The Transformers (TV series) out of the gate. Japanese designer Shōhei Kohara was responsible for creating the earliest character models for the Transformers cast, greatly humanising the toy designs to create more approachable robot characters for the comic and cartoon. His designs were subsequently simplified by Floro Dery, who went on to become the lead designer for the series, creating many more concepts and designs in the future. The three-part pilot miniseries (retroactively titled "More than Meets the Eye") first aired in the United States in September 1984. The story follows Optimus Prime's heroic Autobots and Megatron's evil Decepticons as they leave their metallic
The Transformers: Stormbringer The Transformers: Stormbringer The Transformers: Stormbringer is a comic book mini-series, published by IDW Publishing. The series debuted in July, 2006 and is set during the same time frame as "" (the first issue shows Optimus Prime receiving Ironhide's call from "Infiltration"). It technically consists of issues seven through ten of the ongoing Transformers saga, which is split into arcs instead of being one complete series. The four-issue series was written by Simon Furman with art by Don Figueroa. Unlike "Infiltration", the series is set almost entirely on Cybertron. The series is available in "The Transformers: Volume 2". It is