Release Notes:
This release is ripped from Transformers: Armada: Season 1, Part 1, and
Transformers: Armada: Season 1, Part 2. The DVDs did not contain any extras.
Background:
Transformers: Armada, known as Transformers: Micron Legend in Japan, is the
animated series which ran from 2002-2004. It is the first series co-produced
between the American toy company, Hasbro, and their Japanese counterpart, Takara.
Armada begins a new continuity/universe for Transformers, with no ties to any of
the previous series.
Transformers: Armada, Transformers: Energon and Transformers: Cybertron, form the
continuity family known as the Unicron Trilogy.
Plot:
Armada's universe is most distinguished by the presence and importance of
Mini-Cons, a race of human-sized Transformers that, when "powerlinked" to their
larger brethren, would unleash a flood of energy. Because of the great potential
for their exploitation, the Mini-Cons attempt to abstain from the
Autobot/Decepticon war and flee Cybertron, crashing on Earth and its moon. When
some Mini-Cons are accidentally reactivated in 2002 by clumsy teenagers, a beacon
alerts both the Autobots and Decepticons on Cybertron, who track them to Earth and
continue their battle here.