Transformers: Energon

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Transformers: Energon
North American DVD cover, depicting Optimus Prime in his super mode
トランスフォーマー スーパーリンク (Toransufōmā Sūpārinku)
Genre	Adventure, mecha
Created by	Eugene Ishikawa Steve Drucker
Anime television series
Directed by	Yutaka Satō (1-5) Jun Kawagoe (1-13) Takashi Sano (6-51)
Produced by	Fukashi Azuma Matsuo Sugiyama
Written by	Akira Okeya
Music by	Kazunori Maruyama
Studio	Actas Studio A-Cat
Licensed by	Hasbro
Original network	TXN (TV Tokyo)
English network	AU: Network Ten CA: YTV IE: RTE Two IN: Cartoon Network NZ: TV2 UK: Toonami, CITV US: Cartoon Network (Toonami), KidsClick ZA: SABC2
Original run	January 9, 2004 – December 24, 2004
Episodes	51 (List of episodes)

Transformers: Energon, known in Japan as Transformers: Superlink (トランスフォーマー スーパーリンク), is a Japanese anime series which debuted on January 9, 2004. It is a direct sequel to Transformers: Armada. It is also the first Japanese Transformers show where the Transformers are computer-generated (CG), in a cel-shaded technique similar to the Zoids anime, which was a trend that would continue into the next series, Transformers: Cybertron.

In the United States, KidsClick started airing reruns of the show from August 27, 2018, until November 3, 2018.^[1] Along with Transformers: Armada and Transformers: Cybertron, Transformers: Energon is a part of a saga in the Transformers series known as the "Unicron Trilogy".

In this series, the Transformers' primary gimmicks are the Autobots' ability to combine with partners of the same size, the Decepticons' ability to use powered up forms, and the addition of Energon weapons and stars that can be placed on any Transformer. Mini-Cons, from the previous line, are still present, but all Mini-Con pegs are "dummy" pegs as they do not activate a function on the toy.^[2]