As explained in the Battle Beasts introduction the connection of the Japanese Beasts with the Transformers was much more obvious compared to the Battle Beasts released by HASBRO where the reference or connection to the Transformers line was completely absent. It is clear that with the appearance of the Beastformers in the Transformers The Headmasters episode TAKARA had created an even wider platform for the launch of the Beasts within Japan. Transformers success used to advertise the Beastformers This might explain the reason for the division as is since the Decepticon army consists out of a multiple amount of the same Beast while on the Autobot side there is a bigger variety of Beasts that occur only in smaller numbers balancing the whole division idea. Looking at the episode it is directly clear that from the large majority of various Autobot Beasts appearing within this episode only a few are present as duplicates while on the Decepticon side there are larger groups of Bats, Carps, Toad, etc. Unequal division, 51 Autobots vs 25 Decepticons…Īlso in order to clarify this unfair division the storyline of the Rebellion on Planet Beasts cannot be ignored. A possible explanation for those type of animals might be that they are known for digging holes and that within the storyline of the episode the Decepticons seem to operate from an underground factory. This still does not explain why Beasts such as the Armadillo, Anteater and Pangolin for instance have joined sides with the Decepticons so that is a blank that remains. This division of the flying Beasts seems to have continued amongst the Series 2 and 3 Beasts as well both having an equal amount of flying Beasts. Most likely the Bat joined the Decepticons as well in order to have a flying Battle opponent in both factions with Colonel Bird on the Autobot side and Blitzkrieg Bat on the Decepticon side. The Bat is a more clear exception that might need a bit more clarification. With the Spider having its own order within the animal kingdom it is not very strange to find him amongst the Decepticons as well knowing the Autobots are mainly composed out of endothermic vertebrates. But looking into the storyline of this episode again those exceptions can be explained relatively easy. While this explains the large majority of the division, namely that ALL the reptiles, fish and amphibians from Planet Beast are Decepticons it does not explain everything knowing there are a couple of exceptions. Rebellion on Planet Beast still (at 10.02 min) Here are the stills out of the episode from the actual sentence (English subtitled since Transformers The Headmasters series was fully in Japanese): At 9.55 min these famous words are spoken by one of the Autobot Transformers arriving on Planet Beast to support the remaining Beasts, who automatically join the Autobot faction, in their Battle against the Beasts who have joined sides with the Decepticons. This very important and crucial line for the origin of the actual division comes from the Transformers The Headmasters Episode 5: Rebellion on Planet Beasts. But where did it originate from and who decided to place one Beast in the Autobot faction while the other ended up on the Decepticon side… ¨I see, so it´s the reptiles, fish and amphibians Since TAKARA launched the Battle Beasts line in Japan as a spin-off from the Transformers line the presence of the two famous Transformer factions amongst the Beasts is not so strange. Firstly shown and explained is the origin of this division.įor the origin of the division of the Battle Beasts into Autobots and Decepticons it is impossible to ignore the connection that this line has with the Transformers. Please scroll down for the actual division of the various series of Beasts over the two factions. One of the Inserts that was included in the Japanese single boxes which clearly shows the presence of the two factions.Īs briefly mentioned in the introduction about the Battle Beasts the Japanese Beastformers were divided into the two factions known from the Transformers Cybertron (Autobots) and Destron (Decepticons).
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