BRB Internacional

Background

BRB Internacional is a Spanish cartoon production and distribution company founded in 1972 by Claudio Biern-Boyd, José Rodriquez and Tito Bastoas as a mere licensing company (Tom & Jerry, Charlie's Angels, etc.). The three letters of the company's name originated from the surnames of the original founders. In 1980, the company started producing its own cartoons with early productions being made in collaboration with Japanese company Nippon Animation. Cinar later acquired worldwide distribution to some animated productions by BRB Internacional. Their most recent project was Superbernard, a theatrical film based on their short-form series Bernard. However, they fell to bankruptcy during the mid-2010s. On January 31, 2018, WildBrain, a leading digital kids' network and studio, has been appointed as the exclusive global manager of BRB Internacional's extensive catalogue of kids' content on YouTube. BRB now has a new division called Apolo Films for the future of the brand. The studio's first film is a reboot of their Dogtanian franchise, which was released in 2021.

Contents

1st Logo (1981-1982)	2nd Logo (1981-1982, 1980s)	3rd Logo (1983-1992)	4th Logo (May 2-November 28, 1987)	5th Logo (1992-1995)	6th Logo (1996-2003)	7th Logo (2004-2012)

1st Logo (1981-1982)

Logo: Against a black background, we see the small text "Una producción" placed on the left side, while the opposite side of the lower row has the stacked texts of "B.R.B. INTERNACIONAL, S.A." and "Y TELEVISION ESPAÑOLA,S.A.".

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: The background sound of audience cheering.

Availability: Can be seen on original Spanish and French broadcasts of Football in Action (Fútbol en acción).

2nd Logo (1981-1982, 1980s)

Logo: Against a pale bluish background, we see a sparkling gold dove fly away, leaving behind a rainbow trail. The dove swirls off into the distance, causing the rainbow to engulf the entire screen. Then, there is a cross-fade to a screen full of twinkling stars, and the Earth, which is slowly rotating to the right, gradually fades into view. As the stars disappear, a small star shines onto the country of Spain (BRB's country of origin). Shortly after, it cuts to a screen saying:-------- BRB (joined together)
PRESENTA (in white)

The letters in "BRB" are composed of abstract shapes, have a white and black outline, and are colored red, gold, and green, respectively.

Variants:

Most home video releases feature the logo with small parts from above and bottom being cut.
When Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds aired in multiple countries since 1982, such as Portugal for an example, the following text on a dark blue background suddenly pops in after the logo animation is finished:Esta serie ha sido galardonada en el
XXV FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE
Y TELEVISION DE NEW YORK
con la MEDALLA DE BRONCE.
-------------------------------NEW YORK, V - XI - 1982
When Around the World with Willy Fog aired originally on Children's BBC from October 29, 1987 to 1990, the footage from this logo animation was used (although the bombastic theme heard from the original Spanish broadcast of the show is being used here). Instead of displaying the company logo at the end, the logo animation ends to the point of the rotating globe, as the following text with shadows appears to the screen among the logo animation (the transition effect and the font are similar to the ones used in Harmony Gold USA's Robotech):B. R. B.
INTERNATIONAL,
S.A.

PRESENTS

Technique: All the effects in this logo, which are composed of hand drawn animation.

Music/Sounds: A bombastic, ominous synth theme, that towards the end slowly fades out.

Music/Sounds Trivia: The theme was composed by Guido & Maurizio De Angelis (The Oliver Onions). What makes this synth theme surprisingly odd is that, it is in fact re-arranged and recycled music from the 1980 Italian science fiction cult film Alien 2: On Earth (Alien 2 Sulla Terra), in which both Guido and Maurizio have also previously composed the music score.

Availability: Pretty much extinct. Can be found on ultra-rare VHS tapes of Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds. Later on, this logo also makes surprising appearance in early Swedish VHS tapes of Around the World with Willy Fog (Jorden runt med Willy Fog). Oddly, the Finnish dub of the previously mentioned show uses the Children's BBC version of the logo for a handful of episodes and they are also featured in the DVD release.

3rd Logo (1983-1992)

With "PRESENTA"
French variant
"TELEVISIÓN ESPAÑOLA" variant
TV3 variant

Logo: Against a black space background, the Earth rotates to the right like in the previous logo. In front of it, we see the BRB logo with the text stacked below it:

BRB INTERNACIONAL S.A.

PRESENTA

Then, a white comet across the logo diagonally from right to left, and once it has almost disappeared, another one moves across in the opposite direction. This one was the logo seen in the original Spanish broadcasts of David the Gnome.

Variants: Most of the series produced by the company had variants; they showed differences such as more and less comets moving across the globe, a different text or different music.

Around the World with Willy Fog: An extended version of the logo. Once the two comets have moved across the earth, the BRB logo and the text "BRB Internacional S.A. presenta" disappears as a third comet, this time moving rectilinearly from right to left, follows. Then, the logo of the series appears in front of the globe (in Spanish) as a sequence of diagonal comets appears again, but moving faster. Finally, the third comet moves to the camera and engulfs the entire screen. Finally, we see the globe for five more seconds with some more text reading: "BASADA EN LA OBRA DE JULIO VERNE 'LA VUELTA AL MUNDO EN 80 DÍAS". (Translation: "BASED ON JULES VERNE'S WORK "AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS"")
As Around the World with Willy Fog aired originally on Antenne 2 (today known simply as France 2) in 1983, the logo was different compared to the previous variant. We see the globe rotating without anything else seen on the screen until comets start flying across the screen, as the following text appears to the screen:UNE COPRODUCTION
ANTENNE 2
BRB INTERNACIONAL SA.
NARCISSE X 4

The text then pops out and the title for the show ("LE TOUR DU MONDE EN 80 JOURS") shows up in French and in white. After that, another set of text appears reading "D'APRES L'CEUVRE DE JULES VERNE".

- During re-airings of the cartoon in France years later, the logo was changed yet again, this time being closely the same as the first variant with French text ("BRB INTERNACIONAL, S.A. PRESENTE"). The French logo of the show emulates closely the one seen in the original Spanish broadcast, but the text "D'APRES L'CEUVRE DE JULES VERNE" from the previous French variant, seen afterwards, was kept intact in this one.
Wisdom of the Gnomes: Instead of "BRB Internacional S.A. presenta", we see this text in white:TELEVISIÓN ESPAÑOLA (in bold)
Presenta (in bold as well)
Bobobobs: Instead of "BRB Internacional S.A. presenta", we see the logo of Catalan television TV3 (as seen on NBC's Night Justice) chyroned in front of the globe and the word "P R E S E N T A" in white.
Sandokan: There are two versions of this variant.
- In the original Spanish version, right from the start, we can briefly see the "BRB Internacional S.A. presenta" text with a comet flying twice around the globe on the background, before the logo and text pops out, when the comet flies around for the third time.
- The second known version aired in France. It has the logo and text seen on the screen, while we can barely see the comet flying around the globe before fading off.

Technique: Hand drawn animated globe and comets done by Nippon Animation. The animation looks a bit cheap, but it's pretty good compared to many other logos at the time.

Music/Sounds: We hear a wind humming in the background before a synth theme starts playing, which is the intro of the original The World of David the Gnome theme song, composed by folk-rock singer Hilario Camacho. This one can also be heard in shows like The Return of Dogtanian (El retorno de D'Artacan) and A Thousand and One... Americans (Las mil y una... Americans).

Music/Sound Variants: As stated before, it depends on the series:

Around the World with Willy Fog: A bombastic, ominous synth tune, closely the same one heard in the 2nd logo, except with a more satisfying ending.
Wisdom of the Gnomes: The intro of the The World of David the Gnome theme song, except it slowly transitions to the theme song of the sequel series towards the end of the logo.
Bobobobs: A dramatic orchestral tune.
Sandokan: The intro for the heroic opening theme of the show.

Availability: Scarce. BRB tends to replace its old logos with the later CGI logos on European DVD prints, so expect to find it only on old VHS and TV broadcasts (for instance, Bobobobs still retained its logo intact when it was recently re-aired).

Legacy: People in Spain have very fond memories of this logo, and moreover, this one is far better than its successors.

4th Logo (May 2-November 28, 1987)

Logo: On a black background, we see the BRB logo, next to it are the words "BRB International". Underneath that is "and BOB & HARVEY WEINSTEIN present".

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: A soothing synth piano theme that carries over into the Cinar and Miramax Films logos.

Availability: Seen on the American broadcasts of The World of David the Gnome.

5th Logo (1992-1995)

Standard version
English version
Alternate version

Logo: Against a black space background, we see an animated Earth globe rotating to the right like in the 3rd logo. The BRB logo (which now has a rounded edge at its bottom-left corner) and the words "INTERNACIONAL PRESENTA" (or "INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS") fly into view from the left, and briefly orbit the globe counterclockwise, before stopping to face the viewer at the center of the screen. Then, three comets fly around the globe.

Variants:

An alternate version has the BRB logo and "BRB INTERNACIONAL S.A." simply fade into view in front of the globe. The globe itself has the same animation only with darker color scheme.
A variation of the above variant exists where the logo fades to white halfway through and the music plays over the Antena 3 Televisión logo.

Technique: Cel animation, which slightly improves upon the 3rd logo.

Music/Sounds: A bombastic synthesized brass fanfare with a futuristic whooshing sound as the comet flies past, which is actually a re-arrangement version of the Around the World with Willy Fog variant of the 3rd logo.

Music/Sounds Variant: In the extended TV movie Dogtanian: One For All and All For One, the intro for the original The World of David the Gnome theme song heard in the 3rd logo, is played out.

Availability: Rare. Can be seen on episodes of Clever & Smart. Numerous extended TV movie versions of previous or recent shows at the time are known to feature this one as an opening logo.

6th Logo (1996-2003)

Standard version
Without "Presenta"
In English
30th Anniversary variant
30th Anniversary variant (English)

Logo: Against a dark blue space background, we see a computer-generated Earth, which is rotating clockwise at a fast rate. The BRB logo from before, now in 3D, flies in from the left of the screen. It has the words "B.R.B. INTERNACIONAL" below it, written in white. They fly around the globe counterclockwise and stop in the center of the screen in front of it. Afterwards, the word "Presents" (or "Presenta"), written in a script font, fades in below, and a sparkly comet slowly flies around the globe counterclockwise. Then, the globe stops spinning and zooms in toward Spain.

Variants:

After the logo had finished its animation in the beginning of Football Stories, the globe, along with the BRB logo and text quickly transitions into a CGI football surrounded by cartoony stars and comets flying on the background, as this transitions into the opening of the cartoon.
Re-airings of Ruy, the Little Cid (Ruy, el pequeño Cid) feature the logo of the show on the green background after zooming in toward Spain.
During re-airings of Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds, we get to see the following text (much like it was featured in the 2nd logo since 1982) either in English or Spanish on the green background after zooming in toward Spain:This series has been awarded
with the Bronze Medal at the
25th International Film &
Television Festival of New York.

(New York, November 5th, 1982)
A 30th anniversary variant has "30" in a script font fading in to the screen with a small glowing aura around it, while the camera zooms in toward Spain. "Th" is placed inside the large zero (not seen in the Spanish version), while the texts "1972 - 2002" and "ANNIVERSARY" (or "ANIVERSARIO") are seen placed below it.

Technique: CGI animation, with the globe overlayed with a 2D map texture.

Music/Sounds: A more synthesized rendition of the 5th logo's music, but extended slightly along with a loud comet sound.

Music/Sounds Variants:

An alternate rendition of the music is used in Football Stories, which also has a different sound effect for the comet.
The intro for the theme song is heard in the Spanish version of The World of David the Gnome.

Availability: Fairly common. Can be found on The World of David the Gnome and Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds DVDs in Europe. It is intact on YouTube prints of Toonimals. This logo is not present on North American DVDs. The anniversary variant is known to be seen on Zipi Y Zape and Gladiator Academy.

7th Logo (2004-2012)

Logo: We see a sketchy version of the BRB logo, next to the Screen 21 logo, with "PRESENT" below the logos on a yellow-ish paw background.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: The opening theme to the show.

Availability: Seen on Bernard.