Transformers 40th Anniversary Special Video By Studio Trigger, Full Reveal!

Aarion23

Schrodingers Galaxy Force.

Japan clearly says it both is and isn't the same universe!  

For the record I am team Unicron Trilogy!  

It’s called the micron Trilogy in Japan.

Aberration

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Unrelated stupid question from someone who doesn't know a ton of the BTS of anime: If Studio Trigger animated this, what are Production I.G. and Madhouse doing in the credits? I recognize those as other animation studios.

As previously noted, the anime industry is a collaborative effort (not unlike the VFX industry, if I'm being honest). That's why you have Madhouse, I.G or Colorido doing in-between animation (the frames between the keys). These studios would have had animators available and between projects that allowed Trigger to utilize their services. The staff at Trigger has also worked with many of the studios in the past, be it for said studios or the other way around. I.G and Madhouse have done plenty of projects as an additional party as a result.

It's also why in anime there's usually a handful of episodes not done by the main production house, as the studios who co-produce are between jobs and looking for whatever jobs come to them to tide them over. Some studios even specialize in a certain element. Which is why background art and compositing are almost always outsourced to other studios by default in anime titles.

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If you really want a deeper dive into the production side of things, the anime Shirobako provides a good introductory crash course on that. Yep, an anime about making anime. It is somewhat whitewashed, however. It doesn't really touch on the labour abuses in the anime industry. It does briefly touch on overwork and overtime, and deadline crunches, but not to the depressingly suicidal levels that's been the subject of controversy as of late. Wage issues aren't discussed at all.

There's also a few departments that aren't touched on at all, such as the concept of "2nd Key Animation" (aka the cleaning up of rough keyframes that's become increasingly prevalent in recent years).

Leolim

40th Anniversary expo still place GF in the same universe as ML and SL.

Schrodingers Galaxy Force.

Japan clearly says it both is and isn't the same universe!  

For the record I am team Unicron Trilogy!  

BattleUpSaber

made something:

Impressive you were able to do this to find every single character and reference
I don't think I would have been able to do this myself

While this isn't related to the Trigger anniversary video, they did make a Transformers One poster

Studio Trigger Transformers ONE Official Movie Poster – First Transformation!

siccoyote

Yeah me neither didn't think the music meshed with the visuals very well, plus no idea what the song is about. So I made this edit:

Now THAT is a classic choice, very nicely done.

Grun Gast

Um, has anyone shared this yet?

From the Studio Trigger Youtube channel. CC for subtitles.

Yes. Twice. And it was updated on the front page too.

Transformers 40th Anniversary Special Video By Studio Trigger, Full Reveal!

lord ginrai

Interview with director Akira Amemiya. English subs available.

Pixelmaster

@Black Convoy @Mechafire
BTS of the short w/ the director. English subs included and not geolocked.

Lex79

I want to believe that there is another universe where it was made into a full series and someday I'll be able to go there and see it.

I've already said this before on Twitter and my Discord server, and I'll say this again:

This is what the Transformers Legacy show that Netflix passed on should have been.