Beast Wars II (1998)

Original title

ビーストウォーズII 超生命体トランスフォーマー

Directed by

Osamu Sekita

Genre

animation

Country

Japan

Length

1 season, 43 episodes

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In this Japanese Transformers anime, robot animals split into two factions and battle each other. The series is made for children and has a lighter tone than the earlier CGI Beast Wars show.

lightheartedplayfulaction-packedfuncolorfulfast-pacedcheerfulchildlike

What happens

Beast Wars II: Super Life-Form Transformers (ビーストウォーズII 超生命体トランスフォーマー) 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. The series was preceded by Beast Wars: Transformers, and was followed by Super Life-Form Transformers: Beast Wars Neo. The series has a much lighter tone and is aimed more toward children, whereas the more accessible Beast Wars was intended for a wider age-range. The anime uses conventional animation rather than the CGI of its predecessor. With the exception of the faction leaders, all of the characters within the toy-line are either remolds, reissues, or recolors of earlier Beast Wars or Generation 2/Machine Wars toys. 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 Shōji Imaki that was serialized in Comic BomBom from July 1998 to February 1999, also localized in Korea by Daewon Media. The anime was also released in Korea, and it was broadcast on SBS. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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