Editing Beast Machines: Transformers (section)

{{Short description|1999 animated TV series}}
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{{Infobox television
| alt_name           = ''Beast Machines: Battle for the Spark'' {{small|(season 2)}}
| image              = Beast Machines Transformers DVD cover art.jpg
| caption            = ''Beast Machines: Transformers'' complete series DVD boxset
| genre              = {{plainlist|
*[[Action fiction|Action]]-[[Adventure fiction|adventure]]
*[[Science fantasy]]
}}
| developer          = [[Marty Isenberg]]<br>[[Robert N. Skir]]
| based_on           = {{based_on|''[[Transformers]]''|[[Hasbro]]}}
| composer           = Robert Buckley
| runtime            = 21 minutes
| executive_producer = Ian Pearson<br/>Mark Ralston
| producer           = [[Asaph Fipke]]
| voices             =
| company            = {{Plainlist|
* [[Mainframe Studios|Mainframe Entertainment]]
* [[Hasbro]]
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| country            = {{Plainlist|
* Canada
* United States
}}
| language           = English
| network            = {{Plainlist|
* [[Fox Kids]] {{small|(United States)}}
* [[YTV (TV channel)|YTV]] {{small|(Canada)}}
* [[Tokyo MX]] {{small|(Japan)}}
}}
| first_aired        = {{Start date|1999|9|18}}
| last_aired         = {{End date|2000|11|18}}
| num_seasons        = 2
| num_episodes       = 26
| related            = ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers]]''
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'''''Beast Machines: Transformers''''' is an [[animated television series]] produced by [[Mainframe Studios|Mainframe Entertainment]] as part of the [[Transformers|Transformers franchise]]. [[Hasbro]] has full distribution rights to the show as of 2011. It was a direct [[sequel]] to ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers|Beast Wars]]'', taking place within the continuity of the original [[Transformers: Generation 1|''Transformers'' series]].<ref>{{cite news|title= The History of Transformers on TV|work= IGN|url= http://uk.tv.ign.com/articles/800/800768p3.html|access-date= 2010-08-14|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110713004926/http://uk.tv.ign.com/articles/800/800768p3.html|archive-date= 2011-07-13|url-status= dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= A brief history of the Transformers|work= Malaysia Star|url= http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2004/11/9/features/20041108160036&sec=features|access-date=2010-10-09}}</ref> The show ran for two seasons, airing on [[YTV (TV channel)|YTV]] and [[Fox Kids]] from September 18, 1999 to November 18, 2000.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 |date=2005 |edition=2nd |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-1476665993 |page=871}}</ref> Of the ''Transformers'' animated series produced in [[North America]], ''Beast Machines'' was the only one to have been completely conceptualized and outlined in advance, lending it a more serialized and linear storyline than the others. The ''Beast Machines''' intro theme was "[[Phat Planet]]" by [[Leftfield]].