Beast Wars: Transformers

8.1

1996

3 Seasons • 52 Episodes

AnimationAction & AdventureKids

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...

Cast

Optimus Primal (voice)

Garry Chalk

Optimus Primal (voice)

Megatron (voice)

David Kaye

Megatron (voice)

Quickstrike (voice)

Colin Murdock

Quickstrike (voice)

Dinobot / Rattrap / Waspinator (voice)

Scott McNeil

Dinobot / Rattrap / Waspinator (voice)

Cheetor (voice)

Ian James Corlett

Cheetor (voice)

Rhinox (voice)

Richard Newman

Rhinox (voice)

Blackarachnia (voice)

Venus Terzo

Blackarachnia (voice)

Inferno (voice)

Jim Byrnes

Inferno (voice)

Depth Charge (voice)

David Sobolov

Depth Charge (voice)

Rampage (voice)

Campbell Lane

Rampage (voice)

Reviews

Sejian

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 was such contrived !@#$ as to make my eyes bleed from the sheer torture of being subjec- I've made my point. I have tried watching other Transformers cartoons including the original animated movie and they all pale in comparison to Beast Wars and Beast Machines. They're all !@#$. Transformers: War for Cybertron - Kingdom (2021) was an insult to this series. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023) was an insult to this series. I will fight whoever gave this ONE star.

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