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''Logo descriptions by {{PageCredits|description=VofDoom and AnimeTVLogos''|capture=AnimeTVLogos}}
 
===Background===
''Logo capture by AnimeTVLogos''
Background: '''P.C.L.''' stands for '''P'''hoto '''C'''hemical '''L'''aboratory and was one of Japan's earliest film companies. It was bought in 1936 by Ichizo Kobayashi to form the production base that would become [[Toho Co., Ltd.|Toho]].
 
===1st Logo (May 3, 1934-August 25, 1937)===
Background: P.C.L. stands for '''P'''hoto '''C'''hemical '''L'''aboratory and was one of Japan's earliest film companies. It was bought in 1936 by Ichizo Kobayashi to form the production base that would become Toho.
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P.C.L. (1934).png
P.C.L. (1930s-1934).png
P.C.L. (1935).png
P.C.L. (1935) - 1.png
P.C.L._(1937).png
</gallery>
Logo'''Visuals:''' WeThere seeis an oval outline on a gray marble background with "P.C.L." in the middle.
 
'''Technique:''' A still graphic.
1st (known) Logo:
 
Music/Sounds'''Audio:''' The opening theme of the movie.
(193?-1937)
 
'''Availability:''' Can be seen on films from the time, including ''Five Men in the Circus'', which can be found on YouTube.
Logo: We see an oval outline on a gray marble background with "P.C.L." in the middle.
 
===2nd Logo (April 14, 1936-July 1, 1937)===
FX/SFX: The logo fading in/out, as it is a still logo.
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P.C.L. (1936).png
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{{YouTube|id=5ynq9HXvetI}}
 
Logo'''Visuals:''' On a black-and-white space BGbackground, wethere seeis a spinning model of a city, with spinning white triangles, with the letters P.C.L., in aan oval, surrounding the middle. Below are some kanji letters.
Music/Sounds: The opening theme of the movie.
 
'''Technique:''' Cel animation and live-action model work.
Availability: Can be seen on films from the time, including ''Five Men in the Circus'', which can be found on YouTube.
 
Music/Sounds'''Audio:''' The opening theme.
Editor's Note: None.
 
'''Availability:''' Unknown.{{AvailabilityExamples}}
(1934-1937)
 
{{Movie-Navbox}}
Nickname: "City of Light"
[[Category:Japanese Moviefilm Logoslogos]]
 
{{Japanese film logos}}
Logo: On a black-and-white space BG, we see a spinning model of a city, with spinning white triangles,with the letters P.C.L., in a oval, surrounding the middle. Below are some kanji letters.
[[Category:Japan]]
 
[[Category:Film logos]]
FX/SFX: The spinning white triangles, the city.
[[Category:Toho]]
 
Music/Sounds: The opening theme.
 
Availability: Extinct.
 
Editor's Note: None.
 
[[Category:Japanese Movie Logos]]

Latest revision as of 11:48, 9 August 2024


Background

P.C.L. stands for Photo Chemical Laboratory and was one of Japan's earliest film companies. It was bought in 1936 by Ichizo Kobayashi to form the production base that would become Toho.

1st Logo (May 3, 1934-August 25, 1937)

Visuals: There is an oval outline on a gray marble background with "P.C.L." in the middle.

Technique: A still graphic.

Audio: The opening theme of the movie.

Availability: Can be seen on films from the time, including Five Men in the Circus.

2nd Logo (April 14, 1936-July 1, 1937)


Visuals: On a black-and-white space background, there is a spinning model of a city with spinning white triangles, with the letters P.C.L. in an oval surrounding the middle. Below are some kanji letters.

Technique: Cel animation and live-action model work.

Audio: The opening theme.

Availability: Unknown. [Examples?]

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