1996

The year 1996 (MCMXCVI) is the thirteenth year of the Transformers brand.

For further information, see: Transformers timeline

Events

Non-Fiction

• Chuck Gammage Animation founded
• Moose Mountain Toymakers founded
• Volcano Entertainment founded

Beast Wars production

Season 1

• January 9 - Finalized Script of The Web
• January 9 - First Draft of Chain of Commmand
• January 12 - Finalized Script of Beast Wars (Part 1) and Beast Wars (Part 2)
• January 15 - Finalized Script of Chain of Commmand
• January 17 - Revised Script of Beast Wars (Part 1)
• January 19 - Revised Script of Beast Wars (Part 2)
• January 24 - First Draft of Gorilla Warfare
• January 26 - Revised Script of Chain of Commmand
• January 30 - First Draft of Double Jeopardy
• February 2 - First Draft of Fallen Comrades
• February 20 - Second Draft of Power Surge
• February 11 - Second Draft of Double Jeopardy
• February 18 - First Draft of Victory
• February 26 - Second Draft of Fallen Comrades
• February 28 - First Draft of Dark Voyage
• March 1 - Second Draft of Gorilla Warfare
• March 4 - First Draft of Double Dinobot
• March 7 - First Draft of The Spark
• March 12 - First Draft of Dark Designs
• March 13 - Finalized Script of Power Surge, Fallen Comrades and Double Jeopardy
• March 25 - Second Draft of The Spark
• April 5 - Finalized Script of The Probe
• April 9 - Second Draft of Dark Voyage
• April 25 - Finalized Script of Gorilla Warfare
• April 26 - Second Draft of Dark Designs
• May 1 - Finalized Script of A Better Mousetrap
• May 20 - First Draft of The Trigger, Part 1
• May 30 - Second Draft of Victory
• June 6 - Finalized Script of Victory and Double Dinobot
• June 12 - Finalized Script of Dark Designs
• June 14 - First Draft of The Trigger, Part 2
• June 19 - Finalized Script of The Spark
• June 19 - First Draft of Spider's Game
• June 20 - Revised Script of Double Dinobot
• July 16 - Second Draft of Spider's Game
• July 18 - Second Draft of The Trigger, Part 1
• July 19 - Second Draft of The Trigger, Part 2
• August 13 - Finalized Script of The Trigger, Part 1 and The Trigger, Part 2
• August 14 - Finalized Script of Spider's Game
• August 29 - First Draft of Call of the Wild and Other Voices, Part 1
• September 4 - First Draft of Possession
• September 11 - Second Draft of Call of the Wild
• September 16 - Second Draft of Possession
• September 20 - Finalized Script of Call of the Wild and Possession
• September 27 - First Draft of Law of the Jungle
• October 2 - Second Draft of Law of the Jungle
• October 9 - First Draft of The Low Road
• October 16 - Finalized Script of Law of the Jungle
• October 17 - Finalized Script of Dark Voyage and The Low Road
• November 5 - Second Draft of Other Voices, Part 1
• November 11 - Finalized Script of Other Voices, Part 1
• November 11 - First Draft of Other Voices, Part 2
• November 14 - Revised Script of Before the Storm
• December 5 - Second Draft of Other Voices, Part 2
• December 13 - Finalized Script of Other Voices, Part 2

Conventions

• BotCon 1996: July 12–14

Births

• January 21 — Jorge Lendeborg Jr.
• January 27 — Martina Tamburello
• March 31 — Liza Koshy
• April 2 — Brooke Goldner
• April 4 — Shinba Tsuchiya
• May 8 — Lucas Wecker
• June 23 — Akira Takaki
• June 24 — Miyu Yamabe
• November 25 — Katherine McNamara
• December 8 — Alan García
• December 11 — Hailee Steinfeld

Deaths

• February 26 — Georges Atlas
• March ???? — Frank Langford
• April 30 — Michael Tomack
• December 27 — Garcia Neto

Media

Television

• Beast Wars Season 1 episodes 1–17

Print

Comics

Comic Bom Bom (Japan)

• Transformers: G-2 (part 6, 6 parts)

Hasbro

• Optimus Primal vs Megatron!

Collections

Home Video

Alliance Atlantis (CAN)

VHS

• Beast Wars — A Feature Length Beasties Adventure
• Robots-Bêtes — Une Adventure Cybernetique

Malofilm (CAN)

VHS

• The Transformers — The Ultimate Doom
• Transformers — L'Ultime Piège

Takara (Japan)

Laserdisc

• Transformers: The Headmasters Set

Merchandise

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Toys

Hasbro

Beast Wars

Maximals

Predacons

Exclusives

Takara

Beast Wars