Overview: Ten years of peace have passed since Unicron’s destruction, but all of that’s about to change. A mysterious enemy has unleashed the Terrorcons on the Autobots’ cities, gathering energy for plans of total domination. Enter a newly revived Megatron and the universe is in for a war unlike any it s ever seen between the Autobots and Decepticons. And once again, Earth is caught in the middle!

DVD Verdict: The Unicron trilogy continues with 'Transformers Energon: The Complete Series,' and the big question is: Can Optimus Prime and his valiant Autobots (alongside their human allies) protect the Earth against this new threat?

Well, not to give the ending away (!), but as much as I've loved all these original TV shows and the reboots too, the animation generally has nothing to do with it's quality. But here it kinda does. Indeed, it features the Transformers in shaded CGI 99% of the time. Whereas in traditionally animated backgrounds and human characters that % wouldn't be so high.

In truth, usually the blend isn't too bad if you don't mind the Transformers popping out colorfully. But the story it tries to tell is so incoherent, in general, sadly.

We begin by following up on the last series 'Transformers: Armada' with the Autobots and Decepticons at peace with one another after Megatrons time away. The Decepticons are upset by being bossed around by their former enemies, but tend to follow along. Since Armada they have built city like bases around the galaxy to mine for Energon, the usual Transformer fuel source.

Rare to find, but with their new Human ally Kicker have found a way to detect it. But the way they find it is hilariously bad. But a new faction comes into play trying to revive Unicron, the Terrorcons. Largely a race of animal themed transformer drones they come to steal the Energon from the Autobots and Decepticons. Eventually their leader at the time Alpha Q decides he needs a strong leader and brings Megatron back only for Megatron to usurp his position and take back leadership of the Decepticons as well.

I could go on, but I won't, because maybe it's just me that feels this way about his new collection. And a few characters get a strange personality quirk that got lost in the translation from the original Japanese version, that's for sure. But, all in all, as we watch a battle unfold with Earth caught in the crossfire I can't simply dismiss this show. It is as good as it should be, but could do better; that's all. This is a Widescreen Presentation (1.77:1) enhanced for 16x9 TVs.