Universal Animation Studios

Credits

Descriptions by
Logoboy95, WizardDuck, Eric S., CuriousGeorge60, and ChowderRulez

Captures by
Logoboy95, WizardDuck, Eric S., SubparMario63, and CuriousGeorge60

Editions by
CuriousGeorge50, Michael Kenchington and mr3urious

Video captures courtesy of
Sagan Blob, Filburtlogos60, EnormousRat, and others

Background

In 2006, Universal Cartoon Studios was renamed to Universal Animation Studios.

Logo (February 10, 2006-September 30, 2021)

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Visuals: We first see a more animated version of the "UNIVERSAL" text revolving around the earth as it appears from the blackness to view from the left side (unlike the right side in the movie counterpart's logo), causing the globe to shine and the glow to appear behind it. The text shines once while it revolves. However, it continues to revolve after the fanfare is over, and the globe and the text gets squeezed so tight that the glow behind the globe disappears and the "UNIVERSAL" text spins around the earth at a fast pace. When it stops spinning, the globe is colored even more vividly and the "UNIVERSAL" text is now white with an orange border. Then, "ANIMATION STUDIOS", in orange, appears traveling from behind the globe letter-by-letter, making a stop under the logo. Then, a comet comes from the top-right side and travels around the earth, causing the glow to appear again behind the globe. The globe shines.

Variants:

• On Curious George (the 2006 film), the "ANIMATION STUDIOS" text is green and the "UNIVERSAL" text has green/orange bordering.
• On The Land Before Time TV series (including DVD releases), the shorter variant starts with the logo already formed, and the comet going around the earth is intact.
• On Curious George (the TV series), a still artwork version of the logo is seen.

Technique: CGI produced by Riverstreet Productions and animated by Blur Studio.

Audio: At the start, it has the last part of the 1997 Universal Pictures logo theme by Jerry Goldsmith, then some squeezing sounds and whooshes as the globe spins around. When the globe becomes animated, there is a muted trumpet note, four synth notes (each with a "wah" effect), and a majestic bell tune with a big whoosh noise as the comet flies by that ends with a choir. It was composed by Gregory Smith and Made Music Studio.

Audio Variants:

• On Curious George (the 2006 film), there is an additional sound for the "ANIMATION STUDIOS" text running in and we hear George chattering at the end after the music finishes.
• In other cases, it uses the closing theme of any show.
• On The Land Before Time: The Great Day of the Flyers, the sound effects are different. Also, it has the instrumental version of "Flip, Flap and Fly" ending over it.

Availability:

• It first appeared at the end of Curious George (the 2006 film) and also appeared on its direct-to-video/streaming sequels - Follow that Monkey!, Back to the Jungle, Royal Monkey, Go West, Go Wild and Cape Ahoy.
• It also appears at the end of The Land Before Time sequels - The Great Day of the Flyers, The Wisdom of Friends, and Journey of the Brave.
• The short version appeared on the short-lived The Land Before Time TV series on Cartoon Network, and is still intact on DVD releases of the show as well as reruns on Universal Kids.
• The still artwork version appears on the 2006 Curious George TV series on PBS and is still in use as of this writing.
  • It is also intact on DVD releases of said show as well.
• Despite the fact that Universal debuted their current logo in 2012 (and eventually this division in 2021), the existing animated version continued to be used throughout the 2010s and into the 2020s, with its most recent appearance being on the aforementioned Curious George: Cape Ahoy. It is currently unknown when it will appear again.
• Both Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You and Bobbleheads: The Movie did not use this logo, even though this company was mentioned in the copyright info in the ending credits.

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