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Background

Nippon Herald Films was a film division of a Japanese newspaper publisher, The Nippon Herald.

1st Logo (1960-1990)

Logo: On a black background, we see the old Nippon Herald logo with a company's name in Japanese on the bottom.

FX/SFX: None.

Variants:

A 10th Anniversary variant exists.
On Utamaro's World, the logo is on a beige relief background.

Music/Sounds: None or opening theme of the movie.

Availability: Common.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd logo (1990-1997)

Logo: A gray background with a small red dot quickly fades in, as a backwards lowercase h is drawn in black. The text HERALD (all capital letters) then slowly rises out of the middle of the screen and rests below the dot. Then, the names in Japanese:

HERALD ACE INC.
NIPPON HERALD FILMS CO., LTD.

Trivia: Herald Ace, Inc. was an old incarnation of Asmik Ace's movie division.

FX/SFX: Simple smooth animation.

Music/Sounds: A calm, peaceful little tune plays as the entire logo plays out.

Availability: Common.

Editor's Note:

3rd Logo (1996-2005)

Logo: On sky background, we see a red planet Earth rotating with the stylized N flying together with the world "HERALD" zooming in, Then, the company's name in Japanese wipes in.

Variants:

There's a prototype version seen on a special 40th anniversary reel showing Nippon Herald's productions and releases from 1959 to 1997. The logo begins with the red Earth already on-screen, and the animation is slightly faster.
On the Azumi duology (and maybe also on latter Nippon Herald movies), it's still.

FX/SFX: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: Same as before, or none. On some DVDs, a Japanese announcer says the company's name. Starting in 1998, the theme was now in stereo.

Availability: Common.

Editor's Note: None.

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 ==={{Ordinal|1}} Logo (1960-1990)===
+<gallery mode=packed heights=200>
-[[File:Nippon Herald Films (1985).jpg|center|thumb]]
-[[File:Nippon Herald Films (1977).jpg|center|thumb]]
+Nippon Herald Films (1985).jpg
-[[File:Nippon Herald Films logo (10th Anniversary variant, 1969).jpg|center|thumb]]
+Nippon Herald Films (1977).jpg
+Nippon Herald Films logo (10th Anniversary variant, 1969).jpg
+</gallery>
 '''Logo:''' On a black background, we see the old Nippon Herald logo with a company's name in Japanese on the bottom.
@@ Line 12: / Line 14: @@
 '''Variants:'''
 * A 10th Anniversary variant exists.
+* On ''Utamaro's World'', the logo is on a beige relief background.
-* TBA.
 '''Music/Sounds:''' None or opening theme of the movie.
@@ Line 23: / Line 24: @@
 === 2nd logo (1990-1997) ===
-[[File:Nippon Herald Films (1997).jpg|center|thumb]]
+[[File:Nippon Herald Films (1997).jpg|center|borderless|250px]]
-{{YouTube|id=https://youtu.be/HQAnRfWrIoE}}
+{{YouTube|id=HQAnRfWrIoE}}
+'''Logo:''' A gray background with a small red dot quickly fades in, as a backwards lowercase h is drawn in black. The text HERALD (all capital letters) then slowly rises out of the middle of the screen and rests below the dot. Then, the names in Japanese:
-'''Logo:''' Same as the last [[Herald Videogram (Japan)|Herald Videogram]] logo, but the text in Japanese fades in.
+<center>HERALD ACE INC.<br>NIPPON HERALD FILMS CO., LTD.</center>
+'''Trivia:''' Herald Ace, Inc. was an old incarnation of [[Asmik Ace (Japan)|Asmik Ace]]'s movie division.
+'''FX/SFX:''' Simple smooth animation.
-'''FX/SFX:''' Same as the last [[Herald Videogram (Japan)|Herald Videogram]] logo.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' Same as the last [[Herald Videogram (Japan)|Herald Videogram]] logo, or none.
+'''Music/Sounds:''' A calm, peaceful little tune plays as the entire logo plays out.
 '''Availability:''' Common.
-'''Editor's Note:''' Same as the last [[Herald Videogram (Japan)|Herald Videogram]] logo.
+'''Editor's Note:'''
 === 3rd Logo (1996-2005) ===
+<gallery mode=packed heights=200>
-[[File:Nippon Herald Films (1996, prototype).jpg|center|thumb]]
-[[File:Nippon Herald Films (日本ヘラルド映画).jpg|center|thumb]]
+Nippon Herald Films (1996, prototype).jpg
-[[File:Nippon Herald Films .jpg|center|thumb]]
+Nippon Herald Films (日本ヘラルド映画).jpg
+Nippon Herald Films .jpg
-{{YouTube|id=https://youtu.be/phDXZLJHY9I|id2=https://youtu.be/iD8P3khJ5vg|id3=https://youtu.be/1eW7iQKX3e4|id4=https://youtu.be/e9lb2ZNpMa8}}
+</gallery>
+{{YouTube|id=phDXZLJHY9I|id2=iD8P3khJ5vg|id3=1eW7iQKX3e4|id4=e9lb2ZNpMa8|id5=DiZfHpuEWp8}}
 '''Logo:''' On sky background, we see a red planet Earth rotating with the stylized N flying together with the world "HERALD" zooming in, Then, the company's name in Japanese wipes in.
 '''Variants:'''
+* There's a prototype version seen on a special 40th anniversary reel showing Nippon Herald's productions and releases from 1959 to 1997. The logo begins with the red Earth already on-screen, and the animation is slightly faster.
-* A filmed version exists on both fullscreen and widescreen.
+* On the ''Azumi'' duology (and maybe also on latter Nippon Herald movies), it's still.
-* A prototype and videotape version exists.
 '''FX/SFX:''' CGI animation.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' Same as the last [[Herald Videogram (Japan)|Herald Videogram]] logo, or none. On some DVDs a Japanese announcer says the company's name. Starting in 1998, the theme was now in stereo.
+'''Music/Sounds:''' Same as before, or none. On some DVDs, a Japanese announcer says the company's name. Starting in 1998, the theme was now in stereo.
 '''Availability:''' Common.