Japanese Transformers G1 set coming

[McCrutchy]

NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan will release the first three seasons of Transformers G1, namely Fight! Super Robot Life-Form Transformers (戦え！超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー) and Transformers 2010 (戦え！超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー２０１０) on December 6th, 2017 as an Amazon.co.jp exclusive.

The box set will go on general release on February 7th, 2018.

Note that this is a 3xBD-50 set with all 95 episodes (2280 minutes), and as such, appears to be presented in standard definition NTSC video.

There is only Japanese audio, no English audio, and no subtitles of any kind.

Originally Posted by Amazon.co.jp

[Show spoiler]『トランスフォーマー/最後の騎士王』公開記念! 初代アニメ&2010がイッキ見ブルーレイセットとして発売決定!

『トランスフォーマー/最後の騎士王』公開記念!
原点である初代アニメ全65話+それに続き放映された2010全35話を、ブルーレイ3枚に一挙収録してお 手頃価格でリリース!
期間限定生産特典として、絶版となったDVD-BOXの復刻ブックレットとグイド・グイディ氏による新規描きおろし三方背ケース付!

※画質は既発売商品「戦え! 超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー DVD-SET1・SET2」(GNBA-1911/GNBA-1912)、「戦え! 超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー2010 DVD-SET」(GNBA-1913)と同等となります。


【期間限定生産特典】
◆復刻ブックレット 3冊
既発売商品
PIBA-1095「戦え! 超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー DVD-BOX1」(24P)
PIBA-1096「戦え! 超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー DVD-BOX2」(32P)
PIBA-1158「戦え! 超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー2010 DVD-BOX」(40P)
封入ブックレットを復刻。

◆グイド・グイディ氏 新規描きおろし三方背ケース


【仕様】
ブルーレイ2層3枚+アマレーケース仕様

【収録話数】
戦え! 超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー 全65話+映像特典
戦え! 超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー2010 全30話

※収録内容は既発売商品「戦え! 超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー DVD-SET1・SET2」(GNBA-1911/GNBA-1912)、「戦え! 超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー2010 DVD-SET」(GNBA-1913)と同じものになります。



※発売日、仕様、特典などは都合により予告なく変更する場合がございます。

〈キャスト〉
【サイバトロン戦士】 コンボイ:玄田哲章/バンブル:塩屋 翼/アイアンハイド:速水 奨/ラチェット:江原正士/マイスター:片岡 弘貴/ハウンド:堀内賢雄/ホイルジャック:阪 脩/他

【デストロン軍団】 メガトロン:加藤精三/スタースクリーム:鈴置洋孝/サウンドウェーブ:政宗一成/フレンジー:城山知馨夫/レーザーウェーブ:島香 裕/アストロトレイン:喜多川拓郎/スクラッパー:石井敏郎/他

ナレーション:政宗一成

"Transformers / Last Knight's King" Releasing Commemoration! First Anime & 2010 will be released as Ikki Blu-ray Set!

"Transformers / Last Knight's King" release commemoration!
Released at a reasonable price with collecting 65 episodes of the first animation which is the origin as well as all 35 episodes which were continuously broadcasted to the 2010, all in three Blu-ray discs!
As a limited-time production benefit, with a reprint booklet of out-of-print DVD-BOX and a new drawing by Mr. Guido Guidi and a three-sided back case!

※ The image quality is equivalent to the already released product "Fight! Super robot life form Transformer DVD - SET 1 · SET 2" (GNBA - 1911 / GNBA - 1912), "Super robot life form Transformer 2010 DVD - SET" (GNBA - 1913) .


【Limited time production benefits】
◆ 3 books reprinted
Previously released items
PIBA - 1095 "Fight! Super robot living body Transformers DVD - BOX 1" (24P)
PIBA-1096 "Fight! Super robot living body Transformers DVD-BOX 2" (32P)
PIBA-1158 "Fight! Super robot living body Transformers 2010 DVD-BOX" (40P)
Reprinted enclosed booklet.

◆ Guido Guidi New drawing and three-way back case


【specification】
3 Blu-ray 2 layers + Amaret case specification

【Number of recorded stories】
Fight! Super robot life form Transformers all 65 episodes + image benefits
Fight! Super robot life form Transformers 2010 30 episodes

※ Contents of the contents are already released products "Battle! Super robot life form Transformers DVD-SET1 · SET 2" (GNBA-1911 / GNBA-1912), "Fight! Robot Transformers 2010 Transformers 2010 DVD-SET" (GNBA-1913) It will be the same one.



※ Release date, specifications, benefits etc are subject to change without notice due to circumstances.

<cast>
【Saibatron Warrior】 Convoy: Genda Tetsuaki / Bumble: Shioya Tsubasa / Ironhide: Hayami Shinko / Ratchet: Ehara Masashi / Mi Star: Kataoka Hiroki / Hound: Kenio Horiuchi / Wheel Jack: Osaka / Other

【Destron Corps】 Megatron: Kato Seizo / Star Scream: Yoshitaka Suzui / Sound Wave: Masamune Masamune / Frenzy: Toshio Shiroyama / Laser Wave: Shima Koh Hiroshi / Astro Train: Takuro Kitagawa / Scrapper: Toshiro Ishii / Other

Narration: Kazunari Masami

[NLScavenger]

Japanese Transformers G1 set coming

Note that this is a 3xBD-50 set with all 95 episodes (2280 minutes), and as such, appears to be presented in standard definition NTSC video.

There is only Japanese audio, no English audio, and no subtitles of any kind.

No superior English audio is understandable due to the large amount of cuts and changes on the Japanese dub. The Japanese dubs of western Transformers series are usually bad and full of unnecessary changes.

A proper HD G1 Transformers set would sadly need a lot of work due to the condition of the materials. There are high quality, but unfinished film masters available with a crapload of mistakes that were corrected before broadcast. All of those corrected scenes would need to be upscaled from the broadcast tape, unless a higher quality source is found.

[patch5129]

Note that this is a 3xBD-50 set with all 95 episodes (2280 minutes), and as such, appears to be presented in standard definition NTSC video.

There is only Japanese audio, no English audio, and no subtitles of any kind.

Seems like an intentional design flaw

[McCrutchy]

Originally Posted by NLScavenger

No superior English audio is understandable due to the large amount of cuts and changes on the Japanese dub. The Japanese dubs of western Transformers series are usually bad and full of unnecessary changes.

A proper HD G1 Transformers set would sadly need a lot of work due to the condition of the materials. There are high quality, but unfinished film masters available with a crapload of mistakes that were corrected before broadcast. All of those corrected scenes would need to be upscaled from the broadcast tape, unless a higher quality source is found.

Exactly. Add in the fact that this release is, at ¥19,440, technically cheaper than buying the priced-down re-release DVDs from 2012 (which would retail for ¥9,000 each, so ¥27,000) and far cheaper than buying the original Pioneer DVD sets from 2001 (which were ¥30,000 each, so ¥90,000), and you have what is probably the "best" Japanese G1 release ever, in terms of value.

Although mind, I'm not sure the Japanese would have remastered this even if it were easy. Avex apparently promised a Blu-ray box set for the Japanese version of Transformers Prime (2012) which has yet to come to fruition. Granted that Avex is not NBCUniversal, but still, that show should have been released on Blu-ray and DVD simultaneously, and it wasn't. Also, the 1986 film has only ever had one Pioneer DVD release in Japan, which is now long out-of-print and fetching insane prices. The franchise seems to be popular enough, but perhaps the Japanese studios resent the fact that it was first and foremost in the US, and as such, it is low on the totem pole.

I think this is the best we're going to get, unless someone does a really good upscale of the American series, of course. I doubt anyone has the time and money to go back to the film elements, especially with all the errors.

[mikezilla2]

il be interested to See what the Video looks like ......

[bongozoid]

Bah - if this was the Victory series, I'd be in.
Hopefully that happens one day.

[NLScavenger]

Packaging shot:

[BlaizeV]

I wonder if there is any chance of the Workprints being used to make a BD release. S2 of the Workprints is near enough what the broadcast version was with very few mistakes. S1 has plenty of oddities but those shots could be replaced on their own with Upscaled footage. It'd be a huge job and maybe something only Shout Factory themselves would ever consider but potentially it could be amazing ... potentially being the key word.

[IdeaOfEvil]

I guess this would be an interesting novelty to own. But after watching the Shout dvd releases for the Japanese seasons after the US G1 series ended, it's actually kind of a chore to get through.

And speaking of Shout and their prior dvd releases... not only were the voices just jarring to hear after being so used to the American tracks, but Shout's subtitles were just a mess. They didn't bother creating an accurate translation of the show (they subtitled names like Diaclones as Decepticons, and Convoy as Prime, etc), and it just left people familiar with watching Japanese subs (like me) being more distracted from the changes than not.

So, even if Shout did decide to license this for American release, they've got a lot of internal problems to get fixed first, imo

[NLScavenger]

Originally Posted by IdeaOfEvil

I guess this would be an interesting novelty to own. But after watching the Shout dvd releases for the Japanese seasons after the US G1 series ended, it's actually kind of a chore to get through.

And speaking of Shout and their prior dvd releases... not only were the voices just jarring to hear after being so used to the American tracks, but Shout's subtitles were just a mess. They didn't bother creating an accurate translation of the show (they subtitled names like Diaclones as Decepticons, and Convoy as Prime, etc), and it just left people familiar with watching Japanese subs (like me) being more distracted from the changes than not.

So, even if Shout did decide to license this for American release, they've got a lot of internal problems to get fixed first, imo

Not Shout's fault. Hasbro oversaw the production of the subtitles and demanded the terminology changes.

[Dragon Ranger]

The packaging is fantastic

[McCrutchy]

Here is an update on the contents and extras. It looks like NBCUEJ really mean this to be a facsimile of the DVD sets, and to that end, the audio and video should be identical, and the bonus features from those sets are being included. This should include some English-language episodes (namely The Rebirth), but who knows if the subtitles will be forced or burnt-in, given that they are designated as extra content:

[Show spoiler]『トランスフォーマー/最後の騎士王』公開記念！初代アニメ＆2010がイッキ見ブルーレイセットとして発売決定！
『トランスフォーマー/最後の騎士王』公開記念！
原点である初代アニメ全65話＋それに続き放映された2010全30話を、ブルーレイ3枚に一挙収録してお 手頃価格でリリース！
期間限定生産特典として、絶版となったDVD-BOXの復刻ブックレットとグイド・グイディ氏による新規描きおろし三方背ケース付！

※画質は既発売商品「戦え！超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー DVD-SET1・SET2」(GNBA-1911／GNBA-1912)、「戦え！超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー2010 DVD-SET」(GNBA-1913)と同等となります。


【期間限定生産特典】
◆復刻ブックレット 3冊
PIBA-1095「戦え！超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー DVD-BOX1」（24P）
PIBA-1096「戦え！超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー DVD-BOX2」（32P）
PIBA-1158「戦え！超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー2010 DVD-BOX」（40P）
封入ブックレットを復刻。

◆グイド・グイディ氏 新規描きおろし三方背ケース


【仕様】
ブルーレイ2層3枚＋アマレーケース仕様


【収録内容】
Disc1:
■戦え！超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー 第1話～35話
■特典映像：TVCF集／受注会用映像

Disc2:
■戦え！超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー 第36話～65話
■特典映像：第64話～第65話 英語音声バージョン／
スクランブルシティ発動編／受注会用映像「エキサイティングトランスフォーマー TF'86」／ファミリーコンピュータ用ソフト「コンボイの謎」プロモーション／
「エキサイティングトランスフォーマー1986夏」／ファミリーコンピュータ用ソフト発売決定告知プロモー ション／「トランスフォーマー2010」第1～5話ダイジェストプロモーション／TVCF集

Disc3:
■戦え！超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー2010 第1話～第30話
■トランスフォーマー ザ・リバース：part1～3
■特典映像：トランスフォーマー ザ・リバース part1～3 英語音声・日本語字幕バージョン／特典CF集



※発売日、仕様、収録内容、特典などは都合により予告なく変更する場合がございます。

"Transformers / Last Knight's King" release commemoration! First animation & 2010 will be released as Ikki Blu-ray set!
"Transformers / Last Knight's King" release commemoration!
Released at an affordable price by collecting all 30 episodes of the first animation which is the origin 65 episodes plus the all 2010 which was televised subsequent to 3 Blu-ray!
As a limited-time production award, with reprint booklet of out-of-print DVD-BOX and guido guidi new drawing with three-way back case with Mr. Guido Guidi!

※ The image quality is equivalent to the already released product "Fight! Super robot life form transformer DVD-SET 1 · SET 2" (GNBA-1911 / GNBA-1912), "Super robot life form Transformer 2010 DVD-SET" (GNBA-1913) .


【Limited Time Production Award】
◆ Reprint booklet 3 books
PIBA-1095 "Fighting! Super robot life form transformer DVD-BOX 1" (24P)
PIBA-1096 "Battle! Super robot life form Transformers DVD-BOX 2" (32P)
PIBA-1158 "Fight! Super robot living body Transformers 2010 DVD-BOX" (40P)
Reprinted inclusion booklet.

◆ Guido Guidi New drawing and three-way back case


【Specification】
Blu-ray 2 layer 3 pieces + Amaret case specification


【Content recorded】
Disc 1:
■ Battle! Ultra Robot Life Transformer Episode 1 ~ 35
■ Bonus Image: TVCF Collection / Video for

Discussion Disc 2:
■ Fight! Ultra Robot Life Transformers 36th - 65th episode
■ Bonus picture: 64th episode ~ 65th story English audio version /
scramble city invocation / order reception video "Exiting Transformer TF'86" / Family Computer Software "Convoy Mystery" Promotion /
"Exciting Transformers 1986 Summer" / Family Computer Software Release Declaration Notification Promotion / "Transformers 2010" 1st - 5th Digest Promotion / TVCF Collection

Disc3:
■ Fight! Ultra Robot Life Transformers 2010 1st ~ 30th
■ Transformers The Reverse: part 1 ~ 3
■ Bonus Image: Transformers The Reverse part 1 ~ 3 English Audio · Japanese Subtitle Version / Bonus CF Collection



※ Release Date, Specifications, Contents, benefits, etc. are subject to change without notice due to circumstances.

[NLScavenger]

■ Bonus picture: 64th episode ~ 65th story English audio version /

Strange choice of episodes
Japanese Ep 64 = Ep 15 - A Plague of Insecticons
Japanese Ep 65 = Ep 22 - The Autobot Run (with awful AKOM animation)

Speaking of Transformers, I've just paid my LG-50 Sixshot pre-order. Always wanted to own a Sixshot.

[neoz]

Man I wish Shout would just release the dang sets in the US. But Chris hates blu ray.

[batman2000]

Originally Posted by neoz

Man I wish Shout would just release the dang sets in the US. But Chris hates blu ray.

your link to the new about best buy is invalid

[Killer Meteor]

Originally Posted by BlaizeV

I wonder if there is any chance of the Workprints being used to make a BD release. S2 of the Workprints is near enough what the broadcast version was with very few mistakes. S1 has plenty of oddities but those shots could be replaced on their own with Upscaled footage. It'd be a huge job and maybe something only Shout Factory themselves would ever consider but potentially it could be amazing ... potentially being the key word.

Some random episodes on the Shout releases (Heavy Metal War, Countdown to Extinction, Prime Target etc) have the sound effects tracks far too quiet for some reason.

[Takeshi666]

Originally Posted by IdeaOfEvil

And speaking of Shout and their prior dvd releases... not only were the voices just jarring to hear after being so used to the American tracks, but Shout's subtitles were just a mess. They didn't bother creating an accurate translation of the show (they subtitled names like Diaclones as Decepticons, and Convoy as Prime, etc), and it just left people familiar with watching Japanese subs (like me) being more distracted from the changes than not.

Originally Posted by NLScavenger

Not Shout's fault. Hasbro oversaw the production of the subtitles and demanded the terminology changes.

Honestly the character and faction name changes didn't bother me, at least during Headmasters which is supposed to be an immediate follow-up to the third season, they were an acceptable compromise for the sake of consistency. Plus if they had used Japanese names, it would've just invoked unpleasant memories of a certain fansub group who I'm not going to name even if it weren't against the rules.

Although that really only applies to Headmasters, and the changes do become jarring during Masterforce where they really started to set themselves apart from their American versions. What bothers me the most about the Shout subtitles however is shoehorning terminology from the IDW comics that most certainly never existed in either that time or continuity, like "phase-sixer" or "deployer".

And the annoying thing is that at least as far as Headmasters is concerned, there's no good english subtitled version out there at all; the UK DVD suffers from, in addition to some really sloppy translation work, a massive technical foul-up where dialogue from several episodes ahead appears suddenly, and just to make it worse, it's spoiler-y as hell! Which is kind of frustrating since the Metrodome sets do hit that nice balance, keeping the American names for the characters in Headmasters but only the faction names from Masterforce onwards.

[NLScavenger]

Originally Posted by Takeshi666

Honestly the character and faction name changes didn't bother me, at least during Headmasters which is supposed to be an immediate follow-up to the third season, they were an acceptable compromise for the sake of consistency. Plus if they had used Japanese names, it would've just invoked unpleasant memories of a certain fansub group who I'm not going to name even if it weren't against the rules.

Although that really only applies to Headmasters, and the changes do become jarring during Masterforce where they really started to set themselves apart from their American versions. What bothers me the most about the Shout subtitles however is shoehorning terminology from the IDW comics that most certainly never existed in either that time or continuity, like "phase-sixer" or "deployer".

And the annoying thing is that at least as far as Headmasters is concerned, there's no good english subtitled version out there at all; the UK DVD suffers from, in addition to some really sloppy translation work, a massive technical foul-up where dialogue from several episodes ahead appears suddenly, and just to make it worse, it's spoiler-y as hell! Which is kind of frustrating since the Metrodome sets do hit that nice balance, keeping the American names for the characters in Headmasters but only the faction names from Masterforce onwards.

Yeah, I know that fansub group. They're one of the worst fansub groups in existence. Metrodome hired their translator to do the DVD subtitles.

[Takeshi666]

Originally Posted by NLScavenger

Yeah, I know that fansub group. They're one of the worst fansub groups in existence. Metrodome hired their translator to do the DVD subtitles.

It was a long time ago and I think the message board is now closed, but I distinctly remember Chris McFeely (the dude on the commentary tracks) expressing his anger at having sent subtitle corrections to Metrodome while it was still under production (I also recall he changed Grimlock's lines to sound more like Grimlock), only for them to go completely ignored.

[ManOfTheForest]

Originally Posted by neoz

Man I wish Shout would just release the dang sets in the US. But Chris hates blu ray.

I was just searching the forums to see if there was any information on the series coming to blu-ray.

Who is Chris? And why does he hate blu-ray?