Beast Wars II: Super Life-Form Transformers facts for kids

Beast Wars II
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Quick facts for kids ビーストウォーズII 超生命体トランスフォーマー (Bīsuto Wōzu Sekando Chō Seimeitai Toransufōmā)
Genre	Adventure, Mecha
Anime television series
Directed by	Osamu Sekita
Written by	Junki Takagami [ja]
Music by	Yuzo Hayashi Hideo Takahashi
Studio	Ashi Productions
Network	TV Tokyo
Original run	April 1, 1998 – January 27, 1999
Episodes	43 (List of episodes)
Manga
Written by	Shoji Imaki
Published by	Kodansha
Demographic	Kodomo (boys)
Imprint	BomBom KC
Magazine	Comic BomBom
Original run	June 30, 1998 – March 1999
Volumes	2 (List of volumes)

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, Bīsuto Wōzu Sekando Chō Seimeitai Toransufōmā) 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 towards 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 toyline 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 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 Energy begin to arise.

Characters

Theme Songs

• Openings

1. "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
2. "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

• Endings

1. "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

• Insert Songs

1. "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
2. "MY SHOOTING STAR"
   • Lyricist: COA / Composer: COA / Arranger: COA / Singers: COA

Episodes

Chapters

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.

See also

In Spanish: Beast Wars II para niños