Nippon Eigasha

Background
Nippon Eigasha (日本映画社, Japan Film Company), shortened as Nichiei, was a Japanese major film company established in 1940 from the merger of four news film companies, initially as Nippon News Eigasha (日本ニュース映画社, Japan News Film Company), with the main purpose of producing the Nippon News newsreel. In 1941, Nippon News Eigasha was reincorporated with the bunka eiga (cultural film) departments of film companies Toho (Toho Bunka Eiga) and Shochiku (Shochiku Bunka Eiga), and was renamed as Nippon Eigasha. In 1943, Nippon Eigasha established a branch in the Japanese-occupied Dutch East Indies.

1st Logo (1940)
Logo: The Nichiei logo (a circle with the characters 日央日 inside) is engraved on a rock background. A light casts a shadow to the left of the logo. The company name 日本ニュース映画社 (Nippon News Eigasha) only appears on the title card of the program.

Variants: Technique: None, it's a still logo.
 * On the first issue of Nippon News, the logo is illuminated differently, with lighter shadows.
 * Sometimes, a closing variant is used, which has the program name and "終" ("End") superimposed over the logo. Here the light is from the left, casting a shadow to the right of the logo.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Only seen on the first few issues of the Nippon News newsreel, in which all issues of it are available on NHK's website.

2nd (known) Logo (1942)


Logo: On a black background, a 3D Nichiei logo is shown upright, with a reflection underneath it. Below are two sets of 3D kanji, with one to the bottom left of the logo reading "社団法人" (Corporation) and below that in the center reading "日本映画社" (Nippon Eigasha/Japan Film Company).

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: A custom fanfare.

Availability: Can be seen on Sora no shinpei and Marē senki shingeki no kiroku.

Legacy: A similar logo is used for the Dutch East Indies counterpart.

3rd (known) Logo (1942)


Logo: On a dark sunburst-like background, a small Nichiei logo in white can be seen in the center. Below is the kanji "社団法人 日本映画社".

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Can be seen on Sensen nimankiro.

4th (known) Logo (1944)


Logo: On a moving starfield-like background, the Nichiei logo in white is seen with the company name in Japanese below. The logo fades away and some Japanese text fades in.

Technique: The moving background.

Music/Sounds: A custom fanfare.

Availability: TBA

5th (known) Logo (1945)


Logo: On a gray background, we see the Nichiei emblem in white with a drop shadow. Superimposed over the logo are animated sparkling stars, as well as the newsreel's title.

Technique: The stars sparkling.

Music/Sounds: The opening theme for Nippon News.

Availability: TBA

6th (known) Logo (1945-1946)
Logo: On a dark background, we see a metallic model of the Nichiei emblem, lit by a light from the left corner of the screen. To the right of it is the company name, and above it is the program's title.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: The opening theme.

Availability: The closing variant debuted first at the end of the final Nippon News issue.

7th (known) Logo (1946)
Logo: On a black background, we see a large Nichiei emblem in white. The Japanese name in a thin font is seen below.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: A custom fanfare or none.

Availability: Seen on Nippon no Higeki and Seikei-hi 500-en