The Transformers The Movie Wikipedia. This article is about the animated film. Lego Star Wars: The Quest For R2-D2 Movie On Dvd on this page. For the 2. 00. 7 live action film, see Transformers film. The Transformers The Movie is a 1. Japanese American animatedscience fictionactionadventure film based on the animated television series by the same name, which in turn is based on the toyline of the same name created by Hasbro. It was released in North America on August 8, 1. United Kingdom on December 5, 1. The film was co produced and directed by Nelson Shin, who also 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, who died the year before its release,Although the trailer describes the film as spectacular widescreen action, the film was animated in 4 3 fullscreen format. The feature was vertically cropped to widescreen dimensions for theatrical showings and released in fullscreen on home video and DVD. The 2. 0th anniversary DVD released by Sony BMG in 2. The UK version, as well as the 1.