Battle Protocol! Transformers: Robots in Disguise ep 1 Production company TV Tokyo, NAS, Studio Gallop Airdate April 5, 2000 (Japanese) September 8, 2001 (English) Written by Junki Takegami (Japanese) Tom Wyner (English) Director Yoshiaki Tsutsui, Akira Kato Animation studio Studio Gallop Source: TFWiki