Beast Wars: Transformers

This article is about the animated television series. For the Beast Wars franchise, see Transformers: Beast Wars.

Beast Wars: Transformers
Genre
Based onTransformers
by Hasbro
Developed by
Voices of
Opening theme"Beast Wars Theme Song"
ComposerRobert Buckley
Country of origin
  • Canada
  • United States
  • Japan
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes52 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Christopher Brough
  • Ian Pearson
  • Stephane Reichel
  • Steven DeNure
  • For Alliance/Alliance Atlantis
  • Beth Stevenson
  • Peter Sander
  • Suzanne French
  • For YTV
  • Laurinda Shaver
  • Alan Gregg
Producers
  • Jonathan Goodwill
  • Kim Dent Wilder
  • Mark Ralston
Running time22–23 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network
ReleaseSeptember 16, 1996 (1996-09-16) –
May 7, 1999 (1999-05-07)
Related
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Beast Wars: Transformers (titled Beasties: Transformers in Canada)[1] is an animated television series that debuted on September 16, 1996 and ended on May 7, 1999, serving as the flagship of the Transformers: Beast Wars franchise. It was one of the earliest fully CGI television shows.[2] The series is set in the future of the "original" Transformers franchise, 300 years after the events of The Transformers, and features the Maximals and Predacons, descendants of the Autobots and Decepticons respectively.[3] While engaged in battle, small teams from each faction crash land on an unknown planet, and must find a way to return home while continuing their war.

The Beast Wars TV series was the first Transformers series to feature computer-animated characters, and was produced by Mainframe Entertainment of Vancouver, British Columbia; its story editors were Bob Forward and Larry DiTillio. The production designer for the show, Clyde Klotz, won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation in 1997 for his work on Beast Wars.[4]

A sequel television series, Beast Machines: Transformers, aired from 1999 to 2000. Additional Beast Wars limited comic book series have been released by Dreamwave Productions and IDW Publishing.[5]

  1. ^ "Beasties – Opening – Youtube". August 3, 2009. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
  2. ^ Razak, Matthew (December 1, 2022). "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Brings Beast Wars to the Big Screen". The Escapist. Retrieved December 19, 2022. Beast Wars has always been a bit of an odd outlier for the Transformers franchise, being both the first CGI series and focused on animals, not vehicles
  3. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 870–871. ISBN 978-1-4766-6599-3.
  4. ^ "PBS early Daytime Emmy leader". Variety. May 11, 1998. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  5. ^ Chrysostomou, George (December 1, 2022). "Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts: 10 Things You Need To Know About Beast Wars". ScreenRant. Retrieved February 21, 2024.