King Records

Credits

Descriptions by
MizukiAccent48

Captures by
MizukiAccent48

Background

King Records Co., Ltd. is a Japanese record label company that was founded in 1931 as a division of a publishing company Kodansha.

(2007 -)

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  The first version cames from Orchestral Fantasia music clip.
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  From COSMIC LOVE music clip.
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  From DISCOTHEQUE music clip.
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  From PHANTOM MINDS music clip.
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  From POP MASTER music clip.
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  From Synchrogazer music clip.
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  An superimposed version (transparent variant) cames from Vitalization music clip.
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  From Kindan no Resistance music clip.
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  A scary red version
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  An superimposed version taken from Angel Blossom music clip.
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  An CinemaScope version
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  A black and white version
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  From WHAT YOU WANT music clip.
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  A VHS/scope version
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  From Catch the Rainbow! music clip.

Logo: We see the text "KING RECORDS" with a tri-colored (red, blue, green) line on a black background.

Variants:

• A superimposed version exists.
• An early version has a smaller logo and slightly darker.
• A CinemaScope/Panavision version has been spotted.
• A red version has been spotted on Nana Mizuki's Apassionato music video.
• A black and white version has been spotted.
• One music video has a bigger King Records logo and a VHS effect.
• Kindan no Resistance had the text in light brown-yellow.
• Vitalization had the transparent King Records logo glitching out in a circled-stylized background with red-orange lasers, then the Nana Mizuki screen shuts off.
• A rare variant has Bellwood Records logo in place.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Uncommon.

• Appeared on the end of some music videos starting in 2007 with Nana Mizuki's Orchestral Fantasia.
• A CinemaScope/Panavision version has appeared on the music video versions of Nana Mizuki's BRIGHT STREAM, Kindan no Resistance, WHAT YOU WANT (first song from her 37th single WONDER QUEST EP), and Inori Minase's Catch the Rainbow!
• This logo is omitted on both music video versions of Nana Mizuki's Pray and SUPER☆MAN, and most AKB48 single songs.
• The COSMIC LOVE music video however, had the logo in Nana Mizuki's official YouTube channel.

Editor's Note: This logo is similar to the last Perfini logo from 1989 and SF Studios from 1930 to 1932 and 1939 to 1995.