TBS Video

From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum




Background

This is the home video publishing unit of the Japanese TV network Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS).

1st Logo (1980s-1991)

Unknown


2nd Logo (1991-1992)


Logo: Unknown

Variants:

  • The logo may be still with "TBS VIDEO" below.
  • On a 1992 VHS release of Kitaro's Two Years' Vacation, the same animation plays normally. However, when the logo is formed, it plays in reverse with a big sphere zooming and disappearing.

Technique: CGI.

Music/Sounds: Unknown. None for the still version

Music/Sounds Variant: The variant had an Indonesian kecak vocal ensemble.

Availability: Seen on many VHS and DVD releases from around that time. The variant was used for Kitaro's Two Years' Vacation. It was also shown on TV airings.


3rd Logo (1992-1994)


Logo: Unknown

Technique: CGI.

Music/Sounds: A synthesized dramatic fanfare.

Availability: Uncommon.


4th Logo (1994-2000)


Logo: Unknown

Technique: CGI.

Music/Sounds: Same as the previous logo.

Availability: Uncommon.


5th Logo (2000-2003)


Logo: Unknown

Technique: CGI mixed with digital effects.

Music/Sounds: Unknown

Availability: Common.


6th Logo (2003-2008)


Logo: Unknown

Technique: CGI.

Music/Sounds: Unknown.

Availability: Common, at least in Japan.


7th Logo (2008-2020)


Logo: Unknown

Technique: CGI.

Music/Sounds: Unknown.

Availability: Common, at least in Japan.


8th Logo (2020- )


Unknown.

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