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超生命体トランスフォーマー ビーストウォーズⅡ (Chō Seimeitai Toransufōmā: Bīsuto Wōzu Sekando) |
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Genre | Adventure, Mecha |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Osamu Sekita |
Written by | Junki Takegami Kazuhiko Godo Yukiyoshi Ohashi |
Music by | Yuzo Hayashi Hideo Takahashi |
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Ashi Productions Nihon Ad Systems |
Original network | TV Tokyo (1998-1999) |
Original run | April 1, 1998 – January 27, 1999 |
Episodes | 43 |
Manga | |
Written by | Shoji Imaki |
Published by | Kodansha |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Imprint | BomBom KC |
Magazine | Comic BomBom |
Original run | June 30, 1998 – March 1999 |
Volumes | 2 |
Super Life-Form Transformers: Beast Wars II (超生命体トランスフォーマー ビーストウォーズⅡ Chō Seimeitai Toransufōmā: Bīsuto Wōzu Sekando?) is a 1998 Japanese Transformers anime series, spawning a movie and a toyline. It was broadcast on TV Tokyo from April 1998 to January 1999, and was the first Transformers anime to be produced by Nihon Ad Systems and animated by the studio Ashi Productions. While its position in the Transformers continuity has previously been unknown, the IDW Publishing comic book mini-series Beast Wars: The Gathering and comments from Transformers writer Simon Furman have shown it is part of the Beast Wars continuity. The series was preceded by Beast Wars, and was followed by Super Life-Form Transformers: Beast Wars Neo. Voices are done by Hozumi Gōda and each episode runs for 30 minutes. This anime was succeeded by Beast Wars Neo. The series has a much lighter tone and is aimed more towards children, whereas the more accessible Beast Wars was intended for a wider age range. The series also uses conventional animation rather than CGI. With the exceptions of the faction leaders, all of the characters within the series are either re-molds or re-colors of earlier Beast Wars figures or Generation 2/Machine Wars figures.
In addition to the 43 episodes, there is also a 50-minute movie, Beast Wars II: Lio Convoy's Close Call!, which takes place sometime between episodes 32 and 38, and a manga adaptation by Shoji Imaki. The only other country it was published in is Korea, and it was done by Daewon Media. The anime was also released in Korea, and it was broadcast on SBS.