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Background

Polydor is a British record label that operates in the Universal Music Group. Although it has been around since the 1920s, it only used its name and logo on-screen for certain Japanese laserdiscs and VHS tapes in the late 1980s, as a short-lived sublabel of PolyGram Video.

1st Logo (1982-1988)

Nickname: "Comets"

Logo: On a space background, one pink-trailed comet, and one blue-trailed comet each from left and right go to opposite directions, and later explode. Then, "POLYDOR VIDEO" in chrome is formed and glows. We see the comets again, as they crash into each other and explode in the middle of the text, causing it to shine. Afterwards, the whole logo fades to black.

Variant: On later releases, a version where the comet explosion leaves colorful rays was used.

FX/SFX: The comets, and the forming of the text.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Was seen on older video releases of concerts and anime distributed by the company.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (1988-1989)

Logo: TBA.

FX/SFX: Cheap 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Unknown.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Logo (1989-1992)

Nickname: "Cheesy Polydor"

Logo: On a dark blue background, we see many CDs flying at us. One of them hits the screen and spins around while 4 red rectangles flip and turn, head behind the CD, and eventually hit the CD. When the rectangles hit the CD, one half of the red background with the CD flips over, forming the half-CD part of the Polydor logo. Then the entire rectangle flips over while the word "polydor" in white flips and hits the space left in the rectangle. The flying CDs disappear, and the logo shines.

FX/SFX: Mostly 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: A somewhat dramatic synth-choir theme.

Availability: Rare. Seen on mostly Japanese laserdiscs and VHS tapes of anime and music, most notably the Gall Force series.

Editor's Note: None.

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 ===Background===
-'''Polydor Records''' is a British record label that operates in the [[Universal Music Group]]. Although it has been around since the 1920s, it only used its name and logo on-screen for certain Japanese laserdiscs and VHS tapes in the late 1980s, as a short-lived sublabel of [[PolyGram Video]].
+'''Polydor''' is a British record label that operates in the [[Universal Music Group]]. Although it has been around since the 1920s, it only used its name and logo on-screen for certain Japanese laserdiscs and VHS tapes in the late 1980s, as a short-lived sublabel of [[PolyGram Video]].
 ===1st Logo (1982-1988)===
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+<gallery mode=packed heights=200>
 Polydor Video (1988) (From - LaserDisc release of Da Makani by Shakatak Story of The Seabreeze).png
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 '''Nickname:''' "Comets"
-'''Logo:''' On a space background, one pink-trailed comet, and one blue-trailed comet each from left and right go vice-versa direction, later explode. And then, "POLYDOR VIDEO" in gray, is formed and glows. We see those comets again, and they crash each other and explode in the middle of the text, causing it to shines. Afterwards, the whole logo fades to black.
+'''Logo:''' On a space background, one {{color|pink}}-trailed comet, and one {{color|blue}}-trailed comet each from left and right go to opposite directions, and later explode. Then, "{{color|gray|'''POLYDOR VIDEO'''}}" in chrome is formed and glows. We see the comets again, as they crash into each other and explode in the middle of the text, causing it to shine. Afterwards, the whole logo fades to black.
-'''Variant:''' On later releases, a version where the comet explode leaving colorful rays, exists.
+'''Variant:''' On later releases, a version where the comet explosion leaves colorful rays was used.
-'''FX/SFX:''' The comets, and the form of the text.
+'''FX/SFX:''' The comets, and the forming of the text.
 '''Music/Sounds:''' None.
-'''Availability:''' Was seen on older video releases of such concerts distributed by the company.
+'''Availability:''' Was seen on older video releases of concerts and anime distributed by the company.
 '''Editor's Note:''' None.
 ===2nd Logo (1988-1989)===
 {{YouTube|id=P-83Rx8w_S8}}
-'''Nickname:''' None.
 '''Logo:''' TBA.
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 '''Editor's Note:''' None.
 ===3rd Logo (1989-1992)===
+<gallery mode=packed heights=200>
-[[File:Polydor (Late 1980s-Early 1990s).png|350px|center]]
+Polydor (Late 1980s-Early 1990s).png
+</gallery>
 {{YouTube|id=41bNaNQTDK0}}
 '''Nickname:''' "Cheesy Polydor"