Media Asia Distribution

Background:Media Asia is a Hong Kong film distributor founded in 1994. It is one of Asia's largest Chinese language film studios and it's a subsidiary of Lai Sun Development Company Ltd.

1st Logo (1994-2000)

Nicknames: Pink MA I

'''Logo: On a black background, a hot pink series of lines fades across the screen in the shape of a vertical line. The series of lines turns into what first looks like a box, but is an abstract "A" right next to an abstract "M". The A flips over and hits the M, causing the M and the A to look like an abstract "MA". The finished emblem zooms out and silver Chinese characters and English words (in a font that looks like Century Gothic Bold Italic) fade in'''

'''Variants: Sometimes the logo says "Media Asia Distribution" or simply "Media Asia". Sometimes the "M" would be solid red or dark purple, depending on the film quality. Another version that uses the word "Media Asia Pictures".'''

FX/SFX:Good animation.

'''Music/Sounds: An 80's-esque synth theme with Oriental drumbeats and a seven-beat cadence at the end. Around 1997, the theme was rearranged in a orchestral version.'''

'''Availibility:In the U.S.,it it uncommon,but in H.K.,it's common.

2nd Logo (1990's)
'''Nicknames:Gold MA

FX/SFX:None

Music/Sounds:None

Avabiality:TBA

3rd Logo (2000-Present)
Nicknames:Purple and pink MA

'''Logo: We see rapidly moving pink shards and zoom out of their view until the shards become two pink lines. We move diagonally and see more pink lines (a la New World Pictures) until we see a pink edge. Then we move up and turn to a cloudy background like Warner Bros' logo. The pink lines turn out to be the MA emblem. The Chinese characters and English letters'''

'''Variants: In 2008, the logo was redone; the animation is slightly different, the sky background is different, and the English text is no longer italicized, and in a different font that looks like Helvetica. In 2011, the logo was redone again, the emblem is now in a purple/red gradient color and the Chinese characters/English letters are now silver and now read "寰亞電影 Media Asia Film". There exists a shortened version that shows the final half of the logo in its still position with the "M" shining'''

FX/SFX: Gorgeous CGI.

Music/Sounds: A gradually rising majestic fanfare.

'''Music/Sounds Variants: On the trailer for Aces Go Places, it uses the theme from the last logo. Like the previous logo, on films that plasters over other companies logos, it sometimes carries the music from them! Examples of this are on some Media Asia distributed Golden Harvest films, and Fantasy Island (1986).'''

'''Availability: Uncommon. Appears on Media Asia's more recent films, including Initial D and the Infernal Affairs trilogy. Also seen on recent prints of other distributors older films (surprisingly keeping the original logos intact after it), such as Taxi Hunter and Fine Catch.'''

Editor's note:None.