Beast Wars: Transformers

Name: Beast Wars: Transformers
Genre: Animation, Action & Adventure, Kids
Released: 1996-04-22
Rating: 8.142

★ 8,1 /10 (327 Votes)

1996 EN 3 Seasons

Overview

Two spaceships, one manned by benevolent Maximals, the other by evil Predacons, crash-land on a pre-humanoid planet while en route to Earth. Their crews assume indigenous animal forms to protect themselves from an overabundance of natural energy, transforming into robots to do battle. Thus, the Beast Wars have begun...

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First air date

22/04/1996

Votes

327

Popularity

9.3

Genres

Animation Action & Adventure Kids

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Created by

Bob Forward, Larry DiTillio

Networks

YTV, Syndication

Language

Last air date

1999-05-07

Episodes

Episode runtime

30 min

Garry Chalk

Optimus Primal (voice)

David Kaye

Megatron (voice)

Colin Murdock

Quickstrike (voice)

Scott McNeil

Dinobot / Rattrap / Waspinator (voice)

Ian James Corlett

Cheetor (voice)

Richard Newman

Rhinox (voice)

Venus Terzo

Blackarachnia (voice)

Jim Byrnes

Inferno (voice)

David Sobolov

Depth Charge (voice)

Campbell Lane

Rampage (voice)

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I love Transformers because of Beast Wars and Beast Machines. I practically grew up with this. Part of what makes this series great is the voice cast. They are amazing in their roles. Dinobot's arc from villain to antihero to self-sacrificing hero is one of the best in media. This could all be nostalgia talking, but Beast Wars is one of a handful of childhood cartoons I can still enjoy as an adult. Tekkaman Blade comes to mind when I talk about childhood cartoons because it's another one I loved as a kid, but unlike Beast Wars I could not make it through the first episode as an adult. It…

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