Transformers Posts Clip From Optimus Prime: Awakening Short
The clip is the first look at the short itself rather than at the re-release package around it, and the regional restriction on the clip keeps the short's content out of the one market where the 1986 film's animation lineage is most closely followed.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
The Transformers YouTube channel posted a 30-second clip from the 12-minute "Optimus Prime: Awakening" animated short on Thursday. The clip is restricted from playing in Japan. The short plays after the ending credits in anniversary screenings tied to Fathom Entertainment and Hasbro's 4K re-release of The Transformers: The Movie, which opens September 17 in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Germany, France, Singapore, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, and Peru.
The released clip runs 30 seconds against a 12-minute short. It is restricted from playing in Japan, the market where Toei Animation produced the 1986 film that the short is attached to.
Peter Cullen, who died on August 26 at 85, stars as Optimus Prime in what the article describes as his final performance. Frank Welker stars as Megatron and Soundwave. Josh Wassung directs from a script by Ryan Parrott, with Bobby Krlic composing and The Third Floor animating.
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- Anime News Network News 'Optimus Prime: Awakening' Animated Short's Clip Posted