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Derrick J. Wyatt has posted some more interesting comments to do with the Transformers: Animated universe.He discusses how because of Marty Isenberg’s involved with the cartoon, IDW comic and Animated Game coming later this month, it helps expand the Animated universe and make everything more manageable.

His last comment is of particular interest to G1 fans:

There are absolutely TONS of G1 concepts that are practically begging to be in Animated. Maybe some of them will get to.

Derrick Wyatt has responed to the leaked sketches of Animated Rodimus, Blackout, Spittor and Strika with a few more details. Strika is referred to as “General Strika”, and has made him very happy and the design for Spittor is from the design by Don Figueroa of Spittor pre-beast mode, as shown in the IDW Beast Wars comics.

S250 has provide some new information for the upcoming season of Transformers: Animated with some character design sketches.  The four pictures all show new characters, consisting ­of Rodimus, Strika, Blackout and Spittor­.

The Nordic TransFans Association have received news from Hasbro Nordic that Transformers: Animated will be airing on MTV3 in Finland. There are no details of when, but the news that the show is ready to air means it can’t be too far away.

There is also no information on whether other Nordic countries will air the show.

YTV have followed Cartoon Network and will be airing the season 2 finale of Transformers: Animated, A Bridge Too Close, as an hour special. However, with YTV being a week ahead of Cartoon Network, the finale will air this Saturday (28th June), at 11:00am.

This will mark the first time the episodes have aired in English, will CN airing them on 5th July and NickToons at some point afterwards.

Cartoon Network have decided to treat Transformers: Animated viewers in the USA by airing the season 2 finale, A Bridge Too Close Parts 1 and 2, together as an hour long episode. The season 1 finale originally aired over consecutive Saturdays.

The episodes will air on Saturday 5th July, a week after the previous episode, Sari, Nobody’s Home, which is being shown this Saturday, 28th July.

Another new Transformers: Animated episode will be airing today in the UK. Episode 26, “Black Friday” will be on at 6:30pm on NickToons. This is the first airing of the episode in English, after the episode aired in Dubai last month.

On the trail of an escaped Autobot traitor, Bumblebee flashes back to a previous encounter with the traitor when he first met Bulkhead in Autobot Boot Camp.

You may not believe it, but despite starting 3 months after Canada and the USA, the UK will be airing new Transformers: Animated episodes this week, before their North American cousins.

Starting today, NickToons will be airing episode 25 Autobot Boot Camp at 6:30pm. It does seem that, like the first season, the 2 part finale will be delayed as repeats of season 2 will start again on Friday.

Tuesday 3rd June - 25 Autoboot Camp
Wednesday 4th June - 26 Black Friday
Thursday 5th June - 27 Sari, No One’s Home

Will obviously try and confirm these on a day-by-day basis.

All over the world, Transformers: Animated is airing, in different languages and at different stages. Dubai may have already aired the first 2 seasons, but for English viewers, we are still a few episodes behind.

Canada are currently leading the way with episode 24, “S.U.V. - Society of Ultimate Villainy” airing on YTV at 11:00am EST today.

The USA is one episode behind with episode 23, “A Fistful of Energon” airing on Cartoon Network at 10:30am EST.

The UK is one episode further back with episode 22, “Rise of the Constructicons” airing on NickToons at 4:30pm GMT.

Australia are way back at the beginning with the 3 part movie special, “Transform and Roll Out!” airing on Cartoon Network.

Germany will be airing episode 5, “Total Meltdown” today with German audio.