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News Credits: 21 · Tue Feb 08, 2011 10:26 pm

Beast Wars: Transformers - Shout! DVD Producer's Tweets Chirp a Beast-ly Song
A pair of Twitter posts makes it pretty clear that new DVDs are in the works
Posted by David Lambert
2/08/2011

Following the classic '80s "G1" Transformers animated program came the 1996 series Beast Wars: Transformers, using GCI animation produced by Mainframe Entertainment (the folks behind the earlier CGI TV production, ReBoot). Tied to the continuity of the original show, Beast Wars: Transformers ran for 3 seasons and was followed up in 1999 by two seasons of Beast Machines: Transformers.

Shout! Factory has recently released DVDs of G1 Transformers, and after they picked up the rights to ReBoot there were a number of fans hoping that they would pick up the rights to Beast Wars: Transformers as well. The show was released on DVD before, from 2001-2004 by Rhino in the USA and Alliance in Canada. Those are long discontinued and hard to obtain, though, so fans who missed out have been looking for re-releases of the show. Now it appears that Shout! might have indeed negotiated with Hasbro to pick up the DVD rights to this series! A pair of Twitter posts by award-winning Shout! Factory DVD producer Brian Ward give us the hints we need to connect those dots. Here are his tweets from earlier today; the second one from about an hour ago:
Got back from a meeting where I learned of several titles going on the schedule. My 10- & mid-20s-year old selves are jumping w/joy.

So...uh...who knows a little something about TRANSFORMERS: BEAST WARS? Anybody?
Now, the list of new titles might not have included this particular show, of course...it's possible that this one was already "on the books." Either way, it's great to know that this is in the works, and we couldn't wait to pass it along. What about Beast Machines: Transformers from Shout! as well? We honestly can't imagine that Hasbro and Shout! would negotiate for one, and not the other. We'll have to wait and see, though. Stay tuned for updates, as further developments occur! In the meantime, if you want to answer Mr. Ward's request for help, feel free to directly reply to his tweet on Twitter.

Taken from: http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Beast- ... z1DQdWne2P

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Beast-Wars-Transformers-DVDs-Planned/15006

News Credits: 462 · Wed Feb 09, 2011 9:15 am

Unless they add in a whole bunch of awesome bonus content, I'll pass. I own the Rhino versions and (even with one episode of season 1 being place out of correct order), they're satisfactory enough.

News Credits: 5749 · Wed Feb 09, 2011 10:25 am

It's starting to look like Transformers: Beast Wars may be getting a Shout! Factory release. TVShowsOnDVD.com is reporting the following:

Following the classic '80s "G1" Transformers animated program came the 1996 series Beast Wars: Transformers, using GCI animation produced by Mainframe Entertainment (the folks behind the earlier CGI TV production, ReBoot). Tied to the continuity of the original show, Beast Wars: Transformers ran for 3 seasons and was followed up in 1999 by two seasons of Beast Machines: Transformers.

Shout! Factory has recently released DVDs of G1 Transformers, and after they picked up the rights to ReBoot there were a number of fans hoping that they would pick up the rights to Beast Wars: Transformers as well. The show was released on DVD before, from 2001-2004 by Rhino in the USA and Alliance in Canada. Those are long discontinued and hard to obtain, though, so fans who missed out have been looking for re-releases of the show. Now it appears that Shout! might have indeed negotiated with Hasbro to pick up the DVD rights to this series! A pair of Twitter posts by award-winning Shout! Factory DVD producer Brian Ward give us the hints we need to connect those dots. Here are his tweets from earlier today; the second one from about an hour ago:

Now, the list of new titles might not have included this particular show, of course...it's possible that this one was already "on the books." Either way, it's great to know that this is in the works, and we couldn't wait to pass it along. What about Beast Machines: Transformers from Shout! as well? We honestly can't imagine that Hasbro and Shout! would negotiate for one, and not the other. We'll have to wait and see, though. Stay tuned for updates, as further developments occur! In the meantime, if you want to answer Mr. Ward's request for help, feel free to directly reply to his tweet on Twitter.

News Credits: 15 · Wed Feb 09, 2011 10:55 am

I hope they do a better job than the Beast Machines DVDs. My PS3 gets halfway through those disc and then refuses to play the rest. The only discs I have that do that.

News Credits: 1 · Wed Feb 09, 2011 10:56 am

PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE!

I only have the Rhino season 2 dvd set and I so want to get the whole series as I'm as big a beast fan as you can be. The old Rhino dvd sets are so expensive now too. I want this so bad.

News Credits: 2 · Wed Feb 09, 2011 10:58 am

ANOTHER re-re-release? Sunnuvabitch...Transformers may be the new Star Wars when it comes to re-re-releases. I'll stick to my Rhino version thanks.

Wed Feb 09, 2011 11:01 am

Interesting... but like Sabrblade, I already own the Rhino versions.

News Credits: 1 · Wed Feb 09, 2011 11:10 am

Can't speak for everybody else here in the States, but I don't see where this series is all that hard to get a hold of. Yeah I had to do a little bit of driving around during the tail end of it's last DVD run (around 2005) but now that there are more stores like Best Buy and Borders saturating all of suburbia, that running around is a thing of the past. They're over-priced no matter where you find them but I've had no trouble locating them.

News Credits: 1 · Wed Feb 09, 2011 11:22 am

i have the rhino sets, but ill need to see the special features to decide. im def getting season 1 tho as "Spiders game" and "Call of the Wild" are scratched to hell and wont play (sad face).

oh man, how awesome would it be if they were released on blu-ray to...

News Credits: 5 · Wed Feb 09, 2011 11:59 am

I hope more than anything that Shout got RID i havent seen RID since it last aired on the Fox Box back on Fox that was like in 1999 or 2000 or so I forget.

I have my Rhino sets of Beast Wars along with the Generation 1 also I have my set of Beast Machines still.

I need RID to have the complete saga cause I have my sets of the Unicron Trilogy + Animated as well as Movies 1 & 2 and then 3 when it comes on DVD sometime in 2012.

That is if we survive 2012. I am getting my Reboots later this summer I found the release dates they are coming out later with seasons 1 & 2 I havent seen those since they last aired on Cartoon Network.

I am super excited for them I loved Hexicdecimal and Mega-Byte and Bob, Dot and Enzo.

I hope other TV shows get remade such as Megas XLR one of my favs that were done by CN but it never go finished. Then I also hope for remakes of Sailor Moon I only liked the Queen Beyeral Saga didnt care to much for the Heart one.

Be cool if they localize the Japanese sagas of Victory, The Headmasters, Super God Master Force and the Japanese Beast Wars I forget which it is called Neo or Beast II.

But I will most likely still re-buy my Beast Wars if they are indeed being re-done by Shout as my Rhino sets are starting to age as I have had them since release.

News Credits: 1 · Wed Feb 09, 2011 12:08 pm

Even if they get the S1 eps in better order, and include both extended versions of the S1 intro and the actual broadcast version of the S3 intro, and all of the Toonami bumpers from the debut of the final 5 of S2...I'd still only be excited about this if it also meant box sets of Beast Wars II and Beast Wars Neo.

News Credits: 32 · Wed Feb 09, 2011 12:09 pm

YES! Give me Beast Wars!

News Credits: 1235 · Wed Feb 09, 2011 12:16 pm

Good news. I don't have any Beast Wars DVDs but will get them if they are priced decently like the G1 sets. Hope they get into some of the Japanese series like they were looking at doing.

News Credits: 1 · Wed Feb 09, 2011 12:25 pm

LOST Cybertronian wrote:Good news. I don't have any Beast Wars DVDs but will get them if they are priced decently like the G1 sets. Hope they get into some of the Japanese series like they were looking at doing.

ugh, not me. IMLTHO, Japan can not do transformers right. and that says somthing because giant robots are japans bread and butter

News Credits: 34 · Wed Feb 09, 2011 3:34 pm

Man, I hope so. I was about to pay ridiculous prices for the out of print sets.

News Credits: 1 · Wed Feb 09, 2011 4:39 pm

All right! I can't wait. I hope they make a nice complete series set...maybe in a fancy box/package designed like the golden disks. It would be great if this set included Beast Machines, as well.

And they MUST include (in-depth!) interviews with the voice actors. I am fascinated with seeing the faces behind our favorite characters, especially when they actually do the voices on camera. I'm very surprised and disappointed that so many cartoons are being put out on DVD with special features, but ignore the voice actors. These talented artists are getting old, and they won't be around forever...we've already lost so many. Come on Shout Factory and other production companies...GET THEM ON FILM while you still can.

News Credits: 1235 · Wed Feb 09, 2011 8:15 pm

Dr. Heavy B wrote:
LOST Cybertronian wrote:Good news. I don't have any Beast Wars DVDs but will get them if they are priced decently like the G1 sets. Hope they get into some of the Japanese series like they were looking at doing.

ugh, not me. IMLTHO, Japan can not do transformers right. and that says somthing because giant robots are japans bread and butter

From the little that I have watched from Headmasters, I kind of enjoy it. I have Headmasters, Masterforce, and Victory on DVD but it wont play on my DVD player or PS3. The only place I can get it to work is in my computer. It would be nice to watch those series on my T.V.

News Credits: 1 · Wed Feb 09, 2011 9:26 pm

LOST Cybertronian wrote:
Dr. Heavy B wrote:
LOST Cybertronian wrote:Good news. I don't have any Beast Wars DVDs but will get them if they are priced decently like the G1 sets. Hope they get into some of the Japanese series like they were looking at doing.

ugh, not me. IMLTHO, Japan can not do transformers right. and that says somthing because giant robots are japans bread and butter

From the little that I have watched from Headmasters, I kind of enjoy it. I have Headmasters, Masterforce, and Victory on DVD but it wont play on my DVD player or PS3. The only place I can get it to work is in my computer. It would be nice to watch those series on my T.V.

i saw a couple episodes on youtube of headmasters and i hold that in the same regard as the g1 cartoon. (good for what it was, by no means great). it was japans treatment of beast wars itself that is prehaps the worst thing ive seen in the history of transformers (and im including transformers energon)

News Credits: 1 · Wed Feb 09, 2011 9:45 pm

I'd really dig this set.

I liked BW during the original run, but not enough to buy the set the first time around.

But my 3-year old is now REALLY into robots (especially TFs) and animals. He'll love this series.

I hope they do a box set like they did for The G1 series and Joe.

News Credits: 462 · Wed Feb 09, 2011 10:22 pm

Dr. Heavy B wrote:
LOST Cybertronian wrote:
Dr. Heavy B wrote:
LOST Cybertronian wrote:Good news. I don't have any Beast Wars DVDs but will get them if they are priced decently like the G1 sets. Hope they get into some of the Japanese series like they were looking at doing.

ugh, not me. IMLTHO, Japan can not do transformers right. and that says somthing because giant robots are japans bread and butter

From the little that I have watched from Headmasters, I kind of enjoy it. I have Headmasters, Masterforce, and Victory on DVD but it wont play on my DVD player or PS3. The only place I can get it to work is in my computer. It would be nice to watch those series on my T.V.

i saw a couple episodes on youtube of headmasters and i hold that in the same regard as the g1 cartoon. (good for what it was, by no means great). it was japans treatment of beast wars itself that is prehaps the worst thing ive seen in the history of transformers (and im including transformers energon)

Worse than Kiss Players? :twisted:

News Credits: 487 · Wed Feb 09, 2011 11:04 pm

Sabrblade wrote:Unless they add in a whole bunch of awesome bonus content, I'll pass. I own the Rhino versions and (even with one episode of season 1 being place out of correct order), they're satisfactory enough.

First-Aid wrote:ANOTHER re-re-release? Sunnuvabitch...Transformers may be the new Star Wars when it comes to re-re-releases. I'll stick to my Rhino version thanks.

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Interesting... but like Sabrblade, I already own the Rhino versions.

Um..., guys, you do know that there are those of us out there who don't actually own the previous sets, right? And that we're likely to be more excited about this than you are, right?

Wed Feb 09, 2011 11:37 pm

I'm totally amped up about this and I even own the Beast Wars boxed sets. All 3 seasons as well as the Beast Machines series on DVD. My problem is that if these old discs of mine get scratched, I'll be SOL and won't ever be able to watch the show again.

If Shout! releases Beast Wars on DVD I will buy them to have a spare set of DVD's of the show. I don't even care if they have special interviews but they would be a bonus. I can look up the interviews on Youtube if I really want to. I'm very excited to hear this. Please release the DVD's asap!

News Credits: 1 · Thu Feb 10, 2011 2:48 am

Gandalf wrote:All right! I can't wait. I hope they make a nice complete series set...maybe in a fancy box/package designed like the golden disks. It would be great if this set included Beast Machines, as well.

And they MUST include (in-depth!) interviews with the voice actors. I am fascinated with seeing the faces behind our favorite characters, especially when they actually do the voices on camera. I'm very surprised and disappointed that so many cartoons are being put out on DVD with special features, but ignore the voice actors. These talented artists are getting old, and they won't be around forever...we've already lost so many. Come on Shout Factory and other production companies...GET THEM ON FILM while you still can.

Yes they should definitely do that. On the Season 3 set of the Madman version some of the extras on the discs where interviews with some of the cast (Kaye, Chalk, McNeil and Willows) and there was a actor audio commentary for the first two eps of Beast Wars. Friggen funny as unfortunately David Kaye was not part of this I wonder what he would have to say though.

News Credits: 5749 · Thu Mar 10, 2011 4:28 pm

TVShowsonDVD has more information regarding Shout!Factory's pending release of Transformers Beast Wars. Season one will be available in stores on June 14th, at a cost of $29.93 SRP. Shout!Factoy's Brain Ward tweeted that an interview with producer Christopher Brough has been filmed, and he still looking for more bonus content.

Amazon has also listed a preorder for the set.

Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:48 pm

There they go again raising the price so that only the rich can own them. Sucks to be financially challenged. Specially at blu ray disc price to own low quality standard definition dvds. By now the whole darn series from G1 till now should have been done in HD Blu ray. With the series that was not not aired in America could be re-voiced over with the original cast cause most of them is still alive. Hasbro and Takara has Trillions of dollars in profits now so there is absolutely no excuse for them to start giving to there fans what we want instead of thinking profits. :-x