Orange Video House
Orange Video House was a Japanese video distribution label and production company active from 1984 to 1987. It was owned by Sai Enterprises Co., Ltd, a video production and distribution company that operated from 1979 to 1987.[1] The Orange Video House label mostly distributed horror films and direct-to-video anime. Original productions were released on Orange's micro-labels Orange Animation and Midnight 25.
1st logo (1984-1987)
Logo: The whole sequence is 15 seconds long. It opens on a grey, plain screen, and after 1 second, the logo appears: English capitalized text reads "ORANGE VIDEO HOUSE". The O in "orange" is the colour orange, with a single droplet protruding from its base, resembling an orange slice with dripping juice. Lines make out the shape of a house and roof, and connect to the N in "orange" and the E in "house".
A second logo card transitions on screen 6 seconds in. The card spins horizontally, flying forward until it fills the screen, displaying the katakana "オレンジビデオハウス" (Orenji Bideo Hausu, Orange Video House). The characters in "Orenji" and "Hausu" are transparent with white and orange outlines, while the "Bideo" is opaque orange.
FX/SFX: The second logo's card spins horizontally, flying forward from the middle-left of the screen, simulating something flying in from a distance. The card has a blue outline as it rotates, but this blue outline is no longer visible when the card fills the screen.
Music: The logo is accompanied by a 12 second instrumental music piece. The first few seconds are an upbeat disco-style synth track, and the rest is a beat accentuated with bass guitar and drums.
Availability: Uncommon. Orange Video House only had less than 100 unique releases on Laserdisc and VHS (with their full catalogue being unknown), and some later releases do not have an Orange Video House logo video.
Print logos
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Logo on back of VHS box -
Orange Animation micro-label
