How would you feel about a Transforme anthology series?

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  1. TheWarPathGuy

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    Imagine. a different writer handling each episode, different art styles, and each episode takes place in a different continuity or brand new ones.
    The episodes are standalone and feature different characters.
    How would you feel about this, and what creators would you like to see?
     
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    Yes. that could give some of the more neglected continuities like the UT or RID (2001) a chance to be one screen again.
     
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    That'd actually be a lot of fun. We'd get to see continuities and characters we haven't seen in a long time. It probably wouldn't be very accessible to children, with the characters, voice acting, art direction, and overall style changing each episode. That would get really confusing really quick.
     
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    Yes... so... much... YES. That would be amazing! An anthology series would give us soooo many different, strange, and unique Transformer stories we may never get a chance to see get animated otherwise.

    We could see an episode set in the Shattered Glass continuity, maybe a multi-parter based on Beast Wars: Uprising, countless amounts of potential What-If? one-shot episodes, and perhaps even a few episodes which adapt canceled Transformers projects like Transtech! The possibilites are endless.
     
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    Would be pretty interesting, but I'd prefer an anthology of animated features rather than a television series, kind of like what DC has with its animated movies. A mixture of adaptations of comics/prose and brand new follow-ups to older series would be nice, especially if it means that I would get to see more of the TF Animated universe.
     
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    I'd legit love this a lot, whether it was cartoons, comics, or prose.
     
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    I remember a book anthology that has stories from various continuities. its old though I remember checking it out at my local library back in like 2000.
     
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    Transformers Legends (not the mobile game). I had to buy it in print recently because it is one of the few notable TF books that are no longer available as an e-book.
     
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    Yes, i would on for a Robot Carnival style anthology.
     
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    Could be pretty fun.
     
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    that's gd! If Hasbro pulls of this one, I will NEVER complain abt Hasbro again.
     
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    Bring back Spotlights !
     
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    I grew up on the British alternative comics scene and the importance of the collective creative experience of anthologies has always remained deeply important to me. An anthology series with a different creative team per episode would be absolute genius and a worthy pruning ground for further series. Get on it Hasbro, there's a lot of talented out of work creatives out there who love Transformers!
     
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    This could be interesting, but it would probably be exclusive to YouTube or some other streaming service if it ever gets to be a thing. It would be interesting to see forgotten continuities and series revisited, like the aforementioned Robots in Disguise 2001. It could also be a good opportunity to see characters that we never really saw on TV, like the G2 characters. It would ideally be written by the best alumni of past Transformers series writers, like David Wise, Larry DiTillio, Marv Wolfman, and the like. Maybe they could even do some GoBot re-imaginings. Gotta respect the Gargent Cluster!
     
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    I'd definitely be interested. Comic wise, the Collector's Club magazines and the online Mosaic project are the closest we've had to something like this.
     
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    I like the sound of this!
     
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    Like the Animatrix and Halo Legends? I'm all for it.
    I'd love to see Warren Ellis do his take on Transformers, since I enjoyed GI Joe Resolute
     
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    I'd watch it.


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    Absolutely. I would watch the hell out it. I think you could tell stories targeted towards adults and children.
     
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    I would love something like this. One-offs are great. They get to throw away all their crappy continuity baggage and just make a nice story. No explanations about time warps or parallel universe or other scifi justifications, just a quick little take on the thing with usually some really nice art. Transformers: Animatrix edition would be awesome. Netflix just did that Love Death & Robots anthology. How about just Robots Robots & Robots (top tier law firm, btw)
     
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