Following on from their Lucky Draw Transformers Animated Optimus Prime Gold Version, TakaraTomy, Sega and Paramount Pictures are working together to produce the third Transformers Animated Lucky Draw figure (after Gold Prime and Silver Bumblebee) which will be a gold chrome delu­xe Megatron.

Much like the Optimus Prime before him, the figure will be officially limited to 1000 pieces with the prize campaign this time running between 1st November 2010 and the 16th Jan 2011.
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TFW2005.com and TFormers.com have both received a press release containing details on the story and voice actors for Transformers Prime.  TFormers sister site ENewsInternational actually received the full list of credits which includes Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as Cliffjumper.

MAIN CHARACTERS

AUTOBOTS

Optimus Prime - Peter Cullen
Arcee - Sumalee Montano
Bulkhead - Kevin Michael Richardson
Ratchet - Jeffrey Combs
Bumblebee - Rumored as Josh Keaton
Cliffjumper - Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (More Info)

DECEPTICONS
Megatron - Frank Welker
Breakdown - Adam Baldwin
Knockout - Daran Norris
Starscream - Steve Blum

HUMANS
Jack - Josh Keaton
Miko - Tania Gunadi
Raf - Andy Pessoa
June - Markie Post
Agent Flower - Ernie Hudson 

THE SHOW

The Transformer saga continues as Optimus Prime and the Autobots battle the evil Decepticons, led by Megatron. With the future of the human race hanging in the balance, three young teenagers become critical in helping the Autobots prevent the Decepticon Army from conquering Earth. Prepare to experience the world of Transformers like never before.

The Transformer franchise sees the triumphant return of the Autobots characters to television in cutting edge computer-generated animation. The series both deepens the epic mythology of Autobots and Decepticons, while starting fresh for a new generation of viewers and future Transformers fans. With a bold and modern new look, Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and others are back to roll out against Megatron’s latest plots to conquer Earth. The Autobots may be few against the Decepticons menace, but they find increased strength here on their home away from home via bonds they've forged with three human teenagers. Make no mistake, the Transformers series will deliver heavy metal action and nail-biting suspense

Produced by Hasbro Studios

PRODUCTION CREDITS

Developed for Television By:
Alex Kurtzman
Roberto Orci
Duane Capizzi
Jeff Kline

Executive Producers:
Alex Kurtzman
Roberto Orci
Jeff Kline

Supervising Producer: Duane Capizzi

Supervising Animation Producer: Therese Trujillo

Producers:
Steven Puri
Mandy Safavi

Staff Writers:
Nicole Dubuc
Marsha Griffin
Joseph Kuhr
Steven Melching
Supervising Director: Dave Hartman

Music By: Brian Tyler

Main Title Theme By: Brian Tyler

­­The HubWorld has been updated with image of the Transformers Prime character designs of Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, Megatron, Ratchet, Decepticon Trooper and Rafael­ Esquivel

NTF-Archive.de found today two new pictures of War for Cybertron Megatron and Soundwave at RumbleFrenzy Facebook Blog.

Enjoy the pictures:

TV Aichi have updated their Transformers Animated website with short video comments by bands JAM Project, who provide the opening theme "Transformers Evo", and Rey, who provide the closing credit theme "Axel Transformers".

Also newly added are character pages for Megatron, Starscream, Blitzwing, Lugnut, Black Arachina, Sari Sumdac and Professor Issac Sumdac.

The Amazon.co.jp site has been updated with some new images of the upcoming Japanese Transformers Animated Optimus Prime Vs Megatron two-pack.

Credit to snakas

Livejournal user torikai has posted on details of the Japanese voice cast over on the Transformers Animated LJ community.

Optimus Prime will be voiced by Hiroki Takahashi (Beast Wars II Starscream/Hellscream, Mantis, Autolauncher and Car Robots Guildo and Build Hurricane.
Bumblebee will be voiced by Daisuke Kishio (Chad in Super Link [Kicker to Western viewers]
Sari will be voiced by Satomi Akesaka
Megatron will be voiced by Norio Wakamoto (Flame Convoy in Galaxy Force)

It's also worth noting that JAM Project will be performing the opening themesong.­

Thanks to Snakas and Remy for posting the first images of the Japanese Transformers: Unite for Universe figures.  The toys shown are Revenge of the Fallen Optimus Prime, Jetfire and Megatron.

The Yahoo! Japan blog "Cyber Gundam" have published the specific Japanese release dates for some Transformers items between April and June.  The items are basically the new pre-orders that Big Bad Toy Store listed recently, but this time Japanese retail prices are available.

24th April 2010 - Transformers EZ Collection Vol. 3 - TBC yen
24th April 2010 - Transformers RA-31 Mudflap and Agent Simmons - 5,000 yen
29th May 2010 - Transformers Alternity A-04 Okamora Orochi / Starscream (white) - 4,500 yen
29th May 2010 - Transformers Alternity A-04 Okamora Orochi / Skywarp (purple) - 4,500 yen
29th May 2010 - Transformers Device Label Transformers USB Flash Memory (2GB) Cheetor - 3,800 yen
26th June 2010 - Transformers Disney Label Buzz Lighyear Spaceship - 3,800 yen
26th June 2010 - Transformers Movie MR-01 Jet Power Optimus Prime - 6,800 yen
26th June 2010 - Transformers Movie MR-02 Megatron - 4,200 yen

Kapow Toys have received stock images from Hasbro of some more Transformers Revenge of the Fallen figures that will be released next year.  The first is a twin pack of Jetfire and Buster Optimus Prime.  The other images are of the leader class Shadow Command Megatron, a repaint of the normal toy, as well as scouts Scattorshot, Skystalker and Divebomb.  You can view the images below

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Credit to TFW2005.com for the news

• Megatron
• Scrapper
• Scavenger
• Long Haul
• Hightower
• Devastator
• Bonecrusher

An aucion has appeared on ebay for a very cool looking Testshot of the Leader Class Transformers Animated Megatron toy.

The auction for the Transformers Animated Megatron Testshot has over 2 days to go (as at writing this story), and is for a red, grey, black and yellow version of the toy.