Transformers: Cybertron animation. In the anime, all of the Transformers are computer-generated, while the humans and backgrounds are rendered in traditional cel animation. It was the last series in the Transformers franchise to be produced in Japan until the release of "Transformers Go!" in 2013. When the destruction of Unicron results in the formation of a massive black hole, the planet Cybertron, home world of the Transformers, is threatened, and its population is evacuated to Earth, taking the forms of local vehicles and machinery to hide from humanity. As this occurs, Optimus Prime's elite team of Autobot warriors are approached by the
The Transformers: Escalation The Transformers: Escalation The Transformers: Escalation is a six-issue comic book mini-series, published by IDW Publishing, based on the Transformers and following on from "". The series launched in November 2006 and ended in April 2007. The series is available in The Transformers: Volume 2. "Escalation" begins by showing Prime deciding to send the humans home for their own safety. Escorted by Ironhide and Sunstreaker, they are attacked by the Machination, a shadowy organization wanting to acquire Transformer technology for themselves. Sunstreaker and Hunter are seemingly killed. The Autobots rally to find his corpse, but the Machination prove more than