Transformers: Age of Extinction was released in 2014 and received bad reviews.
A live-action film series started in 2007, again distinct from previous incarnations, while the Transformers: Animated series merged concepts from the G1 continuity, the 2007 live-action film and the "Unicron Trilogy"
Transformers is a media franchise produced by American toy company Hasbro and Japanese toy company Takara Tomy

