Continuities

The original 1984 continuity spanning the Sunbow animated series, the Marvel comics, and the first generation of toys. Autobots and Decepticons continue their ancient war on 1980s Earth after crash-landing on the planet four million years earlier.

Takara's continuity following The Transformers' third season: The Headmasters, Super-God Masterforce, Victory and Zone replace the US fifth season, telling a separate future history for Cybertron.

The future continuation of Generation 1 featuring the Maximals and Predacons, descendants of the Autobots and Decepticons, fighting on prehistoric Earth in Beast Wars and Beast Machines.

The standalone continuity of Car Robots, its 2000 Japanese broadcast and 2001 US adaptation, in which the Autobots defend Earth from Megatron's Predacons and the Decepticons.

The continuity of Armada, Energon and Cybertron (Micron Legend, Superlink and Galaxy Force in Japan), built around the Mini-Cons, Energon scarcity and the return of Unicron.

The live-action film series that began in 2007. Bumblebee (2018) is generally treated as a continuity soft reboot, and Rise of the Beasts (2023) continues from it.

The stylized 2007-2009 Cartoon Network series following a small Autobot crew on Detroit Earth, distinct from the live-action films released the same year.

The continuity family uniting Transformers: Prime, the Cybertron games (War for and Fall of Cybertron), Rescue Bots and related media.

The continuity of the 2018-2021 animated series in which Bumblebee's damaged memory banks drive a tour of Cybertron's history.

The Netflix anime trilogy Siege, Earthrise and Kingdom, retelling the final days of the Cybertronian war through a siege-to-time-travel arc.

The comedic continuity of the BotBots animated series, following small transformers that came to life in a shopping mall.

The 2022 series continuity in which the war has ended and the first new generation of Earth-born transformers, the Terrans, joins the Malto family.

The fully animated origin story of Orion Pax and D-16 on Cybertron, telling how the friends became the legendary Optimus Prime and Megatron.

The non-canon stop-motion companion to the Transformers One film, presenting toy-based point-of-view adventures for its characters.

The continuity of the 2025 YouTube series in which familiar Autobots and Decepticons are trapped in a game-like digital realm competing for energon.

Takara Tomy's 2025 Japan-original continuity set on the elemental planet Elementros, where Energy Beasts combine with Optimus Prime and Megatron through Wildocking.