Beast Wars: Transformers
| Beast Wars: Transformers | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Genre | Animated Science Fiction |
| Developed by |
Larry DiTillio Bob Forward |
| Voices of |
Garry Chalk David Kaye Scott McNeil Ian James Corlett Richard Newman |
| Opening theme | "Beast Wars Theme Song" |
| Composer(s) | Robert Buckley |
| Country of origin | Canada United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 52 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Christopher J. Brough Stéphane Reichel Steven DeNure |
| Producer(s) | Jonathan Goodwill Kim Dent Wilder |
| Running time | 22–23 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Hasbro Alliance Atlantis Communications Mainframe Entertainment BLT Productions Ltd. Claster Television |
| Distributor | Hasbro Studios |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Syndication YTV |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Original release | September 16, 1996 – March 7, 1999 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | The Transformers |
| Followed by |
Beast Machines Beast Wars II Beast Wars Neo |
Beast Wars: Transformers, (titled Beasties: Transformers in Canada), is an American-Canadian CG animated television series that debuted in 1996, serving as the flagship of the Transformers: Beast Wars franchise. The series was set in the future of the "original" Transformers universe as a sequel to the first Transformers series (which has since been rebooted in limited comic book stories by Dreamwave and IDW among others).
The Beast Wars TV series was produced by Mainframe Entertainment of Canada; its story editors were Bob Forward and Larry DiTillio. All three seasons are currently available on DVD in the USA and other Region 1 territories. In Australia, to coincide with the show's tenth anniversary in 2006, Madman Entertainment released all three seasons in Region 4 format. These boxsets include "world exclusive" special features, such as commentaries and interviews with the voice actors.
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.
The two main factions of "Transformers" in Beast Wars are descendants of the two main factions in the original cartoon: the Maximals are the descendants of the Autobots and the Predacons are the descendants of the Decepticons. (In the sequel series Beast Machines, the process during which Autobots and Decepticons became Maximals and Predacons is referred to as "The Great Upgrade.")
...
Wikipedia