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: Spotlight by Megatron. Ramjet was introduced in the New Avengers/Transformers crossover <ref name="new avenger/transformers 2"></ref> with his Spotlight taking place concurrently with "Escalation". "Arcee" takes place concurrently with issue 5 of "", with Prime pulling the Autobots from Earth as a direct result of what happened in that issue. "Arcee" also acts as a sequel to "Optimus Prime", picking up on many themes introduced in that story, such as the fate of the Monster Pretenders and the introduction of Jhiaxus. "Grimlock" follows up on both Grimlock being recovered by Skywatch and the Machination plotline in "Devastation", as well as acting as