Saban Home Entertainment

Background

Saban Home Entertainment was a home video label of Saban Entertainment, and their second after Saban Video. Before the Saban Home Entertainment label was created, Saban released Power Rangers and X-Men tapes through PolyGram Video. However, in April 1994, it was announced that Saban Entertainment had signed a new home video deal with A-Vision Entertainment to distribute Saban products through the Saban Home Entertainment and Libra Home Entertainment labels.

In December 1995, Time Warner announced plans to spin-off WarnerVision and revert it back to A-Vision Entertainment. However, they soon cancelled this, and the company was folded into Warner Home Video. With this, Saban ended their contract with Warner and signed a new home video deal with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment in October 1996, with the Saban Home Entertainment label being retired.

1st Logo (1994-1996)

Visuals: A gold background fades in, then zooms back to reveal a gold circle (the same one from the 1988 Saban TV logo) which is seen over a blue/black gradient night sky background with lots of stars and two spotlights (similar to King World's 1990 logo) moving back and forth. At the same time, the white marble square from the aforementioned logo zooms out. The circle then begins to fit in the square's circle space. The letters of the word "SABAN" appear one at a time on the circle via a "flashing" effect, followed by three silver lines flashing below "SABAN". The words "HOME ENTERTAINMENT" with a gold line below the words fade in below the circle.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: None.

Availability:

Seen on several Saban releases distributed through WarnerVision Entertainment's A-Vision Entertainment label.
It can be found on many U.S. VHS releases of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, including the "Alpha's Magical Christmas" special.
It is also preserved on VR Troopers releases as well, and presumably on releases of the X-Men animated series.

2nd Logo (August 6-20, 1996)

Visuals: On a cloudy sky background (that seems to converge towards the center), a group of children, who are ethnically diverse and wearing what appears to be spandex jumpsuits (some are wearing green, some are wearing red, and some are wearing yellow) with patterns all over them, are shown in a circle, looking upward as the camera revolves around and zooms out for a second. Then, it fades to a shot of the children from above as they take a piece of orange-yellow cloth with a globe pattern imprinted on it and throw it in the air as they are standing on opposite ends of a small "orb". It then fades to another shot of the children, who are shown raising their hands up and releasing spherical objects, most of which are brown or silver, into the air as they fade out. While this happens, the orb (which resembles an Earth globe with yellow water and red and green continents) "transforms" into the Saban logo, which resembles a shiny gold crescent moon on the right with three "swishing" lines on the left, also akin to the previous logo. The text "S A B A N" appears below the logo, with "HOME ENTERTAINMENT" below "S A B A N". The Saban logo zooms in slightly.

Technique: A mix of CGI and live-action.

Audio: A 13-note flute/xylophone-like jingle that eventually coalesces into a trumpet, with the sounds of children laughing throughout the audio and with some wind. Composed by Shuki Levy.

Availability:

This logo is only available on four WarnerVision Entertainment releases.
It can be found on the Sweet Valley High releases "Dangerous Love" and "Kidnapped".
It can also be found on the Power Rangers Zeo releases "Zeo Quest" and "It Came from Angel Grove".
- However, it does not appear on the Saban's Masked Rider releases "Escape From Edenoi" and "Super Gold", as they just contain the regular 1996 logo instead.

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