Saturday Morning Cartoons are thing of the past, but that doesn't mean we can't still watch them on Saturday. With just about everything available via streaming nowadays, why not do our own thing for Saturday mornings. Today we're going for something a bit longer and more obscure from overseas. "Beast Wars II: Lio Convoy's Critical Moment!" was an extended-release that was outside of the TV show's timeline.
In this mini-movie, we find the Maximals, led by Lio Convoy, the Predacons led by Galvatron encounter a mysterious device that has crashed on Planet Gaia (a future version of Earth). Dire circumstances arise when Galvatron uses a device to summon a monster Decepticon called Majin Zarak who threatens to destroy all the Maximals. This leads to the arrival of Maximal warrior, and the protagonist of the original Beast Wars series, Optimus Primal. Watch now via YouTube with subtititles:
Hozumi Goda as Lio Convoy/Flash Lio Convoy Takehito Koyasu as Optimus Primal/Burning Convoy Yumiko Kobayashi as Lio Junior, Magnaboss Mantarô Iwao as Skywarp Hiroaki Harakawa as Santon Ryo Naito as DJ, Tripledacus Daisuke Ishikawa as Motorarm Takeshi Maeda as Gimlet Katashi Ishizuka as Tasmania Kid Sanryo Odaka as Apache Masami Iwasaki as Bighorn Kenji Nakano as Diver Yuji Kishi as Scuba Tetsuo Komura as Galvatron Takashi Matsuyama as Gigastorm Hiroki Takahashi as Hellscream Eiji Takemoto as Dirgegun Junji Sanechika as Thrustol Takeshi Watanabe as Max B Kazuhiko Nishimatsu as God Neptune, Halfshell Haruhi Nanao as Computer Voice Takeshi Watanabe as Big Mos
We cannot have Saturday Morning Cartoons without retro TV Commercials too. We'll be featuring one with this spot each week as well. This week we've got the Beast Wars II - Magnaboss and God Neptune TV Commercial from 1998:
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