Sony

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 DVDs of Beast Machines in France, Australia, and the UK.

Home video releases

Generation 1

United Kingdom

Main article: Maverick Entertainment

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", 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

United Kingdom

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

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