The Transformers: The Movie is a 1986 animated feature film based on the animated TV series by the same name. It was released in North America on August 8, 1986 and in the UK on December 5, 1986. This movie was directed by Nelson Shin, who produced the original Transformers television series, and features the voices of Eric Idle, Judd Nelson, Leonard Nimoy, Casey Kasem, Robert Stack, Lionel Stander, John Moschitta, Jr., Peter Cullen and Frank Welker. It also marked the final roles for both Orson Welles and Scatman Crothers. The story takes place in 2005, 20 years after the events of the TV... series' second season and serves to bridge into the third season. Set to a soundtrack of synth-based incidental music and hard-driving metal music, the movie has a decidedly darker tone than the television series, with detailed visuals in Toei Animation's typical anime film styling, and Decepticon villains that are more menacing, killing without hesitation. The film features several grand battles in which a handful of major characters meet their end. The film's tagline was: "Beyond good. Beyond evil. Beyond your wildest imagination.
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| Release date: | August 8, 1986 |
| Directed by: | Nelson Shin |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 84 Minutes |
| Producer: | Joe Bacal, Tom Griffin |
| Editor: | David Hankins |
| Music by: | Vince DiCola |
| Cinematography: | Masatoshi Fukui |
| Screenplay by: | Ron Friedman |
| Adapted from: | The Transformers |
| Genre: | Adventure, Science Fiction, Animation, Action |