Japan The Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye is a Japan–South Korea co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
The Autobots are running low on Energon, they leave their home planet of Cybertron to search for more sources. The Decepticons follow them and attack the Autobot's ship. The ship crashes on Earth and ends up inside a volcano. Millions of years later, Teletran One, the ship's computer activates and revives them. The Decepticons are determined to exploit Earth's resources for their own needs. The Autobots are just as determined to stop them.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #101 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (98th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.7 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #81 of 2,532 (top 3%).
Japan × South Korea Co-Production
Other Japan×South Korea titles
Other Titles From Toei Animation
The 1985–1987 Japan Window
Among 100 Japan films we catalog from this window, The Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye places #2 — near the top of its class.
#1Touch
★ 9.2 · 1985
#2The Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye
★ 8.6 · 1986
#3Silver Fang
★ 8.6 · 1986
#4Saint Seiya
★ 8.5 · 1986
#5Robotech
★ 8.5 · 1985
#6Dengeki Sentai Changeman
★ 8.3 · 1985
#7The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
★ 8.3 · 1986
#8Dragon Ball
★ 8.2 · 1986
The 1980s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1980s in Japan, 280 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye premiered alongside 38 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 38 other Japan films in 1986.
The 662nd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
20 audience reviews — more than 36% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 13th percentile among Japan films.
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Japan, South Korea, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | Toei Animation, Marvel Productions, Hasbro, Sunbow Productions, AKOM Production Company |
| Runtime | 1h 9m |
| Release Date | January 1, 1986 |
| IMDb | tt0925992 |