Sony

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Sony is a Japanese-based electronics and media conglomerate.

In the early 2000s, Sony Music's children's division Sony Wonder released a bunch of Generation 1 DVDs and videos in the UK, distributed by Maverick Entertainment.

In the mid '00s, Sony Wonder secured the North American home video rights to the Generation 1 cartoon, and in late 2006 released the 20th Anniversary Special Edition DVD of The Transformers: The Movie.

In 2007, the Sony Wonder division was closed and all licensed properties were incorporated into the main Sony Pictures Home Entertainment division.

Between 2007 and 2009, Sony's mainline entertainment division, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, released DVDs of Beast Machines in France, Australia, New Zealand, Germany and the UK; a 2008 brochure from Sony Pictures Television International says they also hold the international TV rights to Beast Machines, which might explain that- of course, why they don't have Beast Wars is a conundrum.

Sony produces the PlayStation series of video game consoles, which has seen a number of Transformers video games over the years. In 2015 they cooperated with TakaraTomy to produce Optimus Prime featuring Original PlayStation, a toy that transforms into a scaled down PlayStation console.

Home video releases

Generation 1

United Kingdom

• Transformers: The Movie (VHS, 2000)
• Transformers: The Movie (2001)
• Transformers — Original Series: Volume One (2001)
• Transformers: Generation 2 (2001)
• Transformers: Takara (2001)
• Transformers: The Movie — Special Collectors Edition (VHS, 2001)
• Transformers — Original Series: Volume Two (2001)
• Transformers — Original Series: Volume Three (2002)
• Transformers — Complete Original Series: Deluxe Edition (2002)
• Transformers — Five Faces of Darkness: Parts 1-5 (2002)
• Transformers — The Rebirth: Parts 1-3 (2002)
• Transformers: The Movie (2002)

United States

• The Transformers: The Movie 20th Anniversary Special Edition (November 7, 2006)

For the movie's 20th anniversary in 2006, Sony BMG secured the North American license and released a two-disc special edition of The Transformers: The Movie, featuring both a high-quality widescreen remaster and the original fullscreen version, audio commentaries from crew and fans, several new featurettes interviewing those involved in the movie's production, storyboards, tv spots, American and Japanese commercials and more. Most notably, this version included the first Western release of "Scramble City: Mobilization", albeit silent and unsubtitled, featuring only audio commentary. This release featured two covers by Don Figueroa: one is of the '84-'85 cast that appear in the movie, and one is of the movie's new characters, available either as a lenticular hologram that switches between the two, or as a reversible sleeve with the images printed on either side.

Beast Machines

Australia / New Zealand

• Transformers: Beast Machines — Season One: Volume One (AU June 20, 2007 / NZ October 10, 2007)

Contains the first six episodes of season one: "The Reformatting" through to "The Weak Component".

• Transformers: Beast Machines — Season One: Volume Two (AU June 20, 2007 / NZ October 10, 2007)

Contains the remaining seven episodes of season one: "Revelations Part I: Discovery" through to "End of the Line".

• Transformers: Beast Machines — Season Two: Volume One (AU October 24, 2007)

Contains the first six episodes of season two: "Fallout" through to "Home Soil".

• Transformers: Beast Machines — Season Two: Volume Two (AU October 24, 2007)

Contains the remaining seven episodes of season two: "Sparkwar Pt. I: The Strike" through to "Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future".

• Season One: Volume One
  Season One: Volume One
• Season One: Volume Two
  Season One: Volume Two
• Season Two: Volume One
  Season Two: Volume One
• Season Two: Volume Two
  Season Two: Volume Two

United Kingdom

• Transformers: Beast Machines — Season One: Volume One — Reformatting (July 16, 2007)

Contains the first six episodes of season one: "The Reformatting" through to "The Weak Component".

• Transformers: Beast Machines — Season One: Volume Two — Revelations (July 16, 2007)

Contains the remaining seven episodes of season one: "Revelations Part I: Discovery" through to "End of the Line".

• Transformers: Beast Machines — Complete Season One (July 16, 2007)
• Transformers: Beast Machines — Complete Season Two (November 19, 2007)

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  Season One: Volume One
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  Season One: Volume Two
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  Complete Season One
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  Complete Season Two

France

• Transformers: Beast Machines — Intégrale Saison 1 (February 4, 2009)
• Transformers: Beast Machines — Intégrale Saison 2 (February 4, 2009)

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  Intégrale Saison 1
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  Intégrale Saison 2

Germany

• Transformers: Beast Machines: Die komplette Season 1 (July 4, 2007)
• Transformers: Beast Machines: Die komplette Season 2 (October 11, 2007)

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  Die komplette Season 1
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  Die komplette Season 2

External links

• Sony article at Wikipedia
• Sony Wonder article at Wikipedia
• Sony's official website