Universe

Background
Universe (寰宇), like its competitor Mei Ah (美亞), has a humble beginning as a distributor of VHS and LD, later VCD and DVD, witnessing the revolution of visual storage media in the past 30 years. Founded in 1986 by the brothers Alvin Lam (林小明) and Daneil Lam (林小強), Universe step into film production and distribution in 1990s, and the group was listed in the Hong Kong stock exchange in 1999. Recent directors under the Universe umbrella include Pang Brothers (彭氏兄弟). Other Universe brands include Century Creator (世紀創作室) and Matrix Productions (縱橫製作).

Universe Laser and Video Co Ltd.

1st Logo

(1986-1988)
Logo:On a black background, 6 bars with 2 in blue, 2 in red, and 2 in green flip in with very strange cuts. A yellow U flies in and rotates to fit the cuts and has a notch on it. "UNIVERSE LASER & VIDEO CO LTD." flies in and turns as green Chinese characters flies in from the middle of the screen and lands above the text.

FX/SFX: Very primitive animation for the 80s.

Music/Sounds: A high-pitched synthesized bark, which quickly turns into a synthesized lead, which segues into a funky synth theme with drums.

Availability: Rare.

Editor's Note: None.

Other logos are missing; a video showing the rest of them can be found here.