As a result, that made it seem like the Maximals were abandoning Airazor in their attempt to leave Earth. When Cheetor messes up an important mission, he decides to fix it on his own. The dub was recorded at Audiomaster 3000 in Mexico. In Japan, the Beast Wars: Transformers cartoon was split into 2 separate 26 episode series. Strong characterization, top-notch scripting and voice acting, and complex, overarching plot threads are among the reasons cited for the show's enduring popularity. S1, Ep1. One particular trait of the dub was that each character had their own unique vocal tic with which they would punctuate their sentences or, more commonly, chant incessantly for no apparent reason. He is the first to arrive, but the pod is damaged and he is unable to activate the DNA scanner. The show aired in many Latin American countries, mainly through Cartoon Network's South American feeds, as well various local TV stations. Beast Wars is the newest animated series broadcast by Love Autopsy Channel on it's primetime slot. Megatron becomes impressed with the Maximal Rhinox, capturing and reprogramming him into a Predacon. Megatron introduces an evil clone of Dinobot, different than the original in that it can only stay in beast mode. Pioneer's Japanese DVD sets of the series come with optional English language dialogue with Japanese subtitles, allowing fans in Japan to view the more serious version of the show if desired. The Maximals set out to peacefully discover just what their enemy has found. During the time they had the rights to the series, GMTV also showed the entirety of seasons one and two on the then-obscure digital-only channel ITV2. The entirety of the second season followed the conclusion of the first, but the channel never aired the third season; although it was subsequently released on VHS, the cliffhanger-resolving "Optimal Situation" was only available as a free gift with purchase at Toys"R"Us. Beast Wars: Transformers season 1 episode 1. Now the Maximals must destroy the mountain to stop his power-mad reign. Full Cast and Crew; The Beast is available for streaming on A&E, both individual episodes and full seasons. Cheetor disobey's a direct order from Optimus by leaving the Maximals base to place survey posts on the planet. Additionally, any scenes featuring flashing images were routinely put through a filter that slowed such scenes down to comical levels. Both Maximals and Predacons race against time to claim the spark as one of their own. Beast Wars had 52 episodes over 3 seasons. Beast Wars: Transformers is a Daytime Emmy award-winning computer-animated television series produced by Mainframe Entertainment that premiered on April 22, 1996 in syndication in the United States.[1]. 30:34. Season: OR . While Blackarachnia works with Inferno, Tarantulas takes the true prize he wanted: the stasis pod. Mainframe's animators took pains to ensure their characters gestured and emoted in great detail, and the "camera" work often took creative advantage of the format's flexibility. Furthermore, the TV broadcast had many fight scenes censored to comply with Germany's strict laws against TV violence; however, the VHS Release was uncut. Watch Beast Wars - Season 1, Episode 16 - The Trigger (1): Tigatron discovers a floating island, with a giant obelisk in its center. Unfortunately, as happened in France, only the first two seasons were aired. Directed by Ian Pearson. This makes the Maximals unable to finish their beacon to contact the probe. A band of benevolent Maximals track a pack of power-seeking Predacons to a mysterious planet. faithmariana9605. Though reviled by many Transformers fans when it first hit the airwaves in 1996, Beast Wars is now considered by many to be among the finest examples of Transformers storytelling, striking a happy balance between character, humor, and story. Is Rattrap really a traitor? Following the Chinese release of Beast Machines, the People's Art Theatre of Liaoning re-dubbed the show with character names changed into the Chinese translation of Beast Machines, I.E. In China, the show was localized as Chāonéng Yǒngshì (超能勇士, "Super-Powerful Warriors") and released in a good-quality dubbing by the People's Art Theatre of Liaoning. With Don Brown, Garry Chalk, Ian James Corlett, David Kaye. Another stasis pod lands and Tarantulas gets there first, releasing Blackarachnia. In the aftermath of a Predacon attack, Tigatron comes upon a strange floating island, and settles down on it to lead a peaceful, content life. Unfortunately, an evil Rhinox ends up doing more harm than good within the Predacon ranks. After many reruns the show was cancelled and the second and third Season were never shown in Germany. Neither title included "Transformers", leaving some of the audience unaware that this was a sequel to their childhood. Season 1: 1996–1997. Dinobot and Rattrap are forced to put aside their differences to find the counter-virus. Episode List. But when he is lured into Tarantulas's net of deceit and torture, Rattrap is the only one who can save him. To patch this, the former begins with the narrator stating that Optimus Primal is searching around for another probe after last time's failure. The discovery of a new golden disc causes Megatron to declare a truce. A Predacon attack blinds a Maximal squad and now Rhinox, Rattrap, Cheetor and Dinobot must embark on a voyage through darkness, relying on each other, to make it back to home base. Already carrying the scars of battle, both ships immediately open fire upon each other. Beast Wars aired under its original name with Dutch subtitles, but like the French broadcast, it stopped abruptly after "The Agenda (Part III)". On the Maximal ship, a youthful crewmember reports on their damaged condition, in response to which another crew member bitterly complains about their non-combat exploration vessel not being cut out for this mission. Scorponok plants a personality-modifying virus on Optimus Primal which will render him a cowardly, submissive weakling. It ended with "The Agenda (Part III)", and left the fans with a cliffhanger. When a stasis pod falls to Earth, a race ensues between Maximals and Predacons to collect it. Season 1 | Season 2 » Though at first the show seemed to be in an entirely separate continuity, by the end of the first season's 26 episodes, viewers had been treated to a number of classical Transformers references, such as Unicron and even the reappearance of Starscream, last seen as a ghost in the third season of the original cartoon. Things went from bad to worse when "Equal Measures" was skipped, and only continued when, after "Victory", the series skipped directly to "Other Voices, Part 1". Beast Wars opens at an unspecified time and place, where two warring factions of robots have crashed on a strange planet populated by animals like those on Earth. However, Blackarachnia and Scorponok are not far away. Tarantulas introduces a locking lens, which can trap the Maximals in beast mode. Tigatron was made into a humorous samurai ronin parody. But the virus malfunctions, and Primal gets very, very angry. This page was last modified on 25 January 2021, at 10:52. The Maximal and Predacon forces crash-land on a mysterious, primitive world. The Maximals attempt to set up a detection system; Dinobot decides to … The opening theme for Beast Wars was "War War! For some reason, "Gorilla Warfare" and "The Probe" were switched around in the airing order. Additionally, these GMTV airings were modified in various ways. A stasis pod, containing the spark-soul of a robot, lands on Earth. Episode List; TV Schedule; Details. The pod births Inferno, a deranged Predacon who believes himself to be an ant rather than a robot. 21:46. The ad libbing in Beast Wars primarily consisted of "noise"; talking for the sake of talking and reducing atmospheric silence or visual subtlety to a minimum. A lightning rod strikes one of the posts, creating a direct teleportation route between the Predicons' and Maximals' bases. To save the planet, Optimus uses the stasis pod that Tarantulas planned to escape in to fly to the weapon and generate a transwarp portal to destroy it. Rattrap's loyalty to the Maximals … While the early episodes of Beast Wars were fairly innocuous in their ad libs, as time went on their inclusion became progressively more intrusive and by the last third of the series there was a severe tonal shift. In an unknown star system, a transwarp portal opens, releasing two starships, a fleeing Predacon warship and a pursuing Maximal vessel. Transformers - Beast Wars - S 1 E 1 - Transformers - Beast Wars[Part 1] Must Furk. Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals (超生命体トランスフォーマー ビーストウォーズメタルス, Chō Seimeitai Transformers Beast Wars Metals) aired in 1999, consisting of the North American season 2 and 3 episodes. 1 Beast Wars (Part 1) Bob Forward: Ian Pearson: April 22, 1996 (preview airing) September 16, 1996 (regular airing) The Maximal and Predacon forces crash-land on a mysterious, primitive world. Beast Wars: Transformers season 1 episode 15 The Spark : Rhinox spots a falling stasis pod while surveying unused Predacon territory. However, in the episode commentary on Madman Entertainment's Beast Wars Season 1 DVDs, story editor Bob Forward states that Primal originally had a very complex way of breaking free involving tools and the dexterity of his beast mode appendages, but the animators changed this to just him "busting out", possibly due to time and monetary constraints. 16 Sep. 1996 Beast Wars: Part 1. No. However, Dinobot makes an investigation that changes everything. Such long titles were indeed a tradition for cartoons dubbed in Italian in the '90s. This gimmick was especially pronounced during fight scenes, when characters would repeatedly and comically shout their vocal tics every time they pulled the trigger of their weapons, reducing firefights to a cacophony of unending gibberish. Airazor had her gender changed, becoming a young male and Tigatron's trusty ward (and later, his lover). "Beast Wars Super Lifeform Transformers" playlist on TakaraTomy's YouTube channel (JP only), Beast Wars Special Super Lifeform Transformers, used as reprints in Titan's Movie-based comic, Rombi di Tuono e Cieli di Fuoco per i Biocombat, https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.toys.transformers/KcGZU0EOPf0/_zV_QoKiGe8J, https://imissbionix.wordpress.com/2011/05/17/beast-wars-beasties-dvd-sets-wont-be-released-in-canada/, "Beast Wars Super Lifeform Transformers" playlist, https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Beast_Wars:_Transformers_(cartoon)&oldid=1479146. Disappointed by the harm done to their experiments, they set out to destroy the planet. The decision to go forward with a second season came in late November of 1996. changing the name of Optimus Primal from Hēixīngxīng Duìzhǎng (黑猩猩队长, "Captain Chimpanzee") to Xīngxīng Jiāngjūn (猩猩将军, "General Gorilla"). After a battle between Optimus and Dinobot, a huge cache of Energon is discovered. Beast Wars - S01E10 - Gorilla Warfare. To survive the energon fields they acquire protective beast forms based on local animals.Series begins by showing the Maximals and Predacons battling in space. In Australia, to… A large mountain containing the precious mineral Energon is discovered. Year: Season 1. The distribution of episodes for Beast Wars Metals was complicated. Many characters underwent considerable changes in personality and characterization. The Energon forces the newly arrived Transformers to take on protective beast forms to shield themselves from the ambient Energon radiation. However, the French dubbed episodes that can nowadays be found on DVD and VHS stop at "Other Visits (Part 2)", but we can assume that the TV broadcast reached the end of the season. Beast Wars Season 1 - Episode 8. This leads to a race between the Maximals and Predacons that culminates in a brawl between beasts. Some of these changes were gradual; Megatron began the series as a gravelly voiced and uncharismatic slob who would loudly hock loogies after fits of maniacal laughter. : Somewhere in the universe, a force of Cybertrons try to infiltrate a heavily armed fortress. However, the Predacons don't wish for them to be found. Watch Beast Wars Neo - Season 1, Episode 1 - Move out, Big Convoy! An explosion at the Predacon base leaves no survivors, and the Maximals assume they have scored a final victory in the Beast Wars. "The Transformers" remains a defining animated show. Factory) 2005 — Beast Wars — Classic Episodes: Volume 2 — The Saga Continues! He was also made humorously cowardly, shouting out wimpy excuses while retreating (including the claim that he was late for piano practice). The series had two opening themes, "Tamashii no Evolution" and "Sennen no Soldier" by Hironobu Kageyama, and two ending themes, "BA-BI-BU-BE Beast Wars" and "HALLELUYAH" also by Kageyama. But while the first two seasons of the show were aired, the third one never was; the show always ended with "The Agenda (Part III)", leaving the viewers in the area with the worst case of cliffhanger ever. TV Schedule. But when it is discovered to be damaged, the Maximals attempt to protect and defend it from a Predacon attack. When it comes down to Dinobot against Dinobot, which one will win? Some of the show's mysteries and machinations still remain topics for fan debate decades after its conclusion. It was very successful on the TV station and once won a very high audience rating. The show was initially very successful on the TV Station RTL2 and was released on VHS. The mysterious aliens whose artifacts the Maximals and Predacons have been stumbling across arrive. With Don Brown, Garry Chalk, Ian James Corlett, David Kaye. It is thus practical to list all the Transformers who appeared in the cartoon. The German dub used the original title, Beast Wars. Optimus Primal is abducted by an otherwordly probe, leaving the Maximals leaderless. However, the longer they stay in beast mode, the more their animal sides start to take control. The planet abounds in mystery, with vast deposits of raw energon and evidence of alien activity. 2011 — Beast Wars: Transformers — Season 1 (Shout! Like the Japanese dub, Season 2 and Season 3 episodes were also merged into one season called Chāonéng Yǒngshì: Jīnshǔ Biàntǐ (超能勇士：金属变体, "Super-Powerful Warriors: Transmetals"). Beast Wars: Transformers (TV Series) TV. With a surge in his power, he scraps Megatron and takes control over the Predacons. In the aftermath of a Predacon attack, Tigatron comes upon a strange floating island, and settles down on it to lead a peaceful, content life. 21:07. Stop It" by Banana Ice while the ending theme was "FOR THE DREAM" by Mickey. The third season was entirely structured around the Maximals defending their dormant Autobot ancestors aboard the ancient crashed Ark. The Predacons use his new power and tactical knowledge to take over the Maximal base. While "Decepticons" was kept in subsequent series, to hear "Autobots" again, Italians had to wait until 2007 when the first live action movie was released, since Robots in Disguise and the Unicron Trilogy went back using "Autorobot". Rhinox is contaminated with an energon depleting virus. These ties to the original story increased as the second season progressed and the planet was revealed as prehistoric Earth, the characters having been thrown back in time. The series first aired on January 15, 2009. The Beast Wars dub is the first time the terms "Autobots" and "Decepticons" were kept as such in an Italian dub. (The stasis locked Autobots and Decepticons aboard the Ark are not on this list.) The aliens transform the second moon into a massively powerful weapon. NAVI-ko, the Predacon computer, gained a girly and fitful personality and characters would talk with her rather than at her. All three seasons are currently available on DVD in the USA and other Region 1 territories. Terrorsaur discovers a floating mountain, rich with the mineral Energon. Megatron is the main antagonist of the original Beast Wars cartoon, as well as its sequel Beast Machines. The planet abounds in mystery, with vast deposits of raw energon and evidence of alien activity. The new order was mostly harmless save for one exception: "The Spark" was aired before "Victory". A Predacon attack on the Maximal base leaves it malfunctioning, necessitating the Maximals to remain in beast mode until it is repaired. Beast Wars: Transformers (1996–1999) Episode List. Other characters were fundamentally altered right from the get go. Amidst their bickering and squabbling, the Predacons prepare to launch an attack. However, only the first season was shown and dubbed. A ship of Predacon criminals, and the Maximal exploration ship pursuing it, both crash down on a energon rich planet. The Maximals attempt to set up a detection system; Dinobot decides to … Add episode. Getting Started | Contributor Zone » Contribute to This Page. Beast Wars: Transformers season 1 episode 25 Other Voices (1) An alien spacecraft lands and captures Airrazor while she's examining it. They are listed in order of appearance. The dub made many changes—much dialogue was simplified, and every silence was filled with either a narrator describing aloud what just happened or Megatron having inner monologues. Tarantulas and Blackarachnia team up to obtain the newest stasis pod. Ad libbing was done to the extreme and characters all received major personality adjustments to reflect the aggressively comedic nature of the series. As the second season of the North American Beast Wars: Transformers was not ready for localization by the time Beast Wars ended in Japan, a pair of domestically produced cartoon series, Beast Wars II and Beast Wars Neo, were commissioned to fill the gap. 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