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Logo (1983-2000s?)

Visuals: There is a variation of a standby screen. On the top half of the screen, there are eight vertical bars that are each a different color (from left to right, white, yellow, light blue, green, pink, red, dark blue, and black). The bottom third is a red rectangle with Video (with a blue tittle and white "e") overlaying it. The standby screen fades to black, in which the aforementioned "Video" fades in, and a residue trail of "Video" appears behind. The screen then zooms into the tittle of the front text, in which the screen transitions to a white box surrounding another white box covering the right half and the company name (in the same retro font, but not italicized). A star is seen in place of the tittle and there are six stars underneath each letter.

Variants:

Some tapes (as well a promo, which the video on the right seems to come from) leave out the "stand by" screen and simply begin with "Video".
On the promo variant, the animation is sped up.
The logo has a closing variant: the sequence begins with "Video" in chyron/video feedback trail which has a larger amount of the text expanding in a trail and the text somewhat being smaller. Then the "Video" trail all simply transitions into a chyron trail of the Toppic logo.

Technique: Cel animation.

Audio: None or the opening theme of the movie.

One such tape that uses the opening theme begins with a woman screaming in horror (apparently from the end of a preceding promo), which transitions into an upbeat disco tune.

Availability: Can be seen on some German tapes distributed by Polyband and WVG or just Toppic itself. This may also be found on some Australian tapes^[Examples?]. The Toppic logo has been long out of print in many German DVDs and Blu-Rays distributed by "Polyband & Toppic Video/WVG" with only the Polyband print logo added in it.

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-'''Visuals:''' There is a variation of a standby screen. On the top half of the screen, there are eight vertical bars that are each a different color (white, yellow, light blue, green, pink, red, dark blue, and black). The bottom half is a red background; on this background, we see the word ''V''ideo (in a retro font, with a blue dot on the "i" and a white "e"). The standby screen fades out. Then, on a black background, the same "Video" used in the standby screen fades in, and a residue trail of "Videos" appears. The screen then zooms into the blue dot on the "i", which makes a box containing the word "Toppic" (in the same retro font, but not italicized) with a star replaced the dot of the i, tunnel in.
+'''Visuals:''' There is a variation of a standby screen. On the top half of the screen, there are eight vertical bars that are each a different color (from left to right, white, {{color|yellow}}, {{color|lightblue|light blue}}, {{color|green}}, {{color|pink}}, {{color|red}}, {{color|blue|dark blue}}, and black). The bottom third is a {{color|red}} rectangle with ''{{color|red|V}}''{{color|yellow|i}}{{color|green|d}}e{{color|blue|o}} (with a {{color|blue}} tittle and white "e") overlaying it. The standby screen fades to black, in which the aforementioned "Video" fades in, and a residue trail of "Video" appears behind. The screen then zooms into the tittle of the front text, in which the screen transitions to a white box surrounding another white box covering the right half and the company name (in the same retro font, but not italicized). A star is seen in place of the tittle and there are six stars underneath each letter.
 '''Variants:'''
-*Some tapes (as well a promo, which the video on the right seems to come from) leave out the "stand by" screen and simply begin with "Video".
+*<u>Some tapes</u> (as well a promo, which the video on the right seems to come from) leave out the "stand by" screen and simply begin with "Video".
-*On the promo variant, the animation is sped up.
+*On the <u>promo</u> variant, the animation is sped up.
-*The logo has a closing variant: we begin with "Video" in chyron/video feedback trail which has a larger amount of the text expanding in a trail and the text somewhat being smaller. Then the "Video" trail all simply transitions into a chyron trail of the Toppic logo.
+*The logo has a <u>closing variant</u>: the sequence begins with "Video" in chyron/video feedback trail which has a larger amount of the text expanding in a trail and the text somewhat being smaller. Then the "Video" trail all simply transitions into a chyron trail of the Toppic logo.
 '''Technique:''' Cel animation.
+'''Audio:''' None or the opening theme of the movie.
-'''Audio:''' None or the opening theme of the movie. The video on the right is one instance of the opening theme being used: it begins with a woman screaming in horror (apparently from the end of a preceding promo), which rather jarringly transitions into an upbeat disco tune. The theme itself and the movie it came from are currently unidentified. On an Australian release, it has what a appears to be a romantic tune or an opening theme.
+* One such tape that uses the opening theme begins with a woman screaming in horror (apparently from the end of a preceding promo), which transitions into an upbeat disco tune.
-'''Availability:'''  Can be seen on some German tapes distributed by Polyband and WVG or just Toppic itself. This may also be found on some Australian tapes. The Toppic logo has been long out of print in many German DVDs and Blu-Rays distributed by "Polyband & Toppic Video/WVG" with only the Polyband print logo added in it.
+'''Availability:'''  Can be seen on some German tapes distributed by Polyband and WVG or just Toppic itself. This may also be found on some Australian tapes{{AvailabilityExamples}}. The Toppic logo has been long out of print in many German DVDs and Blu-Rays distributed by "Polyband & Toppic Video/WVG" with only the Polyband print logo added in it.
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