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'''Technique:''' Cel animation from Topcraft, now [[Studio Ghibli]]. | '''Technique:''' Cel animation from Topcraft, now [[Studio Ghibli]]. | ||
'''Audio:''' Same as the | '''Audio:''' Same as the first logo, but in a slightly lower tone. | ||
'''Audio Variants:''' | '''Audio Variants:''' | ||
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*The last special with this logo was ''The Wind in the Willows'' (though it had been produced in 1983 and released on video in the UK the same year, it did not air in the U.S. until 1987 on ABC). | *The last special with this logo was ''The Wind in the Willows'' (though it had been produced in 1983 and released on video in the UK the same year, it did not air in the U.S. until 1987 on ABC). | ||
'''Legacy:''' Another | '''Legacy:''' Another well-known logo during the Christmas season. Some have been rattled by this logo due to its music and fast-paced animation. | ||
==Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment== | ==Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment== | ||
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* On <u>''Santa, Baby!''</u>, the logo is much smaller and flatter, flipped around vertically at the beginning of the logo, and has the line animation play out much slower. It also doesn't follow up with the transition animation. | * On <u>''Santa, Baby!''</u>, the logo is much smaller and flatter, flipped around vertically at the beginning of the logo, and has the line animation play out much slower. It also doesn't follow up with the transition animation. | ||
'''Technique:''' | '''Technique:''' Cel animation, possibly combined with computer animation for the zooming. This is animated by Pacific Animation Corporation (now Walt Disney Animation (Japan) Inc.). | ||
'''Audio:''' A bouncy, synthesized oboe theme (composed by Bernard Hoffer), with a "spring" sound effect when the line morphs into the "Animated Entertainment" theme. On the first season of ''ThunderCats'', the music segues into a custom fanfare for the 1980 Telepictures logo (also by Hoffer) and from season 2 onward, it segues into the end of the 1986 Lorimar-Telepictures "Crashing Comets" theme when the logo appears. | '''Audio:''' A bouncy, synthesized oboe theme (composed by Bernard Hoffer), with a "spring" sound effect when the line morphs into the "Animated Entertainment" theme. On the first season of ''ThunderCats'', the music segues into a custom fanfare for the 1980 Telepictures logo (also by Hoffer) and from season 2 onward, it segues into the end of the 1986 Lorimar-Telepictures "Crashing Comets" theme when the logo appears. | ||