3 Disk Blu-Ray Set of Japanese G1 Episodes on Preorder at Amazon Japan

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There is an exciting new preorder on Amazon Japan for any Japanese fan of the original Transformers G1 series. It is for a new Blu-Ray collection available for a limited time only which covers the 100 episodes from Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers and Transformers 2010, which are the Japanese versions of Transformers G1 Seasons 1-2 and 3. The price is 19,440 Yen and is region free. It is due for release on December 6. It is only a 3 disk set though, meaning that the Blu-Ray technology is used for its storage capabiliies rather than its high definition, so it won't be clearer than the previously released G1 DVDs. While it is not shown on the listing, there is mention fo new Guido Guidi slipcase cover. For those unaware of the artist's previous work, you can see an example of it below.

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Re: 3 Disk Blu-Ray Set of Japanese G1 Episodes on Preorder at Amazon Japan (1902733)
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on August 8th, 2017 @ 9:16am CDT

Less disk swapping I guess.

Re: 3 Disk Blu-Ray Set of Japanese G1 Episodes on Preorder at Amazon Japan (1902739)
Posted by Relic0037 on August 8th, 2017 @ 9:56am CDT

If there were English subtitles on the discs, I might consider it.

Re: 3 Disk Blu-Ray Set of Japanese G1 Episodes on Preorder at Amazon Japan (1902756)
Posted by Kurona on August 8th, 2017 @ 11:34am CDT

Man, I wish the G1 cartoon was as awesome as that art.

Re: 3 Disk Blu-Ray Set of Japanese G1 Episodes on Preorder at Amazon Japan (1902763)
Posted by ScottyP on August 8th, 2017 @ 11:58am CDT

Wow, yeah right in the Amazon description that it's just the DVD quality transfer. What is even the point of this? :/

Re: 3 Disk Blu-Ray Set of Japanese G1 Episodes on Preorder at Amazon Japan (1902776)
Posted by DestronMirage22 on August 8th, 2017 @ 1:11pm CDT

Kurona wrote:Man, I wish the G1 cartoon was as awesome as that art.

It's even better.

Re: 3 Disk Blu-Ray Set of Japanese G1 Episodes on Preorder at Amazon Japan (1902779)
Posted by william-james88 on August 8th, 2017 @ 1:19pm CDT

ScottyP wrote:Wow, yeah right in the Amazon description that it's just the DVD quality transfer. What is even the point of this? :/

Less disks. I dont see much else to it.

Re: 3 Disk Blu-Ray Set of Japanese G1 Episodes on Preorder at Amazon Japan (1902797)
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on August 8th, 2017 @ 2:35pm CDT

DestronMirage22 wrote:
Kurona wrote:Man, I wish the G1 cartoon was as awesome as that art.

It's even better.

It's reeeeally not. Well, the '86 movie of it has some nice art and shading. The series though? Nah.

Re: 3 Disk Blu-Ray Set of Japanese G1 Episodes on Preorder at Amazon Japan (1902820)
Posted by Sabrblade on August 8th, 2017 @ 4:38pm CDT

ScottyP wrote:Wow, yeah right in the Amazon description that it's just the DVD quality transfer.

Probably the faultily "remastered" Rhino DVD versions, at that.

Re: 3 Disk Blu-Ray Set of Japanese G1 Episodes on Preorder at Amazon Japan (1902827)
Posted by o.supreme on August 8th, 2017 @ 4:55pm CDT

Carnivius_Prime wrote:
DestronMirage22 wrote:
Kurona wrote:Man, I wish the G1 cartoon was as awesome as that art.

It's even better.

It's reeeeally not. Well, the '86 movie of it has some nice art and shading. The series though? Nah.

hey opinions cannot be validated or invalidated. I can poke fun at the garbage art of TF UK all day long and disgrace the temple of furman, but I know some people here might not appreciate that, so I don't. I would very much get this, as others have pointed out if it had English subs, which Toei is not known for. But this is not unprecedented. Eastern Star/Discotek has released anime series in the United states under the banner of "SD on Blu Ray" basically yes, so you can fit more on one disc. This set will have 95 episodes across 3 discs. Most Likely Discs One and two will split 33/32 episodes each, and the 3rd disc being 2010 will be 30 episodes, and bonus content if any. Also I'm sure Toei's video and audio are much better than Rhino's ever was, no need to be insulting.

Re: 3 Disk Blu-Ray Set of Japanese G1 Episodes on Preorder at Amazon Japan (1902857)
Posted by Relic0037 on August 8th, 2017 @ 6:56pm CDT

Carnivius_Prime wrote:
DestronMirage22 wrote:
Kurona wrote:Man, I wish the G1 cartoon was as awesome as that art.

It's even better.

It's reeeeally not. Well, the '86 movie of it has some nice art and shading. The series though? Nah.

I find all the animation errors & some of the goofy plot lines have their own charm. Also, this was one of my favorite shows growing up, so no one can tell me different. & I find the 86 movie to be better than any of the "Live Action" offerings.

Re: 3 Disk Blu-Ray Set of Japanese G1 Episodes on Preorder at Amazon Japan (1902873)
Posted by Ultra Markus on August 8th, 2017 @ 10:14pm CDT

100 episode for 3 seasons? i take it that their are some extra content that the Japanese version has :-?

Re: 3 Disk Blu-Ray Set of Japanese G1 Episodes on Preorder at Amazon Japan (1902876)
Posted by Sabrblade on August 8th, 2017 @ 11:39pm CDT

Ultra Markus wrote:100 episode for 3 seasons? i take it that their are some extra content that the Japanese version has

While it is true that Japan did get a few new clip show episodes that were made exclusively for the Japanese version by simply recycling preexisting footage from the American episodes, the "100 episodes" count for this Blu-Ray set has to be a mistake. The Blu-Ray set contains all of the same episodes that were previously included on the Japanese DVD sets released by Pioneer/Geneon, which were 65 season 1-2 episodes, 30 season 3 episodes, and three bonuses: "Exciting Transformer!", "Scramble City", and Parts 1-3 of "The Rebirth". None of the clip shows have ever seen home video release.

Re: 3 Disk Blu-Ray Set of Japanese G1 Episodes on Preorder at Amazon Japan (1902879)
Posted by william-james88 on August 9th, 2017 @ 12:09am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
Ultra Markus wrote:100 episode for 3 seasons? i take it that their are some extra content that the Japanese version has
While it is true that Japan did get a few new clip show episodes that were made exclusively for the Japanese version by simply recycling preexisting footage from the American episodes, the "100 episodes" count for this Blu-Ray set has to be a mistake. The Blu-Ray set contains all of the same episodes that were previously included on the Japanese DVD sets released by Pioneer/Geneon, which were 65 season 1-2 episodes, 30 season 3 episodes, and three bonuses: "Exciting Transformer!", "Scramble City", and Parts 1-3 of "The Rebirth". None of the clip shows have ever seen home video release.

The listing counts 35 for season 3 making it 100 total:

Primary animation all 65 episodes is the origin + it has been continued aired 2010 all 35 episodes, released!

But from your count its the same: 65+ 30+ "Exciting Transformer!"+ "Scramble City" + "The Rebirth" 1 + "The Rebirth" 2 +"The Rebirth" 3 = 100

Re: 3 Disk Blu-Ray Set of Japanese G1 Episodes on Preorder at Amazon Japan (1902884)
Posted by Sabrblade on August 9th, 2017 @ 12:27am CDT

william-james88 wrote:The listing counts 35 for season 3 making it 100 total:

Primary animation all 65 episodes is the origin + it has been continued aired 2010 all 35 episodes, released!

But below that it says:

※ The image quality is equivalent to the already released product "Fight! Super robot life form Transformer DVD - SET 1 · SET 2" (GNBA - 1911 / GNBA - 1912), "Super robot life form Transformer 2010 DVD - SET" (GNBA - 1913) .

【Limited time production benefits】
◆ Reprint booklet 3 books already on sale items
PIBA - 1095 "Fight! Super robot living body Transformers DVD - BOX 1" (24P)
PIBA-1096 "Fight! Super robot living body Transformers DVD-BOX 2" (32P)
PIBA-1158 "Fight! Super robot living body Transformers 2010 DVD-BOX" (40P)
Reprinted enclosed booklet.

◆ Guido Guidi New drawing and three-way back case

【specification】
3 Blu-ray 2 layers + Amaret case specification

【Number of recorded stories】
Ultra Robot Life Body Transformers Total 65 Talks + Video Benefits Fight! Super Robot Life Transformers 2010 30 episodes

※ Contents of the contents are already released products "Battle! Super robot life form Transformers DVD-SET1 · SET 2" (GNBA-1911 / GNBA-1912), "Fight! Robot Transformers 2010 Transformers 2010 DVD-SET" (GNBA-1913) It will be the same one.

william-james88 wrote:But from your count its the same: 65+ 30+ "Exciting Transformer!"+ "Scramble City" + "The Rebirth" 1 + "The Rebirth" 2 +"The Rebirth" 3 = 100

But only "The Rebirth" was included in the 2010 DVD set. The other two extras were in the second FSRLTF DVD set. If we're counting those extras as "episodes", then the listing ought to say 67 for FSRLTF and 33 for 2010.

Re: 3 Disk Blu-Ray Set of Japanese G1 Episodes on Preorder at Amazon Japan (1920926)
Posted by Va'al on November 11th, 2017 @ 12:16am CST

We initially reported on the listing for a new edition of a 3 disc Blu-Ray for the Japanese release of the Transformers Generation One animated series - including 100 episodes from Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers and Transformers 2010, which are the Japanese versions of Transformers G1 Seasons 1-2 and 3 - back in August. We now have some additional news in terms of artwork accompanying the set, all by veteran Transformers artist Guido Guidi: one for the front, one for the back, and several more around the rest of the box set, featuring the entire cast of Seibertron Warriors (Autobots) and Destron Corps (Decepticons). Check it all out below!

1311/5000
“Toransufōmā/ saigo no kishi-ō” kōkai kinen! Shodai anime& 2010 ga ikki mi burūreisetto to shite hatsubai kettei! “Toransufōmā/ saigo no kishi-ō” kōkai kinen! Gentendearu shodai anime zen 65-wa + sore ni tsudzuki hōei sa reta 2010 zen 30-wa o, burūrei 3-mai ni ikkyo shūroku shite o tegoro kakaku de rirīsu! Kikan gentei seisan tokuten to shite, zeppan to natta DVD - bokkusu no fukkoku bukkuretto to guido guidi-shi ni yoru shinki kaki oroshi sanpō se kēsu-tsuki! Kochira no shōhin wa amazon. Co. Jp gentei 2kagetsu senkō hatsubai to narimasu. ※ Shōhin naiyō wa “GNXA - 1818" to dōitsu to narimasu. ※ Gashitsu wa sunde hatsubai shōhin `tatakae! Chō robotto seimei-tai toransufōmā DVD - SET 1 SET 2'(GNBA - 1911/ GNBA - 1912),`tatakae! Chō robotto seimei-tai toransufōmā 2010 DVD - SET'(GNBA - 1913) to dōtō to narimasu. [Kikan gentei seisan tokuten] ◆ fukkoku bukkuretto 3-satsu PIBA - 1095 `tatakae! Chō robotto seimei-tai toransufōmā DVD - bokkusu 1'(24 P) PIBA - 1096 `tatakae! Chō robotto seimei-tai toransufōmā DVD - bokkusu 2'(32 P) PIBA - 1158 `tatakae! Chō robotto seimei-tai toransufōmā 2010 DVD - bokkusu'(40 P) fūnyū bukkuretto o fukkoku. ◆ Guido guidi-shi shinki kaki oroshi sanpō se kēsu [shiyō] burūrei 2-sō 3-mai + amarēkēsu shiyō [shūroku naiyō] Disc 1: ￭ Tatakae! Chō robotto seimei-tai toransufōmā dai 1-wa 〜 35-wa ￭ tokuten eizō: TVCF-shū/ juchū-kai-yō eizō Disc 2: ￭ Tatakae! Chō robotto seimei-tai toransufōmā dai 36-wa 〜 65-wa ￭ tokuten eizō: Dai 64-wa 〜 dai 65-wa eigo onsei bājon/ sukuranburushiti hatsudō-hen/ juchū-kai-yō eizō `ekisaitingutoransufōmā TF' 86'/ famirīkonpyūta-yō sofuto `konboinonazo' puromōshon/ `ekisaitingutoransufōmā 1986 natsu'/ famirīkonpyūta-yō sofuto hatsubai kettei kokuchi puromōshon/ `toransufōmā 2010' dai 1 〜 5-wa daijesutopuromōshon/ TVCF-shū Disc 3: ￭ Tatakae! Chō robotto seimei-tai toransufōmā 2010 dai 1-wa 〜 dai 30-wa ￭ toransufōmā za ribāsu: Part 1 〜 3 ￭ tokuten eizō: Toransufōmā za ribāsu part 1 〜 3 eigo onsei nihongo jimaku bājon/ tokuten CF-shū※ hatsubai-bi, shiyō, tokuten nado wa tsugō ni yori yokoku naku henkō suru baai ga gozaimasu. 〈Kyasuto〉 [saibatoron senshi] konboi: Genda tesshō/ banburu: Shioya Tsubasa/ aianhaido: Hayami Shō/ rachetto: Eharamasashi/ maisutā: Kataoka Hirotaka/ haundo: Horiuchi ken'yū/ hoirujakku: Ban Osamu/ hoka [desutoron gundan] megatoron: Katō seizō/ sutāsukurīmu: Suzuoki hirotaka/ saundou~ēbu: Masamuneissei/ furenjī: Shiroyama chikao/ rēzāu~ēbu: Shimaka Yū/ asutorotorein: Kitagawa takurō/ sukurappā: Ishii toshirō/ ta narēshon: Masamuneissei
"Transformers / Last Knight's King" Release Commemoration! First Anime & 2010 will be released as Ikki Blu-ray Set!

"Transformers / Last Knight's King" release commemoration!
Released at an affordable price by collecting all 30 episodes of the first animation which is the origin 65 episodes plus the all 2010 which was televised subsequent to 3 Blu-ray!
As a limited-time production award, with reprint booklet of out-of-print DVD-BOX and guido guidi new drawing with three-way back case with Mr. Guido Guidi!

This item will be released ahead of Amazon.co.jp Limited 2 months advance.
※ The product content is the same as "GNXA - 1818".

※ The image quality is equivalent to the already released product "Fight! Super robot life form transformer DVD-SET 1 · SET 2" (GNBA-1911 / GNBA-1912), "Super robot life form Transformer 2010 DVD-SET" (GNBA-1913) .

【Limited time production benefits】
◆ 3 booklets reprinted
PIBA-1095 "Fight! Super robot living body Transformers DVD-BOX 1" (24P)
PIBA-1096 "Fight! Super robot living body Transformers DVD - BOX 2" (32P)
PIBA - 1158 "Fight! Super robot living body Transformers 2010 DVD - BOX" (40P)
Reprinted enclosed booklet.

◆ Guido Guidi New drawing and three-way back case

【specification】
3 Blu-ray 2 layers + Amaret case specification

Content of recording
Disc 1:
■ Fight! Super robot living organism Transformers episode 1 to 35
■ Bonus picture: TVCF collection / picture for football meeting

Disc 2:
■ Fight! Super robot living body Transformers 36th to 65th episode
■ Bonus picture: 64th to 65th English audio version /
Scramble City Activate / For Order Footage "Exciting Transformer TF'86" / Family Computer Software "Mystery of Convoy" Promotion /
"Exciting Transformers 1986 Summer" / Software for Family Computer Release Declaration Promotion / "Transformers 2010" No. 1 to 5 Digest Promotion / TVCF Collection

Disc 3:
■ Fight! Super robot life form Transformers 2010 1st talk ~ 30th episode
■ Transformers The Reverse: part 1 to 3
■ Bonus picture: Transformers The Reverse part 1 - 3 English Audio · Japanese subtitle version / benefits CF collection

※ Release date, specifications, benefits etc. are subject to change without notice due to circumstances.

<cast>
【Saibatron Warrior】 Convoy: Taketo Genda / Bunburu: Shioya Tsubasa / Ironhide: Hayami Shinko / Ratchet: Masashi Ehara / Meister: Hiroki Kataoka / Hound: Kenio Horiuchi / Wheel Jack: Osaka / Other

【Destron Corps】 Megatron: Kato Shozo / Star Scream: Yoshitaka Suzuke / Soundwave: Masamune Masamune / Frenzy: Toshio Shiroyama / Laser Wave: Shima Koh Hiroshi / Astro Train: Takuro Kitagawa / Scrapper: Toshiro Ishii / Other

Narration: Kazunari Masami

Re: 3 Disk Blu-Ray Set of Japanese G1 Episodes on Preorder at Amazon Japan (1920933)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on November 11th, 2017 @ 1:46am CST

Looks like there is some English audio, is this the first time Rebirth is being released in Japan? Do we know if the audio and video has been remastered?

Re: 3 Disk Blu-Ray Set of Japanese G1 Episodes on Preorder at Amazon Japan (1920951)
Posted by Bumblevivisector on November 11th, 2017 @ 5:54am CST

If there's english options, might this be the first time Japan gets all the US eps uncut? And any possibility those legendary J-exclusive clip shows like 'Airbot vs. Stuntron' are in there somewhere? That would make this one interesting set.

Re: 3 Disk Blu-Ray Set of Japanese G1 Episodes on Preorder at Amazon Japan (1920963)
Posted by Sabrblade on November 11th, 2017 @ 9:21am CST

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Looks like there is some English audio, is this the first time Rebirth is being released in Japan? Do we know if the audio and video has been remastered?

Bumblevivisector wrote:If there's english options, might this be the first time Japan gets all the US eps uncut? And any possibility those legendary J-exclusive clip shows like 'Airbot vs. Stuntron' are in there somewhere? That would make this one interesting set.

Hang on a sec there, guys. When it mentions English audio, it's only referring to that option for just "Day of the Machines", "Attack of the Autobots", and Parts 1-3 of "The Rebirth", as those were the only episodes that weren't originally aired in Japan back in the 80s, and later were released in Japan on the old Pioneer Laserdiscs and DVDs in uncut form with optional English audio and Japanese subtitles.

As for the clip shows, no, those sadly are left out of this release, as this is just a recycling of all the same material that was previously included in the old Pioneer DVD boxed sets.

For this Blu-Ray release, Disc 1 contains all the contents of the first FSRLTF DVD set:

Episodes 1-35 of FSRLTF
Bonus feature: Commercials

Disc 2 contains all the contents of the second FSRLTF DVD set:

Episodes 36-63 of FSRLTF, plus "Day of the Machines" and "Attack of the Autobots" in Japanese
Optional English audio and Japanese subtitles for "Day of the Machines" and "Attack of the Autobots"
Bonus features: "Scramble City: Mobilization", "Exciting Transformer!", and more listed in the description above

Disc 3 contains all the contents of the Transformers 2010 DVD set:

Episodes 1-30 of Transformers 2010
Parts 1-3 of "The Rebirth" in both Japanese and optional English audio with Japanese subtitles
Bonus feature: Commercials

Re: 3 Disk Blu-Ray Set of Japanese G1 Episodes on Preorder at Amazon Japan (1921043)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on November 11th, 2017 @ 4:08pm CST

So the video isn't remastered?

Re: 3 Disk Blu-Ray Set of Japanese G1 Episodes on Preorder at Amazon Japan (1921088)
Posted by Sabrblade on November 11th, 2017 @ 9:38pm CST

chuckdawg1999 wrote:So the video isn't remastered?

No moreso than it was for the Pioneer DVD release. It's all the same content of the same quality just put onto fewer discs.

Re: 3 Disk Blu-Ray Set of Japanese G1 Episodes on Preorder at Amazon Japan (1921318)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on November 13th, 2017 @ 2:07am CST

Sabrblade wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:So the video isn't remastered?
No moreso than it was for the Pioneer DVD release. It's all the same content of the same quality just put onto fewer discs.

I should've figured. It's a nice set but not a lot here for me, especially since I can't play it.

Re: 3 Disk Blu-Ray Set of Japanese G1 Episodes on Preorder at Amazon Japan (1921346)
Posted by o.supreme on November 13th, 2017 @ 9:15am CST

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I should've figured. It's a nice set but not a lot here for me, especially since I can't play it.

Japan and North America share the same Blu Ray Region (Region A), or were you meaning you just don't have a Blu Ray player?

Also I'm wondering, although it's not advertised, I wonder if these are just SD quality on a Blu Ray disc (since as has been stated, there is no remastering going on here)? A couple of distributors in the united states(Eastern Star/Discotek is one I can think of), have been utilizing this, but they make it clear in the adverts (SD on BRD...) because they can get an insane amount of episodes on one single disk, and the compression rate on a Blu Ray has very little degradation. For Fist of the North Star they can fit around 50 episodes on a single Blu Ray, but at standard definition.

Re: 3 Disk Blu-Ray Set of Japanese G1 Episodes on Preorder at Amazon Japan (1921610)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on November 14th, 2017 @ 11:11am CST

I didn't know we share the same region. That puts this back on the table as well as the remastered anniversary edition of DYRL.

I do believe that they're using blu-ray to save space, good idea no?

Re: 3 Disk Blu-Ray Set of Japanese G1 Episodes on Preorder at Amazon Japan (1921625)
Posted by o.supreme on November 14th, 2017 @ 12:02pm CST

^ Yes it is nice. I'd actually have a lot more Japanese Blu rays myself but...1. They are ungodly expensive & 2. very rarely, if ever have English subs (they are made for a Japanese market...so they don't try to cater to other languages).

Re: 3 Disk Blu-Ray Set of Japanese G1 Episodes on Preorder at Amazon Japan (1921752)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on November 14th, 2017 @ 8:59pm CST

o.supreme wrote:^ Yes it is nice. I'd actually have a lot more Japanese Blu rays myself but...1. They are ungodly expensive & 2. very rarely, if ever have English subs (they are made for a Japanese market...so they don't try to cater to other languages).

The price has to do with the rampant piracy over in Japan