Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers Again

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We're back! For the very first time!

Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers Again (ビーストウォーズ 超生命体トランスフォーマー アゲイン) is a TakaraTomy franchise which ran from 2023 to 2024. Beast Wars Again features molds from War for Cybertron: Kingdom and Legacy redecoed to be show-accurate, and was done to tie into the appearance of Beast Wars-original characters in Rise of the Beasts.

Beast Wars Again product is sold in packs of two replicating the old "VS sets" from the original Japanese Beast Wars toyline. The retro packaging duplicating said VS sets is in turn packed in a plainer brown cardboard box and comes with a sleeve cover that has a more modern visual design with bespoke black-and-white art by brand mainstay Hidetsugu Yoshioka.

Cartoon

The Beast Wars Again toyline is accompanied by a re-airing of "selected episodes" of the original Beast Wars cartoon broadcast 9:15 on Sundays on TV Tokyo and subsequently uploaded to the TakaraTomy YouTube channel, now carved up into fifteen minute chunks and featuring new narration by Kappei Yamaguchi in-character as Rattrap. The show ran from April 4 to September 24, 2023, at which point it passed on its time slot to the Japanese debut of EarthSpark the following week.

1. "Enter the Super Lifeform Transformers!! (Part 1)"
2. "Enter the Super Lifeform Transformers!! (Part 2)"
3. "Defeat the Destrons"
4. "Defeat the Destrons (Part 2)"
5. "Cheetus's Crisis"
6. "Cheetus's Crisis (Part 2)"
7. "The Solitary Warrior Tigatron"
8. "The Solitary Warrior Tigatron (Part 2)"
9. "Kick of the Spider Woman"
10. "Kick of the Spider Woman (Part 2)"
11. "The Falcon Warrior Airrazor"
12. "The Falcon Warrior Airrazor (Part 2)"
13. "The Destrons' Dramatic Finish"
14. "The Destrons' Dramatic Finish (Part 2)"
15. "Two Dinobots?"
16. "Two Dinobots? (Part 2)"
17. "The Hellish Ant Warrior, Inferno"
18. "The Hellish Ant Warrior, Inferno (Part 2)"
19. "Revive, Beast Power!"
20. "Revive, Beast Power! (Part 2)"
21. "Stop the Sneezing"
22. "Stop the Sneezing (Part 2)"
23. "Fare Thee Well, Tigatron"
24. "Fare Thee Well, Tigatron (Part 2)"
25. "Rhinox Rampages!"
26. "Rhinox Rampages! (Part 2)"

Toys

Wave 1 (August 26, 2023) BWVS-01 Eternal Beast Showdown: Convoy VS Megatron		Wave 2 (September 30, 2023) BWVS-02 Tough Showdown: Rhinox VS Scorpos		Wave 3 (October 28, 2023) BWVS-03 Instant Showdown: Cheetus VS Waspeeter	Wave 4 (November 25, 2023) BWVS-04 Tenacious Showdown: Tigatron VS Blackwidow	BWVS-01 Megatron
Wave 5 (January 27, 2024) BWVS-05 Screaming Showdown: Rattle VS Terrorsaurer		Wave 6 (January 27, 2024) BWVS-06 Treacherous Showdown: Dinobot VS Tarans		Wave 7 (February 24, 2024) BWVS-07 Loyal Retainer Showdown: Airazor VS Inferno	Wave 8 (March 30, 2024) BWVS-08 Phantom Showdown: Ghost Starscream VS Haunted Waspeeter

Merchandise

• Beast Wars Transformers Songs Best ~Again~, a rerelease of the 1999 compilation soundtrack Beast Wars Transformer Songs Best with the additional song of "CAN WE PLAY OFF."

Notes

• Hasbro brands the Beast Wars Again toyline as a direct continuation of its boutique redeco predecessor Premium Finish on Hasbro Pulse's usual hoity toity monochromatic sleeves for imported TakaraTomy exclusives.

See also

• Beast Wars Reborn
• Transformers: Beast Wars Telemocha Series

External links

• Beast Wars Again on the TakaraTomy website
• Beast Wars Again on the TakaraTomy YouTube channel
• Beast Wars Transformers Songs Best ~Again~ at the website of Japanese record label Nippon Columbia.