Madman Entertainment



Madman Entertainment is an Australian company that distributes anime and manga to Australia and New Zealand, and are also the official distributor of several locally-authored Transformers DVD sets. Their sets are typified by many extras and exclusive features.

They have released DVDs of:

Generation 1

 * Transformers: The Movie - Released in 2003 featuring a reversible cover that has exclusive art by Don Figueroa.
 * Transformers: Generation 1 Seasons 1 to 4 - Broken into 6 boxsets, featuring previously seen and exclusive cover art by Dreamwave artists.
 * The Best of Transformers (Generation 1) - A two DVD set feature 10 episodes of Generation 1 as voted by Australian fans.
 * Transformers: The Movie Special Edition - To be released in 2007, it appears to have the same cover art by Don Figueroa as the US Sony 20th Anniversary DVD, but features slightly different extras, including the The Touch music video by Stan Bush.
 * Transformers: Generation 1 Complete Collection - Also to be released in 2007, this DVD set will be packaged in a box similar to Generation 1 Optimus Prime's toy packaging, and will have DVD commentary tracks by director Nelson Shin.

Beast Wars

 * Beast Wars Seasons 1 to 3 - Released in 2006, and broken into 3 boxsets with the first ever Beast Wars DVD commentary tracks featuring Ben Yee, Bob Forward and Larry DiTillio on all three sets. Commentary tracks by Simon Furman, Gary Chalk, Scott McNeil, David Kaye, Alec Willows and Mainframe directors and animators are available in Season 3.