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===1st Logo (August 25, 1952)=== | ===1st Logo (August 25, 1952)=== | ||
{{tabber| | {{tabber|Image=[[File:Toei (1952 - Boryoku).png|center|350px]]|Video={{Youtube|id=https://youtu.be/oYInnJYxgqg}}}} | ||
'''Visuals:''' Over a textured background is the emblem from the Tokyo Eiga Haikyu logo (consists of a triangle with the kanji letters "{{abbr|東映|Tōei}}") carved out of stone. Below is the text "{{abbr|東映京都作品|Tōei Kyōto Sakuhin}}" also carved out of stone. | '''Visuals:''' Over a textured background is the emblem from the Tokyo Eiga Haikyu logo (consists of a triangle with the kanji letters "{{abbr|東映|Tōei}}") carved out of stone. Below is the text "{{abbr|東映京都作品|Tōei Kyōto Sakuhin}}" also carved out of stone. | ||
'''Technique:''' | '''Technique:''' It appears to be a model being pointed at by a camera. | ||
'''Audio:''' None. | '''Audio:''' None. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' It appears on ''Boryoku''. | ||
===2nd Logo (January 9, 1953)=== | ===2nd Logo (January 9, 1953)=== | ||
{{tabber|Images=[[File:Toei logo (1953 - Himeyuri no Tô).png|center|350px]]|Videos={{youtube|id=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOVabzHD6KQ}}}} | {{tabber|Images=[[File:Toei logo (1953 - Himeyuri no Tô).png|center|350px]]|Videos={{youtube|id=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOVabzHD6KQ}}}} | ||
'''Visuals:''' On a marble patterned background with an embossed rectangle, | '''Visuals:''' On a marble patterned background with an embossed rectangle, the Toei emblem is shown. Below is the text "{{abbr|東映株式会社|Tōei Kabushiki Gaisha}}". | ||
'''Technique:''' | '''Technique:''' It appears to be a model being pointed at by a camera. | ||
'''Audio:''' A custom fanfare. | '''Audio:''' A custom fanfare. | ||
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'''Visuals:''' There is a shot at sea with some rocks and waves crashing ashore in a stormy weather at Cape Inubō, Chōshi, Chiba. The Toei logo then zooms towards the camera and settles at the middle of the screen, and the company name in kanji wipes in. | '''Visuals:''' There is a shot at sea with some rocks and waves crashing ashore in a stormy weather at Cape Inubō, Chōshi, Chiba. The Toei logo then zooms towards the camera and settles at the middle of the screen, and the company name in kanji wipes in. | ||
'''Technique:''' | '''Technique:''' Live action and cel animation. | ||
'''Audio:''' Either of these: | '''Audio:''' Either of these: | ||
* An eighteen-note dramatic violin tune. | * An eighteen-note dramatic violin tune. | ||
* An eight-note horn tune accompanied by three cymbal crashes. | * An eight-note horn tune accompanied by three cymbal crashes. | ||
* | * An eight-note flute tune, followed by a five-note piano tune. | ||
'''Availability:''' Seen on the company's films from the time, such as ''The Great Black Hood: Eyes of Magna'' and ''Children of Kujukuri Beach''. | '''Availability:''' Seen on the company's films from the time, such as ''The Great Black Hood: Eyes of Magna'' and ''Children of Kujukuri Beach''. | ||
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* <u>[[New Line Cinema|New Line]] co-productions</u> have a dramatic, western-sounding fanfare continuing to said company's first logo, composed by such names as Tony Sushima and Takeo Watanabe. | * <u>[[New Line Cinema|New Line]] co-productions</u> have a dramatic, western-sounding fanfare continuing to said company's first logo, composed by such names as Tony Sushima and Takeo Watanabe. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' Seen on Toei releases from mid-1958 to 2001. | ||
* Sometimes it is removed or plastered with local distributors logos on export prints, but is often retained. | * Sometimes it is removed or plastered with local distributors logos on export prints, but is often retained. | ||
* Common films that have this are the ''Dragon Ball'' films, the Sonny Chiba ''Street Fighter'' films (the [[New Line Home Entertainment|New Line Home Video]] releases, and public domain prints of the first two films, retain them, with the theatrical R-rated versions using the truncated versions of their opening themes as heard over the [[New Line Cinema]] logo on original American release prints), ''Animal Treasure Island'', ''The Bullet Train, The Fugitive From The Past'', and ''Karate Bullfighter''. It can also be found on ''YuYu Hakusho: The Golden Seal'', which they distributed on behalf of Studio Pierrot. | * Common films that have this are the ''Dragon Ball'' films, the Sonny Chiba ''Street Fighter'' films (the [[New Line Home Entertainment|New Line Home Video]] releases, and public domain prints of the first two films, retain them, with the theatrical R-rated versions using the truncated versions of their opening themes as heard over the [[New Line Cinema]] logo on original American release prints), ''Animal Treasure Island'', ''The Bullet Train, The Fugitive From The Past'', and ''Karate Bullfighter''. It can also be found on ''YuYu Hakusho: The Golden Seal'', which they distributed on behalf of Studio Pierrot. | ||
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* It is not known if it appeared on any prints of ''Fist of the North Star'' (1986) but all known versions currently available do have an in-credit reference to Toei at the beginning of the film. | * It is not known if it appeared on any prints of ''Fist of the North Star'' (1986) but all known versions currently available do have an in-credit reference to Toei at the beginning of the film. | ||
* It may have been on older prints of ''Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind'' but no evidence has shown up as of yet. | * It may have been on older prints of ''Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind'' but no evidence has shown up as of yet. | ||
* It was also probably seen on the earliest prints of ''Castle In The Sky'' and ''Kiki's Delivery Service'' but has since been replaced on most home video releases of both films with the current [[ | * It was also probably seen on the earliest prints of ''Castle In The Sky'' and ''Kiki's Delivery Service'' but has since been replaced on most home video releases of both films with the current [[Studio Ghibli]] logo. | ||
'''Legacy:''' Quite possibly the most famous Japanese film logo, or at least outside of Japan. | '''Legacy:''' Quite possibly the most famous Japanese film logo, or at least outside of Japan. | ||
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'''Audio:''' Same as before. | '''Audio:''' Same as before. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' Films that have this, beginning with the Special Edition of ''Battle Royale'', are all modern ''Super Sentai'' and ''Kamen Rider'' films among others. This also appears on Japanese releases of American co-productions, such as the 2017 ''Power Rangers'' film. | ||
{{Chronology|[[Toyoko Eiga Co., Ltd.]]<br>[[Tokyo Eiga Haikyuu]]<br>[[Ohizumi Picture]]|}} | {{Chronology|[[Toyoko Eiga Co., Ltd.]]<br>[[Tokyo Eiga Haikyuu]]<br>[[Ohizumi Picture]]|}} | ||