Well, its official. An Energon Universe cartoon.https://news.tfw2005.com/2025/10/22/energon-universe-adult-animated-series-based-on-comic-from-hasbro-skybound-with-joe-henderson-as-showrunner-hitting-tv-marketplace-549136Well, sorta. Someone has to buy it first. But yeah.
Energon hater bros... How do we cope??
Deadline reported it originally.https://deadline.com/2025/10/energon-universe-adult-animated-series-joe-henderson-1236592776/
>>150955049Huh? We still haven't had Transformers fight the G.I.Joe yet
>>150955049so is it going to be a straight adaptation?
>>150955111Lets hope not. And lets hope they don't half-ass it on the VAs this time.
>>150955127Each time I see you post its the worst post in the threadCo is the worst board
>>15095511190% probably with changes to make it flow betterKirkman can use other artists to write comics and then repurpose those pages as storyboards of sort
>>150955049Amazon will bite Invincible got em few bucks and if they dont splurge on famous va's then it can go into animationI wonder how hasbro is involved cause they gotta be there is no way they arent
>>150955049IP erasure of the original TFE from the Unicron trilogy
>>150955244Hasbro might offer advice and critiques, but they don't fund their own shows or movies anymore.
>>150955270I was thinking how much of a cut they will getFuck,there are gonna be people pissing themselves about bumblebitch and kwabscream killing himselfI hope its gonna be a straight adaptation
>>150955321Starscream never killed himself. He couldn't even get that right.
>>150955049>in the same vein as Invincible So it’ll have the animation of a slideshow and each season will take three years to come out
>>150955049So....whats gonna be the artstyle?They got Walker for Invincible and even then still had to tone it done (compare his art of Angstrom to the show)
>>150955049That’s dope.
>>150955049So was Lucifer a good show?
She will be blackwashed you know it, I know it even though she looks asian in the comics
>>150955615Silly anon,cliffjumper hates brownsSpike will be half spic thoSparky loved latinas more than booze
>>150955343Ulchtar starscream enough of this trans(former) woke bullshitStarscream joined 41percenticons and thats that
>>150955049Ok bros, let's try to guess which character will become black in the cartoon.
>>150955671How do you figure?
>>150955708Killed himself and is gayGo read 25th issueMegatron kicks his corpse after goingAT THE MOMENT OF VICTORY YOU KILLED YOURSELF YOU DEAD BITCH
Energon is widely regarded as the worst Transformers series. Or at least, it was for a long time, I don't know if anything relatively new came along to dethrone it from its toilet shit throne. Is a new series based on it an attempt to "fix" it or do it right?
>>150955693JazzThat one doctor maybeTheres doc from gi joe (no relation to doctor)I dont expect any joe race swaps cause figure boomers like em same color as 1980s with better paint
>>150955737You are a fucking retarded JFC
>>150955736I did read the 25th issue. Apparently you didn't, since it shows he's still alive.
>>150955737Earthspark is dogshitSome altmodes are cool tho,like pontiac firebird breakdown or chibified caddilac arcee
>>150955737No, it's called "Energon Universe" because a lot of stuff in this universe is centered around Energon/Transformers. It doesn't have any connection to Unicron Trilogy TF Energon
>>150955773No hes notHes undead If you have 40% of your head blown off you are a zombieAlternatively he was dead till megatron kicked the power button
>>150955615She was a blonde white girl in the original G1 canon and she looks vaguely brown hereBlackwashing her would just be extraneous
>>150955693>>150955760Snake-Eyes gonna be a asian dude instead of a blonde american.
>>150955049Is it just going to be Transformers, or is it gonna also include Void Rivals (based) and G.I.Joe (cringe) ?
>>150955799He's alive. If you think that was enough to kill a Cybertronian you must be new to this franchise.
I kind of visualized in my head a Toonami promo (with Peter Cullen narration) for over a year now>Skybound and Toonami are proud to present Transformers
>>150955828All three.
>>150955818Unfortunately that'd likely be a Hasbro decision since apparently Matt Trakker being black was their call Cobra Commander can no longer wear in the hood (outside of MAYBE Hama's ARAH IIRC) because some Hollywood executive (proudly) thought it looked like a KKK hood
>>150955850Well suppose I can accept joe as long as I'm getting rivals along with Transformers.
>>150955852>Cobra Commander can no longer wear in the hood (outside of MAYBE Hama's ARAH IIRC) because some Hollywood executive (proudly) thought it looked like a KKK hoodWasn't this the fucking point? He's a villain.
>>150955852Swear to God if they make Snake-Eyes into a fucking jap...
>>150955835>Hes aliveHe says as half headed zombie looking guy starts twitching in the communal corpse pileStarscream is gonna be an intelligent zombie
>>150955940No no, see, its red. If you'll remember he had blue eyes whenever Megatron wasn't controlling him. So now he's all Decepticon. Ulchtar is dead, there is only Starscream.
>>150955818BullshitIf they made an asian wear that fucking visor he wouldnt see shit
>>150955904It's an executioner hood>>150955930If anything, the best compromise is to not show him without the mask at all
>>150955967Dont deadname fagscream,xe cut off xis nosecone and xe is a proud decepticon leader now
>>150955974I really like his story being an american soldier and he being in a relationship with Scarlett, but they already fucked the latter by making Scarlett a dyke.
>>150955985Stop trying to start shit.
>>150955974>Its an executioners hoodSo whats the power level of cc if he was racist ?
>>150955998Think about itAnnoying voiceCattyPretends to be something he isntWears heels once in blue moon
>>150956005I'm pretty sure the majority of Cobra soldiers in the RAH are white for a reason.
>>150955993She aint a dykeAuthor confirmed it in either a tweet or in the letter section
>>150956047No sane racist would have a scottsman around him
>>150956005He can't be racist, he believes in free enterprise and the American dream.
>>150955049They just need to hire better voice actors than that Netflix Roosterteeth show.
>>150956049THANK GOD. Hope you're not trolling me.
>>150955615I prefer the term tarred but yes. Carly will certainly be made mulatto.
>>150956084At least get Peter Cullen and Frank Welker back.
>>150956067Gingers can't be racist?! Or racists can't be gingers?
>>1509561161st oneWe dont give em the members cardThey are also banned from international golfing association
>>150956138Well, at least that explain Wally West being a conservative and marrying a american-korean.
>>150955049>TransformersHell yeah.>GI Joe as wellHell no. Stop making it a thing, it's never gonna catch on.
>>150956190Why do zoomer TF fans have such a chip on their shoulder over GI Joe?
>>150955049Who has the bigger cock, Powerglide or Destro?
>>150956239GI JOE just can't work in a world where creatives hate masculinity & gun violence. You don't need to make it grimdark & brutal but you can't shy away from the fact it's American soldiers protecting the world with guns.
>>150956239Because real flesh and blood females scare them.
>>150956252probably the one that's big enough to transform into a plane
>>150956239Because its getting kinda tired with Hasbro constantly shoving them into TF because they aren't popular enough on their own anymore.Instead maybe they could just...not use GI Joe for a while?
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>>150955835man I am pissed I waited 1-2 years to see if frenzy was alive and latest issue is how I found out.
>>150956277More
>>150955049Well, that explains why Robert Kirkman took over writing duties. Gotta clean up Danny's mess.
>>150956089He's correctKelly even went as far as to say it because she didn't want people to think she was queerbaiting>Now that the fun cover stuff is out of the way, I want to address a rumor that’s going around about SCARLETT. The rumor is that I have made Scarlett and Jinx gay and in a relationship in the book and that just… is not reality.>These days I try not to get too in the weeds on whatever the social media comics discourse of the day is — but I feel I have to shut this one down hard because it’s simply not true, and I do not want people to feel rickrolled* when these two characters are NOT revealed to be romantic in the book.>I don’t want people getting their hopes up and feeling like they were baited into this— and it’s specifically why I wrote Scarlett referring to Jinx as “like a sister” in issue ONE. It’s to be clear about intention. We want to show an incredibly powerful female friendship here, but that doesn’t mean it’s romantic.>There have been a bunch of times over my career so far where I’ve argued for either creating an LGBT+ character or revealing a character is LGBT+ and it’s not worked as often as I’d like (it’s also one of the reasons why you will probably always find LGBT+ characters in my creator-owned books) but Scarlett is NOT a character I argued for being LGBT. It didn’t feel right to me for the character, the history, or the existing fanbase.>I’m sure that will annoy and disappoint some people on both sides of things — but what I’d really like it to do instead is reassure you that I never approach a change or update like that with a broad brush. I am a pretty careful writer in the scheme of things (often too careful). Not everything I do is going to please everyone or hit for everyone, but I am always trying to be cognizant of the material and respectful of both the characters and readers.https://1979semifinalist.substack.com/p/birds-puffs-joes-and-black-cloaks
>>150956326We knew that since issue 8's mail page. DWJ hates Frenzy and gleefully confirmed his death.Reflector too.
>>150956368>Well, that explains why Robert Kirkman took over writing duties. Gotta clean up Danny's mess....what the fuck does that have to do with anything?DWJ was already gonna leave at that mark This has no influence on the comics period>>150956354Hasbro doesn't own Inhumanoids It's complicated
>>150956326he was confirmed dead by DWJ a while back cause he didn't wanna deal with the colour debacle between Rumble and Frenzy.
>>150956104idk if Peter will even do it, he's been MIA for the past year now, any time someone could get him for a con he ends up cancelling cause of his health.
>>150956417He played Thaedus in InvincibleKirkman is gonna have him do SOMETHINGWhat if they got him as Sparky?
>>150956433i am aware of that, i'm sure Kirkman wants him but is he able to do him now. especially cause this could be a long running series. i'd be down for him as Sparky.
>>150956239Conceptually GI Joe just seem boring when put alongside giant robot aliens. But as far as I know, they're not a big part of the Skybound comic, so I don't know what kind of adaptation this would be if they shoehorn them into the story.
>>150956433>spoilerSparky doesn't look THAT old
>>150956435Boom got the license for that as well as for Tiny HorsesI don't think Kirkman wants the girly stuff in the Energon universe or series' beyond his generation like Power Rangers M.A.S.K. has been getting some increased prominence but they're still the fondant of the Hasbro franchises and Visionaries got a single easter egg with Prysmos >>150956513Yeah yeah but it's the most fitting role I can think of for them to give Cullen a role that could feasibly work in the short term
>>150956509>But as far as I know, they're not a big part of the Skybound comicYou can read TF on its own and not miss anything, but they're still very much connected.
>>150955049>Energon UniverseFirst time I hear about this.What's its deal? anons are talking with a lot of ambiguity here. I can't tell if they like the comic or hate it.
>>150956680Transformers/G.I. Joe universe in comics headlined by Robert Kirkman with an original title called Void RivalsMost Anons are positive about
>>150956394You can stan for Dannyboy all you want, it's clear things went bad in more ways than one. But hey, try selling me on some nonsense about a guy willingly leaving one of the best selling comics in the industry right now. Be sure to be extra pretentious and claim some nonsense about artistic integrity and creator's rights.
>>150956717>But hey, try selling me on some nonsense about a guy willingly leaving one of the best selling comics in the industry right now.You know licenseshit is paid strictly on a page rate basis right?He's not getting royalties or anything
>>150956717Yes, because its inconceivable that a successful writer can't have a schedule that keeps him from working on a title forever.
>>150956239Because the average perpetually online Transformers fan hates the U.S. military even though G.I. Joe at its best is patriotic but ISN'T jingoistic Hell, Cobra as a concept is shockingly relevant today
>>150956547I just think most people would be here for Transformers, not GI Joe. It depends how they adapt it, because if its as faithful as Invincible, then I don't want a series where we go back and forth Transformers and G.I Joe characters on their own adventures. I don't want GI Joe as the A or B plot in my Transformers cartoon.
>>150956239What G.I. Joe media did zoomers even grow up on?Movies that bombed?Comics they never read?A show that lasted one season tops?
>>150956762>successful writerHis last book as a writer (The moon is following us) was a bomb. His successful works are the ones he drew.
>>150956958>His last book as a writer (The moon is following us) was a bombIf you're saying that because it ended, it was always meant to be a miniseries
>>150956717We knew from basically before this thing even started that he wasn't sticking around
>>150956978I read capeshit, so I know that any series that doesn't extend into perpetuity is actually a bomb and deserves to be mocked
>>150955049So is it getting three separate cartoons or how's this going to work
>>150956978No, I'm saying that cause it bombed. Same thing with Murder Falcon. Not sure about Do a Power Bomb, that one looks like it did well.
>>150957253One show as far as we know, but its still early.
>>150957253here what i'm hoping, they are making 3 seperate shows that essentially alternate broadcast in succession of each other.so Void Rivals 1 - 6 is adapted first, then we get Transformers, then they do the Duke miniseries and cycle that through. that way it gives everything time to breathe while Kirkman keeps cooking up story with the actual comics.
If they don’t do this page justice I don’t want it
>>150957253>>1509573601 episode of each in a rotationAn episode of Transformers then three weeks later a second episode
>>150955109This is still probably really early in development, so when this gets released, GI JOE will have fought the Transformers.
>>150957191Even capeshit has miniseries' meant just to be miniseries'
>>150957261You know the standards for a success in non-Marvel/DC comics is much lower right?
>>150957253As far as we know, it's 1 show of the entire Energon Universe (so far). So Transformers, Void Rivals, and GI JoeThey'll probably restructure it so it's more linear narrative. So you'll get some Void Rival episodes, some Transformers episodes, and some Gi Joe episodes. Possibly a few episodes containing all 3 at the same time. And maybe a few show-only episodes to tidy up the narrative/timeline moreDepending on when it gets made and when it airs, i can see it ending at the end of the Battle of Chicago
>>150955818Snake-Eyes surprisingly hasn't shown up in the Energon Universe yet. It is genuinely baffling, but I guess it's a good sign that the creators are confident enough that they can tell stories without him so that they can focus on other characters and save him for later.I don't know if an animated series would have that same level of restraint though, Hasbro would probably insist to have him there from day one so that they can shill more toys.
>>150956846>Hell, Cobra as a concept is shockingly relevant todayPlease elaborate, I'm curious.
>>150955049Transformers and to a lesser extent GI Joe I can see, but I don't think Void Rivals has much mass appeal, so I predict that will be the least liked part of the show.
>>150959139This is Cobra Commander's origin story in the ARAH comics>A bitter salesman went around the country, finding disaffected Americans and telling them that vague 'others' had taken the American Dream away from Real Americans, and he convinced them to turn their militias into a unified terrorist organization dedicated to overthrowing the government to Take America Back.
>>150955066It will be Invincible tier slideshow slop, which will look even worst in an action show with robot car people...
>>150955818Wait snake eyes isn't Asian?
>>150960576No, he's been for the most part white and blondeJust rarely seen without the mask since he's disfigured as well
>>150960576He was in the recent movie.
>>150955904Hama can't use the character's trademark hood either. He got forced to use a generic balaclava and fans hated it so much that Hama has started just having CC go around with no mask on in impotent protest
>>150955993She was supposed to be gay but Has to caught it in time and forced eleventh hour rewrites.
>>150960144Can't even do that origin because he's too sympathetic. Hence them digging up Cobra La but with the cavaet that CC is still human, having been taken in by Cobra La under unrevealed circumstances
>>150956895Renegades on Hub Network
>>150961645I assumed they were going for a composite CCDo we know if he was a former used cars salesman yet?
>>150961593Honestly?I prefer mask/helmet over hood but I think cock blocking the hood over some dumb exec is just moronic
>>150955049I ain't watching g1 slop
>>150955049Welp time to post these
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>>150963843>>150963852>>150963858>>150963875Watch it be co-produced by Seth Rogen's Point Grey and you got yourself something amazing like Invincible
>>150955049Sounds familiar
>>150963910Yeah but there's a difference, that was Micronauts
>>150963396We don't know anything about his life before Cobra-La yet. I assume at the very least that Billy will exist.
>>150955049I'm so confused. What's there to adapt...? Barely anything's happened in the current comics yet - FAR from enough to justify a full animated series, at least.Is it going to be like some anime adaptations go, where they take the setup from the manga but are running concurrently and outpace the manga, and thus end up making tons of stuff up or going in a completely different direction?Or is it going to use Skybound's setup/status quo as a basis, but adapt stories from Marvel US/UK, Dreamwave, IDW?If anything it's bizarre that they aren't adapting the old comics directly, considering they're all very well-renowned, you know... finished stories (more or less). Extremely well-renowned ones that the fanbase adores but are unknown to normies, at that.Then again, even Marvel and DC are rushing to adapt stories from the past 10-15 years instead of any of the classics, themselves. Man this sucks.
>>150964459>I'm so confused. What's there to adapt...? Barely anything's happened in the current comics yetAccording to the article this adaptation would include every other EU comic like G.I. Joe and Void Rivals, which coupled with TF, the Duke, Scarlet, Cobra and Destro miniseries and the annual specials would give them 83 comics in total to adapt so far, not entirely impossible to make a show out of that seeing how Invincible is about to get a fourth season while also having barely covered 65 issues from the original comic.Also, I feel like I shouldn't need to clear this up, of fucking course they don't have everything ready to release in just a few months, this shit's barely just a pitch for now and is obviously gonna take a good couple of years to come to fruition, they'll 100% have double the amount of stuff to adapt by the time a first season is released, and that's IF this is actually picked up.
>>150964552>they'll have more to adapt by the time this thing gets pushed into production, and that's if.I mean, sure. But I'm just very much, uh... pessimistic about its pacing. It's been 2 years, and Skybound TF's gone through what would've occupied only a single miniseries in the 2000s. And Void Rivals was even slower! So knowing Kirkman's doing the main title directly now, doesn't fill me with hope that it'll pick up speed. I'm just so unexcited about the comics completely.
>>150955049How do we expected from this, Boco no Pico?
>>150964459theres literally 3 books to work off of if it was solely just Transformers, it would be too premature but.
>>150955049Is it even possible for Kirkman bros to lose? Is it ?
>>150966621Don't jinx it
kirkman, make arcee chubby somehow like eve and my life is yours
>>150968921Fuck off Jeetdoh
>>150966455And all three of these books are in the setup phase:-the complete GI Joe team with the mainstays hasn't even formed it and right now they are split in two different teams-the Joe team and Earth-bound Autobots haven't evenmet and we don't know how the stuff in Void Rivals will impact the main TF book and the main Joe book if it even crosses over.-the MASK stuff is just barely beginningRight now we are still in the set up stage and it's probably going to take another 30 issues before we have a clearer picture of the Energon Universe's direction
>>150969026MASK is fondantThey're not getting a book let's be real
>>150963843>wreck-gar anyone but Weird Al
>>150969971How many Pythons are still alive?
>people complaining there’s nothing to adapt>when an entire 24 issue run just wrapped up???
>>150970187With 4 distinct climaxes therein
Can't wait to see Scarlett in some lesbian action.
>>150955049Isnt vivize producing this?
>>150971279Sounds like that was bullshit.
>>150970187Episode runtime is gonna be a major factor in this
>>150955049What's the difference?
>>150972543Between?
>>150955111Has any adaptation ever been?
>>150955737Not that Energon, this is just the new comic series. Completely unrelated.
>>150974514The Maxx
>>150957583this, they really need to shake up whoever's animating the show for it to ever live up to DWJ and Corone's work, invincible cartoon budget and directing is not going to cut it.
>>150955835Screamer’s immortal spark is in this continuity too I guess.
>>150970187and what exactly gets accomplished in those 24 issues, even?Infiltration and Devastation accomplished double as much story in half the issues.
>>150955049Cool
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>>150970187That's still only as much as Invincible S1. But I think it's people believing the show is in production right now when they don't have a platform yet. I bet they'll take 4 years to release the first season, and by then there'll be enough content to adapt slowly. Not as much as Invincible of course, some awkwardness might still happen, but enough that it's not a Game of Thrones situation where the show passes over the comic.
