JOLX-DTV (Nagoya Broadcasting Network)

Background

Nagoya Broadcasting Network Co., Ltd. (NBN, callsign JOLX-DTV, also known as Nagoya TV) is a Japanese television station that serves as an affiliate of the TV Asahi-run All-Nippon News Network for the Chubu region, based in Aichi, Nagoya Prefecture. The station signed on April 1, 1962 and originally carried NTV before affiliating with their NNN and NNS networks until 1973 when Chukyo TV switched from NET/ANN programs to NTV/NNN/NNS programs leading to NBN switching to the former.

1st ID (Closedown, September 26, 1969-December 31, 1980)

Visuals: There is a shot of a sunset in Nagoya as the sun goes down. The camera later fades into a shot of the Fountain of Hope followed by other shots of the same fountain in Nagoya, but at NBN's headquarters from that time. After that camera zooms out to reveal the fountain as the then-new 1969 Nagoya TV logo, consisting of two arches in red and green and the number "11" in blue forms itself. After that, the wordmark, consisting of the words "名古屋テレビ" in a cubic font slide in from the right at the bottom of the symbol before fading to black.

Technique: A mix of live-action footage and traditional cel animation.

Audio: A nightly twilight theme.

2nd ID (January 1, 1981-March 31, 1987)

Visuals: On a starry sky, there are some multicolored stars that spin around. After that, a white sun-like character rides onto a satellite with the 1969 Nagoya TV logo as it travels through space. Then, the camera fades to a rainbow as it rises above while a shot of Nagoya can be seen as the character waves at the camera. After that, the camera pans up to a tree which the boy later travels by and is colored with flowers. Some of the flowers later come out as the camera fades to a shot of a bouquet before the 1969 Nagoya TV symbol zooms in as it dings before transitioning to a white background where the NBN wordmark appears in blue as it slides in before fading to black.

Variant: Around 1986, the callsigns (JOLX-TV and JOLX-TAM) were added during the tree shot.

Technique: Tradtional cel animation, done by Nippon Sunrise.

Audio: A gentle happy theme.

3rd ID (April 1, 1987-March 31, 1991)

Visuals:

Startup: On a forest, there are some meerkats as they play around the forest as the camera fades into more shots of them. After that, the meerkats come together as they stand watching a television set. As the set turns on, the screen shows another meerkat before the channel changes into the then-new 1987 Nagoya TV symbol, consisting of a blue number 11 with a red wave representing the letter "N". After some meerkats stand on it, the camera transitions into the 1987 Nagoya TV logo with the words "Nagoya TV" in blue at the bottom on a white background. After that, the camera fades into the same TV set shot but withe the words "今日も一日、お元気で…" at the bottom followed by the JOLX-TV and JOLX-TAM callsigns.
Closedown: On a forest, there are some meerkats as they continue playing around the forest as the meerkats continue looking at the television set. After that, the camera fades into a shot of the television set followed by footage of meerkats during sunset. After that, the meerkats stand atop the tv with the 1987 Nagoya TV symbol as the camera zooms out. Then, the 1987 Nagoya TV logo appears on a white background, before fading to a shot of the forest during nighttime while the words "明日も、良い一日でありますように…" appear at the bottom followed by the JOLX-TV and JOLX-TAM callsigns.

Technique: Live-action footage.

Audio: "Bokura no Jidai" performed by Off-Course.

4th ID (April 1, 1991-March 31, 2001)

Visuals: There is a shot of the Nagara River in Nagoya during wintertime as the camera pans down underwater. Then, the camera fades to some underwater shots, followed by shots of some Satsukimasu fish. After some fish shots, the camera fades into a shot of the sea from above with the sun in the background before the 1987 Nagoya TV logo appears.

Variant: Around 1995, some shots were changed to focus on plants commonly found in Nagoya. After that, the callsings: JOLX-TV, JOLX-TAM and JOLX-TDM appear.

Technique: Live-action footage.

Audio: "Nagaragawa" performed by Asuka.

Audio Variant: The 1995 version uses the 1994 single version of said song.

Trivia: Originally, "Nagaragawa" was originally recorded exclusively for Nagoya TV when the intro debuted. However, the song gained popularity thanks to NBN themselves which led to Asuka herself re-recording the song and releasing it as a single in 1994.

5th ID (April 1, 2001-March 31, 2003)

Visuals: There is a shot of some mountains in Nagoya as the camera zooms into a sunrise. As the sun later rises from above a mountain, the video stops when the sun is fully revealed. After that the callsigns JOLX-TV, JOLX-TAM and JOLX-TDM appear from the left with the 1987 Japanese Nagoya TV wordmark in white.

Technique: Live-action footage.

Audio: "Tears in heaven" performed by Gregorian.

6th ID (Analog, April 1, 2003-March 31, 2009)

Visuals: There is NBN's mascot Wolfy, a brown sheep with wool as he roars before zooming out to reveal him flying through a star on a starry sky traversing around Saturn. Then, Wolfy later roars twice as he traverses around meteors. He later roars three time before getting hit by a meteor prompting him to roar once more and later land twice again before landing at the moon before falling down to land at the sun. After that, Wolfy later roars to reveal the 2003 NBN wordmark, which consists of the text "メ～テレ" in a bolded script on the right alongside its slogan as well as the callsigns (JOLX-TV, JOLX-TAM and JOLX-TDM) at the bottom. At the bottom right, the word "Good morning!" in red appears.

Technique: A mix of CGI and digital traditional animation.

Variant: On the closedown ident, Wolfy lands at the moon before riding on his star again to later roar to reveal the 2003 NBN wordmark. At the bottom right, the word "Goodnight!" appears in blue.

Audio: Some rock sounds, followed by the theme from E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial composed by John Williams.

7th ID (Digital, December 1, 2003-March 31, 2009)

Visuals: There is a Wolfy sleeping on a grassland as he wakes up before later fading into a herd of sheep. Wolfy then looks at the sheep only for a brown dog to distract them with his barking sounds as the entire sheep flock escape prompting Wolfy to be ran over by the flock as they pass by him. Wolfy later roars as he escapes from the flock as he jumps to escape the flock and later hits the dog before he does a howl which later fades into the 2003 NBN symbol with the callsign "JOLX-DTV" at the bottom on a white background with some thunderbolts.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: Some sheep sounds, dog sounds and roaring sounds.

8th ID (April 1, 2009-March 31, 2022)

Visuals: There is Wolfy as he walks around the city of Nagoya as it forms itself. The camera fades into another shot of him walking as more buildings and infrastructure form itself. After that wolfy later rides on a skateboard before later walking into the road. Then, Wolfy later does a roll before walking again when the channel 6 symbol (the frequency that NBN currently broadcasts on) appears before fading to white to reveal the 2003 NBN symbol with the wordmark atop of it. At the bottom, the callsigns JOLX-TV/JOLX-TAM (analog) or JOLX-DTV (digital) appear as it fades in.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A triumphant and calm pop jingle.

9th ID (April 1, 2022-)

Visuals: On a brown background, Wolfy forms itself as he looks at the camera before fading to a shot of his ears before turning into the logo for Wolfy with the 2003 NBN symbol at the bottom. After that the camera transitions into some shots of him doing various emotions before standing atop Nagoya Castle looking at a broken video camera. A gold fish later looks at him and waves before he later rides on the fish to the sea surrounded by various mountains and people swimming. Then, the camera fades into a shot of a mountain and some houses as they fly by before fading into a shot of some people rowing boats during nighttime before fading into a theme park where Wolfy later walks around. After that he discovers a shiny new camera and later opens the letter to reveal that the fish had fixed it. After that, Wolfy looks at the city of Nagoya before the Wolfy logo from earlier appears followed by the 2003 NBN symbol, with the wordmark atop of it and callsign JOLX-DTV at the bottom on a peach background.

Technique: Digital traditional animation.

Audio: An upbeat catchy jingle.