TMS Entertainment: Difference between revisions

 

'''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 1980's, becoming one of the largest animation studios in Japan and South Korea. In 1992, the company was purchased by Kyokuichi, with the merged company becoming '''TMS-Kyokuichi''' (or '''Kyokuichi Tokyo Movie'''). In 1999, the name became '''TMS Entertainment, Ltd.''' (and later modifying it to '''TMS Entertainment Co., Ltd.'''), dropping the Tokyo Movie Shinsha moniker it had been using since 1977. In 2005, the company was acquired by Sega Sammy. TMS also worked overseas on some animated shows being made by [[Disney Television Animation]], [[DIC Entertainment|DiC]], [[Warner Bros. Animation]], etc.

{{ImageTOC|TMS1982.png|1st Logo (December 16, 1978-1984)

|Ff6689921a2ba86a3105527b3da23dca.jpg|2nd Logo (1983-1995)

|3a479fba8a660d6f4133df8e3d425940.png|4th Logo (1984-1988)

|R3N8ztcPytynexNAzg9gog14838.jpg|5th Logo (2000-2009)

|8c5f31c689dab8d915b2adb08f9aa5a3.jpg|6th Logo (2012-)

 

'''Visuals:''' A small TV tube is centered on a {{color|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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

'''Visuals:''' On a black background, there is a stylized "TMS" in {{color|blue}} and {{color|red}}, with "TOKYO MOVIE SHINSHA CO., LTD." below in white. After a few seconds, the words sparkle out, and the stylized "TMS" turns into trails, moving toward the viewer while leaving residue behind, with the residue following shortly afterwards (likely it's going backwards).

 

* On some films, like <u>''The Castle of Cagliostro''</u>, the logo is still.

* Earlier on, the logo plays in reverse and the text appears with a wiping line.

'''Audio:''' 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 is actually 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:''' Seen on [[Streamline Pictures|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 Film Corporation|Hemdale]] cut).

===3rd Logo (April 13, 1984)===

 

'''Visuals:''' On a black background, two {{color|blue}} trails of the TMS logo (which is the same as the next logo, but the "T" and "S" aren't linked) zoom out to the center of the screen. When their both ends cross together, the trails merge into a single one and it continues zooming out. Then, it flashes, turning the TMS logo plain white.

 

 

 

 

===4th Logo (1984-1988)===

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===5th Logo (2000-2009)===

'''Availability:'''  Seen on newer and older TMS properties. The still version appears at the end of television productions (mainly ''Sonic X'', which is kept on the U.S [[4Kids Entertainment|4Kids]] dubbed version). It plasters older logos such as on the Japanese Blu-ray of ''Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland'' and Geneon DVDs of the original ''Lupin III'' series. The animated version can be found at the end of episodes of the uncut French dub of ''Sonic X'', sometimes followed by the [[Buena Vista International Television]] logo.

===6th Logo (2012-)===

'''Availability:''' Seen on every anime TMS license overseas such as ''Yowamushi Pedal'', ''The Pilot's Love Song'', ''Hero Bank'', ''Sega Hard Girls'', ''Bakuon!!'', and ''Rent-A-Girlfriend'', among others.. It's also seen on their animated films like ''Dimensional Sniper'', ''Orange: Future'' and ''Resident Evil: Death Island''.