TBS Video

Background
This is the home video publishing unit of the Japanese TV network Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS).

1st Logo (1980s-1991)
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TBA

2nd Logo (1991-1992)
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Logo: The still TBS logo from the era is shown on a white background with "TBS VIDEO" underneath.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Uncommon.

3rd Logo (1992)
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Logo: TBA

Variant: On a 1992 VHS release of Kitaro's Two Years' Vacation, the same animation plays normally. However, when the logo is formed, it plays in reverse with a big sphere zooming and disappearing.

Technique: The shapes forming the logo, the changes of the background, the dissolving. The variant adds the reverse animation with effects.

Music/Sounds: TBA.

Music/Sounds Variant: The variant had an Indonesian kecak vocal ensemble.

Availability: Seen on a few tapes released in 1992. The variant was used for Kitaro's Two Years' Vacation.

4th Logo (1992-1994)
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Logo: TBA

Technique: CGI.

Music/Sounds: A synthesized dramatic fanfare.

Availability: Uncommon.

5th Logo (1994-2000)
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Logo: TBA

Technique: CGI.

Music/Sounds: Same as the previous logo.

Availability: Uncommon.

6th Logo (2000-2003)
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Logo: TBA

Technique: CGI.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Uncommon.

7th Logo (2003-Late 2008)
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Logo: TBA

Technique: CGI.

Music/Sounds: TBA.

Availability: Common, at least in Japan.

8th Logo (2008-2020)
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Logo: TBA

Technique: CGI.

Music/Sounds: TBA.

Availability: Common, at least in Japan.

9th Logo (2020- )
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TBA.