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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
TMS was founded in 1964 by Yutaka Fujioka as Tokyo Movie. In 1976, the original company went bankrupt and was revived a year later, becoming Tokyo Movie Shinsha. The company was very prominent in the 1980s, becoming one of the largest animation studios in Japan. In 1992, the company was purchased by Kyokuichi, with the merged company becoming TMS-Kyokuichi. In 1999, the name became TMS Entertainment, Ltd., dropping the Tokyo Movie Shinsha moniker it had been using since 1977. In 2005, the company was acquired by Sega Sammy. | TMS was founded in 1964 by Yutaka Fujioka as Tokyo Movie. In 1976, the original company went bankrupt and was revived a year later, becoming Tokyo Movie Shinsha. The company was very prominent in the 1980s, becoming one of the largest animation studios in Japan. In 1992, the company was purchased by Kyokuichi, with the merged company becoming TMS-Kyokuichi. In 1999, the name became TMS Entertainment, Ltd., dropping the Tokyo Movie Shinsha moniker it had been using since 1977. In 2005, the company was acquired by Sega Sammy. | ||
=== 1st Logo (1978-1983) === | === 1st Logo (1978-1983) === | ||
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'''Logo:''' A small TV tube is centered on a blue background. It contains the letters TMS, which are stylized in an abstract cursive font. "TOKYO MOVIE SHINSHA CO., LTD." is seen below, in white. | '''Logo:''' A small TV tube is centered on a blue background. It contains the letters TMS, which are stylized in an abstract cursive font. "TOKYO MOVIE SHINSHA CO., LTD." is seen below, in white. | ||
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=== 2nd Logo (1983-1995) === | === 2nd Logo (1983-1995) === | ||
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'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see a stylized "TMS" in blue and red, with "TOKYO MOVIE SHINSHA CO., LTD." below in white. After a few seconds, the words sparkle out, and the stylized "TMS" turns 3D, moving toward the viewer while leaving residue behind, with the residue following shortly afterwards (likely it's going backwards). | '''Logo:''' On a black background, we see a stylized "TMS" in blue and red, with "TOKYO MOVIE SHINSHA CO., LTD." below in white. After a few seconds, the words sparkle out, and the stylized "TMS" turns 3D, moving toward the viewer while leaving residue behind, with the residue following shortly afterwards (likely it's going backwards). | ||
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'''FX/SFX:''' The sparkles and the moving TMS. Nice effects for its time. | '''FX/SFX:''' The sparkles and the moving TMS. Nice effects for its time. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' Usually silent, but some films, like ''Lupin III: The Fuma Conspiracy'', use a 4-note synth tune that repeats throughout the logo, with chimes for the sparkles and loud whooshes for the movement of "TMS". This a library track called "Music, Billboard #2" from Sound Ideas Series 1000 sound library; it was also used in the Charter Entertainment and Hanna-Barbera Poland logos, and can also be heard in the video game Worms Armageddon as a victory fanfare. | '''Music/Sounds:''' Usually silent, but some films, like ''Lupin III: The Fuma Conspiracy'', use a 4-note synth tune that repeats throughout the logo, with chimes for the sparkles and loud whooshes for the movement of "TMS". This a library track called "Music, Billboard #2" from Sound Ideas Series 1000 sound library; it was also used in the [[Charter Entertainment]] and [[Hanna-Barbera Poland]] logos, and can also be heard in the video game ''Worms Armageddon'' as a victory fanfare. | ||
'''Availability:''' Extremely rare. Seen on Streamline or AnimEigo dubs of TMS properties. This is subject to plastering by the 5th logo on 90s VHS releases and current HD prints, but is preserved on the current prints of ''Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland'' (which use the original uncut version rather than the 1992 Hemdale cut). | '''Availability:''' Extremely rare. Seen on Streamline or AnimEigo dubs of TMS properties. This is subject to plastering by the 5th logo on 90s VHS releases and current HD prints, but is preserved on the current prints of ''Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland'' (which use the original uncut version rather than the 1992 Hemdale cut). | ||
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=== 5th Logo (1999-2009) === | === 5th Logo (1999-2009) === | ||
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'''Logo:''' A cluster of clouds move away, revealing a sky blue screen with more clouds at the bottom and the sun in the distance. A group of sparkles then emerge from the glow, forming an rainbow and three dolphins come rushing towards the screen. They then rush upwards off the screen, forming a splash of water and revealing the current logo waving about ("Tms" in a blue abstract font, with a white dot in the middle of the T's bar and a pink dot above the "M"). The background then becomes a grey-white gradient and "ENTERTAINMENT, LTD." fades in below. | '''Logo:''' A cluster of clouds move away, revealing a sky blue screen with more clouds at the bottom and the sun in the distance. A group of sparkles then emerge from the glow, forming an rainbow and three dolphins come rushing towards the screen. They then rush upwards off the screen, forming a splash of water and revealing the current logo waving about ("Tms" in a blue abstract font, with a white dot in the middle of the T's bar and a pink dot above the "M"). The background then becomes a grey-white gradient and "ENTERTAINMENT, LTD." fades in below. | ||