Q&A w/ Brian Ward of Shout! Factory Reveals G1 25th Anniversary DVD Info

[Peter_Van]

Brian Ward, a Producer and Manager of DVD Home Video at Shout! Factory, the company responsible for releasing the Transformers Generation 1 - The Complete First Season - 25th Anniversary Edition DVD, has started a question and answer thread on the company's website forums. So far, Mr. Ward has provided some rather cool information, so if you'd like to read about it, jump into the full article.
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[HMRC4EVR]

I have to say that if I didn't have all the Rhino sets, I'd be all over this one. The changes sound great and I'm loving the fact they are planning on a complete series. But to be honest with the Rhino sets...for all their flaws...are good sets to just watch and enjoy the show.

 

Not sure if I want to put down the money for a set of dvd's I've already got unless the quality is exponentaly that much better.

[Firebrandx]

I'm buying it even though I have the Chinese set. Having a G1 set without the extra sound effects will be nice, in addition to all the interviews they will be including as part of the extras.

[I'm Batman]

:schin I may just wait for the complete series to be announced and see what the price difference is. That's how I buy my anime, I just wait for the boxset.

[PuertoRiCON]

I'm buying it even though I have the Chinese set. Having a G1 set without the extra sound effects will be nice, in addition to all the interviews they will be including as part of the extras.

I have the complete Rhino set, haven't watched it in a long time though. As far as extra sound effects, can you give me an example of where these were included? I don't remember hearing anything that sounded too different last time I watched them.

 

That being said though, I will still keep to my original DVD's. If I want to see toy commercials and PSA, I can always check out youtube.

[TRANS-lego-MaN]

me likely some of the special features

[Firebrandx]

I'm buying it even though I have the Chinese set. Having a G1 set without the extra sound effects will be nice, in addition to all the interviews they will be including as part of the extras.

I have the complete Rhino set, haven't watched it in a long time though. As far as extra sound effects, can you give me an example of where these were included? I don't remember hearing anything that sounded too different last time I watched them.

 

That being said though, I will still keep to my original DVD's. If I want to see toy commercials and PSA, I can always check out youtube.

 

The extra sound effects were all over the place in every episode, and very repetitive. Mostly explosions and laser-blast noises. Those that were fans of the originally aired episodes know what I'm talking about. This new release is also doing a better job of transferring them from what I've read. Basically those that want "original" G1 episodes will buy this set. Those that don't care will be fine with the previous incantations.

[Optimizzy]

Yeah, I havent seen the show in years and when I watched the 25th anniversary DVD that came with Prime I started to get quite annoyed! Why did they think they needed to jazz up the audio?

[MikePrime]

Very nice. It sounds like this set will be better than Rhino's. I'll buy one.

[DjinniMan]

They are color correcting animation errors! I can't tell you how happy this makes me. It's good to see our beloved franchise getting the treatment it deserves!