Con Job
Series title: Transformers Prime - The Animated Series
- Studio
- Digitalscape Co. Ltd., Hasbro Studios, Polygon Pictures, K/O Paper Products, Darby Pop Productions
- Animation studio
- Polygon Pictures
- Distributor
- Hasbro, The Hub
Synopsis
The Autobots receive a message from Wheeljack, an old friend of Bulkhead's from the days of the war, who is visiting Earth while journeying across the galaxy. Upon picking up the message's signal, Starscream and Soundwave capture Wheeljack before he can meet the Autobots, and they send in Makeshift, a Decepticon spy able to take on any form, disguised as Wheeljack to discover the location of the Autobot base.
Characters
Optimus Prime, Megatron, Starscream, Eradicon Sentry, Ratchet, Arcee, Miko Nakadai, Bulkhead, Agent Fowler, Jack Darby, Rafael "Raf" Esquivel, Brakedown, Knockout
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Vinton Heuck
Producing
- Producer
- Steven Puri, Mandy Safavi, Jeff Kline
- Executive Producers
- Steve Davis, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci
- Supervising Producer
- Duane Capizzi
- Animation Producer
- Therese Trujillo
Writing
- Writer
- Steven Melching
Voices
- Voice
- Peter Cullen (Optimus Prime), Frank Welker (Megatron), Steve Blum (Starscream, Eradicon Sentry), Jeffrey Combs (Ratchet), Sumalee Montano (Arcee), Tania Gunadi (Miko Nakadai), Kevin Michael Richardson (Bulkhead), Ernie Hudson (Agent Fowler), Josh Keaton (Jack Darby), Andy Pessoa (Rafael "Raf" Esquivel), Adam Baldwin (Brakedown), Daran Norris (Knockout), James Remar, Gina Torres
Music
- Music
- Brian Tyler, Matthew Margeson, Brian Tyler
- Opening and Closing Themes
- Brian Tyler
Animation
- Animation Producer (Polygon Pictures)
- Yutaka Akita
- Animation Consulting Producer (Polygon Pictures)
- Shinji Santoh
- Animation Line Producer (Polygon Pictures)
- Meiko Sato
- Animation Executive Producer (Polygon Pictures)
- Shuzo Shiota
- Animation Supervisor (Polygon Pictures)
- Minoru Okamoto
- Second Animation Supervisor (Polygon Pictures)
- Yusuke Akita
- Animatics
- Meghan Burleson
- Lighting and Compositing Leads (Polygon Pictures)
- Yuuki Kamada, Yuuki Mizoguchi, Yasuhisa Niizato
- Timing Supervisor (Polygon Pictures)
- Jang Gil Kim
- Animatic Editing
- Matt Barrios
- Lead Digital Modelers (Polygon Pictures)
- Andreas Maaninka, Yoshinori Nakashima
- Look Development Lead (Polygon Pictures)
- Manuel Rojas
- Rigging Leads (Polygon Pictures)
- Hitomi Tajima, Takeshi Tshukishima
Art Department
- Art Direction
- David Hartman
- Storyboard Artists
- Dave Bullock, Steve Gordon, Larry Leker, Sam Montes, Sebastian Montes, Arthur Nichols, Byron Penaranda, Kirk Van Wormer, Vinton Heuck, Todd Waterman
- Character Designer
- Augusto Barranco
- Prop Designer
- Augusto Barranco
- Supervising Color Designer
- Christophe Vacher
- Storyboard Revisionists
- Stephanie Arnett, Julian Chaney
- Background Supervisor
- Vince Toyama
- Background Designers
- Marcelo Bonifacio, Jevon Bue, Mio Del Rosario, Jason Park
- Background Painters
- Luke Berliner, Scott Fassett
Visual Effects
- FX Leads (Polygon Pictures)
- Taichi Sudo, Takeyuki Suzuki
Editing
- Editor
- William Miles, Michael William Miles
- Assistant Editor
- Michael William Miles
- Lead Editor (Polygon Pictures)
- Tatsuya Sakuma
- Supervising Online Editor
- Bradford Keatts
- Assistant Online Editor
- Kimberly LaCroix
Sound
- Sound Designer
- Robert Poole II
- Sound Editor
- Terry Reiff
- Re-Recording Mixers
- Michael Beiriger, Ray Leonard
- Scoring Mixer
- Peter Fuchs
- Sound Mixer
- Eric Lewis
- Foley Mixer
- Mary Erstad
- Foley Artist
- Craig Ng
- Dialogue Editors
- Elliot Anders, Robbi Smith
- Digital Audio Transferer
- J. Lampinen
Casting
- Casting Director
- Susan Blu
- Voice Director
- Susan Blu
- Casting Associate
- Lorena Gallego
Production Management
- Production Manager
- Sonya Park
- Post-Production Supervisor
- Austin Block
- Production Coordinator
- Meredith Rodgers
- Production Manager (Polygon Pictures)
- Kazuhiro Suzuki
- Production Supervisor (Polygon Pictures)
- Masanari Kubo
- Post-Production Assistant
- Bess Thompson
- Post-Production Facility
- Advantage Sound Services
- Office Coordinator
- Tanja Barnes
- Production Management
- Mary Beth Bambridge, Kathryn Page
- Production Executives
- Sophia Hussain, Jeff Prezenkowski
- Production Assistants
- Kathy Cavanaugh, Nathan W. Johnson
- Production Legal
- Brenda Cullen, Kevin Healy, Michael Jaffa, Deborah Uluer
Crew
- Supervising CG Director (Polygon Pictures)
- Hiroyuki Hayashi
- Technological Supervisor (Polygon Pictures)
- Leo Hourvitz
- Set Lead (Polygon Pictures)
- Yoshinori Nakashima
- Telecine Colorist
- Gregory Peskay
- Engineer
- Eric Lewis
- Main Title Sequence
- Hammer Creative
- Models Supervisor (Polygon Pictures)
- Takashi Seki
- CG Supervisor (Polygon Pictures)
- Masayuki Uemoto
- Technical Operations
- Bradford Keatts
- Writers Assistant
- Mairghread Scott
Companies and other credits
- Track Reader: Slightly-Off Track Inc
- Recording Facility: Studiopolis Inc
Production notes
This computer-animated TV series is scheduled to run for 26 episodes.
Roll out with Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Arcee, Ratchet, Bulkhead, and the rest of the heroic Autobots as they battle the evil Decepticons. Now that big bad Megatron has returned with a mysterious and dangerous element, Team Prime must prepare for an epic battle. But that's not so easy when they have to guard over Jack, Miko, and Raf- three normal kids who've accidentally discovered the Autobots. As Team Prime works to defend Earth from destruction, the drama gets just as intense as the heavy metal action.
Roll out with Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Arcee, Ratchet, Bulkhead, and the rest of the heroic Autobots as they battle the evil Decepticons. Now that big bad Megatron has returned with a mysterious and dangerous element, Team Prime must prepare for an epic battle. But that's not so easy when they have to guard over Jack, Miko, and Raf- three normal kids who've accidentally discovered the Autobots. As Team Prime works to defend Earth from destruction, the drama gets just as intense as the heavy metal action.