Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan

Background
Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan) Inc. is a Japanese film studio and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation, with the majority of shares held by Sony Pictures Entertainment. Besides distributing SPE films in Japan, they have also produced anime films.

1st Logo (December 20, 1997)
Logo: On a blue background, a striped parallelogram in white (a print version of the SPE bars which were introduced in 1991) is seen to the left. To the right of the bars is some Japanese text with "Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan) Inc." below, all in white.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on Rurouni Kenshin: The Motion Picture.

Editor's Note: Perhaps the earliest known appearance of the SPE bars onscreen, albeit not in color.

2nd Logo (September 1, 2001)
Logo: On a white background, the SPE bars in color (which is the 1991 Sony Pictures Entertainment logo) (a blue striped parallelogram with an oblong orange-white glare within the bars) is seen. Below the Bars is "serif" in the Sony font, stacked.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on the original Japanese release of Cowboy Bebop: The Movie.

Editor's Note: None.