Manga Entertainment/Warning Screen

1st Warning (1994-1997)
Warning: TBA.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Rare, seen on Manga Entertainment videotapes from this period.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Warning (1990s)
Warning: TBA.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Rare, seen on the original VHS release of Ghost In The Shell from around 1996. It may appear on other releases from this period.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Warning (1996-1999)
Warning: This takes place on a gray marble background. We see the following words:

WARNING Federal Law provides severe civil and criminal penalties for the unauthorized reproduction exhibition or duplication of copyrighted works.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: A bit more common than the other two. First appeared on the 1996 VHS of Armageddon (not the Michael Bay movie)

Editor's Note: Low.

4th Warning (1997-2000s)
Warning: TBA.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Can be seen on the VHS release of Ninja Scroll and probably some other Manga releases. Was also used on some Palm Pictures (who owned Manga from 1998-2005) DVDs, such as Director's Series: The Work of Director Michel Gondry.

Editor's Note: None.

5th Warning (2003-2012)
Warning: Only a upgraded version of the prevous warning with the red bar being bigger and longer. The warning text seems to be more descriptive as well.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: TBA

Editor's Note: None.

6th Warning (2013)
Warning: On a blue background, we see the words "WARNING" with the warning text below.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Unknown. It may have been exclusive to the 2013 Blu-Ray re-release of Ghost In The Shell.

Editor's Note: None.

7th Warning (2013-2016?)
Warning: TBA.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: TBA

Editor's Note: None.