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Background

In April 2009, Starz Animation was spun off and renamed to Arc Productions. In 2016, Arc went bankrupt and locked out its employees due to a financial emergency, and was eventually bought by Jam Filled Entertainment, who renamed the studio to Jam Filled Toronto. It and its titular parent company are currently owned by Boat Rocker Media.

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1st Logo (August 3, 2011-March 18, 2016)	2nd Logo (March 18, 2016-February 21, 2017)	3rd Logo (April 14, 2016-October 12, 2018)

1st Logo (August 3, 2011-March 18, 2016)

Visuals: On a black background, the word "Arc" in a script font draws itself in. Below, a yellow light brings forth "PRODUCTIONS" with a green painted line under the word. Meanwhile, the "Arc" text gains green shadowing.

Variants:

On Ormie, the logo is smaller, and the line is removed. There is also more shadowing behind the text.
On Thomas & Friends, the logo is still. Nick Jr. prints have this logo much brighter.
On Thomas & Friends: King of the Railway, the Arc logo fades in along with the "PRODUCTIONS" text.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Audio: The ending theme of the show or none.

Audio Variant: Sometimes, the animated version has a phasing sound followed by a one-note guitar strum sounder with low beats following. This was composed by Domenico Acone.

Availability: Seen on anything that the company made, like Robosapien: Rebooted and seasons 17-20 of Thomas & Friends.

2nd Logo (March 18, 2016-February 21, 2017)

Visuals: On a white background is the Arc script from the first logo in the same white color now inside a green circle.

Variant: On Max Steel: Team Turbo, the logo is on a black background.

Technique: A still, digital graphic.

Audio: The ending theme.

Availability: Seen on early episodes of Rusty Rivets, later episodes used the Jam Filled logo. Also seen on Max Steel: Team Turbo.

3rd Logo (April 14, 2016-October 12, 2018)

Visuals: On a white background are three shapes which are colored red, blue, and green. On these shapes is the word "Arc" in white ("A" is on the red shape, "r" is on the blue shape, and "c" is on the green shape). "PRODUCTIONS" is below in gray.

Variant: On Tarzan and Jane, the background is black, and "PRODUCTIONS" is in white.

Technique: Fading effects.

Audio: The ending theme of the movie.

Audio Variant: On Tarzan and Jane, none.

Availability:

Seen on Barbie: Star Light Adventure and Max Steel: Team Turbo Fusion-Tek.
The black background version appears on Tarzan and Jane.

◄	Starz Animation

Arc Productions

Jam Filled Toronto

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 ===Background===
-Arc Productions was the former incarnation of [[Jam Filled Toronto (Canada)|Jam Filled Toronto]]. In 2016, the company went into bankruptcy and locked out its employees due to a financial emergency, with the assets being acquired by Jam Filled.
+In April 2009, [[Starz Animation]] was spun off and renamed to '''Arc Productions'''. In 2016, Arc went bankrupt and locked out its employees due to a financial emergency, and was eventually bought by [[Jam Filled Entertainment]], who renamed the studio to Jam Filled Toronto. It and its titular parent company are currently owned by [[Boat Rocker Media]].
-===1st Logo (2009-2016)===
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+|Arc_2015.jpg|2nd Logo (March 18, 2016-February 21, 2017)
+|Arc Productions (2016).png
+|3rd Logo (April 14, 2016-October 12, 2018)
+}}
+===1st Logo (August 3, 2011-March 18, 2016)===
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-'''Logo:''' On a black background, the hand-drawn word "Arc" draws itself. Then "{{font|Times New Roman|PRODUCTIONS}}" fades in below with a {{color|green}} underline.
+'''Visuals:''' On a black background, the word "Arc" in a script font draws itself in. Below, a yellow light brings forth "{{font|Serif|PRODUCTIONS}}" with a green painted line under the word. Meanwhile, the "Arc" text gains green shadowing.
 '''Variants:'''
-*On ''Ormie'', the logo is smaller, and there is no line under "{{font|Times New Roman|PRODUCTIONS}}".
+* On ''Ormie'', the logo is smaller, and the line is removed. There is also more shadowing behind the text.
-*On ''Thomas & Friends'', the logo is still.
+* On ''Thomas & Friends'', the logo is still. Nick Jr. prints have this logo much brighter.
-*On ''Thomas & Friends: King of the Railway'', the Arc logo fades in along with the "{{font|Times New Roman|PRODUCTIONS}}" text.
+* On ''Thomas & Friends: King of the Railway'', the Arc logo fades in along with the "{{font|Serif|PRODUCTIONS}}" text.
-'''FX/SFX:''' The name drawing itself. The logo fading in on ''Ormie''. None on ''Thomas & Friends''.
+'''Technique:''' 2D computer animation.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' Mostly depends. The animated version has a phasing sound followed by a 1-note creepy-sounding sounder with clapping following, or most commonly the ending theme. For the ''Thomas & Friends'' variant, none.
+'''Audio:''' The ending theme of the show or none.
-'''Availability:''' Seen on anything that the company made, like ''Robosapien: Rebooted'' and Season 17 to Season 20 of ''Thomas & Friends''. The Season 20 DVD ''Extraordinary Engines'' doesn't contain this logo, even though Arc animated all the episodes on it.
+'''Audio Variant:''' Sometimes, the animated version has a phasing sound followed by a one-note guitar strum sounder with low beats following. This was composed by Domenico Acone.
-'''Editor's Note:''' None.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on anything that the company made, like ''Robosapien: Rebooted'' and seasons 17-20 of ''Thomas & Friends.''
-===2nd Logo (2015)===
+===2nd Logo (March 18, 2016-February 21, 2017)===
-[[File:2ecbb4164aee27636a0a49930a5fb0d7.png]]
+[[File:Arc 2015.jpg|frameless|center]]
 {{YouTube|id=UoImH58ooMk}}
-'''Logo:''' On a white background, we see the Arc script in white inside a green circle.
+'''Visuals:''' On a white background is the Arc script from the first logo in the same white color now inside a {{color|mediumseagreen|green}} circle.
-'''Variant:''' ''Max Steel: Turbo Team'' uses this on a black background.
+'''Variant:''' On ''Max Steel: Team Turbo'', the logo is on a black background.
-'''FX/SFX:''' None.
+'''Technique:''' A still, digital graphic.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The end theme.
+'''Audio:''' The ending theme.
-'''Availability:''' Seen on ''Rusty Rivets'' until later seasons, which used the [[Jam Filled Entertainment (Canada)|Jam Filled]] logo. Also seen on ''Max Steel: Turbo Team''.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on early episodes of ''Rusty Rivets'', later episodes used the Jam Filled logo. Also seen on ''Max Steel: Team Turbo''.
+===3rd Logo (April 14, 2016-October 12, 2018)===
-'''Editor's Note:''' None.
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+Arc Productions (2016).png
-===3rd Logo (2016)===
-<gallery mode=packed heights=200>
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 </gallery>
 {{YouTube|id=KR8jSRCt2oY}}
-'''Logo:''' On a white background, we see three shapes which are colored {{color|red}}, {{color|dodgerblue|blue}}, and {{color|limegreen|green}}. On these shapes is the word "Arc" in white ("A" is on the red shape, "r" is on the blue shape, and "c" is on the green shape). "PRODUCTIONS" is below in {{color|gray}}.
+'''Visuals:''' On a white background are three shapes which are colored red, blue, and green. On these shapes is the word "Arc" in white ("A" is on the red shape, "r" is on the blue shape, and "c" is on the green shape). "PRODUCTIONS" is below in gray.
 '''Variant:''' On ''Tarzan and Jane'', the background is black, and "PRODUCTIONS" is in white.
+'''Technique:''' Fading effects.
-'''FX/SFX:''' The logo fading in. None on the variant.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The end theme of the movie.
+'''Audio:''' The ending theme of the movie.
-'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' On ''Tarzan and Jane'', none.
+'''Audio Variant:''' On ''Tarzan and Jane'', none.
+'''Availability:'''
-'''Availability:''' Rare, due to it being short-lived before the company's bankruptcy. Seen on ''Barbie: Star Light Adventure'' and ''Max Steel: Team Turbo Fusion-Tek''. The black background version appears on ''Tarzan and Jane''.
+* Seen on ''Barbie: Star Light Adventure'' and ''Max Steel: Team Turbo Fusion-Tek''.
+* The black background version appears on ''Tarzan and Jane''.
+{{Chronology|[[Starz Animation]]|[[Jam Filled Entertainment|Jam Filled Toronto]]}}
-'''Editor's Note:''' None.
 [[Category:Canadian animation logos]]
-[[Category:Canadian logos]]
+[[Category:Canada]]
 [[Category:Animation logos]]
+[[Category:Boat Rocker Media]]
+[[Category:English-language logos]]