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Beast Wars: Transformers

Name: Beast Wars: Transformers
Genre: Animation, Action & Adventure, Kids
Released: 1996-04-22
Cast: Garry Chalk, David Kaye, Colin Murdock, Scott McNeil, Ian James Corlett

1996 | 3 seasons | 30 min | Animation, Action & Adventure, Kids

Weeknight Watch

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With a short run with a modest audience, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it: Made for action fans, families and animation lovers. If you loved Regular Show or Animaniacs, start here.
The mood: Feel-good.
The pace: 3 seasons: a few weeks of evenings, short, snackable episodes, about 26 hours in all.
What might put you off: Rated TV-Y7. Worth a look first if you have very young kids.

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...