tv-aichi.co.jp has been updated with the voice actors cast for Super Robot Life Forms Transformers Prime (the Japanese version of Transformers Prime).   The series will debut on April the 7th.

• Optimus Prime - Toshiyuki Morikawa
• Megatron - Keiji Fujiwara
• Rachet - Tatsuo Tobita
• Bulkhead - Takashi Nagasako
• Arcee - Shizuka Itou
• Starscream - Satoshi Tsuruoka
• Cliffjumper - Noriaki Sugiyama
• Jack Darby - Jun Fukuyama
• Raf Esquivel - Motoko Kumai
• Miko Nakadai- Nozomi Furuki
• William Fowler - Kenji Nomura
• June Darby - Hitomi Nabatame

Also annouced are the opening and closing credit tunes for the show

• Opening Theme - "Feeling" by BigBang
• Ending Theme - "I Believe in All" by Clutcho

To make up for the last few days of missing Beast Wars II Cartoon Image Galleries, we've now posted a quock catch up of 4 galleries, covering episodes 10 to 13, featuring over 1200 new Transformers Beast Wars II images

Beast Wars II Episode 10 - Autorollers Roll Out!

The Destrons continue in their attempts to recreuit the Insectons as warriors to their cause, this time it's the turn of the Autorollers.  Unknown to the Cybertrons, the Autorollers and Insectrons have history, when Autocrusher and his crew previously saved BigMoss.  Using this as leverage, the Autorollers and the Insectrons team up.

Beast Wars II Episode 11 - Danger! Scissor Boy

Following on nicely from the previous episode is more Autoroller and Insectron goodness, though this episode also focuses on the friendship between Tasmania Kid and Scissor Boy.  Once again though very little is seen of Autolauncher

Beast Wars II Episode 12 - Galvatron Rampages

Episode 12 continues with the Autoroller theme, this time actually including the fourth member, Autolauncher.  In this episode teh Autorollers are building a refining station when Scuba stumbeles upon them.  At fisrt the Autorolllers go to attack Scuba, but after the interferance of Starscream and BB, along with a rampage from Galvatron, the Autorollers team up with the Cybertrons to stop the rampaging Galvatron

Beast Wars II Episode 13 - Predacon General Offensive

A nice way to round off today's Beast Wars II catch up is with the first of the "Catch-up" episodes.  Moon and Artimus discuss the recent events on Gaia, with the Insectrons turning up and the suprising history between them and the Autorollers.

The Hub have tweeted that Transformers Prime background designer, Jason Park, is going to hold a talk on Facebook today regarding his teams work creating the backgrounds for the show.

"On #TransformersPrime Tuesday (http://www.facebook.com/transformers) background designer Jason Park talks about creating the TF Prime designs!" tweet the US TV station.

If you are on Twitter you can follow us @transformertoys and if you are on Facebook then you can like our page at facebook.com/transformertoys.

The Hub have issued the following press release.

"Saturday, February 18, 2012 will be a Transformational Day as Hasbro Studios premieres season two of their hit series Transformers Prime, and its counterpart and new show "Transformers Rescue Bots." Tune-in as Optimus Prime and Team Prime continue the fight against the evil Decepticons. Then stay tuned as all new Bots take on all new missions in an all new series!
The battle to protect Earth continues . . .

LeVar Burton (Doc Greene), Jason Marsden(Kade Burns), Lacey Chabert(Dani Burns) and Steve Blum (Heatwave) star as the voices in new “Transformers Rescue Bots.”

The well-known and familiar voices of Peter Cullen (Optimus Prime), Frank Welker (Megatron), Steve Blum (Starscream) and Ernie Hudson (Agent Fowler) return in season two of Emmy® Award-winning “Transformers Prime.”

Jeff Kline executive produces both series and co-creator of Transformers Rescue Bots. For animation series aficionados, Kline’s producing/writing/development credits include: Extreme Ghostbusters, Men in Black: The Series, Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot, Godzilla: The Series, Jackie Chan Adventures, Harold and the Purple Crayon and Dragon Tales.

All those above are dedicated to continue the level of excellence expected by Transformers loyal fan-base worldwide.

Links you should check out are:

Transformers Prime animated series: http://www.hubworld.com/transformers/shows/prime

Transformers Rescue Bots new animated series: http://www.hubworld.com/transformers/shows/rescue-bots

Hasbro Studios: http://www.hasbro.com/corporate/hasbro-studios/
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Jim Sorenson posted a new The Ark Addendum yesterday called "The Ark Addendum - Ravage's Transform and The AllSpark Almanac Addendum! " which, as you could have guessed from the title, focuses on the transformation of the Decepticon spy Ravage as well as containing some information on the new AllSpark Almanac content that will feature in the Transformers Timelines publication of this years Botcon comic The Stunticon Job.

If you like character models do not forget to check out the ones we posted yesterday from Beast Wars II as we will be adding more later on this afternoon

In a guest post over on Jim Sorenson's blog, Disciples of Boltax, Monzo has posted an article reference and re-producing some storyboards from the first ever cartoon episode of Transformers, More Than Meets The Eye, that were sold on Heritage Auctions way back in 2002.  The images show some high resolution scans of ten pages of storyboards which make some interesting analysis.

You can check out the blog here.

TFormers hav­e posted a video recorded at the NYCC that contains the trailer for TransformersPri­me season 2.  You can watch the trailer below.

Jim Sorenson has updated his blog, Disciples of Boltax, with a brand new The Ark Addendum titled Weirdwolfs Transform.  The entry focuses on the extended transformation sequence for Weirdwolf.

If you like Character sheets you will be pleased to know that another batch arrived with us helping us complete sheets from every Transformers series from Beast Wars II through Transformers Animated which we will be sharing with you all.

Following on from the last news story, and last weeks update, Jim Sorenson has posted The Ark Addendum - The Insecticon Syndrome Part 2 to his blog which continues on with more character models from the Generation One debut episode of the Insecticons.

Here's Jim to explain more:

"This week, it's time for the Ark Addendum from The Insecticon Syndrome, part two.  We get some really nifty interiors and exteriors in this episode, including the Nova Power Plant and the Iron Mountain military base. 

It was consuming the Nova Power Core that made the Insecticons grow large and unstable.  Really, the episode has a very odd structure.  The Insecticons are enlisted to help the Decepticons, attack a power plant, grow large, attack the real target, turn on the Decepticons.  All the while, they're getting ready to explode... it's just sorta random.  It almost feels like two episodes smushed together.  As much as I have a nostalgic bone for the classic Transformers, newer shows really are much tighter and more well written."

Following on from the recent announcement of the Japanese release of Beast Wars II, the box art has now been released, and can be viewed below.  Beast Wars II was a Japanese exclusive series that was produced to fill the gap between Japanese dubs of Beast Wars and led on to the follow-up series Beast Wars Neo.  There has been no official word on whether Beast Wars Neo will be released on DVD though, personally, we are expecting that announcement shortly after the release of Beast Wars II.  It is also our prediction that the series will be subbed into English and released via Shout Factory in either late 2012 or during 2013.  Again there is no official confirmation of this yet, it is purely a prediction by Transformers At The Moon.

If you like Beast Wars II or want to find out more then why not check out our Toy Gallery where we have photographed many of the figures or our Prototype section that contains some pages from the animations sheets and character designs.  You'll be seeing more behind the scenes details from Beast Wars II over the coming months here at Transformers At The Moon as we own hundreds of pages of character models from the show as well as some original scripts.