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
Transformers: The Covenant of Primus Transformers: The Covenant of Primus Transformers: The Covenant of Primus is a companion novel to the so-called Aligned continuity of the "Transformers" franchise, which includes the "" animated series. The term Covenant of Primus also describes an artifact featured in several continuities of the Transformers franchise, beginning with "", as well as an organization that was featured in storyline for the Botcon fan convention. The book is written from the perspective of the character Alpha Trion, and details the in-universe history of the planet Cybertron and its inhabitants, beginning with the Thirteen Primes. In several Transformers series, the Covenant of