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SURPRISE LOGO COMMUNITY! Per my research, the company is still alive actually, they're only dead with theatrical films. Found a 2018 usage and there may be even more in the other Shout Factory motion comics beyond that.
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imported>AlmightyKingPrawn (SURPRISE LOGO COMMUNITY! Per my research, the company is still alive actually, they're only dead with theatrical films. Found a 2018 usage and there may be even more in the other Shout Factory motion comics beyond that.) |
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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''Marvel Knights''' | '''Marvel Knights''' is a sub-division of [[Marvel Studios]] that released films based on darker material and lesser-known characters, but the critical and financial failure of their only two theatrical films caused the label to go dormant outside of comic books, motion comics, and an animated series. | ||
===(December 5, 2008- | ===(December 5, 2008-March 16, 2018)=== | ||
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | <gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | ||
File:MarvelKnightsAnimation2.jpg | File:MarvelKnightsAnimation2.jpg | ||
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* On the first trailer for ''Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers'', the logo is in CGI and made of stone, floating against a stormy sky backdrop. Here, it reads "MARVEL KNIGHTS ANIMATION" instead. Lightning flashes from the top left to the bottom center twice, before a third, bigger flash takes the whole screen and transitions to the [[Shout! Factory]] logo. | * On the first trailer for ''Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers'', the logo is in CGI and made of stone, floating against a stormy sky backdrop. Here, it reads "MARVEL KNIGHTS ANIMATION" instead. Lightning flashes from the top left to the bottom center twice, before a third, bigger flash takes the whole screen and transitions to the [[Shout! Factory]] logo. | ||
* On the second trailer for the same film and its behind-the-scenes featurettes, it is much like the normal variant, but starting with the zoom out and in warpspeed. The text reads "MARVEL KNIGHTS ANIMATION" again. | * On the second trailer for the same film and its behind-the-scenes featurettes, as well as the 2018 ''Black Panther'' webseries by [[Titmouse, Inc.|Titmouse]], it is much like the normal variant, but starting with the zoom out and in warpspeed. The text reads "MARVEL KNIGHTS ANIMATION" again. | ||
'''Technique:''' 2D computer animation. Like the main Marvel logo at the time, this was done by Prologue. It can be seen on [https://prologue.com/portfolio-item/marvel-knights/ their site]. | '''Technique:''' 2D computer animation. Like the main Marvel logo at the time, this was done by Prologue. It can be seen on [https://prologue.com/portfolio-item/marvel-knights/ their site]. | ||
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'''Music/Sounds:''' The sounds of the pages flipping and the opening of the film. | '''Music/Sounds:''' The sounds of the pages flipping and the opening of the film. | ||
'''Availability:''' Very rare. Only seen on ''Punisher: War Zone'' and ''Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance'', while the "ANIMATION" variants appear on ''Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers'', its trailers, and the behind the scenes featurettes for the same project. | '''Availability:''' Very rare. Only seen on ''Punisher: War Zone'' and ''Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance'', while the "ANIMATION" variants appear on ''Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers'', its trailers, and the behind the scenes featurettes for the same project, as well as the 2018 webseries adaptation of ''Black Panther''. | ||