From apcoghotmail.com Tue Mar 31 10:51:56 EST 1998

n Mar. 30, 1998, Gyumaoh wrote:
> 
> If you can read Japanese, there's some info on the BWII show here:
> 
> http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/bangumi/anime.htm#beast
> 
I offer no commentary, just straight translation.  (Okay, plus a bit of
interpretation for grammatical and syntactic flow.)  Ahem...and I quote:

BEAST WARS II--SUPER LIFEFORM TRANSFORMERS
Starting 4-1 (Wed)
Showing 18:30-19:00

Continuation of BEAST WARS--SUPER LIFEFORM TRANSFORMERS, which began
running last October.  This is the latest work in the series of shows
that have been providing dreams and adventure to children for over 10
years.  While the previous show was done entirely in CG, this work will
be full cel animation.  Like the previous shows, its story, powered up
even more by finely detailed production work, is the battle between the
Cybertrons, champions of good, and the evil Destron army.  It's a
thrilling story, with gorgeous transformations, powerful robot battles
and enjoyable characters.

<<STORY>>
The place is the planet Gaea.  Out to make the Argon Moa (argonmoa? 
argonmore?) energy that exists there their own, the Evil Destron Army
have started converting Gaea into a stronghold.  Meanwhile the Cybertron
Space Guards, despairing over losing their commander Convoy in a war,
receive a strange report and head for Gaea, but are caught in a Destron
trap and crash-land harshly.  In order to survive on this world, they
must scan the planet's animals.  The Cybertrons now transform into a
mandrill, Tasmanian devil, buffalo, frog and squid.  Similarly, the
Destrons transform into tanks and fighter jets.  Created here is the
tableau of a historically unprecedented battle between beast and
machine.  Even Convoy, believed deceased, has been nursed back to health
by the creatures of Gaea.  Convoy becomes a lion and manages to reunite
with the Cybertrons, and joins the battle against the Destrons, who plan
to turn the world into their base.  The long, fiery battle has begun,
until the day of the final showdown.

Doug Dlin
apcog@hotmail.com


From takeuchi@mbox.kyoto-inet.or.jp Tue Mar 31 10:53:12 EST 1998

> <<STORY>>
> The place is the planet Gaea.  Out to make the Argon Moa (argonmoa?
> argonmore?) energy that exists there their own, the Evil Destron
"Angorumoa" in katakana. You can find the word in
Nostradamus' 'predictive' poems. ( Actually, I wonder
why Nostradamus is soooooooo much "popular" in
Japan)

Thanks for good translation :)

and here is a few updates taken from TV Magazine
May issue ( TV Magazine is a famous kids' magazine
in Japan ):

Artemis and Moon:

two androids who watch the BeastWars from the moon of
Gaea. Artemis is a 'cute-girl'-ish android and Moon is ...
hmm ... android rat ??

Galvatron in coma:

Galvatron falls into a coma by a trouble ( WHAT trouble ??)
so that his younger brother MegaStorm commands Destron.

AUTOROLLERS:

mercenray Transformers. Mainly they help Destron with
constructing their Base.

AUTOCRUSHER: green shovelcar TF
AUTOSTINGER: yellow dumptruck TF
AUTOJETTER: silver jetfighter(Honet) TF
AUTOLAUNCHER: red armored truck TF

Hmm ... AUTOCRUSHER and AUTOSTINGER are
construction vehicles ... they can "help" construction,
but HOW can AUTOJETTER help "constructing a base" ??
(Are they *new* TFs ? )

Also a Japanese TF fan says Takara will release
Transquito, Retrax, ManTerror, Drillbit and PowerPinch
as BWS toys in Japan from May to June.