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| | #REDIRECT[[Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers#Beast Wars II]] |
| '''''Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers''''' (ビーストウォーズII 超生命体トランスフォーマー ''Beast Wars II: Chō Seimeitai Transformer''), pronounced "Beast Wars Second", was the first Japanese-only [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|''Beast Wars'' franchise]], consisting of the following components:
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| *A [[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)#1998 (Beast Wars II)|toyline]].
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| *A [[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (manga)|manga]] series.
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| *A [[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]].
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| *A theatrical-release movie, ''[[Beast Wars Special Super Lifeform Transformers|Beast Wars Special]]''.
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| *A [[Beast Wars II Sausage|sausage]].
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| The ''Beast Wars II'' toyline consisted almost entirely of [[redeco]]es (and the occasional [[retool]]) of [[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]], ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'', ''[[Machine Wars: Transformers|Machine Wars]]'', and American [[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|''Beast Wars'' toys]], although all new molds were created for the two faction leaders: [[Lio Convoy]], a white lion, [[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]], a purple dragon, and [[Moon (BWII)|Moon]] an oft-abused robot space bunny anime mascot. Most of the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] are mechanical while the [[Maximal]]s all have beast modes.
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| The cartoon series aired in Japan between season one of [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'']] and seasons two and three, in order to fill the gap until the later seasons could be dubbed into Japanese. It was followed by ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (franchise)|Beast Wars Neo]]''. The Cybertron (Maximal) team starts off with Lio Convoy, [[Apache]], [[Bighorn]], [[Tasmania Kid]], [[Scuba]], and [[Diver (BWII)|Diver]]. The Destron (Predacon) side starts off with Galvatron, [[Megastorm]], [[Starscream (BWII)|Starscream]], [[BB]], [[Dirge (BWII)|Dirge]], and [[Thrust (BWII)|Thrust]].
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| Years later, [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] worked the characters from ''Beast Wars II'' and at least some version of the events of the anime into [[Beast Wars timeline (IDW)|their Beast Wars comic continuity]].
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| ==Continuity==
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| [[File:BWIICatalogCover01.jpg|thumb|250px|]]
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| Where ''Beast Wars II'' is situated relative to previous ''Transformers'' continuity, the first ''Beast Wars'' series, and any contemporary Earth calendar was a source of confusion for many years. Fans in the West spent years attempting to understand a series that was never officially translated into English, which led to a number of misconceptions based on reports from people who spoke Japanese, observing visual media without the context of translated text, and so on. The [[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers#JBWchronology|initial understanding]] was that ''Beast Wars II'' starred characters who were contemporaries to the Maximals and Predacons from the American ''Beast Wars'' cartoon, who lived a mere three centuries after the end of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. This was mostly a "default" assumption (as in, there was no reason NOT to think it), and it appeared to be confirmed at first by [[catalog#Beast Wars II|the first ''Beast Wars II'' toy catalog]], which depicted Lio Convoy and Galvatron directly interacting with Optimus Primal and Megatron, respectfully.
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| By the end of ''Beast Wars II'', however, information surfaces that refute this assumption. Like ancient [[Vok]]-occupied Earth of ''Beast Wars'', the planet Gaia of ''Beast Wars II'' is only later identified as a ''future'' version of Earth, while [[Emissary of the Fourth Planet|episode 36]], reveals that the long-vanished civilization belonged to humanity, who had left the planet behind tens of thousands of years ago, placing it in the distant future relative to both ''Beast Wars'' and other works of ''Transformers'' fiction. Indeed, during [[Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger!|the ''Beast Wars II'' movie special]], Optimus Primal is pulled out of space and time to Gaia, and Lio Convoy's crew treats him as a legendary figure from the past. The [[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (manga)|''Beast Wars II'' manga series]], meanwhile, sticks to the backstory as established in that early catalog and treats Lio Convoy and Optimus Primal as contemporaries [[Free the Captured Matrix!|in its third chapter]].
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| [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''Beast Wars'' comics from [[2006]]–[[2008]] incorporates a series of events similar to both ''Beast Wars II'' and its immediate sequel, ''Beast Wars Neo'', into its [[Beast Wars timeline (IDW)|rebooted ''Beast Wars'' timeline]]. In this series of events, however, they take place in the ''past'', at some point before the end of hostilities between the Maximals and Predacons.
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| [[Category:Beast Era]]
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| [[Category:Japanese franchises]]
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