Machinima, Hasbro Premiere Animated ‘Transformers’ Sequel Series On Go90

The robots in disguise are back on their home planet, and a new series is detailing their latest adventures. Digital media company Machinima and toy maker Hasbro are behind Transformers: Combiner Wars, a new series that is now available on Verizon’s Go90 video service.

Combiner Wars takes place 40 years after the events of Transformers’ best-known film and TV iterations. While many previous installments within the franchise have taken place on Earth, the new series heads to Cybertron, the home world of the titular machines. The Autobots and Decepticons have been reduced to memories of the past, but as the series begins, a new threat arises: They are the titular Combiners, they are the result of several transformers coming together in united forms, and they pose a threat to machine-kind.

Longtime Transformers fans will be the primary audience for Combiner Wars, but Machinima and Hasbro are also looking to sell the series by stocking it with a strong voice cast. Among the performers featured in the series are YouTube star Anna Akana

, who voices a female Combiner named Victorion, and Honest Trailers narrator Jon Bailey, who will bring his epic voice to the iconic role of Optimus Prime.

In order to further pique interest, Machinima launched four videos on YouTube that introduce viewers to various characters from the series. Here’s one that features Bailey’s take on Optimus Prime:

If your appetite is sufficiently whetted, you can check out the first episode of Combiner Wars on Go90; and if you’re not yet convinced, don’t write them off just yet. If my information is correct, there’s more to them than meets the eye.