# Transformers: War for Cybertron: Siege (2020)

> Autobots and Decepticons wage a desperate battle for the AllSpark on their dying homeworld in this 3D-animated Transformers origin miniseries.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/84503

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 6
- Episode runtime: 24 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, action, science fiction
- Network: Netflix
- Cast: Jake Foushee, Linsay Rousseau, Joe Zieja, Rafael Goldstein, Bill Rogers, Keith Silverstein, Edward Bosco, Todd Haberkorn
- TMDB rating: 7.5/10

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: brash, kinetic, heroic, intense

## What critics say

Audiences rate this 3D-animated Transformers origin miniseries positively for its action and faithful robot-battle spectacle, though its brief six-episode run leaves its story compact.

## Synopsis

Transformers: War for Cybertron: Siege (2020) is a US computer-animated mecha action miniseries released on Netflix and produced with Polygon Pictures. Across six 24-minute episodes, it follows Optimus Prime (voiced by Jake Foushee) and Bumblebee (voiced by Joe Zieja) as the Autobots struggle against the Decepticons in a fierce contest for the AllSpark. Elita-1 (voiced by Linsay Rousseau) and Ratchet (voiced by Rafael Goldstein) stand among the principal characters in a story where every episode builds momentum through large-scale robot combat. The engine of the series is simple and relentless: each faction wants the AllSpark, and each battle tightens the grip of a dying planet. Its shape is a single continuous war told in one compact arc rather than separate stories. Set on a collapsing Cybertron, the tone is brash, kinetic and heroic, with dense action sequences and a classic good versus evil register. Fans of Transformers: Prime, Voltron: Legendary Defender and the earlier Transformers: War for Cybertron will find resonance in its spectacle and faction rivalry. Its origin-story framing makes it an accessible entry point for both newcomers and longtime franchise followers.

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