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Final episode date 27 January 1999 Number of seasons 1 Cast Hozumi Gōda | 8/10 TV First episode date 1 April 1998 Number of episodes 43 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Written by Junki TakegamiKazuhiko GodoYukiyoshi Ohashi Music by Yuzo HayashiHideo Takahashi Studio Ashi ProductionsNihon Ad Systems Similar Super Life‑Form Transfor, Beast Wars: Transformers, Beast Machines: Transformers, Transformers: Robots in Disguise, Transformers: Energon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
Contents
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.
Plot
Beast Wars II tells the story of a battle waging between Lio Convoy's team of Cybertrons (Maximals) and Galvatron's army of Destrons (Predacons) on the planet Gaia. As Lio Convoy and Galvatron fight over the mysterious energy source known as Angolmois energy, many strange occurrences and mysterious properties of Angolmois begin to arise.
Theme Songs
- "GET MY FUTURE"
- April 1, 1998 -September 30, 1998
- Lyricist: Cyber Nation Network / Composer: Cyber Nation Network / Arranger: Cyber Nation Network / Singers: Cyber Nation Network
- Episodes: 1-27
- "SUPER VOYAGER"
- October 7, 1998 - January 27, 1999
- Lyricist: Cyber Nation Network / Composer: Cyber Nation Network / Arranger: Cyber Nation Network / Singers: Cyber Nation Network
- Episodes: 28-43
- "Places Where Dreams Go" (夢のいる場所, Yume no Iru basho)
- April 1, 1998 - January 27, 1999
- Lyricist: Eiko Kiyo / Composer: Hiroto Ishikawa / Arranger: Seiichi Kyoda / Singers: Jun Yoneya
- Episodes: 1-43
- "SPACE DREAMER - Distant Beast Wars" (ＳＰＡＣＥ ＤＲＥＡＭＥＲ 〜遥かなるビーストウォーズ〜, SPACE DREAMER - Haruka Naru Bīsuto Uōzu)
- Lyricist: Kensaku Saito / Composer: Hideki Fujisawa / Arranger: Hideki Fujisawa / Singers: COA
- "MY SHOOTING STAR"
- Lyricist: COA / Composer: COA / Arranger: COA / Singers: COA
Toy line
The series was primarily repaints of non-show Beast Wars figures and repaints of Generation 2 figures, including two unreleased Autoroller figures and the black Dreadwing/Smokecreen repaint, planned for the cancelled 1996 assortment of figures. In both cases the items were recolored and slightly remolded; repainted versions of five of the Seacons also served as new Predacon characters.
The series did feature new molds for Lio Convoy and Galvatron, as well as the Tako Tank. Generation 1 Trypticon, and Beast Wars Dinobot, Cybershark, Wolfang, and Waspinator were remolded as "upgraded" versions of Megastorm, Starscream, BB, Dirge and Thrust.
The remolded Cybershark saw release as Overbite in the U.S. as Universe exclusive.