Beast Wars: Transformers (1996–1999)

The Transformers' war continues in an older time, through a new generation. On pliocenic Earth, the heroic Maximals and the evil Predacons battle for survival against each other and against a violent planet.

Stars:

Scott McNeil, Garry Chalk, Ian James Corlett

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Scott McNeil	...	Dinobot (52 episodes, 1996-1999)
Garry Chalk	...	Optimus Primal (51 episodes, 1996-1999)
Ian James Corlett	...	Cheetor (50 episodes, 1996-1999)
Richard Newman	...	Rhinox (50 episodes, 1996-1999)
David Kaye	...	Megatron (48 episodes, 1996-1999)
Venus Terzo	...	Blackarachnia (39 episodes, 1996-1999)
Alec Willows	...	Tarantulas (35 episodes, 1996-1999)
Jim Byrnes	...	Inferno (27 episodes, 1997-1999)
Doug Parker	...	Terrorsaur (25 episodes, 1996-1997)
Don Brown	...	Scorponok (24 episodes, 1996-1997)
Blu Mankuma	...	Tigatron (21 episodes, 1996-1999)

Storyline

Two spaceships, one manned by benevolent Maximals, the other by evil Predacons, crash-land on a pre-humanoid planet while en route to Earth. Their crews assume indigenous animal forms to protect themselves from an overabundance of natural energy, transforming into robots to do battle. Thus, the Beast Wars have begun...

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Plot Keywords:

battle | robot | planet | transformer | alien | 

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Taglines:

The Transformers story continues in the acclaimed sequel!

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Genres:

Action | Fantasy | Animation | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-Y7

Details

Official Sites:

Mainframe Entertainment's brief precis YTV's Beasties page

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 August 1996 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Transformers: Beast Wars

Company Credits

Production Co:

Alliance Atlantis Communications, Hasbro, Alliance Communications Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (52 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Dolby (1997-) Matrix Surround (1996-1997)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Mainframe animators initially created animation models for the character based closely on their toy forms. These included the infamous "mutant masks", along with all the faults the toys had (disproportionate body parts, various excess pieces hanging off their bodies, etc). Later the designs gradually changed, and by the finalized versions, some of the characters only very faintly resembled their original action figures. Thus, although their transformations are wholly unfeasible in most cases, the characters in the show ended up looking far more clean and workable than the toys would have been.

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Goofs

The eye color of Scorponok changes randomly from red to yellow a lot during the first season.

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Quotes

Inferno: For the glory of the royalty!

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Connections

Featured in Atop the Fourth Wall: Barbi Twins Adventures #1 (2011)

User Reviews

More than meets the eye... in the 90s and in CGI

Beast Wars updated the classic 80s cartoon series and made it CGI. Beast Wars was filled with great stories, an interesting plot that connected it to the 80s cartoon, superb characters and so much more. Also the voices were very good and the characters were so diverse, that contributed to it's greatness.