Sony

Do you people really need to see this logo in order to realize who Sony is?

Sony is a Japanese-based electronics and media conglomerate. They have been involved in releasing a few Transformers related material.

Sony Wonder

The wonder beyond the rising sun.

Sony Wonder was a children's sub-division of Sony Music Entertainment that was involved with the distribution of home media. In the Mid-1990's, the company attempted to get into the TV market and in May 1998, had obtained the rights to the Generation 1 cartoon by acquiring Sunbow Entertainment. The company however sold off all their TV assets including Sunbow to TV-Loonland AG in October 2000 after only a shy year and a half of ownership. Sony Music retained US distribution (which already was being done by Rhino Entertainment) and the international music rights to Sony Wonder's TV catalog.

From 2000 until 2003, many Generation 1 DVDs and videos in the UK were released under their name, under a distribution deal with Maverick Entertainment.

In the mid '00s, Sony Wonder secured the North American home video rights to the Generation 1 cartoon from Rhino Entertainment, and in late 2006 released the 20th Anniversary Special Edition DVD of The Transformers: The Movie. The company was planning to re-release the Generation 1 cartoon, but in 2007, the Sony Wonder division was transferred by Sony-BMG Music Entertainment over to Sony Pictures and a majority of licenses were held over. The Transformers license wasn't included in this move, ending up with Sony Wonder not releasing a single DVD of the Generation 1 cartoon in the US.

Other

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 Computer Entertainment produces the PlayStation series of video game consoles, which has seen a number of Transformers video games over the years. Their former game studio, SCE Studio Cambridge, even developed Beast Wars: Transformers for the original PlayStation. In 2015, Sony 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

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: 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".

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)

France

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

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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External links

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