Toho Co., Ltd.: Difference between revisions

== Toho Eiga Co., Ltd. ==

===1st Logo (1937-1938)===

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'''Logo:''' On a black background, the Toho emblem (a circle with the characters "{{abbr|東宝|Tōhō}}" inside reading from top to bottom, previously used in Toho Eiga Haikyu's logo) is seen in white. Below is the company name "{{abbr|東宝映画株式會社|Tōhō eiga kabushiki gaisha}}" in Japanese.

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'''Logo:''' On a black background, a small Toho emblem is seen, with the company name "東宝映畫" below.

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===3rd Logo (1938-1939)===

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'''Logo:''' The Toho emblem and company name in Japanese is seen inside a white frame. Two versions of this exist: one with a wooden background and one with a black background. The name may be displayed as either "東宝映画株式會社" or "東宝映畫株式會社" (both reading right to left).  

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===4th Logo (1938)===

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===5th Logo (1938)===

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=== 6th Logo (1939)===

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'''Logo:''' Over a brick wall is the Toho emblem and the company name below. The inside of the Toho emblem is smooth.

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=== 7th Logo (1940)===

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'''Logo:''' On a space background, we see the giant Toho emblem, surrounded by a rotating ring that has the company name inscribed.

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===8th Logo (1941-1942) ===

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'''Logo:''' Over a rocky background with a light source on the bottom, we see the Toho emblem in white, floating above the screen. Then the company name in black tilts into view, casting a shadow in the front due to the light source being behind the text.

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===9th Logo (1942)===

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===10th Logo (1942)===

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'''Logo:''' Over a wall with cracks, a metallic Toho emblem is seen, along with the company name in white below.

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==Toho Co., Ltd.==

=== 1st Logo (1944)===

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===2nd Logo (1946-1947)===

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'''Logo:''' On a dark textured background, we see the Toho emblem and company name, both seemingly three-dimensional and sporting a slight shadow.

'''Availability:''' TBA. Known to plaster older logos.

===3rd Logo (1946)===

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'''Logo:''' We see the Toho emblem between two lit torches. The torches are placed over a platform which has the company name inscribed over it.

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===4th Logo (1947)===

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===5th Logo (1947-1948)===

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===6th Logo (1947-1948)===

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'''Logo:''' On a black background, the Toho emblem in white is seen, but thinner, with the company name below.

'''Availability:''' Seen on early [[Shintoho|Shintoho]] productions, preceding said company's logo.

===7th Logo (1948)===

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=== 8th Logo (1948)===

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'''Logo:''' On a marble background, the Toho emblem is seen in white. The company name is below.

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===9th Logo (1949-1950) ===

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'''Logo:''' We see a model of a town. The Toho emblem and company name, both three-dimensional, are seen suspended over it.

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===10th Logo (1949, 1953)===

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'''Logo:''' Over a flower field, we see the Toho emblem zooming in. The arched company name enters from the right of the screen to below the emblem.

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===11th Logo (1950) ===

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===12th Logo (1950-1952)===

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'''Logo:''' The Toho emblem and company name is seen inside a frame.

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===13th Logo (1952-1955)===

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'''Logo:''' On a black background with spinning lines and a shining center (like a sunburst), we see a large Toho emblem. The company name then wipes in below the emblem.

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'''Availability:''' Common. Seen on releases from this period, such as ''Rodan'', ''The Hidden Fortress'', and ''The Mysterians''. The distribution variant is much more common and is known to plaster older logos on many films, such as ''Stray Dog'' (1949) and ''Sugata Sanshiro'' (1943). The 1950s "TohoScope" color version makes a surprise appearance on the 2016 movie ''Shin Godzilla'', after the 1993 version.

===16th Logo (1958)===

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'''Logo:''' On a grey marble background, we see a Toho emblem with film projector lines connected into emblem, then we see "TOHO PAN SCOPE" in a Gothic font with "PAN" in the center of emblem, and the Kanji in white is seen below.

'''Availability:''' Seen only on ''Varan the Unbelievable'' (1958) a Toho film which shot in Toho Pan Scope 2:1 format and similar to Univisium.

===17th Logo (1965-1997)===

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'''Logo:''' Again, similar to before, but the logo is shown on a blue space background with mostly clear stripes that correspond to the various colors of light seen in the center of the logo. Small sparks of light are seen emitted from the center.

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'''Logo:''' An updated version of the last logo.  The stripes are colored purple and various light blue colors, but also some green and yellow stripes are thrown in as well.

'''Availability:''' Common. Seen on newer releases from the company, such as ''Ringu'', ''Shin Godzilla'' (before the 1954 TohoScope logo), and ''Jujutsu Kaisen 0''. Also seen on recent Japanese prints of Studio Ghibli films.

===19th Logo (1st North American logo) (December 3, 2020-) ===

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'''Logo:''' On a realistic space background, a blue ice comet flies around the bottom of the screen, with the background rotating with it. We then go inside the comet, which reveals several blue and purple streaks coming towards the center with a white light in the middle, as the letters of "TOHO" in off-white fly in from the middle of the screen. A large white ring also comes in as well. After they settle, the background fades to a mostly unaltered version of the 1993 logo's background, and the "東宝" kanji fade in.