Transformers Japanese Collection-Headmasters Release Date and Price
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Here's another date for you to mark on your calendar. The release date and price of Shout! Factory's Transformers Japanese Collection-Headmasters DVD set has been discovered by TVShowsonDVD via this preorder on Amazon. The set is scheduled to release on July 5th, 2011 with a SRP of $29.96 (Amazon has it listed for $20.99). Unfortunately the listing does not feature boxart.
Product Details
- Format: NTSC
- Studio: Uni Dist Corp (Music)
- DVD Release Date: July 5, 2011
- Run Time: 765 minutes
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Posted by Bumblevivisector on April 8th, 2011 @ 8:27am CDT
Regardless, this had better sell well enough that they release Victory.
Posted by griftimus prime on April 8th, 2011 @ 8:42am CDT
thats a nice piece of art in the thumbnail though.
Posted by polystyleneman on April 8th, 2011 @ 8:44am CDT
Posted by GetRightRobot on April 8th, 2011 @ 8:54am CDT
Posted by Bumblevivisector on April 8th, 2011 @ 9:07am CDT
polystyleneman wrote:I'm pretty sure they'll be releasing Victory regardless of sales. They've already said they'll release it and they already paid to have the packaging designed and had me do the artwork. I'm pretty sure you'll see it released.
Oh, awesome! Good to know. Did you do the art for the other 2 sets too?
Posted by polystyleneman on April 8th, 2011 @ 9:23am CDT
Posted by kirbenvost on April 8th, 2011 @ 9:51am CDT
Posted by D-340 on April 8th, 2011 @ 10:24am CDT
Posted by Darth Bombshell on April 8th, 2011 @ 10:28am CDT
Shout! has not formally announced this title yet, so we don't have any other details at this time such as bonus material (we assume there will be some), package art and so forth. Nor do we know what the plan is for SF to release the other "Transformers Takara" productions on DVD (for instance: "will there also be a big box set now along with Headmasters, or will it come later after Master Force and Victory are available separately?").
Take it with a grain of salt, guys. Nothing's official until Shout! says it is.
Posted by Sabrblade on April 8th, 2011 @ 10:42am CDT
Posted by Rodimus2006 on April 8th, 2011 @ 11:56am CDT
I want the takara sets cause we never had them released here in the States as of yet but Madman had several of the sets done.
Also the same for RID been about 10 to 11 years since RID has been aired on the Fox Box but it has never ever been released on DVD here in the states while the UK has has a couple of sets of RID.
I have given up all hope of Animated Season 3 being released or done and will file that under RID of transformers they will never see the light of day.
But I dont know which to get now Headmasters or Beast Wars as my Beast Wars is the original Rhino sets and I need them replaced.
As is my Original Generation 1 sets they are also original Rhino ones not the Shout Factory ones.
Posted by rpetras on April 8th, 2011 @ 12:23pm CDT
I just bought the allstar almanacks yesterday, now I don't qualify for free shipping
Guess I'll just have to get something else too
Posted by Galvatron X on April 8th, 2011 @ 12:56pm CDT
I hope they're subtitled, not dubbed. I like to hear the actual Japanese words being spoken. It sounds cooler to me that way, plus that's how it was originally. I don't want some cheesy dub.
Posted by Teximus Prime on April 8th, 2011 @ 2:36pm CDT
Posted by Doubledealer93 on April 8th, 2011 @ 2:40pm CDT
Posted by Rated X on April 8th, 2011 @ 2:49pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on April 8th, 2011 @ 3:07pm CDT
For the U.S., yes. For elsewhere, no. Both the UK and Australia have had their share of releases of the Japanese G1 series.Autobot General Grimlock wrote:Okay for fear of sounding like I have been living under a rock for a while I have to ask, is this the first release of Jap series or has there been other that I missed, subbed or dubbed?
UK company Metrodome released one or two individual DVDs of The Headmasters with the awful Omni Productions Malaysian English dub, and then finally released boxed sets of the Japanese language w/ English subs version (The Headmasters DVD box set also included the awful English dub as a secondary track). Metrodome then released Masterforce and Victory with Japanese audio only (and English subs), and then later compiled all three sets together and added an English subtitled version of the single Zone episode (which never received an English dub, awful or otherwise).
Australian company Madman released very similar DVD boxed sets as those of the UK sets of all three series, and then compiled them together as well. However, while the UK sets only had the bad English Omni dub for all of The Headmasters, the Australian sets had it for all of The Headmasters, four episodes of Masterforce, and all of Victory.
However, both releases of all three series have had their share of flaws (especially both releases of The Headmasters) and so hopefully these Shout! Factory ones will be an improvement.
Also, fansubbing group TV-Nihon has fansubbed all of The Headmasters, Masterforce, and Victory as well Plus Super Link, Galaxy Force, RobotMasters, episodes 1-8 of Car Robots, and some miscellaneous things from the Japanese Animated dub (i.e. - openings, endings, promos, etc.).
It's doubtful that they'll get all the old voice actor to come back for this (as they're all so expensive), so if there's going to be an English dub track, it'll likely be the old terrible Omni Productions dub.Rated X wrote:Will it be real G1 voices ??? Or the same crappy voices like the internet versions where the voices have no swag ???
But let's just hope for some quality English subs, as most anime dubs usually cannot top the original.
Posted by El Duque on April 9th, 2011 @ 9:55am CDT
Product Details
- Actors: Hiroko Emori, Ikuya Sawaki, Hideyuki Hori
- Directors: Katsuyoshi Sasaki
- Format: NTSC
- Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 4
- Studio: Shout! Factory
- DVD Release Date: July 5, 2011
- Run Time: 780 minutes
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Posted by Sabrblade on April 9th, 2011 @ 10:03am CDT
Now I really can't wait to see what Masterforce's and Victory's DVD set's artwork will be like. And hopefully what a complete boxed set will look like.
Posted by It Is Him on April 9th, 2011 @ 10:35am CDT
Thank you Shout! Factory!
Posted by Sabrblade on April 9th, 2011 @ 11:18am CDT
Well, you could have still watched the TV-Nihon fansubbed versions for all this time, whose subtitles are of a higher quality than those of both the UK and Australian Heasdmasters DVDs. Not to mention that they don't have any missing footage either (like the UK/AU DVDs do).It Is Him wrote:Guys. I'm flipping out about this. It seems like just yesterday I was using a 14000 bps dial-up connection, and reading an FAQ about the in-universe history of Transformers, and how Japan got several exclusive seasons. But it wasn't yesterday, it was the mid-90s. And now I can finally watch them without buying bootlegs, or dropping a zillion dollars on the Australian DVD sets.
Thank you Shout! Factory!
Posted by It Is Him on April 9th, 2011 @ 11:26am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Well, you could have still watched the TV-Nihon fansubbed versions for all this time, whose subtitles are of a higher quality than those of both the UK and Australian Heasdmasters DVDs. Not to mention that they don't have any missing footage either (like the UK/AU DVDs do).It Is Him wrote:Guys. I'm flipping out about this. It seems like just yesterday I was using a 14000 bps dial-up connection, and reading an FAQ about the in-universe history of Transformers, and how Japan got several exclusive seasons. But it wasn't yesterday, it was the mid-90s. And now I can finally watch them without buying bootlegs, or dropping a zillion dollars on the Australian DVD sets.
Thank you Shout! Factory!
I didn't know TV-Nihon did a fansub. Whatevs. Now I can own an official American version of a crappy Transformers show. Hooray!
Posted by Blackstreak on April 9th, 2011 @ 11:56am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on April 9th, 2011 @ 12:59pm CDT
They also did Masterforce, Victory, Super Link, Galaxy Force, eps. 1-8 of Car Robots, RobotMasters, and misc. stuff from the Japanese Animated dub.It Is Him wrote:I didn't know TV-Nihon did a fansub.
Both the UK and AU DVDs were made by official companies, and yet the fansubbed version of The Headmasters was still the superior version.
Why do people keep saying this? The Headmasters was better than The Rebirth, and actually had something that the G1 cartoon desperately needed: and overarching plot!It Is Him wrote:Whatevs. Now I can own an official American version of a crappy Transformers show. Hooray!
Posted by Pr1meSuspect on April 9th, 2011 @ 2:25pm CDT
Posted by It Is Him on April 9th, 2011 @ 7:02pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Why do people keep saying this? The Headmasters was better than The Rebirth, and actually had something that the G1 cartoon desperately needed: and overarching plot!It Is Him wrote:Whatevs. Now I can own an official American version of a crappy Transformers show. Hooray!
Oh, that's a matter of perspective. The Rebirth are some of my favorite episodes from G1.
Posted by Sabrblade on April 9th, 2011 @ 7:12pm CDT
They made Fortress Maximus (specifically Cerebros) a whining wimp. And what's the point of a bunch of small organics riding inside the heads of the larger robots when they can't do anything but yell? In The Headmasters, each of them were smaller bots bonded with larger Transtector bodies using a tremendous power unlocked via the bonding process. The whole aspect of being a Headmaster in that series was way more complex and interesting than the simplistic portrayal of that in The Rebirth (and by extension, the Marvel G1 comics)It Is Him wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Why do people keep saying this? The Headmasters was better than The Rebirth, and actually had something that the G1 cartoon desperately needed: and overarching plot!It Is Him wrote:Whatevs. Now I can own an official American version of a crappy Transformers show. Hooray!
Oh, that's a matter of perspective. The Rebirth are some of my favorite episodes from G1.
Posted by It Is Him on April 9th, 2011 @ 9:10pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:They made Fortress Maximus (specifically Cerebros) a whining wimp. And what's the point of a bunch of small organics riding inside the heads of the larger robots when they can't do anything but yell? In The Headmasters, each of them were smaller bots bonded with larger Transtector bodies using a tremendous power unlocked via the bonding process. The whole aspect of being a Headmaster in that series was way more complex and interesting than the simplistic portrayal of that in The Rebirth (and by extension, the Marvel G1 comics)It Is Him wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Why do people keep saying this? The Headmasters was better than The Rebirth, and actually had something that the G1 cartoon desperately needed: and overarching plot!It Is Him wrote:Whatevs. Now I can own an official American version of a crappy Transformers show. Hooray!
Oh, that's a matter of perspective. The Rebirth are some of my favorite episodes from G1.
The Rebirth is a face-paced story with a great plot and fun characters. That's all I need.
Posted by UltraPrimal on April 9th, 2011 @ 10:22pm CDT
Posted by Rodimus Prime on April 9th, 2011 @ 10:32pm CDT
Posted by LOST Cybertronian on June 13th, 2011 @ 2:46pm CDT
TRANSFORMERS: THE JAPANESE COLLECTION HEADMASTERS
Featuring 35 Episodes and Exciting Bonus Content in a 4-DVD Set
ON DVD FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NORTH AMERICA!
IN STORES NATIONWIDE ON JULY 5, 2011 FROM SHOUT! FACTORY
This summer, loyal fans and collectors can finally bring home a new installment of the ongoing animated saga of TRANSFORMERS as FORTRESS MAXIMUS, SCORPONOK and rest of the Headmasters make their U.S. home entertainment debut in TRANSFORMERS: THE JAPANESE COLLECTION Headmasters DVD set from Shout! Factory, in collaboration with Hasbro, Inc.
THE TRANSFORMERS Headmasters is the first part of the rare Japanese trilogy that followed the popular Generation 1 animated series. Available for the first time in North America, this collectible 4-DVD set features the complete action-packed episodes from the Headmasters series and contains the original Japanese language tracks along with updated English subtitles, a rare art gallery and more! Poised to attract an audience of pop culture enthusiasts, kids and parents who grew up with the American animated series, TRANSFORMERS: The Japanese Collection Headmasters is priced to own with a suggested retail price of $29.93.
Check out additional details after the jump!
TRANSFORMERS: THE JAPANESE COLLECTION Headmasters 4-DVD Set
Synopsis:
Optimus Prime lives again, the energy of the Matrix has been released and peace reigns on Cybertron . . . but all that is about to change with the startling arrival of the newest breed of Transformers warriors the Headmasters! Bonus Features Include:
Original Japanese Audio
English Subtitles
Art Gallery
Technical Information
Street Date: July 5, 2011
Not Rated: For All Audiences
Suggested Retail Price: $29.93
4-DVD
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Japanese, English, stereo
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Posted by gothsaurus on June 13th, 2011 @ 3:16pm CDT
I remember hearing in one of the Botcon panels that they had to introduce some insane amount of characters in Rebirth... like 70 or more. That really comes across to me watching it... it's like reading off a list of new characters from a catalog at times.
By any means, this box set is CHEAP and totally totally totally worth buying... to see what happens to beloved characters after G1 "ends" ... and to see some toys come to life from the late G1 era.
Rejoice that these sets are finally here in a crisp, cheap set. Hats off to SHOUT!
Posted by Mindmaster on June 13th, 2011 @ 3:47pm CDT
Posted by Heavy B on June 13th, 2011 @ 4:56pm CDT
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on June 13th, 2011 @ 6:05pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on June 13th, 2011 @ 11:06pm CDT
Prepare to be disappointed.Mindmaster wrote:...So will they finally speak English? Or will they still retain the English subtitles? If they talk in English, I might be interested...
Well, do you want the real story or some cheap mockery of it? No dub can capture the true spiritual essence of this or any of the Japanese G1 series.Dr. Heavy B wrote:subtitles? let me tell you somthing about myself, im not paying 30 dolors TO READ
7/12/2011chuckdawg1999 wrote:Any good guesstimates on when the complete Japanese series set will be released?
Posted by gothsaurus on June 14th, 2011 @ 9:54am CDT
1 - if they dubbed it in english, it wouldn't be the original actors... which would come across like a bad fan-dub. This is like a fantasy. Many actors have passed away, and others like Cullen and Welker would be so expensive, it would be prohibitive. Price would jump sharply paying actors.
2 - the series is originally in Japanese. Watching it in the original Japanese puts you directly in touch with another culture, its language, humor, style, writing... without it being diluted or dumbed down by being translated and voiced — by someone with NO knowledge of Transformers or Japanese culture. (The dreadful Omni dubs that are likely left off this set are a prime example... Characters like Blaster, Blurr, Spike get renamed as Billy, Wally, Sparkle, "Road-imus Prime", Spaceship Bruce... and The Matrix as "The Power Pack."
Seriously, I don't want to watch someone botch the dub and then charge be double for the set. (And the set is Sooo cheap!!)
Getting used to subtitles opens up a whole world of available anime and movies.
Posted by Sabrblade on June 14th, 2011 @ 12:39pm CDT
gothsaurus wrote:Two points:
1 - if they dubbed it in english, it wouldn't be the original actors... which would come across like a bad fan-dub. This is like a fantasy. Many actors have passed away, and others like Cullen and Welker would be so expensive, it would be prohibitive. Price would jump sharply paying actors.
2 - the series is originally in Japanese. Watching it in the original Japanese puts you directly in touch with another culture, its language, humor, style, writing... without it being diluted or dumbed down by being translated and voiced — by someone with NO knowledge of Transformers or Japanese culture. (The dreadful Omni dubs that are likely left off this set are a prime example... Characters like Blaster, Blurr, Spike get renamed as Billy, Wally, Sparkle, "Road-imus Prime", Spaceship Bruce... and The Matrix as "The Power Pack."
Seriously, I don't want to watch someone botch the dub and then charge be double for the set. (And the set is Sooo cheap!!)
Getting used to subtitles opens up a whole world of available anime and movies.
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on June 14th, 2011 @ 11:21pm CDT
7/12/2011[/quote]chuckdawg1999 wrote:Any good guesstimates on when the complete Japanese series set will be released?
Is it true that the complete set is an online only release?
Posted by gothsaurus on June 15th, 2011 @ 9:43am CDT
Anyone hear if the big set includes Scramble City, Zone, etc.? That would make me jump to buy it.
Posted by Sabrblade on June 15th, 2011 @ 9:56am CDT
From what I last heard, it's wasn't looking good for Scramble City, but they were trying to get Zone (yet gave no promises about it).gothsaurus wrote:Anyone hear if the big set includes Scramble City, Zone, etc.? That would make me jump to buy it.
The way Metrodome and Madman had gotten Zone was that they had used the subtitled Zone bootleg that had been circulating the black market since the 90s. Metrodome did the same thing with their release of Scramble City (using its subbed bootleg) on their Ultimate Edition of the 1986 G1 movie.
Posted by gothsaurus on June 15th, 2011 @ 10:07am CDT
Ya gotta know... I'd pay for a full-price DVD just to get a crisp, direct transfer copy of those one-off episodes.
Posted by Sabrblade on June 15th, 2011 @ 10:18am CDT
The quality of each wasn't that bad, though. Sure, it was dated and how a few issues, but they were both still watchable.gothsaurus wrote:NooooooOOOooo.
Ya gotta know... I'd pay for a full-price DVD just to get a crisp, direct transfer copy of those one-off episodes.
At last year's BotCon, 2010, I actually saw the bootlegged DVD that contained both the subbed Scramble City and the subbed Zone bootlegs. I was tempted to get it, but passed since there were other items I was looking for that were of a higher priority.
The subbed version of Scramble City is on YouTube. I got links if you wanna see it to get a taste of its quality.
Posted by gothsaurus on June 15th, 2011 @ 10:33am CDT
Yeah, link away!
Posted by Sabrblade on June 15th, 2011 @ 10:57am CDT
gothsaurus wrote:Too bad that DVD was the bootleg subs. I'd totally get that... to hold be over till an official release, of course.
Yeah, link away!
There seems to be multiple versions of the subbed bootleg on YouTube. The one I'm about to post is in a very good video quality, but it has a bit of a green tint to it. There's a nother version on YouTube that has less of a green tinti to it, but it looks and sounds kinda fuzzy. I guess there really is no perfect subbed version of it YouTube, as the only other better looking ones are fandubs or raws.
Posted by gothsaurus on June 15th, 2011 @ 11:11am CDT