Xilam Animation is a French animation company that was founded in 1999 by Marc and Alix du Pontavice, after Marc left Gaumont Multimédia, whose cartoon library he bought from Gaumont the following year. The company mostly produces cartoons and animated movies in French and English. Most of their productions are co-produced with other French companies like Canal+ and M6.
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1st Logo (1999-early 2000s) | 2nd Logo (December 15, 2000-) | 3rd Logo (2001-2005) | 4th Logo (July 28, 2021-) |
Visuals: The screen fades in to a blue space background, similar to the one seen in the intro of Oggy and the Cockroaches. An explosion quickly occurs, sending meteorites flying towards the screen. After that, the letter "X" in red gets drawn in a Chinese/Japanese-like handwritten font, with the lower-left end extending up to the upper-left end. The gray text "ilam" in the Choc font (albeit less-jagged) appears next to the letter, whereas its letters fly and settle one-by-one.
Trivia: The first half of the logo animation was later reused in Oggy and the Cockroaches on the Season 2 episode "Soldier for a Day".
Technique: CGI.
Audio: A dramatic flute solo accompanied by the explosion, followed by a cheerful kazoo/brass tune. Composed by Herve Lavendier. Sometimes, it's the closing theme of the show.
Availability: It was so far spotted on a Canadian VRAK.TV airing of Oggy and the Cockroaches during the early 2000s. It's unknown if the logo appeared on the 2nd season's original prints.
Visuals: A white stick figure-like person walks near a surface on the screen, brandishing a paintbrush and a paintcan with red paint. He grabs the brush and paints a red "X" in a Forte-like font on the surface. Once he is done, the camera zooms in on the "X" as the person backs away a little. The text "ilam" in the same font as before, albeit more simplified, fades to the right of the "X", which completes the company name "Xilam".
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Technique: CGI.
Audio: A 12-note whistling theme, complete with two brush noises when the person paints the "X", and a piano rendition of the last five whistle notes and a "whoosh" when the camera zooms in and the "ilam" text fades in.
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Visuals: The screen opens up from black to white, as the stick figure from before fades in, walking towards the camera in rhythm to the music. He then stops and shifts to the right as the Xilam logo appears letter-by-letter, with "presents" also appearing below. The stick figure stretches and stands still, then the screen closes back.
Technique: 2D Flash animation.
Audio: A happy-go-lucky harmonica and brass tune, which is from the Oggy and the Cockroaches Season 2 episode "Welcome to Paris".
Availability: Seen on Xilam's website before its rebranding in Fall 2005. It could be accessed by clicking on the Xilam logo on the main page. If you have a Flash emulator, you can still see the logo using the Wayback Machine.
Visuals: On a white background, the same white stick figure from the previous logos jumps in from the right side of the screen with his red paintbrush, drawing the same red "X" from before, first from the bottom left, then from the bottom right, jumping to reach the top parts of the "X". Once he is done, he stands still, facing the viewer while holding his paintbrush, as the camera zooms out slightly to make room for the text "ilam", in the same font from before, appearing to the right of the "X", completing the company name.
Technique: CGI animation, animated on twos, resembling stop-motion.
Audio: The last 5 piano notes from the last logo but slightly cleaner, complete with the stick figure’s footsteps and the paintbrush noises. A whoosh noise is heard when the camera zooms out like the 2nd logo.
Availability: This first appeared on Chip n' Dale: Park Life on Disney+ and it might appear soon on Xilam's newer shows and films. It’s currently used in tandem with the 2nd logo.