UFG Junior

UFG Junior (Union Films Group) was a French cartoon distribution company created in 1993 and based in Paris. They released many cartoons of French origin such as Marcelino, Milo, Marsupilami, but also some American titles including Felix the Cat, Arthur, My Little Pony and The Care Bears.

UFG Junior was placed in compulsory liquidation in 2010. After that, they changed their name to Kappa Editions. They released a few more series under that name, including Aglaé et Sidonie, Busy Buses, Clifford and The Save-Ums!. Unfortunately, the company definitely closed for insufficient assets in 2015.

Releases

The DVDs usually include the European French dub, but as with the Déclic Images collection, some episodes have the Canadian French dub instead.

The Transformers

• Transformers — La Course des Autobots (2003)

Contains the episodes Traitor, The Autobot Run and A Prime Problem.

• Transformers — L'Attaque des Autobots (2003)

Contains the episodes S.O.S. Dinobots, More than Meets the Eye, Part 3 and Attack of the Autobots.

• Transformers — Le Cosmitron (2003)

Contains the episodes Transport to Oblivion, Divide and Conquer and The Ultimate Doom, Part 2.

• Transformers — Le Retour de Megatron (2004)

Contains the episodes Roll for It, Countdown to Extinction and The Immobilizer.

• Transformers — Les Dinobots (2005)

Contains the episodes Dinobot Island, Part 2, Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2 and Kremzeek!.

• Transformers — Le Retour d'Optimus Prime (2005)

Contains the episodes Auto Berserk, The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1 and The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2.

• Transformers — Le Fantôme dans la Machine (2007)

Contains the episodes War Dawn, Surprise Party and Ghost in the Machine (the latter with the Canadian French dub).

• Transformers — Le Journal des Quintessons (2007)

Contains the episodes Auto-Bop, The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1 and The Quintesson Journal (the latter with the Canadian French dub).

Box sets

• Distributed under the name UFG Junior (2003/2007)
  • Le Cosmitron / L'Attaque des Autobots (2 disc box, 2003)
  • Le Cosmitron / Les Dinobots / Le Retour d'Optimus Prime (3 disc box, 2007)
  • La Course des Autobots / Le Retour de Megatron / L'Attaque des Autobots (3 disc box, 2007)

• Distributed under the name Kappa Editions (2011)

The new logo was simpler, and changed color depending on the background of the DVD

• • Volume 1: Les Dinobots / La Course des Autobots (2 disc box)
  • Volume 2: Le Retour de Megatron / Le Retour d'Optimus Prime (2 disc box)
  • Volume 3: Le Fantôme dans la Machine / Le Journal des Quintessons (2 disc box)
    • Also available in a special pack with a figurine of Optimus Prime included.

Notes

• No need to specify that the order of the episodes is totally random.
• A lot of episodes are missing from this edition. The total count of episodes is 24 instead of 98. The majority of them can be found by buying the DVDs from the other home release made by Déclic Images, which is much more complete but also lacks some episodes. Between the two companies, there are still 15 episodes missing.
• Some episodes are present on both the UFG Junior collection and the Déclic Images collection.
  • Regarding the episode "The Ultimate Doom, part 2", the Déclic Images version overlaid the tracks with music and sound effects twice, making many phrases inaudible throughout the episode. The UFG Junior version of the episode does not have this problem.
  • For the episode "A Prime Problem" in the Déclic Images collection, the sound of the episode gradually shifts as it plays, leading to several seconds of lag in the final scenes. The UFG Junior version of the episode does not have this problem. Two points for UFG!
  • For the episode "The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1", the Déclic Images version had the great idea to remove the final shot with Optimus Prime, and therefore his unique line. This was either to save a little space on the disk or to remove the “to be continued” mention. Again, the UFG Junior version of the episode does not have this problem. Well, three points for UFG!
• As in the Déclic Images collection, the episode summaries on the boxes randomly use both the English/European French names and the Canadian French names of the characters.
• The artwork for the DVD covers was made by French illustrator Éric Tranchefeux.
• In the DVD menu, dialogue between Optimus Prime and Teletraan I from the opening scene of the Attack of the Autobots can be heard.