Transformers : Optimus Prime: Armada / Micron Legend Series (Unicron Trilogy No.1)

Transformers: Armada, known in Japan as Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Micron Legend (超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマーマイクロン伝説 Chō Robotto Seimeitai Toransufōmā Maikuron Densetsu^?), is the Transformers animated series, comic series and toy line which ran from 2002–2003, as originally scheduled in 2001 as indicated, But in fact, there's been delayed from early-2002. As the first series co-produced between the American toy company, Hasbro, and their Japanese counterpart, Takara, Armada begins a new continuity/universe for Transformers, with no ties to any of the previous series, after the following series of Transformers: Robots in Disguise on after 2001.^[2]

The show was criticized by some for having a simplistic plot and one-dimensional characters, but also has a devoted cult following, particularly for its later storylines incorporating Unicron and for its atypical depiction of the longtime fan favorite character Starscream. Ultimately, it is one of the most highly debated Transformers series in terms of quality. It would go on to birth a sequel in the form of Transformers: Energon.