Japan Synopsis
“Beyond good. Beyond evil. Beyond your wildest imagination.”
The Autobots must stop a colossal planet-consuming robot who goes after the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. At the same time, they must defend themselves against an all-out attack from the Decepticons.
Audience Engagement
452 audience reviews — more than 93% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 81th percentile among Japan films.
Other Titles From Hasbro
Animation + Science Fiction in Japan
314 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Science Fiction genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Transformers: The Movie itself).
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
★ 8.3 · 1997
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
★ 8.3 · 2021
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War
★ 8.3 · 1993
The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Seiran 2
★ 8.2 · 2019
Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya
★ 8.0 · 2013
Date A Live: Mayuri Judgment
★ 8.0 · 2015
The 1985–1987 Japan Window
The Transformers: The Movie holds position #33 of 100 Japan films in the 1985–1987 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
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: The Movie premiered alongside 38 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 24m runtime, production spent $71K per minute on screen and earned $70K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 38 other Japan films in 1986.
The 687th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Transformers: The Movie, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- based on toy · 4
- based on cartoon · 2
- transformers · 1
- transformation · 16
- war · 6
- robot · 45
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,726 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (62nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.3 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,253 of 2,532 (top 49%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Japan, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | Hasbro, Marvel Productions, Sunbow Productions, De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, Toei Animation |
| Runtime | 1h 24m |
| Release Date | August 8, 1986 |
| IMDb | tt0092106 |