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Background

Legal Video S.A. was a home video distributor that was founded on August 2, 1985 by Hector Emilio Olivera and Fernando Ayala, who also founded Videoman Internacional a month earlier, to release home video titles, and the company was responsible for the titles that Aries Cinematografia handled in theaters. In 1986, Legal Video decided to expand by setting up a children's arm called "Video Niño" to handle children's titles, and it was expanded to distribute titles by CBS/Fox Video. In 1987, due to Aries' financial problems, both Legal Video and Videoman Internacional became part of a new company, Gativideo; the Legal Video brand became the main brand and the Videoman brand was used for MGM/UA titles, and it was dissolved in 1989 in favor of the Gativideo brand.

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1st Logo (Fall 1985-Spring 1986)	2nd Logo (1986-1987)	3rd Logo (1987-1989)

1st Logo (Fall 1985-Spring 1986)

Visuals: On a pink background, the Legal Video logo is seen wiping in. It consists of a white box with an abstract "LV" cut-out on top, and "LEGAL VIDEO S.A." in a futuristic, striped, cut-out font on the left. A cut-out box is seen to the right, featuring the "S.A." part of the text.

Technique: 2D computer effects.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen on earlier Legal Video releases from the era.^[Examples?]

2nd Logo (1986-1987)

Normal version
Video Niño variant

Visuals: On a black background, a heavily pixelated Chinese dragon in teal/green/yellow/orange scrolls downwards. As it scrolls, the Legal Video logo from before, but now in white, flips in to the left while zooming in.. After the dragon leaves the screen, the logo forms streaks that extend downwards to the bottom right corner of the screen.

Variant: On children's releases, a lime green circle with the text "VIDEO NIÑO fades in. At the top of this circle are icons representing two smiling faces.

Technique: A mix of computer effects, Scanimation, and model work for the logo.

Audio: A futuristic synth theme with zaps and xylophone notes, possibly a stock piece or copyrighted music.

Availability: It can be seen on several tapes during the time from CBS/FOX Video, among others. Titles that had this included a Secret Squirrel tape, Futureworld, the 1st Argentine edition of Predator, and Yogi's First Christmas, which has the children's version.

3rd Logo (1987-1989)

Visuals: On a black background, there is a pair of woman's eyes. After at least four seconds a yellow grid moving upwards and a light-bulb with a faint flame both fade in. As the logo progresses sparks move through the light-bulb then numerous animated flames appear to form a silhouette of a conveyor belt carrying some boxes and vanish after a yellow flash with a white solid 8-point star in the middle appears. The Legal Video text from before in white flips up zooms out and settles beneath the eyes and the grid/light-bulb fade out. The prototypical Gativideo logo in yellow fades in on top and stays on for ten seconds before finally fading to black.

Technique: Flat CGI animation, with traditional cel animation for the flames and Scanimation for the text.

Audio: An excerpt of "Generando" by Pastoral, combined with a thunderclap and an explosion sound.

Availability: It appeared on Spanish prints of My Science Project with the Touchstone Home Video logo of the era following suit. This also appeared on some Walt Disney Home Video releases such as Rock n' Roll Mom.

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-Logo descriptions by Guillermo A. Martínez
+{{PageCredits|description=Guillermo A. Martínez|capture=Camenati|video=Raro VHS, andreshjngrsa, Guillermo A. Martínez|edits=Guillermo A. Martínez, naxo-olé, CooleyBoy10, MegaAveron25, SuperMuppet, Unnepad and RSX-798}}
-Logo captures by Guillermo A. Martínez
-Video captures courtesy of Raro VHS and Guillermo A. Martínez
-Editions by Guillermo A. Martínez, naxo-olé, CooleyBoy10 MegaAveron25, SuperMuppet, Unnepad
+===Background===
-Background: This was a children's division of [[Gativideo (Argentina)|Gativideo]] (then called Legal Video), which distributed cartoons from Hanna-Barbera from early 1986 to 1988. The description is also applicable to the "movies" variation with no frog, obviously.
+'''Legal Video S.A.''' was a home video distributor that was founded on August 2, 1985 by Hector Emilio Olivera and Fernando Ayala, who also founded [[Videoman Internacional]] a month earlier, to release home video titles, and the company was responsible for the titles that Aries Cinematografia handled in theaters. In 1986, Legal Video decided to expand by setting up a children's arm called "Video Niño" to handle children's titles, and it was expanded to distribute titles by [[CBS/Fox Video]]. In 1987, due to Aries' financial problems, both Legal Video and Videoman Internacional became part of a new company, [[Gativideo]]; the Legal Video brand became the main brand and the Videoman brand was used for MGM/UA titles, and it was dissolved in 1989 in favor of the Gativideo brand.
+{{ImageTOC
-st (known) Logo
+|Legal Video (1985) (From - Fandom CLG Wiki).png|1st Logo (Fall 1985-Spring 1986)
-(1986-1988?)
+|Legal Video (1987).png|2nd Logo (1986-1987)
+|Legal Video (1988).png|3rd Logo (1987-1989)
+}}
+===1st Logo (Fall 1985-Spring 1986)===
-Logotipo de Legal Video (Video Niño) (Master Original)
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+Legal Video (1985) (From - Fandom CLG Wiki).png
+</gallery>
+'''Visuals:''' On a pink background, the Legal Video logo is seen wiping in. It consists of a white box with an abstract "LV" cut-out on top, and "LEGAL VIDEO S.A." in a futuristic, striped, cut-out font on the left. A cut-out box is seen to the right, featuring the "S.A." part of the text.
-Nicknames: "Chinese Dragon in Argentina", "Ranita", "Ugly Frog"
+'''Technique:''' 2D computer effects.
-Logo: On a black background, a very pixelated Chinese dragon inteal/green/yellow/orange scrolls downwards. As it scrolls, a metallic rectangle flips in, zooming in as well. There is the text "LEGAL VIDEO S.A." in a very "futuristic" font, along with a large cutout in the lower right corner, as well as the large letters "LV" taken out of the top right. After the dragon leaves the screen, the logo glitches out for a second, causing streaks from the bottom edges to streak across the screen. On children's releases, a lime green circle with the text "Video Niño" (or "Video Child" in English) fades in. At the top of this circle are icons representing two smiling faces.
+'''Audio:''' None.
-FX/SFX: Early mixer effects, with the computerized scrolling of the dragon, the model of the logo turning in, and the Video Feedback trails. Very cheap animation, even for its time.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on earlier Legal Video releases from the era.{{AvailabilityExamples}}
-Music/Sounds: A futuristic synth theme with zaps and xylophone notes.
+===2nd Logo (1986-1987)===
-Availability: Extremely rare. This was found on a Argentine video of Secret Squirrel. The original version was found on Futureworld and the 1st edition of Predator.
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+File:Legal Video (1987).png|Normal version
+File:Legal Video (1986, Video Nino variant).png|Video Niño variant
+</gallery>{{YouTube|id=eHA9DhcVVLc|id2=5WwT22gibEs}}
+'''Visuals:''' On a black background, a heavily pixelated Chinese dragon in teal/green/yellow/orange scrolls downwards. As it scrolls, the Legal Video logo from before, but now in white, flips in to the left while zooming in.. After the dragon leaves the screen, the logo forms streaks that extend downwards to the bottom right corner of the screen.
-Editor's Note: The logo isn't really pleasant for children with the strange animation, pixelated dragon, synth music, and even the symbol (which just looks more like a strange frog), possibly because this wasn't really designed with children in mind.
+'''Variant:''' On children's releases, a lime green circle with the text "{{Tt|VIDEO NIÑO|Video Child}} fades in. At the top of this circle are icons representing two smiling faces.
+'''Technique:''' A mix of computer effects, Scanimation, and model work for the logo.
+'''Audio:''' A futuristic synth theme with zaps and xylophone notes, possibly a stock piece or copyrighted music.
-nd (known) logo
-(Late 1980s)
+'''Availability:''' It can be seen on several tapes during the time from CBS/FOX Video, among others. Titles that had this included a ''Secret Squirrel'' tape, ''Futureworld'', the 1st Argentine edition of ''Predator'', and ''Yogi's First Christmas'', which has the children's version.
-Legal Video (US, Late 1980s)Nicknames: "Lady in the Lamp", "Tempting Eyes", "Ilegal Video"
+===3rd Logo (1987-1989)===
-Logo: On a black background we see a pair of woman's eyes. After at least four seconds a yellow grid moving upwards and a light-bulb with a faint flame both fade in. As the logo progresses sparks move through the light-bulb then numerous animated flames appear to form a silhouette of a conveyor belt carrying some boxes and vanish after a yellow flash with a white solid 8-point star in the middle appears. The Legal Video text from before in white flips up zooms out and settles beneath the eyes and the grid/light-bulb fade out. The prototypical Gativideo logo in yellow fades in on top and stays on for ten seconds before finally fading to black.
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+File:Legal Video (1988).png
+</gallery>{{YouTube|id=AtzqFI8h-TU}}
+'''Visuals:''' On a black background, there is a pair of woman's eyes. After at least four seconds a yellow grid moving upwards and a light-bulb with a faint flame both fade in. As the logo progresses sparks move through the light-bulb then numerous animated flames appear to form a silhouette of a conveyor belt carrying some boxes and vanish after a yellow flash with a white solid 8-point star in the middle appears. The Legal Video text from before in white flips up zooms out and settles beneath the eyes and the grid/light-bulb fade out. The prototypical [[Gativideo]] logo in yellow fades in on top and stays on for ten seconds before finally fading to black.
-FX/SFX: The flames (which were done in traditional cels), the grid, the text. Similar techniques to the 1st logo, but it looks like an improvement from before. Then again, it still looks cheap.
+'''Technique:''' Flat CGI animation, with traditional cel animation for the flames and Scanimation for the text.
-Music/Sounds: An excerpt of "Generando" by Pastoral, combined with a thunderclap and an explosion sound.
+'''Audio:''' An excerpt of "Generando" by Pastoral, combined with a thunderclap and an explosion sound.
-Availability: Seen on later releases from the company. It appeared on Spanish prints of My Science Project with the Touchstone Home Video logo of the era following suit. This also appeared on some Walt Disney Home Video releases such as Rock n' Roll Mom.
+'''Availability:''' It appeared on Spanish prints of ''My Science Project'' with the [[Touchstone Home Entertainment|Touchstone Home Video]] logo of the era following suit. This also appeared on some Walt Disney Home Video releases such as ''Rock n' Roll Mom''.
-Editor's Note: It's definitely apparent that this was not created with children in mind. With the very weird and in-your-face nature, ideas that aren't suited for a logo, and incredibly cheap and strange effects (including the fact that the woman's eyes get smaller when the grid fades in, and come back at the end), it can certainly give a child nightmares.
+{{chronology||[[Gativideo]]}}
-[[Category:Argentine logos]]
+[[Category:Argentina]]
 [[Category:Home entertainment logos]]
 [[Category:Argentine home entertainment logos]]
+[[Category:Spanish-language logos]]