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Majin Zarak

2024-03-06T09:11:15Z

Raksha'sRevenge: He is not actually a predacon

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:''Majin Zarak is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] mechanoid from the [[Beast Era]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Majinzarak robot.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Majin Pack Mule]]
From what dark depths of history the lumbering behemoth '''Majin Zarak''' (マジンザラック ''Majin Zarakku'') was born, we may never know. Who built him, why they built him and if Majin Zarak flipped out and ate everybody, we may also never know. But there's a pretty good chance he did that last part.

Majin Zarak is a notorious monster, feared by his [[Maximal]] adversaries and prized by his [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] masters. This titanic killing machine is capable of storming the battlefield from both land and sea, thanks to his amphibious aircraft carrier alt mode. The energy weapons and armaments that outfit his gargantuan robot mode can clear said battlefield in seconds with a total scorched earth policy.

Ultimately, Majin Zarak is not a mere weapon, but a sentient creature with an impulsive will of his own. He also has a weakpoint on his forehead, making him vulnerable to anybody who has ever played a video game before.

==Fiction==
===''Legends'' comic===
While wandering space, [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] fell under the control of [[Devil Z]] once again and built two [[transtector]]s on [[Beast (planet)|Beast]], one for a newer form of BlackZarak, and the other one being Majin Zarak. After Devil Z was defeated in the [[Legends World]] and Scorponok survived, the latter brought Majin Zarak to the alternate reality so that Scorponok could destroy the world and absorb its energies. The hulking brute overwhelmed all defenses the citizens of the Legends World were able to throw at him. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Finale: Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One|Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One}} They were ultimately able to force Majin Zarak through a portal to yet another dimension after he was weakened by a team of [[Beastformer]]s who had sneaked into him during his construction. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Finale: Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part Two|Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part Two}}

===''Beast Wars II'' cartoon===
[[File:BWII-Majin Zarak blast.jpg|left|upright=1.3|thumb|Gonna mess you up...]]
When a mysterious space-time-warping device crash-landed on the Planet [[Gaia]], the Maximals, led by [[Lio Convoy]], and the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]], led by [[Galvatron (BW)|Galvatron]], raced to be the first to get it. The Predacons got there first and accidentally used its power to summon the mighty Majin Zarak from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s past to aid them in battle.

To counter the threat of the nigh-invincible Majin Zarak, the Maximals summoned [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] from the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] of [[Earth|Energoa]]. Majin Zarak had no trouble defeating the likes of the Maximals due to his massive size, virtual invulnerability and plethora of devastating attacks.

In the end, the Maximals discovered his weakpoint was the third eye on his forehead, which was where all his nerve-endings were clustered. Lio Convoy and Optimus Primal used the combined power of their individual [[Energon Matrix|Energon Matrices]] to transform themselves into Flash Lio Convoy and Burning Optimus Primal. Together, they unleashed the power of their Matrices into a combined attack called the "Double Matrix Blast". The blast struck Majin Zarak in his third eye, killing him on the spot. {{storylink|Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger!}}
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===Ask Vector Prime===
A separate origin for Majin Zarak was given by Vector Prime, who explained that in [[Primax 489.0 Zeta]], [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]] began searching through time and space for new sources of energy. He got more than he wanted when he tapped into the mighty [[Horus]], driving him and his Headmaster partner [[Zarak (G1)|Zarak]] insane and fusing them with their aircraft carrier base. The resulting beast, dubbed "Majin Zarak" by [[Hosehead (G1)#Transformers Comic-Magazin|Horsehead]] after the ancient Predacon in the [[Covenant of Primus]], tore its way through central [[Europe]] and fought a combined Autobot/Decepticon army. The [[Micromaster]]s were able to lure the creature into an [[oil tanker]] and send it careening off into space.

Majin Zarak went on to destroy planets all over the galaxy, including [[Ghennix]], [[Neutronia]], [[Thermia]], and [[Thrull]]. Luckily, [[Galvatron (BW)|Galvatron]] and his [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] sucked Zarak into their reality! {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/10}}

==Notes==
[[File:Majinzarak vehicle.jpg|right|upright=1.34|thumb|...on land and sea and air!]]
*''Majin'' is a Japanese word, which is usually written as "{{w|ja:魔神|魔神}}" ("demonic god") or "{{w|ja:魔人|魔人}}" ("demonic human") in kanji.
*Originally, ''Headmasters'' MegaZarak was set to appear in the film; this is why Ask Vector Prime, and presumably ''Legends'', made Majin Zarak a new iteration of Scorponok/MegaZarak/BlackZarak.<ref>
[http://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/116666-3-new-botcon-facebook-character-pages-rook-andromeda-and-axiom-nexus-news-editor/?p=2967922 Allspark Forums:] "Back when the Beast Wars II movie was being developed, the actual Scorponok from Headmasters was set to appear, but that was scrapped for some reason. [[Jim Sorenson|Jim]] wanted me to use that idea, and so I wrote that up. This was very much a coordinated project we did."</ref>

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Liege Maximo's tomb

2024-03-06T09:10:37Z

Raksha'sRevenge: Removed unnessasary sigil

[[Image:AlphaOmegaPrimeTomb.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Weren't the [[Thirteen]] supposed to be bigger?]]
:''Liege Maximo's tomb is a location on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] from the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' portion of the [[Aligned continuity family|Aligned]] [[continuity family]].''

'''Liege Maximo's tomb''' contains the remains of, well, [[Liege Maximo]].

== Fiction ==
=== ''Prime'' cartoon ===
[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] visited the tomb with [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] to remove Maximo's arm, which would allow him to use the [[Forge of Solus Prime]]. With the arm, he used the Forge to craft the [[Dark Star Saber]]. {{storylink|Alpha/Omega}}

===''The Covenant of Primus''===
After the death of [[Solus Prime]] and the uncovering of Liege Maximo's treachery, the remaining members of the [[Thirteen]] battled his creations and when it was over, [[Onyx Prime]] was mortally wounded, the others were injured in varying degrees and Liege Maximo had been torn apart before being killed with a shot to the head by the [[Requiem Blaster (Megatronus)|Requiem Blaster]].

For their beloved Solus, the Thirteen built a beautiful tomb and set it in a portion of space where the most magnificent nebulae could be seen. For their treacherous brother, the Thirteen stitched together what they could find of his remains and built him a resting place deep in a gorge, where it would be built upon and forgotten. [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] would later comment on the irony that in life Liege Maximo had used [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] as part of his schemes, and many ages later [[Megatron (WFC)|one of Megatronus's descendants]] would hack off one of Maximo's arms as part of his own plans. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|Covenant of Primus}}

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Raksha

2024-03-06T09:09:13Z

Raksha'sRevenge: Added link to my updated essay

Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)

2024-03-06T09:03:29Z

Raksha'sRevenge: Added slight detail

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'''''Beast Wars: Transformers''''' is a [[franchises|franchise]] that began in [[1996]], following the end of ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]''. It was a massive reinvention of the [[Transformers brand|''Transformers'' brand]], featuring robots that changed into realistic, organically styled animals instead of the traditional vehicles and mechanical beasts. The accompanying cartoon was another visual break, being the first fully-[[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] ''Transformers'' series. It also did the seemingly unthinkable and replaced the original factions of [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s with complete new ones called [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]. Though originally [[Ruined FOREVER|decried by fans]], ''Beast Wars'' dramatically reinvigorated the brand after flagging sales in the ''Generation 2'' franchise.

"Beast Wars" is also frequently used as a catchall term for the overall [[Beast Era]] in which [[Beast Wars continuity|''Beast Wars'' and other series]] occur.

The ''Beast Wars'' franchise features the following primary components:
*[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|A toyline]] — ([[1996]]–[[2001]])
*[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|A cartoon series]] — (1996–[[1999]]) called ''Beasties'' in many Canadian markets to appear less violent (''Ha!'').
*[[Beast Wars: Transformers (video game)|A video game]] for PC and [[PlayStation]] based on the first season of the cartoon.
*[[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)|A video game]] for the [[Nintendo 64]] based on the [[Transmetal]] and [[Fuzor]] versions of the characters from the cartoon's second season (and some from the toyline).
*[[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)|A video game]] for the PlayStation, with the same name and general concept as the N64 game, but significant differences.
*Several [[List of Beast Wars comics|comic series]] that were produced both during and after the franchise's original run.

==Overview==
[[File:OptimusPrimalVsMegatron BeastWarsWave1DeluxeCommercial.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|''Beast Wars'' marked a revolutionary point in ''Transformers'' history, with all new factions, radical new toy developments, and (at the time) cutting edge computer animation.]]
From [[1992]] to [[1995]], [[Hasbro]]'s attempt to revive the ''[[Transformers brand|Transformers]]'' brand with ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' proved to be not as successful as originally hoped. Facing the reality of cancelation, Hasbro was left with the decision of either ending ''Transformers'' for good or trying something ''dramatically'' different to breathe new life into the brand; ultimately, they chose the latter. The major change in direction followed organizational changes within Hasbro. The company had previously acquired rival toy manufacturer [[Kenner]] as part of their [[1991]] [[Tonka]] acquisition.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20081102035722/http://www.hasbro.com/default.cfm?page=ci_history_hasbro The History of Hasbro] (archive copy)</ref> In 1995, they transferred their boys' toy lines from the Hasbro headquarters in [[Rhode Island]] to Kenner's offices in Cincinnati, [[Ohio]]. Kenner was tasked with revitalize the brand with new ideas and, in [[1996]], ''Beast Wars'' was the result.

Lead designer [[Chris Gross]] inadvertently kicked off the ''Beast Wars'' concept when he proposed a stylistic change from hard-edged, blocky robots to {{w|Bio Booster Armor Guyver|Guyver}}-inspired "organic" machines.<ref name="vinnie">[http://obscuretf.com/hhk/BC04interviews.html BotCon 2004 Interview with Vinnie D'Alleva], p1</ref> The "[[mutant head]]s" on the first few Beast Wars toy designs were conceived of as a way of easing the transition from traditional ''Transformers'' into ''Beast Wars'' by showing that there was a robot within the beast, not just an animal that transforms into some kind of monster.<ref name="vinnie"/> The ''Beast Wars'' line title was inspired by a past toyline of Kenner's, namely the ''Future War'' line of ''{{w|Terminator (franchise)|Terminator}}'' toys, which was chosen based on the idea that it portrayed a "visceral conflict".<ref name="vinnie"/> The show would not have been made unless a drastically new concept from the original ''Transformers'' was created, as Generation 1 was considered a stale property at the time.<ref name="vinnie"/>

To promote the new toyline, an animated TV series was created by [[Canada|Canadian]] production company [[Mainframe Entertainment]], who had pioneered in [[computer-generated imagery]] with the success of their first animated series ''{{w|ReBoot}}''. Television writers [[Bob Forward]] and [[Larry DiTillio]] were brought in to serve as the series' story editors. Having never worked on ''Transformers'' beforehand, the two brought a fresh perspective to the series, and created a whole new world and lore from the ground up. Voice talent for the show was based in Vancouver, [[British Columbia]], with such actors as [[Garry Chalk]], [[David Kaye]], [[Scott McNeil]], [[Richard Newman]], [[Venus Terzo]], and more, first joining the ''Transformers'' voice acting legacy through ''Beast Wars''. Many would even return to ''Transformers'' to lend their voices to the casts of later animated series, such as those belonging to the [[Unicron Trilogy]] of the mid-2000s.

By mid-[[1999]], ''Beast Wars'' had spanned three-and-a-half years of new toys and three seasons of the TV series, with new developments and new innovations constantly brought to the table year after year. While the cartoon ended that year, the toyline crept along passed its formal lifespan with a few final releases just making it out to retail stores and fan conventions in both [[2000]] and [[2001]].

==Japanese release==
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In Japan, the first season of the North American cartoon was aired in [[1997]] with what was basically a gag dub, striking a markedly lighter tone full of adlibs and pop culture references added to the dialogue, meant to up the humor and appeal to a much younger audience than the English version. This dub was accompanied by releases of the concurrent toys, but only about half of the ones released in the West (mostly just those of the in-show characters). Because the second and third seasons of the show were only 13 episodes each (half the length of the show's first 26-episode season), the second season was deemed too short to span a year's worth of Japanese television, and thus its Japanese release was held off until production of the third season was completed.

In the meantime, two Japanese-original cel-animated series were created to fill in the void, with each receiving their own accompanying toys and [[manga]] series. These were [[1998]]'s ''[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars II]]'' and 1999's ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (cartoon)|Beast Wars Neo]]'', respectively. While both of these series used cel animation, the toys' box art was rendered in a CG style similar to the original Mainframe cartoon (whereas the Western releases of the toys were the opposite, featuring hand drawn box art). Once both of these had finished their original broadcast run, the remaining two CG-animated seasons of the Mainframe series, along with their accompanying toys, were finally released in late 1999 under the name of ''Beast Wars Metals''. Like the first season, the ''Metals'' dub was just as light-hearted and littered with adlibs.

==Reception==
''Beast Wars'' was the first complete reinvention of the [[Transformers brand|''Transformers'' brand]], discarding the previous setting, characters, and factions to create a brand new story. [[Transformer]]s in the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon were much smaller (often [[human]]-sized) and initially transformed into "fleshy" or "scaly" non-robotic animals, before the second season introduced new concepts like the [[Transmetal]]s. Initially met with [[Trukk not munky|outrage]] by many fans (for a variety of reasons), ''Beast Wars'' would eventually win over most of its detractors and become highly regarded, largely due to the exceptional quality of the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon series]]. It is now not unusual for even longtime fans of the 1980s [[The Transformers (franchise)|''Transformers'']] to consider ''Beast Wars'' to be their favorite of all ''Transformers'' franchises. This is perhaps best shown by the fact that, about fifteen years later, the first two fan-voted characters to enter the [[Transformers Hall of Fame]] were ''Beast Wars'' fan-favorites [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], and again in [[2017]] when [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Power of the Primes|won]] the ''[[Power of the Primes (franchise)|Power of the Primes]]'' [[Fan polls#Power of the Primes Fan Vote|fan poll]].

==Sequel==
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A direct sequel series followed ''Beast Wars'' in the form of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]]''. In contrast to its predecessor, while it kept the heroic Maximal faction, ''Beast Machines'' brought back vehicular altmodes for the enemy faction, replacing the Predacons with the [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]]. It also utilized a more futuristic "alien" aesthetic, with the Maximals turning into "[[technorganic]]" beasts (a molecular fusion of the organic and the technological), while the Vehicons turned into "living" vehicles with robotic heads in place of the driver's seats and cockpits. ''Beast Machines'' also received a [[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon series]] that continued the lives of the ''Beast Wars'' cast on their home planet of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], but took a much more cerebral approach to its story that yielded a far more polarizing reception from the fandom.

==Anniversaries==
===10th Anniversary===
[[2006]] marked the tenth anniversary of ''Beast Wars'', and many parties sought to celebrate the occasion in different ways. From Hasbro came ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars 10th Anniversary|Beast Wars 10th Anniversary]]'', a small line consisting primarily of reissues of eight toys from the original 1996 toyline, [[redeco]]ed in more [[show-accuracy|show-accurate]] color schemes. Six of these reissues were Deluxe class toys and included both a [[pack-in material|packed-in]] DVD containing a single episode from the cartoon (each episode being one themed around the character whose toy they came packaged with) and an all-new [[Build a Figure|build-a-figure]] of [[Transmutate (BW)|Trans-Mutate]], a show-original [[Transmutate (episode)|single-episode]] character who had never received a toy beforehand. Additionally, two brand new Deluxe class molds of [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Beast Wars 10th Anniversary|Optimus Primal]] and [[Megatron (BW)/toys#Beast Wars 10th Anniversary|Megatron]] were released as part of the line, and had built-in compatibility with the [[Cyber Key]] gimmick of the then-contemporary ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Transformers: Cybertron]]'' line.

For [[BotCon 2006]], Fun Publications created what is, arguably, their most famous and well-received set of BotCon [[exclusive]]s, "Dawn of Future's Past", a set of mostly ''Cybertron'' toy molds redecoed/[[retool]]ed into most of the main cast of the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon in forms representing the Cybertronian bodies they had before they first came to Earth and scanned their [[beast mode]]s. An accompanying [[Dawn of Future's Past|comic story of the same title]] was published that served as an immediate prequel to the cartoon, telling the story of what all happened right before the [[Beast Wars (Part 1)|first episode]]. The following year, an additional prequel to ''that'' prequel was released at [[BotCon 2007]] in the form of an animated short titled "[[Theft of the Golden Disk]]", which even had [[David Kaye]] reprise his role of Megatron.

[[TakaraTomy]] also celebrated the anniversary with two new developments of their own. First was ''[[Beast Wars Reborn]]'', a special two-pack release of the original Ultra class [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Beast Wars Reborn|Optimus Primal]] and [[Megatron (BW)/toys#Beast Wars Reborn|Megatron]] toys in new show-accurate colors and tooling. A four-part ''Beast Wars Reborn'' prose story, set after the events of the Japanese dub of ''Beast Machines'', was published in issues #97-100 of ''[[Figure Ō]]'' magazine from March to June, 2006. In [[2007]], the tenth anniversary of the [[Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers|Japanese release of ''Beast Wars'']], TakaraTomy released ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Telemocha Series|Beast Wars Telemocha Series]]'', a proper line of ''Beast Wars'' reissues very similar to Hasbro's ''Beast Wars 10th Anniversary'' line, complete with pack-in DVDs and show-accurate redecos (even ''more'' accurate than those of the Hasbro line).

===20th Anniversary===
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After the attention ''Beast Wars'' had received from Hasbro for the tenth anniversary in 2006, as well the ''bombastic'' celebration for the [[Transformers brand|''Transformers'']] brand's 30th anniversary, the '''''[[Thrilling 30]]''''', which Hasbro threw in [[2014]]... the [[fandom]] waited with bated breath to see how Hasbro would handle [[2016]], the 20th anniversary of ''Beast Wars''. Alas, there was little fanfare from Hasbro proper, who opted to instead focus their attention more on the 30th anniversary of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. The one nod to the ''Beast Wars'' anniversary from Hasbro was the ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' release of the [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Platinum Edition|Year of the Monkey Optimus Primal]], which did sport a celebratory logo (pictured right), but said release was more of a Hasbro ''Asia'' initiative rather than Hasbro proper.

[[File:Beast Wars Chilling 20th Logo.jpg|left|125px|]]
For [[BotCon 2016]], Fun Publications paid more heed. Much like 2006, the convention was themed around another ''Beast Wars'' prequel, with a majority of the exclusive toys representing ''Beast Wars'' characters in pre-beast bodies they had on Cybertron before the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]]. The convention comic, "[[Dawn of the Predacus]]", was made by IDW and tied its story to both their 2006–2008 ''Beast Wars'' comics and Fun Publications' "Dawn of Future's Past" comic from 2006. Throughout 2016, Fun Publications also produced several prose stories for ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'', a completely different, dystopian-themed ''Beast Wars'' series that was largely unconnected to the TV series. One of these prose stories, "[[Intersectionality]]", even included its own '''Chilling 20''' anniversary logo (pictured left) as a joke.

TakaraTomy also released a bit of ''Beast Wars''-themed product in 2016. Exclusive versions of [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#LGEX|Rattrap]], [[Rhinox (BW)#Legends|Rhinox]], and [[Waspinator (BW)/toys#Legends|Waspinator]] were made available at Transformers Fes2016, as part of the ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' toyline. These three were show-accurate redecos of [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#Generations|their]] ''[[Rhinox (BW)#Generations|Generations]]'' [[Waspinator (BW)/toys#Generations|toys]] originally released during the aforementioned ''Thrilling 30'' range. TakaraTomy also released a ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' version of [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Masterpiece|Optimus Primal]] for October 2016, which led to several more ''Beast Wars'' characters receiving ''Masterpiece'' toys in the years to come. [[E-HOBBY]] also released ''Legends'' [[Convobat#Legends|Convobat]] in December 2016, a reuse of the ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Mindwipe (G1)#Titans Return|Mindwipe]] toy as a modern update of the original [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Beast Wars|bat Optimus Primal]] toy from 1996.

===25th Anniversary===
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The twenty-fifth anniversary in [[2021]] was met with significantly more fanfare from Hasbro with the debut of ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]'', the ''Beast Wars''-themed third chapter of the ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (franchise)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' toyline and [[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|cartoon]]. The success of the ''Kingdom'' toyline led to releases of more ''Beast Wars'' characters continuing into the subsequent ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' line of [[2022]]. 2021 also saw the release of the ''[[Vintage#Vintage Beast Wars|Vintage Beast Wars]]'' line of reissues (this time ''not'' redecoed show-accurately, and even including some non-show characters from the orignal line) and a brand new [[Transformers: Beast Wars|ongoing ''Beast Wars'' comic]] from IDW Publishing, which served as a complete reimagining of the 1996 cartoon's premise, setting, and characters, and whose issues sported a 25th anniversary logo (pictured right).

The then-upcoming sixth live-action feature film ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Transformers: Rise of the Beasts]]'' was also announced this year, as it featured new live-action interpretations of select ''Beast Wars'' characters. Both the film and its [[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (toyline)|heavily beast-themed toyline]] were originally scheduled for release the following year in [[2022]], but delays pushed back both to release in [[2023]] instead. In anticipation of the film's Japanese release later that year, TakaraTomy also created ''[[Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers Again|Beast Wars Again]]'', a small line of ''Kingdom'' and ''Legacy'' molds given new show-accurate decos and sold as VS two-packs in the style of those released back in the original [[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)|Takara ''Beast Wars'' line]], and accompanied with a special rebroadcast of select episodes from the cartoon's Japanese dub (albeit, with each episode split in halfto air in 15-minute timeslots). Though, due to the belated release of the movie, ''Beast Wars Again'' also coming in 2023 ended up being less of a 25th anniversary celebration and more of a 27th anniversary.

==Notes==
*On April 4, 2019, [[Lorenzo di Bonaventura]] listed a live-action adaptation of ''Beast Wars'' as a potential future entry to the [[live-action film series]].<ref>[https://www.slashfilm.com/lorenzo-di-bonaventura-pet-sematary-interview/3/ 'Pet Sematary' Producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura On Making Big Changes To Stephen King's Book And The Current Status Of 'Snake Eyes,' 'McClane,' And 'Transformers' [Interview]]</ref> This would eventually manifest as ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Transformers: Rise of the Beasts]]''.
*Transformers fan and asociate [[Raksha]] considers it to be an affront to the entire Transformers brand.

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