Ilion Animation Studios
Background
Ilion Animation Studios is a Spanish CGI studio formed by the founders of Pyro Studios in 2002. The studio's best known works include Planet 51, Mortadelo and Filemon - Mission: Implausible (also known as Mortaelo y Filemon contra Jimmy el Cachondo) and Wonder Park. In 2020, the company was purchased by Skydance Media and subsequently rebranded to Skydance Animation Madrid.
Logo (November 14-17, 2009)
Visuals: In a deep blue space, there is a fat, stylized Trojan horse. A door opens underneath its tail and a squad of letters (in Meridien Medium) swarm out; five of them are big, while the rest of the letters are small. The big letters ride on the smaller ones as they form "I L I O N", while the small letters jump and form "A N I M A T I O N S T U D I O S" below it. The camera pans around the finished product as it becomes flat.
Variants:
- The print logo was used on the port of the Planet 51 game on Nintendo DS. The name is posed under the horse in black.
- The still version can be found on the Nintendo Wii version of Planet 51 before the still Pyro Studios logo and after the Sega logo.
Technique: CGI.
Audio: A sudden cymbal crash as the door falls down, followed by a military-style fanfare and the letters yelling cartoonish gibberish. At the very end, a high-pitched voice yells something akin to "Witha...HI!", and at the "HI!", the logo cuts to black.
Availability: Seen on Planet 51 (both the movie and the game). It does not appear on Mortadelo y Filemón contra Jimmy el Cachondo or Wonder Park, as Ilion was only an animation producer for the latter two.