Shadow Raiders - S01E01 - Behold the Beast

[@x225w]

It hurts to see a very underrated series incomplete, this needed a conclusion.

[@bellgrand]

Yeah. I was so mad as a kid that this show just suddenly ended.

[@randomrazr]

a planet full of technology and couldnt find they had their own world engines

[@PerfectAlibi1]

It had a conclusion, they teleported it somewhere else as a hail mary. How else do you stop an unkillable enemy?

[@pizzabox3065]

@@PerfectAlibi1 answer the s o b in the void

[@oliviagajadhar3783]

I really wanted to see a third season as well, and they would have continued if the toyline didn't back out. However, thinking about it as an adult now... the way it ended actually ends up being a fitting (and dark) conclusion that leaves a lingering dread. It implies that, despite their temporary "victory," the Beast Planet is unstoppable and is just going to continue devouring world after world. It's a bleak ending.

[@drakenimmortal]

The animation sure is dated compared to today, but this, Beast Wars and Reboot were a wild ride. The good old days, never to be seen again.

[@GreenEagle34]

The writing and characters hold it up. I feel a show like this could really hold its on Netflix

[@terranova1203]

I agree

[@LawgSkrak]

I still love the animation on all these mainframe shows. Its gorgeous! I really wish this show would get a bluray release.

[@Soulfly415]

@@GreenEagle34 The writing is nothing to be singing praises about. In fact there's a lot of stupid in this show. The only thing that holds it up is the premise, the interesting and mysterious main villain and the few memorable characters.

[@actionpssthead2979]

@@Soulfly415 You smoking some crack dude ..why your holin out

[@heusniet]

I remember watching this, Beast Wars, Spiderman etc every saturday morning when I was a kid. Like 2 hours worth of awesome cartoons. Beast Wars was my favorite though, those writers knew how to make interesting characters.

[@matthewbosco9190]

heusniet seems like a golden age huh

[@matthewbosco9190]

***** no but some i think

[@heusniet]

It's from the same production company I think. Mainframe.

[@matthewbosco9190]

heusniet too bad there were never more shows that could match mainframes style i miss mainframe

[@sylvesteryoung2514]

+matthew bosco dont forget Reboot

[@cookie842]

When 1 pilot episode from the 90s has more substance and creativity than the entire modern Disney network combined.

[@IgorSalaj3578]

Shadow Raiders has more Star Wars fellings in itself than Disney Star Wars would ever imagine

[@Darkdaej]

@@IgorSalaj3578 Mainframe's creative team were huge science fiction nerds. ReBoot is filled with Star Wars and Star Trek references. (The icons alone...)

[@Craig7192]

Exactly

[@TNEQL]

Shadow Raiders was fantastic, but a claim like that is just pure nostalgia.

[@kuklama0706]

These days substance and creativity are called "weird" and "trying too hard".

[@nacirema2710]

Putting aside your differences to fight a common enemy. A lesson for all.

[@joseguevara8321]

Despite their Honor and Pride, Teamwork, Friendship, It's the only way.

[@reviathan3524]

This is basically Mass Effect before Mass Effect.

[@briansmith2739]

More like StarCraft meets Battlestar Galactica and Battlefield earth. The animation looks good for 1998.

[@Jukebocks]

Wait until you hear about Babylon 5

[@stubbypopsicle]

They don't make shows like the used too. An amazingly crafted story made with heart.

[@vocalist92]

The voice acting and dialogue in this show was amazing. Almost theatrical and epic in it's presentation. But then the story itself is a very grandiose narrative, makes sense the voice acting would follow that

[@BryonYoungblood]

And we got big guns like Paul Dobson among the cast to help deliver a great performance!

[@Don_Avogado]

Been looking for this show for nearly 20 years. I remember watching it as a kid, but I couldn't remember the name of it. I searched and searched on Google to look at old kids shows on Fox Kids and UPN. But turned out I was looking in the wrong places as this was aired on the WB. Didn't remember that. All I could remember was some planet getting destroyed and this girl getting launched into space to spread the word that some evil thing was coming. Now that I've finally found the show I know I wasn't crazy and didn't just invent these memories in my mind. It's like scratching an itch you've had for 20 years. Geezus this looks worse than I remember!

[@achannelhandle]

20 years old, damn! Couldn't believe that number at first, then I did the math...

[@Harmthuria]

I couldn't remember the name either. But I knew that the same voice actor did Rockhound, and Enzo (grown up) from Reboot. Wasn't too long a search on imdb.

[@nemanjastikic1367]

I googled just moving planets xD

[@kaos2317]

You weren't wrong to search UPN. In my area UPN was the station that broadcasted this great series.

[@kippcampbell6144]

and it was also aired on ytv back in the late 90s

[@MikazukiKai]

Graveheart's ETERNAL Epic Line: "I'm just a Miner" (Since 1998)

[@serenemountain6769]

that line was used in the game red facrion ... lol very cliche

[@DanielMaverick]

Wow bro I remember that

[@michaelgreenwood3413]

Jade: "Would you PLEASE stop saying that?"

[@MikazukiKai]

@@michaelgreenwood3413 LOL XD XD XD XD

[@ingelia6274]

It's surprising how well the CGI in this series has held up.

[@tauruswiggins6230]

A time when heroes become legends.

[@tauruswiggins6230]

She's a real heroes.

[@aidenlenhardt4163]

omfg, im 29 and i almost forgot about this show i was so hyped as a kid when the intro played.

[@The_Husband_of_Jane_Lane]

I started watching this series a month ago and it's really good. I never saw this show when it originally aired (I only watched ReBoot and Transformers (Beast Wars in particular)). After I started watching this, it quickly became one of my favorite CGI animated shows. I noticed some voice actors from Exosquad, Street Sharks, Skysurfer Strike Force and G.I. Joe Extreme were in this show. Overall, this is such a great series.

[@Titanscreaming]

For the majority of ALL human generations... We are the lucky few to have grown up as children in the electrical age of television. Primate to sapiens and from tribes to egypt and rome, no human born back then grew up with television. games, and those powerful media's... supermarket foods and drinks. school and jobs for parents. no one ever had to go hunting, fishing, cars everywhere. cellphones. I saw shadow raiders some good 20 years ago... and now that i think of it. for the past 20 years science fiction played a pretty cool role in my life!. Playing games like mass effect, alien isolation, dead space, space marine, dawn of war 1-2, It's like i've been watching and playing shadow raiders for a long time xD. Starship troopers, godzilla, alien abduction/ invasion movies, documentaries, games xD. the whole works.

[@primegaming5139]

Loved this show, recorded almost every episode on VHS but missed 2 or 3 and I was absolutely gutted, thanks a lot for these. One of the best animated series I've ever watched, shame they didn't continue on with the series.

[@DaVeO52]

Underappreciated series that far outshone the toyline it was based on. Mainframe made great shows in the 90s. Focusing on story and character Reboot, Beast Wars and Shadow Raiders stood above episodic shows of the time.

[@BJbear2001]

The story is still so convincing that it stacks up(IMO) to even the best current shows. I loved this show when I was a kid! I'd forgotten that it gotten cancelled prematurely. Thank you for posting this!

[@Diavilos]

That's cause even the best current shows are crap compared to the programs we had. Truly ours was a golden age.

[@ShadowSonic2]

This show is basically Mass Effect a decade before Mass Effect.

[@matthewbosco9190]

some people chose to spread the legacy and write stories of shadow raiders

[@Diavilos]

matthew bosco And those people are wonderful but still I missed this.

[@matthewbosco9190]

Diavilos we all do my friend

[@AdmiralLink]

I wish there was season 3. I want to know the ending of this series. Two great shows: Beast Wars and Shadow Raiders!

[@matthewbosco9190]

they made another show called beast machines so if u want to know the truth watch the show it made 2 seasons and shadow raiders was still being told through stories on a blog

[@matthewbosco9190]

for beast machines same characters from beast wars

[@AdmiralLink]

matthew bosco Except Beast Machines was terrible and I already know the ending of Beast Machines. Where is the blog for shadow raiders?

[@matthewbosco9190]

AdmiralLink wow a little harsh dont u think any ways here www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CCwQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.writing.com%2Fmain%2Fview_item%2Fitem_id%2F1420210-Legacy-Shadow-Raiders--JQTRA--X-Over&ei=nQvLVIDrK9bg8AWIzoLgAQ&usg=AFQjCNGnX8XIuqF4Zo5fX1HqtEFzs6zUfg&sig2=8wA5-byc32RkC7_xVxFv4g&bvm=bv.84607526,d.dGc&cad=rja

[@AdmiralLink]

matthew bosco Thanks. Sorry didn't mean to be harsh. But Beast Machine was not a good show in my view. Out of curiosity, who wrote the Shadow Raider's story on a blog: the writers of the show or fan?

[@oliviagajadhar3783]

The series begins and ends with the doomsdays of other worlds. This is, by far, Mainframe's darkest show. It's a shame that they couldn't continue with a third season. I certainly won't forget this gem.

[@christiandauz3742]

With the death of Brokk and the knowledge of the Beast Planet's weakness, their days are numbered This is an allegory about WW2 and the Holocaust

[@evomaldonado665]

I wish they'd bring this back

[@TheLatiosnlatias02]

ReBoot, Sam & Max, Sharky & George, Rescue Heroes, Mythic Warriors and Pippi Longstocking are my favourites.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

I've never watched Shadow Raiders. This is the first time I have watched it. The first episode is good. It reminds me of Beast Wars and Battlestar Galactica.

[@scarletletter4900]

I'm impressed with how well the animation, and some of the themes have help up.

[@markanable9459]

Scarlet Letter i

[@JenEssitBroughman]

So much of this reminds me of Babylon 5: The font used in the credits, the mood and sense of the soundtrack, and overarching theme.

[@dwaynemackinnon4634]

Loved this show. Spent far too much money to buy it on DVD from ADVision back in the day, but it was worth it. A few thoughts: 1) Still love the opening theme after all these years. 2) Graveheart is one BAMF. Love when he shows up with the massive sonic cannon. 3) She's not in this episode, but I absolutely love Jade. She's voiced by Enuka Okuma, who you can see on Rookie Blue as Tracy Nash.

[@277imperator]

This was one of my favorite shows as a kid. I had all of the toys. So nostalgic! Thank you for putting this up!

[@davisisking]

I've been looking for this show for YEARS

[@quantumstereotv6319]

This is Star Wars, Star Trek, Battlestar and Starship Troopers combined.

[@HoloCatHead]

In the first episode we have a planet that eats other planets, and a BFG equivalent used to save the day. No wonder I loved this show as a kid.

[@vvolfbelorven7084]

Great show! Best watched in 2024 at 1.25 playback speed when things move a bit faster nowadays

[@thewolf-sb3mq]

At last i found you ...my childhood

[@aqaopensolution7848]

yay!

[@brandonandcharlene9527]

I'm a diehard Transformers and Beast Wars fan. That said, War Planets was the best show Mainframe ever produced. I'm so glad I bought the DVD volumes back in 2001.

[@TheVellure]

I wish I could meet the creators and tell them what an amazing job they did. I hope they truly are proud of their work.

[@jeffwalkerbooks]

This show was some of the best written, best animated, best deserving of a next season…. It’s a shame that this show was far superior than the toys themselves. Please, someone bring this epic and original show back to life. To hell with the toys, just the show.

[@sum1zdad292]

Lol I came here for the animation from the 90s, but the ad before the video was for a video game, super high def, and it was an ad to say it was a remastered port, so those HD graphics are OLD NOW TOO! Wow. Now back to the early days.

[@_ace786]

absolute gold...woke up without alarms to watch this

[@Digital_Necromancer]

one of the best tv series i ever seen as a kid because at the time it was killing people and so the stakes were high per episode. And with a bad guy planet that ate other planets and had ate plenty of planets before the final episode the idea at the time amongst kids was that this would lead into some epic final battles. But they just never materialized. Which is such a shame. Everyone i knew watched this on friday morning before school. 7am was worth getting up for with this and Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles before school.

[@KeyleeTamirian]

90's CGI shows look so amazing! What do we have nowadays, though... PJ Masks?

[@Clarkaraoke]

Considering this was probably the pilot for the show, wow, what a first episode, it packed a whallop when I first watched it way back. Some of it seems a little cliche or farfetched but not for a children's show. For a Childrens show, it tackled a lot of adult themes, at least, it felt mature and cool for me as a young boy growing up in the 90s. I loved this show and the toys so goddamn much.

[@DrLynch2009]

This animation holds up better than Beast Wars and Reboot.

[@sergon777]

These guys had worse aim than storm troopers.

[@matthewbosco9190]

you would think

[@christiandauz3742]

At least they don't have a brain, so its kinda justified Their weapons are more powerful and they are more harder to kill These guys are an upgrade over Stormtroopers

[@civilwarfare101]

Welcome to fiction

[@thetravelerman3676]

Sergio Gerard 😂🤣😂🤣

[@DracoJakeo]

I’ve been trying to remember the name of the this show for years! All I could remember was the character with the fire hair, now at the ripe old age of 28 I can watch this again!

[@KeyleeTamirian]

You can't deny the charm of 90's CGI shows. Now they look too much otherworldly... and so back then they looked out of this world. Graphics, design, animation, it looks very alien-like and i love it. Modern CGI shows all look much softer, cleaner and just like Pixar Cartoons. It's sad that modern CGI movies and cartoons don't try to do something gritty and alien-like. Modern kids don't like computer graphics that just scream "Yep, this is CGI", as it ruins their "immersion", but in 90's it was the whole point, it should look very different from normal 2D Animation.

[@biscuitstix_]

this vaguely gives me GLTAS vibes and I’m here for it

[@Matanumi]

King Cryos... is Rau le Creuset from Gundam seed! I love the VA work and music in this show

[@tumsfestival8027]

O it totally is!

[@warhawk4494]

My God! I remember but forgot about it until seeing a post on Facebook. So this show got canceled after one season? Which sucks because I loved what I got to see of it. It was so good.

[@KnightLuciferZero]

This takes me back

[@nejm612]

When I saw this on TV it was named WAR PLANETS

[@KyloXsogi]

This is what waking up at 6 am on a Saturday morning was all about… shows like this.

[@謎思特異]

I think I’ve been looking this for ages... BeastWar is my favorite, but this is also memorable

[@PerfectAlibi1]

Shadow Raiders is FAR superior to Beastwars.

[@ubiozmiec]

Is it okay if I cry? I'm gonna cry anyway. I miss the time when stuff had meaning.

[@iusefacebookalso]

I finally found the name of this show on WatchMojo's recent top 10 list. I can finally get some closure on a part of my childhood!

[@StoogesFan]

Wish we could've seen what Planet Tek was like before it was consumed by the Beast Planet, looked like it could've been cyber-punk like

[@thejimg]

The animation definitely shows it's age, but the story is still good enough to make up for it animation...

[@christiandauz3742]

The animation can always be improved upon, just look at EA's games But without good writing and story it would be crap, again just look at EA

[@serenemountain6769]

i think the animation has aged well. and yes the story was superb ...

[@Dhark0rion]

Never seen this before. looks ...interesting. Kinda has a Beast Wars feel to it.

[@oanhho8267]

+TheDevastator1775 made by same studios

[@todddavis2041]

No maybe bout they were made by the same studio, & same voice cast to! Back when there were good kids shows on tv!

[@astrangeone]

I remember catching this before Beast Wars (and the newer series with them back on Cybertron), and I didn't like it to much. I'm watching it now because the show should be good.

[@shonaslvr4342]

Thank you Mister Daniel Gomez !!🤩

[@MrGoatFish10]

Ah yes shadow raiders love this show back then..

[@ZephKin]

I remember never watching this, but wanting to every time I saw the commercials. I was obsessed with Reboot, BW, TFArmada, Zixx-Level 1, Zoids, etc.... Man, too much goodness back in old YTV.

[@Goremize]

Why can't shows today be like they were in the past. Why is this better then like 95% of created media today

[@keanunoble6842]

To Everyone who ever watched this... Our child was good❤😊

[@rock2k14]

Oh god, I completely forgot Graveheart was voiced by Paul Dobson, Captain/Chapter Master Gabriel Angelos himself.

[@GoldmansNephew]

I first saw this on an awesome cartoon compilation DVD from a local library, and really got into it. Other classics to check out include Inhumanoids and Bucky 'O' Hare and the Toad Wars.

[@Autisticguywithacamera]

Never heard of this show before. Looks like it was also made by Mainframe, cool! I loved their work on Reboot and Beast Wars.

[@Igarappappa]

Just imagine how terrifying it must be to see the Beast's Claw wrapping around your world!

[@leahtistrahmad1369]

Crazy how I forgot about this show I use to watch as a kid. Wow

[@sunsabsuon6292]

I miss this movie (show) it’s been long time for back to watch 😆(sorry i don’t good in english)

[@pizzabox3065]

I remember watching this as a kid such a great show 😎

[@vex1921]

One of the best of all time...

[@300pzl]

"i'm just a miner."

[@ZeeZeeBun]

This was always such a strange series... But it had it's charm..

[@ElectronicControl3R]

This show just demands to be referred to as a true mother-fucking bad ass 90 action cartoon! THIS is why I like cartoons. THIS era is why I got into anime. THIS is what a cartoon should be, could be even... not some candy colored garbage like SpongeBob, Fairly odd parents or whatever... well I admit comedy has its place (especially in cartoons. Be them adult or children based) THIS too NEEDS its place nowadays. I would actually pay for cable connection if I could watch bas ass 90's style action shows like this! I miss the shows with giant mechs beating on each other like zoids, medabots and transformers with real human emotions and conflicts like skyland and cyber six fantasies like THIS, Knights of Camelot, Reboot, Monster Ranchers, Star ship troopers... actions like TMNT, Heman. Power Rangers, Batman, Batman Beyond... GOD can someone gimme a list to watch?? I could really use some REAL cartoons!

[@ShadowSonic2]

ElectronicControl3R Funny thing is, the story already was revived...as Mass Effect.

[@LuccaKristan01]

ElectronicControl3R attack on titan. It's a japanese anime and it's badass. Also wicked city is nuts, but it's 18+ (some crazy ass crap going in in there) just go to animekiss and look up sci fi. some ar wack shit, but some are whack good

[@matthewbosco9190]

ElectronicControl3R we all want some of those things my friend but unless there are more of us that still care about these old shows and demand a reboot these shows are just ancient history only a select few get chosen to get rebooted depending on the veiwers the rest are just history that little of us now about

[@ElectronicControl3R]

Luka Kristan LOOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

[@zathuramon]

i can bet this series inspired MASS EFFECT.

[@OscarGonzalez-vg3cp]

Grate show good massage about together we can beat are enemy..I remember many years ago.

[@joshuacaban1160]

Cool cartoon ever made I love shadow raiders

[@Lardon2]

Pretty cool awesome sci-fy show! I didn't knew it! ;) It reminds me Mass Effect games whereas the mystic music reminds me from Black and White video game.

[@briansmith2739]

This looks like StarCraft meets Battlefield earth.

[@WindiChilliwack]

That was my exact thoughts xD Planet Rock gave that so much away, especially how they were designed and looked similar to some of the units in brood war, and i thought of War hammer 40k with the factions too

[@Metalx5]

Been looking for this for years! =,') Love it just as much as I did then, maybe more now that I really appreciate it.

[@asktheraventarot4164]

Been looking for this forever!!!!

[@GeekyGirls92]

Me too!!!

[@commenter4898]

Thanks for uploading these! I watched a few episodes when I was little. It was dubbed and I don't remember the show's name nor the characters, only some plot points. Glad to be able to finally find them and revisit my childhood.

[@croket3000]

I watched this cartoon when i was too young to understand shit. But it's still the most bad ass and memorable cartoon in my childhood. God, it really needs a reboot !

[@michaellewisjr2643]

Yes ,bring back my childhood please , one the best

[@martinlastname8548]

2018 here. How I remember how this show blew me away as a kid

[@bthesilentgames]

I think the first part to this episode pays homage to the scene in Transformers The Movie. Both monster planets travel between two gigantic stars before consuming their victims and their homeworlds.

[@robiprule]

my childhood :D THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!!!!

[@Harlequin619]

How did this not catch on!?!?

[@shadow2155]

it first aired in 1999 an the net wasn't so main stream like it is now so alot of people didn't know about shows like this unless they watched it on tv

[@heavyheart9685]

shadow2155 HOLY HELL I WAS BORN IN 1999!!!!!!!!!

[@heavyheart9685]

thats why i never saw it i was a baby.

[@heavyheart9685]

can you tell me what it was like then were stuff made scene

[@heavyheart9685]

i know old games were hard as hell back then and i didn't know what the internet was either.

[@truchaXD117]

Rock Soldier: Warriors! lock and load! if it's a fight they want... King Cryos: Then you would already be dead HAIL CRYOS!! o7

[@PerfectAlibi1]

All hail the beast!

[@slavicapybara_7892]

Bro i was searching for this for so long I even forgot its name and now a finnaly found it yeaaaaaaa this was my childhood so much nostalgia I am going to cry man 😁😁😃😄😭😭

[@capowable]

I searched ‘Aliens with Crystal Hair Cartoon’, ‘Past Cartoons Lists’ and finally ‘Planet Engine Cartoon’ and I got it. The theme was an awesome tune when I was younger.

[@ingelia6274]

See, I googled "Beast Planet" when I tried to find it again.

[@linck7up]

i never got how they got water, food, and fire before they even got to space to raid them

[@noangles1564]

Their planets are artificial. I believe they were planted there by what ever made their world engines

[@KeyleeTamirian]

I want a videogame with such graphics. With this style, designs. It just looks so fresh compared to today's Ultra Realistic 3D graphics or Pixar/Dreamworks Cartoony 3D Graphics. Modern CGI looks so... bland compared to this beauty,

[@robotnikkkk001]

=NOPE.......REMASTER THE ENTIRE CGI TO MODERN STANDARDS WITH LEAVING EVERYTHING ELSE AT PLACE =...................THE SHOW IS FOR ALL AGES,THOUGH.........

[@dredrakon]

Someone has a series I use to live watching finally

[@thiagocardieri828]

thank you for these memories....... i used to love this

[@mesicek7]

I remember watching this every saturday/sunday morning sometime around 99-00. It replaced beast wars slot

[@robotnikkkk001]

=THIS SHOW WAS GROWN UP AF AND DOESNT MATTER THAT IT WAS MADE FOR CHILDREN ............TOO BAD THAT THERE'S NOTHING AS SERIOUS AS THIS ONE NOWADAYS

[@lanhod]

this was aired on my local tv station. that was 20years ago. Me and my siblings religiously waited for it every weekends.

[@point2600]

what a cool series i used to watch it as a child oh nostalga

[@briansmith2739]

Now I see where Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, got their inspiration on their Phantoms. @13:28.

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

this gets awesome after the first few minutes

[@epicmemer7543]

I remember watching this with my father and brother in ~2003. Compared to the garbage children watch nowadays, this is a masterpiece. Also, the animation reminds me of Ratchet and Clank.

[@kanesnod6994]

ive been looking for this for so long and now ive found it uploader your a god

[@glorifiedng]

I really enjoyed watching this show when it was on. It was a shame that they did not get to finish. :(

[@robotnikkkk001]

=IT FINISHED OR CORRECT NOTE,THOUGH =ABOUT MAYBE THE BATTLE WAS OVER,BUT ........THE WAR NEVER ENDS........