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Background

Nippon Eigasha (日本映画社, Japan Film Company), shortened as Nichiei, was a Japanese major film company established in 1940 from the merger of four news film companies, initially as Nippon News Eigasha (日本ニュース映画社, Japan News Film Company), with the main purpose of producing the Nippon News newsreel. In 1941, Nippon News Eigasha was reincorporated with the bunka eiga (cultural film) departments of film companies, including Toho and Shochiku, and was renamed as Nippon Eigasha. In 1943, Nippon Eigasha established a branch in the Japanese-occupied Dutch East Indies.

1st Logo (1940)

Logo: The Nichiei logo (a circle with the characters 日央日 inside) is engraved on a rock background. A light casts a shadow to the left of the logo. The company name 日本ニュース映画社 (Nippon News Eigasha) only appears on the title card of the program.

Variants:

On the first issue of Nippon News, the logo is illuminated differently, with less harsher shadows.
Sometimes, a closing variant is used, which has the program name and "終" ("End") superimposed over the logo. Here the light is from the left, casting a shadow to the right of the logo.

FX/SFX: None, it's a still logo.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Only seen on the first few issues of the Nippon News newsreel, in which all issues of it are available on NHK's website.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd (known) Logo (1942)

Logo: On a black background, a 3D Nichiei logo is shown upright, with a reflection underneath it. Below are two sets of 3D kanji, with one to the bottom left of the logo reading "社団法人" (Corporation) and below that in the center reading "日本映画社" (Nippon Eigasha/Japan Film Company).

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: A custom fanfare.

Availability: Can be seen on Sora no shinpei and Marē senki shingeki no kiroku.

Editor's Note: A similar logo is used for the Dutch East Indies counterpart.

3rd (known) Logo (1942)

Logo: On a dark sunburst-like background, a small Nichiei logo in white can be seen in the center. Below is the kanji "社団法人日本映画社".

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Can be seen on Sensen nimankiro.

Editor's Note: None.

4th (known) Logo (1944)

Logo: On a moving starburst-like background, the Nichiei logo in white is seen with the company name in Japanese below.

FX/SFX: The moving background.

Music/Sounds: A custom fanfare.

Availability: TBA

Editor's Note: None.

5th (known) Logo (1945)

6th (known Logo (1945-1946)

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 === Background ===
 Nippon Eigasha (日本映画社, Japan Film Company), shortened as Nichiei, was a Japanese major film company established in 1940 from the merger of four news film companies, initially as Nippon News Eigasha (日本ニュース映画社, Japan News Film Company), with the main purpose of producing the ''Nippon News'' newsreel. In 1941, Nippon News Eigasha was reincorporated with the ''bunka eiga'' (cultural film) departments of film companies, including [[Toho Co., Ltd. (Japan)|Toho]] and [[Shochiku (Japan)|Shochiku]], and was renamed as Nippon Eigasha. In 1943, Nippon Eigasha established [[Nippon Eigasha (Japanese Dutch East Indies)|a branch]] in the Japanese-occupied Dutch East Indies.
 === 1st Logo (1940) ===
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 File:Nippon News Eigasha (1940).png
 File:nippon eigasha closing 1940.png
+</gallery>
-</gallery><u>Logo:''' The Nichiei logo (a circle with the characters '''日央日''' inside) is engraved on a rock background. A light casts a shadow to the left of the logo. The company name '''日本ニュース映画社''' (Nippon News Eigasha) only appears on the title card of the program.
+'''Logo:''' The Nichiei logo (a circle with the characters '''日央日''' inside) is engraved on a rock background. A light casts a shadow to the left of the logo. The company name '''日本ニュース映画社''' (Nippon News Eigasha) only appears on the title card of the program.
 '''Variants:'''
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 '''Editor's Note:''' None.
 === 2nd (known) Logo (1942) ===
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 '''Editor's Note:''' A similar logo is used for the Dutch East Indies counterpart.
 === 3rd (known) Logo (1942) ===
 {{gallery|mode=packed|height=200px|nippon eigasha 2.png}}
-Logo: On a dark sunburst-like background, a small Nichiei logo in white can be seen in the center. Below is the kanji "社団法人 日本映画社".
+'''Logo''': On a dark sunburst-like background, a small Nichiei logo in white can be seen in the center. Below is the kanji "社団法人 日本映画社".
-FX/SFX: None.
+'''FX/SFX''': None.
-Music/Sounds: None.
+'''Music/Sounds''': None.
+'''Availability''': Can be seen on ''Sensen nimankiro''.
+'''Editor's Note''': None.
-Availability: Can be seen on ''Sensen nimankiro''.
-Editor's Note: None.
 === 4th (known) Logo (1944) ===
 {{gallery|mode=packed|height=200|nippon eigasha 3 1944.png|}}
-Logo: On a moving starburst-like background, the Nichiei logo in white is seen with the company name in Japanese below.
+'''Logo''': On a moving starburst-like background, the Nichiei logo in white is seen with the company name in Japanese below.
-FX/SFX: The moving background.
+'''FX/SFX''': The moving background.
-Music/Sounds: A custom fanfare.
+'''Music/Sounds''': A custom fanfare.
+'''Availability''': TBA
+'''Editor's Note''': None.
-Availability: TBA
-Editor's Note: None.
 === 5th (known) Logo (1945) ===
 {{gallery|mode=packed|height=200|nippon eigasha 4 1945.png|}}
 === 6th (known Logo (1945-1946) ===
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 |File:nippon eigasha 7 1946.png|
 }}
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