usually don't trust machine translations (since places like Google Translate couldn't accurate translate full sentences to save a life ), but this does merit looking into. I've now asked about it elsewhere and hope to hear back about it.

Hopefully we'll get some more clarification in the near future.

Dude? I talk to people who do not read English and occasionally require me to use an accurate translator. So when it comes to this, I got your back and would not have said anything if what is translated sounds like BS.

Besides, Takara Tomy is my win-win situation with the franchise. Because if they are deciding to expand with their own content... I win. If not, I still win because both versions are cosmetically different (and I love it).

I just went to the Hub website and signed into and sent them a email trying to convince them not to end the series after season 3. Maybe if we get enough people to email them they will rethink ending the show!

MaximusRodimus wrote:I just went to the Hub website and signed into and sent them a email trying to convince them not to end the series after season 3. Maybe if we get enough people to email them they will rethink ending the show!

I'm sorry, but that won't do much anything. All you'll get an automated email response back.

March 22nd!? That is definetely the perfect gift from Takara/Hasbro that I have witnessed by date: A post B-Day gift! And also, it's good to see Prime alive!

MaximusRodimus wrote:I just went to the Hub website and signed into and sent them a email trying to convince them not to end the series after season 3. Maybe if we get enough people to email them they will rethink ending the show!

Atop of what Pryme said, it was proven that campaigns like these do not work. At best, it will only result in them appreciating the fact that fans will want more. However, Shinichiro Watanabe pointed out (when it came to why he ended Cowboy Bebop after 26 episodes and a movie) that it is better to end the series when people demand more than it is to dilute it with second-rate stories that might turn away any part of the fanbase.

So when it comes to you and your enjoyment of the series, I recommend taking this feeling as an excuse to delve into the IDW tie-in comics and maybe consider checking out TOMY's version of the series. That, and not see this as the end of a series, but the conclusion of a chapter in a rather larger story.

XDMan wrote:March 22nd!? That is definetely the perfect gift from Takara/Hasbro that I have witnessed by date: A post B-Day gift! And also, it's good to see Prime alive!

Actually, Hasbro is doing it first because they claim they respect you more. TOMY retaliated by saying that if they end up doing Beast Hunters, they will give you an Arms Micron version!

I'm so glad they are keeping it on Fridays.

MaximusRodimus wrote:I just went to the Hub website and signed into and sent them a email trying to convince them not to end the series after season 3. Maybe if we get enough people to email them they will rethink ending the show!

On top of what others have said, it's not the Hub TV Network itself who makes this show. It's Hasbro Studios, who, while also owned by Hasbro, Inc. just as the Hub partly is, is a separate entity from the channel that airs the programs it makes.

Plus, 65 episodes has been the decided goal for this show all along. The three-to-four year's worth of story material they had planned out ended up being blown all the way through in just season 2. The Beast Hunters change came as a late addition and is all they have left to continue the story with. There's no more of this chapter of the story to tell, so there's no where else to go but to the end.

But do keep in mind that there have been rumblings of plans for a new cartoon to come after Prime, and will likely be kept in the same continuity since there's still so much territory to cover in the grand overall story of the Aligned Continuity.

So awesome! I can't wait!!!!!!!!

KUMA-NIN Maximus wrote:

MaximusRodimus wrote:I just went to the Hub website and signed into and sent them a email trying to convince them not to end the series after season 3. Maybe if we get enough people to email them they will rethink ending the show!

Atop of what Pryme said, it was proven that campaigns like these do not work. At best, it will only result in them appreciating the fact that fans will want more. However, Shinichiro Watanabe pointed out (when it came to why he ended Cowboy Bebop after 26 episodes and a movie) that it is better to end the series when people demand more than it is to dilute it with second-rate stories that might turn away any part of the fanbase.

So when it comes to you and your enjoyment of the series, I recommend taking this feeling as an excuse to delve into the IDW tie-in comics and maybe consider checking out TOMY's version of the series. That, and not see this as the end of a series, but the conclusion of a chapter in a rather larger story.

XDMan wrote:March 22nd!? That is definetely the perfect gift from Takara/Hasbro that I have witnessed by date: A post B-Day gift! And also, it's good to see Prime alive!

Actually, Hasbro is doing it first because they claim they respect you more. TOMY retaliated by saying that if they end up doing Beast Hunters, they will give you an Arms Micron version!

Actually, this is what they were thinking about doing to respect me a long time ago:

So dream on about their so-called respect, Kuma-Nin. Dream on.

XDMan wrote:Actually, this is what they were thinking about doing to respect me a long time ago:

So dream on about their so-called respect, Kuma-Nin. Dream on.

XD, you did get the memo that the Arms Micron toyline was primarily made for 9 year old boys who like doing model kits... Right? And also, did Hasbro bothered putting out that figure here?

In all cases, the respect they gave me came in the forms of the Henkei!/Gentei! lines, the ENCORE line (specifically #7 and up), Alternity, Transformers GT, and the creation of the Arms Micron line... Which marks the first time a Micron line was only made for the Japanese market.

And besides, I only wanted Arcee from that line, and I love the box art more than the figure.