Transformers Animated is an American animated television series based on the Transformers toy line. The series debuted on The Cartoon Network on December 26, 2007 and has been shown on NickToons in the UK since February 2008. It is produced by Cartoon Network Studios and animated by Japanese animation studios. The series has 42 episodes (two sets of three interrelated episodes make up two 90-minute made for TV movies) across three seasons.The European Jetix began to air the series on September 10, 2008. The series began it's broadcast in Japan on April 3, 2010, on both TV Aichi and TV Tokyo.The Japanese Version is more related to the live-action Transformer movies.