Beach Creative Studios are publishing a second ReBoot Artbook following their The Art of ReBoot in 2007.

ReBoot: Forever features:

• An original brand new cover by designer Brendan McCarthy
• More Fantastic concept artwork not seen in The Art of ReBoot
• An expanded Web World (Season 3) section
• Commentary from co-creators Gavin Blair and Ian Pearson
• A 5 page storyboard sequence from Brendan Mc Carthy
• An expanded ReBoot tribute gallery

Here’s the first look at ReBoot co-creator Brendon McCarthy’s cover:

Jim Su’s newest ReBoot Poster:

Back cover:

The book will debut at Fan Expo Canada in August, will reach stores in November but can be ordered online next month.

If you’re a facebook user, you can “like” the page for the ReBoot: Forever book, and you’ll be able to see sneak-peeks of various artwork!. ReBoot Revival also has it’s own facebook group, and while we’re talking social networking don’t forget to follow the Revival’s Twitter, for all of you who use Twitter.

After releasing a complete ReBoot DVD set, Shout! Factory has another Mainframe Ent. series set for release! Many fans of ReBoot knew of, or were also huge fans of Mainframe Entertainment’s other well-known series: Beast Wars. Transformers – Beast Wars: Complete Series is now available for Advanced Order! (Note that Shout! only has USA rights to this product, not Canadian rights or anywhere else, so this product cannot be shipped outside of the United States)

From the Shout! Factory Store:

The complete Emmy® Award–winning epic of the Maximals and the Predacons in one DVD set featuring all 3 seasons!

When the descendants of the treacherous Decepticons — now known as Predacons — land on a mysterious planet in search of the powerful crystal fuel Energon, it’s up to Optimus Primal and the heroic Maximals to stop them before they conquer the universe!

Bonus Features:

• Retrospective featurettes
• Art galleries
• New interviews
• 12-pg book

Bonus! The Transformers – Beast Wars: Complete Series set includes a 24-page comic book Transformers Timelines “Dawn of Future’s Past.”

(Click on the above image to set your Advanced Order!)

Here’s a look at the cover art for seasons 1-3:

Have you ordered ReBoot: The Definitive Mainframe Edition yet? You should (if you can’t because you live outside the US or Canada, I’m working on a way to ship to you, as long as you have a way to play a Region 1 DVD)!

From the Shout! Factory Store:

This 9-DVD set features the complete series as well as more bonus features than your CPU can process! Plus, pre-order with us and receive a limited-edition 3D lenticular postcard only available here as our free gift to you! You can see an image of it below, but of course it doesn’t do the 3D much justice. You really have to see it in person to get the full effect… and trust us, it looks fantastic!

For our Canadian customers, we’re offering a special shipping rate of $9.99, but due to a glitch in our mainframe (blame Megabyte) it only applies if your order contains only ReBoot and only one copy per order. Of course, you can place as many orders as you’d like!

Welcome to Mainframe. Home to Guardian Bob, formatted to mend and defend. Join the fast-paced action and adventure as Bob and his friends — Dot, her brother Enzo and his trusty dog Frisket — fend off attacks from the viruses known as Megabyte and Hexadecimal in their relentless pursuit of chaos and the destruction of Mainframe.

Known as the very first completely computer-animated half-hour TV series, ReBoot debuted in the United States on ABC’s Saturday-morning block in 1994 and has captured the hearts and imaginations of kids and gamers ever since!

Bonus Features:

• 20-page booklet
• Fast Forward: The Making of ReBoot
• A Look Back at ReBoot with Co-Creator Gavin Blair
• Original Animated Character Models
• Commentaries featuring Producer Christopher Brough, Designer/Storyboard Artist Blair Peters, Animator/Director Zeke Norton, Michael Benyaer (“Bob”), Ian James Corlett (“Glitch Bob”) and Voice Director Michael Donovan (“Phong”/”Mike the TV”)

(Click on the above image to set your Order!)

Here are photos of my copy:

Just want the first two seasons? You can also place an order for the Season 1 & 2 set through the Shout! Factory store:

(Click on the above image to set your Order!)

ReBoot: The Definitive Mainframe Edition is now available for Advanced Order!

From the Shout! Factory Store:

This 9-DVD set features the complete series as well as more bonus features than your CPU can process! Plus, pre-order with us and receive a limited-edition 3D lenticular postcard only available here as our free gift to you! You can see an image of it below, but of course it doesn’t do the 3D much justice. You really have to see it in person to get the full effect… and trust us, it looks fantastic!

For our Canadian customers, we’re offering a special shipping rate of $9.99, but due to a glitch in our mainframe (blame Megabyte) it only applies if your order contains only ReBoot and only one copy per order. Of course, you can place as many orders as you’d like!

Welcome to Mainframe. Home to Guardian Bob, formatted to mend and defend. Join the fast-paced action and adventure as Bob and his friends — Dot, her brother Enzo and his trusty dog Frisket — fend off attacks from the viruses known as Megabyte and Hexadecimal in their relentless pursuit of chaos and the destruction of Mainframe.

Known as the very first completely computer-animated half-hour TV series, ReBoot debuted in the United States on ABC’s Saturday-morning block in 1994 and has captured the hearts and imaginations of kids and gamers ever since!

Bonus Features:

• 20-page booklet
• Fast Forward: The Making of ReBoot
• A Look Back at ReBoot with Co-Creator Gavin Blair
• Original Animated Character Models
• Commentaries featuring Producer Christopher Brough, Designer/Storyboard Artist Blair Peters, Animator/Director Zeke Norton, Michael Benyaer (“Bob”), Ian James Corlett (“Glitch Bob”) and Voice Director Michael Donovan (“Phong”/”Mike the TV”)

(Click on the above image to set your Advanced Order!)

It is now also possible to set an Advanced Order for the Season 1 & 2 set through the Shout! Factory store:

(Click on the above image to set your Advanced Order!)

Shout! revealed the release date for ReBoot – Seasons 1 & 2: it’s March 1st! Cost is $24.98 + S&H for a 4-disc set, you can pre-order it from the Shout! Factory Store right away!

(Click on the above image to set your Advanced Order!)

The 23 episodes will be accompanied by extensive extras, and I’ll fill you in on what those are just as soon as Shout! has finalized them. Stay tuned!

Bellow are high-resolution, and 3D package art for this release:

ReBootRevival.com wishes all ReBoot fans a Happy Holiday season!

Have an Alphanumeric New Year!

In a recent email from Shout! Factory, the cover for the first and second seasons of ReBoot on DVD was revealed.

More recently, the cover for the complete boxset was included in an email from reboot.com. This complete case has the title of “The Definitive Mainframe Edition”.

A brand-new official online store for classic ReBoot merchandise went live this month. Coined “the Classic ReBoot Store”, over at shop.reboot.com. There’s lots of goodies available, like puzzle sets, rare action figures, hats, posters, and much much more! For only ninety-nine-ninety-nine-ninety— okay, maybe not.

Before you place an order though, I highly recommend watching this video of an unboxing by WeBViRuS. There have been numerous complaints of how poorly the packaging has been for these rare, irreplaceable items.

Here’s how it works -

1. Open to contestants 18 years and older who reside in the U.S or Canada.

2. Submissions will be accepted only through ReBoot.com. You must be a registered user to submit your entry.

3. Contest runs from 10/20/10 – 12/3/10. Two entries per person only.

4. Submission can be created in a design program of your choice but must be converted to a .pdf, .jpeg or .tif file of a size no greater than 5 MB for submission.

5. Entrants will be required to complete an online entry release form that will include name, email, phone, address, age, gender. Ownership of images will be granted to Rainmaker Entertainment in perpetuity.

6. Shout Factory’s creative staff will review entries and recommend a final 20 entries that will move on to the final phase to be judged by the very-qualified, uber-creative Brendan McCarthy.

7. Winners will be notified by 12/13/10. Decision on winning entries is final. Winners will be contacted by Shout! Factory to arrange final delivery of art files that will best represent their work in the book. Winners must submit all final files immediately after being notified and they should arrive to Shout! Factory by 12/17/10.

8. Entrants must represent that the submissions are entirely theirs and that everyone involved in the creation is named on the entry.

9. Contestants acknowledge that by submitting official entry they release Shout! Factory, Rainmaker, Brendan McCarthy and Zeros to Heroes from responsibility for any damages, expenses, or harm they might incur while submitting their work.

From the TVShowsOnDVD.com article:

Los Angeles, California and Vancouver, British Columbia – Shout! Factory and Rainmaker Entertainment, Inc. (TSX:RNK) announced today a new alliance to bring the groundbreaking, internationally renowned CGI animation TV series ReBoot to the home entertainment marketplace. Under its multi-year agreement with Rainmaker Entertainment, Inc., Shout! Factory will be the exclusive home entertainment distributor with digital rights to the entire action-packed series ReBoot in North America. This announcement was made by Shout! Factory founding partners Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos; and Terry Kalagian, Vice President of Business Development for Rainmaker Entertainment, Inc.

“We are thrilled with this opportunity to work with Rainmaker Entertainment, a globally recognized studio for its stunning animation in film and TV,” state Shout! Factory founding partners. “ReBoot is a celebrated TV property, boasting a large worldwide fan following. This program lines up perfectly with the Shout! Factory brand. We hope this is just the start of a mutually beneficial relationship with Rainmaker.”

“ReBoot fans have been urging us to release the series on DVD,” said Terry Kalagian, VP of Business Development for Rainmaker. “We are overjoyed to have finally found the perfect partners at Shout! Factory to help give fans what they want.”

Hailed by critics and fans alike, ReBoot made history for being the first fully computer-generated animated TV series. Its unique setting inside a computer allows ReBoot to mine the references to computers and video games for all they’re worth, giving the show its humorous edge. ReBoot was originally seen on North American television in 1994 on YTV in Canada and on ABC Television in the U.S. The series ran four successful seasons, and was eventually seen in over 70 countries around the world. The innovative animation, insider humor and high octane action combine to give fans a lot of binary bang for their buck.

Dot Matrix and her brother Enzo, plus thousands of friendly binomes, live in Mainframe, which is plagued by viruses Megabyte and sister strain Hexadecimal. Guardian Bob is sent from the Net to protect them, and soon makes it his home. Together, they must prevent Megabyte from taking control of all the systems. As an added complication, games being played by the mystical User invade the system regularly, and must be defeated, or else portions of the city are laid waste… this gives us a chance to see every genre of video-game ever conceived, from the point of view of the characters! When Megabyte finally manages to banish Bob, Enzo takes over as the city’s Guardian, but things will never be quite the same.

Shout! Factory plans an aggressive rollout of the ReBoot home entertainment product-line, beginning with the collectible Complete Series DVD box set release and digital distribution in 2011.

Rainmaker Entertainment Inc., a multifaceted animation studio, is one of Canada’s largest producers of CG animation. With an innovative history that spans over 15 years, Rainmaker today continues to tell engaging stories and create compelling characters for all media. The studio’s 200 creatively-inspired artists and storytellers are currently in development on the company’s first slate of proprietary projects. Originally established as Mainframe Entertainment, the company broke ground by producing the first ever CGI animation series ReBoot. In addition to developing its own properties, Rainmaker also produces feature length DVD’s for many top international brands including Barbie, Max Steele, Tony Hawk, and more. Rainmaker’s clients include Mattel, The Weinstein Company, Lionsgate, Sony, Ubisoft, Electronic Arts and MTV. For more information, go to www.rainmaker.com.

About Shout! Factory:
Shout! Factory is a diversified entertainment company devoted to producing, uncovering and revitalizing the very best of pop culture. Founders Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos have spent their careers sharing their music, television and film faves with discerning consumers the world over. Shout! Factory’s DVD offerings serve up classic, contemporary and cult TV series, riveting sports programs, live music, animation and documentaries in lavish packages crammed with extras. The company’s audio catalogue boasts GRAMMY®-nominated box sets, new releases from storied artists, lovingly assembled album reissues and indispensable “best of” compilations. These riches are the result of a creative acquisitions mandate that has established the company as a hotbed of cultural preservation and commercial reinvention. Shout! Factory is based in Santa Monica, California. For more on Shout! Factory, visit shoutfactory.com.

A guy named Brian Ward (apparently the Producer/Manager, DVD & Home Video) had this to say: