Product Description
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With its glorious return to the classic Transformers, Victory
(the third and final installment of the Japanese-exclusive
series) introduces four new factions to the Transformers
universe. Each group comes equipped with its own unique power and
the ability to combine to form much larger, more powerful
Transformers, immediately making each and every battle even more
epic!
Now, for the first time in North America, you can enjoy 37
action-packed episodes of Victory on DVD in its original Japanese
language with brand-new English subtitles!
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"Victory (1989) concludes the alternate continuity that the toy
company Takara and the Toei studio created, featuring new
Transformers characters and storylines geared to the Japanese
market. Shout Factory is releasing the series for the first time
in the United States: for decades, it was available to American
fans only in dim conversions from other formats and bootleg
copies. The final adventure introduces a lot of new characters,
the most important of whom is Star Saber. The mightiest
sman-robot in the galaxy, he fights with his glowing
Saberblade. His allies include the Multiforce, three pairs of
Cybertrons who can combine to form the greater entity Landcross.
They're pitted against a cadre of new Destrons led by Deszaras
(or Deathsaurus), who has been stealing the energy needed to free
his gigantic fortress that Star Saber sealed in the Dark Nebula
ages ago. His hopes rest on the enormous resources of Earth,
which he schemes to capture. Fortunately, Star Saber and his
Cybertron crew are there to defend the planet. In the two years
since Transformers Japanese Collection: Headmasters debuted, the
designs for the robot-characters have grown more elaborate and
sophisticated, reflecting the influence of Yoshiyuki Tomino's
dam, which debuted in 1979. Many sequences take place against
moving grids, rendered in simple computer animation. But the
storytelling is still effortful and often unintentionally comic.
Several of the Destrons ride apparently living dinosaurs through
the vacuum of space, and the fighting poses the characters strike
will remind otaku of the Gekigangar 3 spoof in Martian Successor
Nadesico. For viewers who grew up on the original Transformers,
Victory represents a blend of childhood nostalgia and new
adventures. However, people without those memories may not be as
entranced with the extremely limited animation, stolid direction,
and on-the-nose dialogue. In Japanese only, with English
subtitles. (Not rated; suitable for ages 8 and older: cartoon
robot vs. robot violence) --Charles Solomon
(1. The Brave Hero of the Universe, Star Saber, 2. Sneak Attack!
Dinoking, 3. Attack! Leozak, 4. Unite!! Multiforce, 5. Move Out,
Rescue Team! 6. Infiltration… The Uranium Mine, 7. Explosion!!
The Energy Base, 8. The Underground City of Terror, 9. The Clash
of Two Heroes, 10. The New Warrior, Hellbat, 11. Attack the
Shuttle Base!! 12. Tanker Hijack Operation, 13. The Chestforce
Attack! 14. Rescue Jean!! 15. Mach and Tackle, 16. A Fierce
Battle!! The Asteroid, 17. Planet Micro: The Mysterious Warriors,
18. Get Back Guyhawk! 19. Form Liokaiser! 20. Transformer
Warriors, Assembled, 21. The Resurrection of the Destron
Fortress, 22. Battle Up of Wratch!! 23. Battle to the Death at
the South Pole!! 24. Crisis! Ambush in the Desert, 25. A Deadly
Battle, 26. The Death of Ginrai!! 27. Fight, Victory Leo!! 28.
Awaken, Victory Leo! 29. The Victory Unification, 30. Jan, Defend
the Campus!! 31. A Mystery?! The Deception of the Base Bombs, 32.
The Death-Bringing Space Insects!! 33. Victory Saber, 34. The
Terror of the Giant Tidal Waves, 35. The Wrath of the Resurrected
Giant Fortress, 36. Showdown! The Fortress vs. the Victory
Unification, 37. Autobots Forever!)"