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Transformers: Beast Wars
Transformers: Beast Wars is an entertainment franchise from Hasbro, part of the larger Transformers franchise. The franchise directly follows the Transformers: Generation 1 continuity, established by the 1984 series and animated film. It ignores the continuity established by the Japanese Transformers series, though this franchise has two exclusive Japanese series of its own. Before Beast Wars, Hasbro attempted to relaunch the original toys and animation as Transformers: Generation 2. Hasbro intended another franchise titled Transtech to follow, which would have combined Beast Wars and Generation 1 characters and aesthetics, but this was canceled. Instead, the franchise began a series of reboots, beginning with the Japanese-produced Transformers: Car Robot series, internationally known as Transformers: Robots in Disguise.
Beast Wars follows the battle of two warring factions, the Maximals and Predacons, for raw energon scattered across a mysterious planet while searching for a way home. However, the Predacons' discovery of an Autobot ship that fled from Cybertron and crash-landed on the same planet they landed in would find the Maximals fighting for their future, but their pasts too.
Beast Wars was succeeded by Beast Machines, a new series with a new creative team in charge of production. The find themselves back on Cybertron, malfunctioning and trapped in their beast modes from the beginning of Beast Wars, without any memory of what happened previously. Optimus Primal, Cheetor, Rattrap, and Blackarachnia begin a new crusade, this time to free the entire planet from the Vehicons, created and controlled by Megatron.
The Japanese series Beast Wars II and Beast Wars Neo were created to fill the gap while the second and third seasons of Beast Wars were being translated into Japanese (called Beast Wars: Metals). The characters originate from the future that the Beast Wars teams left, but the events of the series take place in the far future. The series saw the return of Unicron. Unlike the original Beast Wars series, Beast Wars II and Beast Wars Neo used traditional animation and were aimed at a much younger audience. Beast Wars II spawned a theatrical movie. The Beast Wars Neo toyline was created to cater to the Japanese market. Whereas the cybernetic transmetal Beast Wars Transformers sold well in Western markets, Japanese fans preferred more realistic looking beast modes; thus, Beast Wars Metals was not as successful with Japanese fans.[citation needed] The second and third season of Beast Wars and its toyline only lasted a few months before being replaced by Transformers: Car Robots in the following new year, in which several unused Transmetal 2 molds were used as Destrongers (Predacons).[citation needed] Beast Machines was also imported to Japan in 2004 under the title Beast Wars Returns, though it did not gain very much popularity.[citation needed]
Officially, the Beast Wars and Beast Machines series exist as the future of Transformers: Generation 1 universe, and not specifically of the original cartoon series or Marvel Comics series. The writers of the series adopted this position in order to pick and choose the best elements of the discrete Generation 1 continuities.
In the BotCon comics, two particular Beast Wars storylines are tapped.
In the Omega Point storyline, several events lead up to a tremendous battle against Shokaract, a Predacon fueled by the Dark Essence of Unicron himself. This also serves as an introduction for Apelinq and features the only appearances of Windrazor, Sandstorm, Antagony, and Cataclysm.
In the Primeval Dawn story, Tarantulas returns from the dead alongside Ravage, Spittor, Iguanus, and Razorclaw to complete the mission he set out to do. Meanwhile, the Vok create Primal Prime, who teams up with Airazor, Tigatron, and Ramulus as an opposing team that has also returned from the dead as well.
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Transformers: Beast Wars
Transformers: Beast Wars is an entertainment franchise from Hasbro, part of the larger Transformers franchise. The franchise directly follows the Transformers: Generation 1 continuity, established by the 1984 series and animated film. It ignores the continuity established by the Japanese Transformers series, though this franchise has two exclusive Japanese series of its own. Before Beast Wars, Hasbro attempted to relaunch the original toys and animation as Transformers: Generation 2. Hasbro intended another franchise titled Transtech to follow, which would have combined Beast Wars and Generation 1 characters and aesthetics, but this was canceled. Instead, the franchise began a series of reboots, beginning with the Japanese-produced Transformers: Car Robot series, internationally known as Transformers: Robots in Disguise.
Beast Wars follows the battle of two warring factions, the Maximals and Predacons, for raw energon scattered across a mysterious planet while searching for a way home. However, the Predacons' discovery of an Autobot ship that fled from Cybertron and crash-landed on the same planet they landed in would find the Maximals fighting for their future, but their pasts too.
Beast Wars was succeeded by Beast Machines, a new series with a new creative team in charge of production. The find themselves back on Cybertron, malfunctioning and trapped in their beast modes from the beginning of Beast Wars, without any memory of what happened previously. Optimus Primal, Cheetor, Rattrap, and Blackarachnia begin a new crusade, this time to free the entire planet from the Vehicons, created and controlled by Megatron.
The Japanese series Beast Wars II and Beast Wars Neo were created to fill the gap while the second and third seasons of Beast Wars were being translated into Japanese (called Beast Wars: Metals). The characters originate from the future that the Beast Wars teams left, but the events of the series take place in the far future. The series saw the return of Unicron. Unlike the original Beast Wars series, Beast Wars II and Beast Wars Neo used traditional animation and were aimed at a much younger audience. Beast Wars II spawned a theatrical movie. The Beast Wars Neo toyline was created to cater to the Japanese market. Whereas the cybernetic transmetal Beast Wars Transformers sold well in Western markets, Japanese fans preferred more realistic looking beast modes; thus, Beast Wars Metals was not as successful with Japanese fans.[citation needed] The second and third season of Beast Wars and its toyline only lasted a few months before being replaced by Transformers: Car Robots in the following new year, in which several unused Transmetal 2 molds were used as Destrongers (Predacons).[citation needed] Beast Machines was also imported to Japan in 2004 under the title Beast Wars Returns, though it did not gain very much popularity.[citation needed]
Officially, the Beast Wars and Beast Machines series exist as the future of Transformers: Generation 1 universe, and not specifically of the original cartoon series or Marvel Comics series. The writers of the series adopted this position in order to pick and choose the best elements of the discrete Generation 1 continuities.
In the BotCon comics, two particular Beast Wars storylines are tapped.
In the Omega Point storyline, several events lead up to a tremendous battle against Shokaract, a Predacon fueled by the Dark Essence of Unicron himself. This also serves as an introduction for Apelinq and features the only appearances of Windrazor, Sandstorm, Antagony, and Cataclysm.
In the Primeval Dawn story, Tarantulas returns from the dead alongside Ravage, Spittor, Iguanus, and Razorclaw to complete the mission he set out to do. Meanwhile, the Vok create Primal Prime, who teams up with Airazor, Tigatron, and Ramulus as an opposing team that has also returned from the dead as well.