Editing Beast Wars: Transformers (section)

{{Short description|Animated television series}}
{{about|the animated television series|the Beast Wars franchise|Transformers: Beast Wars}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox television
| image              = Beast Wars title logo.jpg
| caption            =
| genre              = {{plainlist|
* [[Action fiction|Action]]
* [[Adventure fiction|Adventure]]
* [[Science fiction]]
* [[Superhero fiction|Superhero]]
}}
| runtime            = 22–23 minutes
| creator            = 
| based_on           = {{based on|''[[Transformers]]''|[[Hasbro]]}}
| developer          = {{Plainlist|
* [[Larry DiTillio]]
* [[Bob Forward]]
}}
| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|
* Christopher Brough
* Ian Pearson
* Stephane Reichel
* Steven DeNure
* '''For Alliance/Alliance Atlantis'''
* Beth Stevenson
* Peter Sander
* Suzanne French
* '''For YTV'''
* Laurinda Shaver
* Alan Gregg
}}
| producer           = {{Plainlist|
* Jonathan Goodwill
* Kim Dent Wilder
* Mark Ralston
}}
| location           = 
| voices             = {{Plainlist|
* [[Garry Chalk]]
* [[David Kaye (voice actor)|David Kaye]]
* [[Scott McNeil]]
* [[Ian James Corlett]]
* [[Richard Newman (actor)|Richard Newman]]
* Alec Willows
}}
| opentheme          = "Beast Wars Theme Song"
| composer           = Robert Buckley
| company            = {{Plainlist|
* [[Alliance Films|Alliance Communications]] <small>{{nowrap|(seasons 1–2)}}</small>
* [[Alliance Atlantis Communications]] <small>{{nowrap|(season 3)}}</small>
* [[Mainframe Studios|Mainframe Entertainment]]
* BLT Productions Ltd. 
* [[Claster Television|Claster Television Incorporated]]
}}
| country            = {{Plainlist|
* Canada
* United States
* Japan
}}
| language           = English
| num_seasons        = 3
| network            = {{Plainlist|
* [[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
* [[YTV (TV channel)|YTV]]
* [[TX Network|TXN]] ([[TV Tokyo]])
}}
| first_aired        = {{Start date|1996|9|16}}
| last_aired         = {{End date|1999|5|7}}
| related            = {{Plainlist|
* ''[[The Transformers (TV series)|The Transformers]]''
* ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers]]''
* ''[[Beast Wars II: Super Life-Form Transformers|Beast Wars II]]''
* ''[[Super Life-Form Transformers: Beast Wars Neo|Beast Wars Neo]]''
}}
| num_episodes       = 52
| list_episodes      = List of Beast Wars episodes 
}}
'''''Beast Wars: Transformers''''' (titled '''''Beasties: Transformers''''' in Canada)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfkGgI0HiTQ|access-date=April 9, 2012 |title=Beasties – Opening – Youtube| date=August 3, 2009}}</ref> is an animated television series that debuted on September 16, 1996 and ended on May 7, 1999, serving as the [[flagship]] of the ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars]]'' franchise. It was one of the earliest fully [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] television shows.<ref>{{cite news |last=Razak |first=Matthew |date=December 1, 2022 |title=Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Brings Beast Wars to the Big Screen |url=https://www.escapistmagazine.com/transformers-rise-of-the-beasts-trailer-beast-wars-movie-maximals-predacons/ |access-date=19 December 2022 |work=[[The Escapist (magazine)|The Escapist]] |quote=Beast Wars has always been a bit of an odd outlier for the Transformers franchise, being both the first CGI series and focused on animals, not vehicles}}</ref> The series is set in the future of the [[Transformers: Generation 1|"original" ''Transformers'' franchise]], 300 years after the events of [[The Transformers (TV series)|''The Transformers'']], and features the Maximals and Predacons, descendants of the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s respectively.<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=978-1-4766-6599-3 |pages=870–871}}</ref> While engaged in battle, small teams from each faction crash land on an unknown planet, and must find a way to return home while continuing their war.

The ''Beast Wars'' [[TV series]] was the first Transformers series to feature computer-animated characters, and was produced by [[Mainframe Studios|Mainframe Entertainment]] of [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]]; its story editors were [[Bob Forward]] and [[Larry DiTillio]]. The production designer for the show, [[Clyde Klotz]], won a [[Daytime Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation in 1997 for his work on ''Beast Wars.''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.variety.com/1998/tv/news/pbs-early-daytime-emmy-leader-1117470640/amp/|access-date=February 21, 2024|title=PBS early Daytime Emmy leader|publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 11, 1998}}</ref>

A sequel television series, ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers]]'', aired from 1999 to 2000. Additional ''Beast Wars'' [[Limited series (comics)|limited comic book series]] have been released by [[Dreamwave Productions]] and [[IDW Publishing]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chrysostomou |first=George |date=2022-12-01 |title=Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts: 10 Things You Need To Know About Beast Wars |url=https://screenrant.com/transformers-rise-of-the-beasts-need-to-know-beast-wars/ |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}</ref>