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Before the 2007 The Transformers was released, a movie in 1986 entitled “The Transformers” was also released it is a Japanese animated movie that was made popular by the TV series, Transformers. I was actually looking for Kia Catalytic Converter when I accidentally hit this news that Sony is releasing the 20th anniversary DVD for The Transformers: The 1986 Movie.

Well anyway, the TV series was released in the US on August 8, 1986 but went to Japan in August 9, 1989. Several movies were also made like the Transformers the Movie: Apocalypse! Matrix Forever which was released in summer of 1987 in Japan.

The movie was directed by Nelson Shin who is also the producer of the TV series. Voices of Eric Idle, Leonard Nimoy, Judd Nelson, Robert Stack, Casey Kasem, John Moschitta, Frank Welker and Peter Cullen were featured on the movie, giving lives to the transformer characters. Both Scatman Crothers and Orson Welles were TV legend and also collaborated with the movie.

Sony released a DVD version of the 20th anniversary of the Transformers: The Movie. The DVD is composed of two disks which includes these following features I got from wikipedia.com:

Disc 1
16×9 Theatrical Widescreen Version
Autobot Matrix of Knowledge (full-length movie featuring fun facts and trivia)
Commentary with Nelson Shin (Director), Flint Dille (Story Consultant), and Sue Blu (Voice of Arcee)
Fan Commentary
Original Theatrical Trailer and TV Spots
Cinex and Credit Test
Photo Gallery
Scramble City Episode with Commentary
Remastering Side-by-Side Comparison
TRANSFORMERS 2007 Live Action movie trailer and special sneak peek

Disc 2
Full Screen Version
Activate Autobot City Trivia Game (DVD-ROM)
All-New Featurettes: “Death of Optimus Prime”, “Cast and Characters” and “TRANSFORMERS Q&A” with Nelson Shin (Director), Tom Griffin (Producer), Joe Bacal (Producer), Flint Dille (Story Consultant), and Sue Blu (Voice of Arcee)
Promotional Trailer with Commentary
Test, Deleted/Alternate Footage with Commentary
Animated Storyboards
US and Japanese Toy Commercials
Scramble City Commercials
DVD-ROM Link to Exclusive Content