Sony

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Sony is a Japanese-based electronics and media conglomerate.

In the early 2000s, Sony's children's division Sony Wonder released a bunch of Generation 1 DVDs and videos in the UK in association with 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 released the French, British and Australian DVDs of Beast Machines.

Sony Wonder releases

United Kingdom

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

United States

• The Transformers: The Movie 20th Anniversary Special Edition (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", 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.

External links

• Sony article at Wikipedia
• Sony's official website