| Transformers: Armada | |
 Optimus Prime, his super mode and Mini-Con Sparkplug | |
| 超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー マイクロン伝説 (Chō Robotto Seimeitai Toransufōmā Maikuron Densetsu) | |
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| Genre | Adventure, mecha |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hidehito Ueda |
| Written by | Ryo Motohira |
| Music by | Hayato Matsuo |
| Studio | Actas |
| Licensed by |
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| Original network | TXN (TV Tokyo) |
| English network | |
| Original run | August 23, 2002 – December 26, 2003 |
| Episodes | 52 |
Transformers: Armada, known in Japan as Super Robot Life-Form Transformers: Legends of the Microns (超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー マイクロン伝説), is a Japanese anime series[3] which debuted on August 23, 2002. As the first series co-produced between the American toy company Hasbro and their Japanese partner Takara, Armada begins a new continuity/universe for Transformers, with no ties to any of the previous series, including its direct predecessor Transformers: Robots in Disguise in 2001.[4] It inspired two sequels, Transformers: Energon (2004) and Transformers: Cybertron (2005).
Hasbro handled the production of the English dub of the series, which was outsourced over to SD Entertainment. Hasbro themselves handled North American rights, with Entertainment Rights securing international rights,[5] while Takara handled the distribution of the Japanese license. Transformers: Armada and both of its following series are all part of a saga known as the "Unicron Trilogy".
- ^ "Entertainment Rights Secure Rights to Transformers Armada". Archived from the original on 2002-12-25.
- ^ "Sky One picks up Transformers Armada".
- ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 871–872. ISBN 978-1476665993.
- ^ "The History of Transformers on TV". IGN. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
- ^ "Entertainment Rights Secure Rights to Transformers Armada". Archived from the original on 2002-12-25.