Shout! Studios

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Shout! Studios (formerly Shout! Factory<ref>{{#if: Shout! Factory is now Shout! Studios! 🎉 We’re celebrating 20 years in entertainment with a new name that reflects everything we do. Reply and let us know: what was your favorite release of our last 20 years and what are you hoping we do in the next 20? |"Shout! Factory is now Shout! Studios! 🎉 We’re celebrating 20 years in entertainment with a new name that reflects everything we do. Reply and let us know: what was your favorite release of our last 20 years and what are you hoping we do in the next 20?"—|}}{{#if: https://twitter.com/Shout_Studios/status/1679506561469669380 |Shout! Studios|Shout! Studios}}{{#if: Twitter |, Twitter|}}{{#if: |, ""|}}{{#if: 2023 |, 2023{{#if: 07 |/{{#switch:{{#len:07}}|1=007|07}}{{#if: 13|/{{#switch:{{#len:13}}|1=013|13}}|}}}}|}}{{#if: https://twitter.com/Shout_Studios/status/1679506561469669380 ||}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://twitter.com/Shout_Studios/status/1679506561469669380%7C7%7C11}}%7Cweb.archive= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://twitter.com/Shout_Studios/status/1679506561469669380%7C8%7C11}}%7Cweb.archive= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://twitter.com/Shout_Studios/status/1679506561469669380%7C7%7C10}}%7Carchive.is= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://twitter.com/Shout_Studios/status/1679506561469669380%7C8%7C10}}%7Carchive.is= (archive link)|}}{{#if: | (dead link)}}</ref>) is the latest company to hold the U.S. home video distribution rights to the original Transformers cartoon. They also have released DVD versions of many other nostalgic cartoons, like [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}C.O.P.S. (animated TV series)|{{#if:C.O.P.S.|C.O.P.S.|C.O.P.S. (animated TV series)}}]], [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Captain N: The Game Master|{{#if:||Captain N: The Game Master}}]], and [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors|{{#if:||Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors}}]]. Oh, and that one show that always gets mixed up with the Transformers.

Shout! Studios releases are manufactured and distributed by [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Cinedigm|{{#if:||Cinedigm}}]].

On July 13, 2023, Shout! Factory rebranded into Shout! Studios.

Releases

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Generation 1

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For their Generation 1 DVDs, Shout! Factory have notably cleaned up the extra sound effects and animation errors introduced by Kid Rhino and Magno Sound & Video that have previously been present in many different companies' releases worldwide. Though much closer to the originals, the cleanup was not perfect; some scenes required mastering from lower-quality records, resulting in noticeable jumps in visual and aural quality within episodes.

  • The Transformers: Season One [25th Anniversary Edition] (June 16, 2009)
Contains the entire first season across two discs, plus a third disc of bonus material including a featurette on "the origins of the Transformers", commercials, the Bumblebee PSA, and the script for "Transport to Oblivion". This set also includes a magnet in the form of the G1 Autobot insignia.
  • The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye (September 1, 2009)
Contains the episodes "More than Meets the Eye" parts 1-3, "Transport to Oblivion" and "Roll for It".
  • The Transformers: Season Two, Vol. 1 [25th Anniversary Edition] (September 15, 2009)
Contains 28 episodes of the second season across four discs.
  • Complete First Season
    Complete First Season
  • More than Meets the Eye
    More than Meets the Eye
  • Season Two, Volume One
    Season Two, Volume One


  • The Transformers: The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection (October 20, 2009)
Sixteen-disc set compiling the four individual "25th Anniversary Edition" season releases, with extra bonus material including more episode scripts, an exclusive interview with Bob Budiansky, and a featurette on "voicing the robots in disguise". This set also includes a 60-page book and Autobot and Decepticon insignia magnets.
  • The Transformers: Season Two, Vol. 2 [25th Anniversary Edition] (January 12, 2010)
Contains the remaining 21 episodes of the second season across three discs, plus a fourth disc of bonus material including a featurette on "forming the Transformers animated series", a concept art gallery, excerpts from the show's production bible, commercials and the PSAs featuring Tracks and Red Alert.
  • The Transformers: Seasons Three and Four [25th Anniversary Edition] (April 20, 2010)
Contains the third and fourth seasons across four discs, plus bonus material including "The Autobots, The Decepticons & the Fans" featurette, a concept art gallery, production bible excerpts, commercials and the PSAs featuring Seaspray and Powerglide.
  • The Transformers: The Complete Original Series (May 24, 2011)
Fifteen-disc set compiling the four individual "25th Anniversary Edition" season releases. The slipcase used on this release can be purchased separately on Shout!'s website for those that already bought the four individual volumes.
  • Complete Series "Matrix of Leadership" Collection
    Complete Series "Matrix of Leadership" Collection
  • Season Two, Volume Two
    Season Two, Volume Two
  • Seasons Three and Four
    Seasons Three and Four
  • Complete Original Series Collection
    Complete Original Series Collection


  • The Transformers: Season One [30th Anniversary Edition] (April 29, 2014)
Three-disc set comprising 16 episodes.
  • The Transformers: Season Two, Vol. 1 [30th Anniversary Edition] (April 29, 2014)
Four-disc set comprising 28 episodes.
  • The Transformers: Season Two, Vol. 2 [30th Anniversary Edition] (April 29, 2014)
Four-disc set comprising 21 episodes.
  • The Transformers: Seasons Three And Four [30th Anniversary Edition] (April 29, 2014)
Four-disc set comprising 33 episodes.
  • The Transformers: Roar of the Dinobots (June 3, 2014)
One-disc set comprising 6 episodes: "S.O.S. Dinobots", "War of the Dinobots", "Heavy Metal War", "Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1", "Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2" and "Grimlock's New Brain".
Newly remastered DVD and Blu-ray release.
  • The Transformers: The Movie Limited Edition Steelbook (August 3, 2021)
Remastered 4K Ultra HD (widescreen only) and Blu-ray release, released for the film's 35th Anniversary.
Remastered 4K Ultra HD (widescreen only) and Blu-ray release, released for the film's 35th Anniversary.
  • The Transformers: The Movie (September 28, 2021)
Remastered Blu-ray and DVD release, released for the film's 35th Anniversary.
  • Season One
    Season One
  • Season Two, Volume One
    Season Two, Volume One
  • Season Two, Volume Two
    Season Two, Volume Two
  • Seasons Three and Four
    Seasons Three and Four
  • Roar of the Dinobots
    Roar of the Dinobots
  • The Transformers: The Movie Blu-ray
    The Transformers: The Movie Blu-ray
  • The Transformers: The Movie 4K UHD Limited Edition Steelbook
    The Transformers: The Movie 4K UHD Limited Edition Steelbook
  • The Transformers: The Movie 4K UHD
    The Transformers: The Movie 4K UHD
  • The Transformers: The Movie Blu-ray (2021)
    The Transformers: The Movie Blu-ray (2021)


Beast Era

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  • Transformers Beast Wars: Season One (June 7, 2011)
Contains the first season of Beast Wars on four discs. Bonus material consists of the "Maximize! Creating A New Breed Of Transformer" featurette, an art gallery, and character models.
  • Transformers Beast Wars: The Complete Series (June 7, 2011)
Eight-disc set compiling the Season 1 and Seasons 2 & 3 sets. Also included is the Transformers: Timelines prequel comic "Dawn of Future's Past". This set was originally given away at BotCon 2011, and then released as an online exclusive to Shout! Factory's website. It was later released to retail on November 11, 2011.
  • Transformers Beast Wars: Seasons 2 & 3 (October 4, 2011)
Contains the second and third seasons on four discs. Bonus material consists of the "Remembering the Spark" featurette, "Original Making Of Beast Wars" featurette, an art gallery, and character models.
  • Transformers Beast Wars: Chain Of Command (June 17, 2014)
Single disc containing "Beast Wars (Part 1)", "Beast Wars (Part 2)", "The Web", "Equal Measures", "Chain of Command", "Power Surge" and "Fallen Comrades".
  • Transformers Beast Machines: The Complete Series (September 2, 2014)
Four-disc set comprising 26 episodes.
Bonus Features: Includes Interviews and Commentaries
  • Beast Wars: Season One
    Beast Wars: Season One
  • Beast Wars: The Complete Series
    Beast Wars: The Complete Series
  • Beast Wars: Seasons 2 & 3
    Beast Wars:
    Seasons 2 & 3
  • Beast Wars: Chain Of Command
    Beast Wars: Chain Of Command
  • Beast Machines: The Complete Series
    Beast Machines: The Complete Series


Japanese Collection

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  • Transformers Japanese Collection: Headmasters (July 5, 2011)
Four-disc set forming the first North American release of the Japanese The Headmasters cartoon. All thirty-five episodes are included in the same slightly edited format previously evidenced on Metrodome and Madman Entertainment's earlier releases of the series; unlike those two companies' versions, the Omni Productions dub is absent, its inclusion vetoed by Hasbro, who Brian Ward has noted appeared resistant to the idea of releasing the series at all. Hasbro did, however, oversee the new English subtitles produced for the set, modified from those created by Metrodome—and it shows, with some very anachronistic Transformers-specific terminology being substituted in where appropriate, such as Sixshot being referred to as a "phase six officer" instead of a "ninja consultant staff officer", or the Autobot and Decepticon Mini-Cassettes being called "Deployers". Curses on the set have been replaced with Transformers-specific expressions. An art gallery is the sole extra.
Thirteen-disc set compiling the Transformers The Headmasters, Super-God Masterforce, and Victory cartoons.
  • Transformers Japanese Collection: Super-God Masterforce (May 1, 2012)
Five-disc set comprising the first North American release of the Japanese Super-God Masterforce cartoon. The subtitles identify most of the characters by their American names, so Phoenix is Cloudburst, Bullhorn is Horri-Bull, and so on. However, the Autobot Headmaster Juniors, Sixknight, and the Godmasters Ginrai, Ranger, Hydra, and Buster all keep their Japanese names. Aside from the Headmaster Cab, all of those characters had toys that were redecos of their American counterparts. It's possible that Hasbro, who provided character names for Shout! Factory, decided that if a character looked different enough from their toys, the Japanese name should be used, and otherwise American names should be used. Besides Cab, the only exception to this theoretical rule is Diver, whose toy is slightly different from Waverider, but is still called by his American name. Doubleclouder, Guzzle, and Javil are all identified by their American names even though their Japanese and American toys were different, but their animation models are actually based on the colors of their American toys, not the Japanese toys.
  • Transformers Japanese Collection: Victory (August 28, 2012)
Four-disc set comprising the first North American release of the Japanese Transformers: Victory cartoon. It contains thirty-eight of the forty four episodes of the series, including the six clip shows that were left out of the Metrodome and Madman Entertainment DVD releases. As with Shout! Factory's other DVD sets of the Japanese cartoons, subtitles sometimes refer to characters by Japanese names and sometimes by alternate names. The Autobot Micromasters, which were the only Victory-related toys released in North America, are referred to by their American names; Breastforce is called Chestforce; and Blacker is called Gripper, the name of his Motorvator redeco. However, in a few episodes subtitles use the original Japanese names, and sometimes the other Brainmasters are called by their Motorvator names.
  • Headmasters
    Headmasters
  • The Japanese Collection
    The Japanese Collection
  • Super-God Masterforce
    Super-God Masterforce
  • Victory
    Victory

Prime

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The five-part pilot of Transformers: Prime, "Darkness Rising", was released on DVD with storyboards and character models as bonus material.
Contains the first season of the Transformers: Prime series, available on both Blu-Ray and DVD.
  • Transformers Prime: One Shall Stand (July 31, 2012)
Contains the seven episode story arc from One Shall Fall to Orion Pax, Part 3.
Contains the second season of the Prime series, available on both Blu-Ray and DVD.
Contains the finale of the Prime series, available on both Blu-Ray and DVD.
  • Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters — Season Three (December 3, 2013)
Contains the third season of the Prime series, available on both Blu-Ray and DVD.
Single disc containing "Masters and Students", "Operation: Bumblebee, Part 1", "Operation: Bumblebee, Part 2" and "Deadlock".
Single disc containing "Scrapheap", "Predatory", "Metal Attraction", "Stronger, Faster" and "Legacy".
Single disc containing "Masters & Students", "Con Job", "Crossfire", "Prey" and "Thirst".
Single disc containing "Convoy", "Metal Attraction", "Nemesis Prime", "Tunnel Vision" and "The Human Factor".


  • Darkness Rising
    Darkness Rising
  • Season 1
    Season 1
  • One Shall Stand
    One Shall Stand
  • Season 2
    Season 2
  • Predacons Rising
    Predacons Rising
  • Beast Hunters — Season Three
    Beast Hunters — Season Three
  • Ultimate Bumblebee
    Ultimate Bumblebee
  • Ultimate Autobots
    Ultimate Autobots
  • Ultimate Decepticons
    Ultimate Decepticons
  • Ultimate Rivals
    Ultimate Rivals

Rescue Bots

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While the first three collections presented the episodes in released order, they soon began offering collections based on a theme. These often mixed episodes of different seasons, or repeated episodes if it made sense to be in more than one theme.
Contains the early episodes of the Transformers: Rescue Bots series: "Family of Heroes", "Under Pressure", "Hotshots", "Flobsters on Parade", "The Alien Invasion of Griffin Rock" and "Four Bots and a Baby".
Contains the next set of Rescue Bots episodes: "Cody on Patrol", "Walk on the Wild Side", "Christmas in July", "Deep Trouble" and "Return of the Dinobot".
  • Transformers: Rescue Bots: Griffin Rock Rescue (October 22, 2013)
Continues with the next five Rescue Bots episodes: "The Other Doctor", "The Reign of Morocco", "Small Blessings", "The Griffin Rock Triangle" and "Rules and Regulations".
  • Transformers: Rescue Bots: Heroes on the Scene (March 18, 2014)
Contains five more season one episodes (not in order): "The Lost Bell", "You've Been Squilshed", "Little White Lies", "Shake Up" and "Rescue Boy".
  • Transformers: Rescue Bots: Mystery Rescue (September 2, 2014)
Contains two season one episodes and three from season two (in no particular order): "Countdown", "The Haunting of Griffin Rock", "Spellbound", "Blame the Gremlins" and "Feed the Beast".
Contains two season one episodes (previously released) and four from season two (in no particular order): "Family of Heroes", "Return of the Dinobot", "What Lies Below", "What Rises Above", "In Search of the Griffin's Nest" and "Movers and Shakers".
  • Transformers: Rescue Bots: Return of the Heroes (May 12, 2015)
Contains the episodes "Bumblebee to the Rescue", "Bot to the Future", "A Virtual Disaster", "Changes", and "Rise of the Heroes".
  • Transformers: Rescue Bots: Dinobots! (August 25, 2015)
Contains the episodes "Land Before Prime", "Big Game", "Quarry's Quarry", "Did You See What I Thaw?", and "The Attack of Humungado".
  • Transformers: Rescue Bots: Adventures in Time and Space" (February 23, 2016)
Contains the episodes "It's a Bot Time", "Unfinished Business", "Switcheroo", "Time After Time", and "The Last of Morocco".
  • Transformers: Rescue Bots: Heroes of Tech (June 21, 2016)
Contains the episodes "One for the Ages", "Space Bots", "The Island of Misfit Tech", "Too Many Kades", and "I Have Heard the Robots Singing".
Contains the episodes "Tip of the Iceberg", "Buddy System", "No Place Like Dome", "Thieves Like Us", and "The New Recruits"
Contains the episodes "The Riders of Midwinter, "Phantom of the Sea", "Turning the Tide", "A New Hero", and "Endangered Species".
  • Transformers: Rescue Bots: Team Rescue Bots! (May 22, 2018)
Contains the episodes "Sky Forest", "The Vigilant Town", "Bots and Robbers", "Rescue Bots Academy", and "Four-Legged Hero".
  • Roll to the Rescue
    Roll to the Rescue
  • Energize
    Energize
  • Griffin Rock Rescue
    Griffin Rock Rescue
  • Heroes on the Scene
    Heroes on the Scene
  • Mystery Rescue
    Mystery Rescue
  • Jurassic Adventure
    Jurassic Adventure
  • Return of the Heroes
    Return of the Heroes
  • Dinobots!
    Dinobots!
  • Adventures in Time and Space
    Adventures in Time and Space
  • Heroes of Tech
    Heroes of Tech
  • Bots' Battle For Justice
    Bots' Battle For Justice
  • Protect and Explore
    Protect and Explore
  • Rescue Family
    Rescue Family
  • Outdoor Adventures
    Outdoor Adventures
  • Team Rescue Bots
    Team Rescue Bots

Unicron Trilogy

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Eight-disc set comprising all 52 episodes of Transformers: Armada.
  • Transformers Energon: The Complete Series (May 6, 2014)
Seven-disc set comprising all 51 episodes of Transformers: Energon.
  • Transformers Armada: Volume One (May 13, 2014)
Single disc containing episodes 1–7 of Armada: "First Encounter" through "Carnival".
  • Transformers Energon: Volume One (May 13, 2014)
Single disc containing episodes 1–7 of Energon: "Cybertron City" through "Megatron Raid".
  • Transformers Cybertron: The Complete Series (August 5, 2014)
Seven-disc set comprising all 52 episodes of Transformers: Cybertron.
  • Transformers: Armada The Complete Series
    Transformers: Armada
    The Complete Series
  • Transformers: Energon The Complete Series
    Transformers: Energon
    The Complete Series
  • Transformers: Armada Volume One
    Transformers: Armada
    Volume One
  • Transformers: Energon Volume One
    Transformers: Energon
    Volume One
  • Transformers: Cybertron The Complete Series
    Transformers: Cybertron
    The Complete Series

Animated

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Shout! Factory's Transformers Animated releases presented the series in its native widescreen, improving on Paramount's full-screen releases of its first two seasons. Season 3 is presented on home media by Shout! Factory for the first time in North America.

  • Transformers Animated: The Complete Series (June 10, 2014)
Six-disc set comprising all three seasons of Transformers Animated.
Bonus Features: Audio Commentaries
  • Transformers Animated: Season Three (June 10, 2014)
Two-disc set, featuring only the third season of Animated.
Bonus Features: Audio Commentaries
  • The Complete Series
    The Complete Series
  • Season Three
    Season Three

Robots in Disguise (2015)

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  • Transformers Robots in Disguise: A New Autobot Mission (October 20, 2015)
Contains episodes 1–5: "Pilot (Part 1)" through "W.W.O.D.?".
Contains episodes "True Colors", "Adventures in Bumblebee-Sitting!", "Even Robots Have Nightmares", "Some Body, Any Body", and "The Trouble with Fixit".
  • Transformers Robots in Disguise: Season One (May 10, 2016)
Contains all 26 episodes, plus all 11 shorts.
  • Transformers Robots In Disguise Collection: Overloaded & Decepticon Island (May 30, 2017)
Contains the season 2 two-parters: "Overloaded" and "Decepticon Island".


  • A New Autobot Mission
    A New Autobot Mission
  • Mission Discovery
    Mission Discovery
  • Season 1
    Season 1
  • Overloaded & Decepticon Island
    Overloaded & Decepticon Island

Notes

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Generation 1
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Beast Wars
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Beast Machines
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  • The title sequence and commercial bumpers in the Shout! Factory DVD release of Beast Machines curiously feature widescreen footage squished down to a 4:3 aspect ratio. Given the intro is made up almost entirely of footage from the first season, it's entirely possible that 16:9 versions of the episodes were animated but never released.
Armada
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  • The Shout! Factory DVD release of Armada features several previously unheard edits to the dub track of the episode "Remorse"; in fact, no one even noticed until six years after the box set's release.
Animated
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Robots in Disguise (2015)
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  • Following Shout! Factory's issue of the Overloaded & Decepticon Island disc containing both two-part stories from the series' second season, no further home video releases of Robots in Disguise were released by Shout! after 2017, with only the series' first season being released in its entirety by them.

Errors

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Generation 1
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  • In the concept art montage that was on the Special Features disk of Season Two: Part Two, Hook's character design is omitted from the collection of Constructicon artwork, making it seem like Devastator is a five-piece Combiner.
  • The Headmasters episode guides in the package does not jive with the disc content. As in the 9th episode recorded on Disc One is stated to be on Disc two while episode 18 is stated to be on three and so on.
  • The entire collection, from The Headmasters down to Victory sported the Japanese "Headmasters" logo.
  • The decal on the Super-God Masterforce Collection states that it contained "52 episodes" when in reality the entire collection only contains 42 episodes.
  • In the Masterforce art gallery, Cab is designated as Go Shooter.
Animated
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  • The Transformers: Animated DVD set misspells the episode "Autoboot Camp" as "Autobot Camp" on both the inside of the case and on the DVD menu.

Restoration

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References

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  • Official website
  • [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Shout! Factory|{{#if:||Shout! Factory}}]] article at Wikipedia
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