JOMX-DTV (Tokyo MX)
From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum
Descriptions by
2K-tan
Captures by
Tokyo MX
Editions by
nihirichan
2K-tan
Captures by
Tokyo MX
Editions by
nihirichan
Background
Tokyo MX is a Japanese TV station broadcasting in Tokyo, which started airing on November 1, 1995. It's known for their abundant late-night anime lineups and weekly airings of the press conferences of the governor of Tokyo.
1st ID (November 1st, 1995-1998)
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2nd ID (1998-July 2006)
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3rd ID (July 2006-)
Visuals: There is the mascot of the network Yume Lion (a lion with a colorful mane) spinning and meowing. After, it stops in face to us and the "TOKYO MX" wordmark forms in a rainbow color and gets black.
Variants:
- There exists a closedown variant where the sky changes to night and Yume Lion sleeps.
- There exists a startup variant, where there are some moving rainbow stripes with the callsign and the japanese station name. Then, a metallic shell of Yume Lion placed on a white background is seen first. The character breaks from its shell, then smiles and wags its tail, and the name forms below. There's also a byline below.
- There also exists some special variants for the identity, such as one where Yume Lion is seen chasing frogs and other where Yume Lion opens a sentient chest and then gets eaten, only to come out of it. Others can be found on Tokyo MX's official YouTube account.
- The special chest ident is used in the 20th anniversary of the TV channel.
- Another variant is seen where Yume Lion spins before halting to a stop and "TOKYO MX".
Technique: Cartoon-style CGI using Alias Maya.
Audio: A childish xylophone and Yume Lion's voice. In one of the special variants, chest growls.