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After the news last week about the first Transformers: Animated DVD release, we have more news for you. The disc will be known as Transformers: Animated Movie, and is confirmed as containing ‘Transform & Roll Out’.
The ‘not final’ artwork has been released by TVShowsonDVD in a really small format. We will see if Paramount Home Entertainment will release a, non watermarked, bigger version.
The first details of Transformers: Animated being released on DVD have been revealed today. Surprisingly, they have come from Paramount Home Entertainment and not Warner Home Video, who own Cartoon Network.
The first releases is simply listed as being 70 minutes long in full screen with an English stereo audio track. The DVD is due for release in North America on 17th June. It is assumed that the disc will contain the animated special “Transform and Roll Out”.
We will attempt to find out more about this and other releases soon.
Not major news but for anyone in the UK wanting to get into the Transformers Armada cartoon, Entertainment Rights have packaged Transformers Armada Volumes 1 and 2 into a Bumper Double DVD Collection.
The collection contains the first 7 episodes of Armada, so if you enjoy these episodes, you’ll definately enjoy the rest of the series. The set costs around £6.
Four months after their release of Transformers: Headmasters on DVD, Madman Entertainment have today released the second Japanese exclusive Generation One series, Transformers: Super-God Masterforce, on DVD.
This Australian release includes all 42 episodes with the original Japanese audio and English subtitles (borrowed from Metrodome’s version) but, unlike Metrodome’s, also the StarTV English dub.
For special features, there is an introductory booklet with an episode guide, an exclusive cover by IDW Transformers artist Guido Guidi, a toy, character art and making the cover galleries and some Japanese toy ads and scans from toy catalogues.
The discs are PAL encoded but also, according to Madman’s listing, REGION FREE.
Just continuing the rumours of Paramount switching over to Blu-ray is news from long running DVD site The Digital Bits, who have often predicted correctly future news.
Apparently, Paramount is preparing an announcement about switching away from HD DVD with Universal also in discussion. Paramount will release the films that were packaged and ready for retail, and this includes Transformers.
Well… we’ve had SOME confirmation this morning of the details of the Financial Times story from last night. While the studio isn’t yet commenting, reliable industry sources are telling us that Paramount is indeed preparing to end their HD-DVD support and announce a return to the Blu-ray fold. Details are currently being finalized, and an announcement is expected as soon as they’re complete. Paramount’s first new Blu-rays will almost certainly include many of those titles that were cancelled last year, but that were already packaged and ready for shipping, so you could see them in stores very quickly once the studio announces.
Meanwhile, sources are telling us that Universal has also been talking with the BDA, and is looking to follow Paramount and Warner’s lead as soon as possible.
In some good news for Paramount’s Home Entertainment department, Transformers has been revealed as the top selling DVD of 2007 in the USA. The disc sold 13.74 million copies in just under 3 months. It beat out Happy Feet, released early in the year, and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, released in December.
In the high-def formats, Transformers came third, primarily due to it being HD DVD exclusive. 300 on Blu-ray was the top seller with Planet Earth from the BBC second.
Top-selling DVDs of 2007
1. Transformers (Paramount/DreamWorks): 13.74 million units
2. Happy Feet (Warner): 13.48
3. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (Disney): 13.20
4. 300 (Warner): 12.91
5. Ratatouille (Disney): 12.06
6. Shrek the Third (Paramount/DreamWorks): 11.84
7. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Warner): 10.14
8. The Departed (Warner): 8.94
9. Night at the Museum (Fox): 8.66
10. The Bourne Ultimatum (Universal): 7.36
Top-selling high-definition discs of 2007
1. 300 (Blu-ray/Warner): 472,400
2. Planet Earth: The Complete Series (both formats/BBC Video): 294,300
3. Transformers (HD DVD/Paramount/DreamWorks): 239,100
4. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (Blu-ray/Disney): 219,300
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (both/Warner): 179,500
6. The Departed (both/Warner): 171,800
7. Casino Royale (Blu-ray/Sony): 169,800
8. Bourne Ultimatum (HD DVD/Universal): 162,300
9. Spider-Man 3 (Blu-ray/Sony): 145,300
10. Ratatouille (Blu-ray/Disney): 117,500
Source: USA Today
With Warner Bros. choosing a side in the format war, it seems that HD DVD could be dead within months. Last year, Paramount signed a deal with the HD DVD group to go exclusive, however, according to the Financial Times, there was a get out clause, which stated that if Warner went to Blu-ray, Paramount could move as well.
This is all good news for Transformers fans, as the film will eventually be released on Blu-ray.
It seems Transformers are very popular in the UK, with the movie making $50 million at the box office, and the DVD and HD DVD releases making the top 10 selling list for the year, according to the latest news from the British Video Association.
The DVD reached number 7, being beaten out by Casino Royale, Harry Potter & The Order Of The Phoenix, Pirates Of The Caribbean At World’s End, The Simpsons Movie, Shrek The Third and Hot Fuzz. The top 3 all sold more than 2 million copies.
The HD DVD release did not fair better with it coming only 8th and being beaten out by 5 Blu-ray exclusive titles.
Metrodome have re-released the first season of The Transformers Generation One on DVD today in the UK. The 2 box sets each contain 8 episodes with no special features, but come at a cheap price, under £5.
Known as Transformers – The Classic Series 1 Volume 1 and Transformers – The Classic Series 1 Volume 2, the sets are just fancy repackages to get in on the Christmas act and jumping on the Transformers movie bandwagon.
Madman Entertainment have put up the first information on their next Transformers DVD release: Transformers Super-God Masterforce Collection. The set is coming out on 13th February 2008 and will contain both English and Japanese audio tracks with English subtitles. The subtitles are likely to be the same as Metrodome’s Masterforce DVD released in 2006. The discs will be in PAL format, and will apparently be region free.
For special features, the following details have been announced:
Introductory booklet with episode guide
All-new cover by IDW Transformers artist Guido Guidi
Toy gallery
Character art gallery
Japanese toy ads
Japanese toy catalogues
Making the cover gallery
The cover art can be found on Madman’s preorder page.
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