The first Japanese voice cast trailer for the Bumblebee movie’s March 22nd release debuted after a public recording session in Tokyo, which featured actress Tsuchiya Tao as Charlie, actor Shison Jun as Memo and one very cool birthday cake.

Check out an assortment of photos from the event that are attached to this post and then sound off on the 2005 boards!

And it’s another Sunday of Bumblebee Movie concept art, courtesy of several artists who have started to share some great material via their official websites and social media.

This week we can share for you really great art and designs (each link to the respective thread):

• Wrangler Bumblebee By Matt Tkocz  – A full-body early concept design of Bumblebee’s first Earth mode, ready to shoot some Decepticons.
• Bumblebee Hands By Shane Baxley – A pair of early ideas for the hand of our yellow Autobot. Highly detailed illustrations.
• Optimus Prime By Shane Baxley – Interesting option for Optimus Prime design. This concept art was one of the first ones proposed, but the one designed by Mark Yang was used in the movie.
• Bee Stinger By Shane Baxley – Tow options for the Bee’s stinger blade. One in rusty finishing and another one with a shiny effect.
• Blitzwing Spike Weapon & Dropkick Cannon By Shane Baxley – Excellent and detailed close-ups of the Decepticons’ weapons.
• Control Room By Shane Baxley – An illustration of another scene from the movie. We can see an early design of Shatter, close to her Studio Series toy.

Thanks to all our members who shared the images in our forums. You can also check out our previous round ups Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5. Click on the bar to see all the images after the jump and then surf to the respective threads to sound off on the 2005 Boards!

Hasbro subsidiary Allspark Studios is looking for a Narrative Director to lead development of their Franchise Brands including Transformers, My Little Pony, Monopoly etc.

The company consists of Allspark Pictures (live-action production label), Allspark Animation (animation production label) and Cake Mix Studio (company’s Rhode Island-based commercials and short content producer).

Job opening posted yesterday on LinkedIn states the following:

“Hasbro’s Allspark Studios is seeking a Creative Executive to lead the development of some of our key brands across various media platforms. This “Creative Steward” or Narrative Director, will be a development and storytelling partner for our Franchise Brand teams and will be responsible for methodizing and developing character voice, worlds, and high-level intellectual property direction for partners. This role will be called on to write characters, plots, dialogue, and other creative content. In addition, this Creative Steward will be responsible for providing feedback and direction to other Creatives to ensure consistency and exceptional writing quality within all brand expressions. This role will develop, write, and review plots, dialogue, and creative text with and from other Creative partners, and collaborate with them to help every new expression be the best that it possibly can across multiple platforms. This role is an important part of the team tasked with crafting the storytelling that will establish the core vision for a Hasbro assigned brand. Likely candidates should have, at minimum, a Bachelor’s degree in English, Creative Writing or Journalism, with 5-7 years’ practical experience in a similar capacity. This is a long-term contract, production opportunity.”

• Seniority Level: Mid-Senior level
• Industry: Animation, Motion Pictures & Film, Writing & Editing
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Job Functions: Production Writing/Editing Art/Creative

You can apply through LinkedIn.