Beast Wars Neo is a 1998 Japanese

Japanese language

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 Transformers

Transformers

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 television animated series and toy line, and a sequel to Beast Wars II

Beast Wars II

refers to the 1998 Japanese Transformers television animated series, and the movie and toyline that resulted from it. While its position in the Transformers continuity has previously been unknown, the IDW Publishing comic book mini-series Beast Wars: The Gathering and comments from Transformers...

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Plot

The series focuses on a battle between Maximal and Predacon factions for possession of an energy source called Angolmois. The lone "one-man army" Big Convoy is assigned the task of being teacher to a group of young recruits against Magmatron's group. By the end of the series, however, both forces unite to oppose the wrath of the dark god Unicron

Unicron

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Toyline

Beast Wars Neo's toy line contains exclusive figures available only in Japan

Japan

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, some of which later became available to other fans via the Hasbro online store or were available in later series, sometimes repainted and remolded. The Transformers: Universe

Transformers: Universe

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release of Nemesis Prime

Nemesis Prime

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 was Hasbro

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's repaint of Big Convoy and was released in Australia

Australia

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 as exclusive item, in addition to being a Target exclusive in the United States

United States

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. Magmatron also ended up as a Target exclusive.

Episodes

1. Move Out Big Convoy!
2. Get the Mysterious Capsule!
3. Burning Spirit Below Freezing
4. Hang in there Stampy!
5. Mirage in the Sand
6. Dinosaur Combiner Magmatron
7. Duel in the Midst of Labyrinth
8. Danger of the Black Hole
9. Sub-Commander Longrack
10. Whoa! Eaten!
11. Planet of Time
12. Hydra Alone
13. Break is a Destron
14. Ship's Log
15. Mach Kick Enlists!
16. Planet of the Ultimate Weapon
17. Troubled DNAVI
18. Randy, Attack!
19. Physicist Bump
20. Hardhead is Hardheaded
21. Deep-sea Personal Combat
22. The Stolen Gung-Ho
23. Hot-blooded Instructor Survive
24. Assemble, New Warriors!
25. The Mysterious Beast Warrior
26. The Stolen Capsule
27. Pursue the Blendtrons
28. Angered Magmatron
29. Illusions? LioConvoy
30. Unicron Revived...
31. Unicron's Ambition
32. Fight, Cybertrons!
33. The End of the Cybertrons...
34. The Last Battle
35. Graduation