Ascent Media DVD

(August 2001-July 3, 2007)


Visuals: On a black background, a blue/gray shape with a mountain line in the middle is shown. The same shape, which is inside a square fades in, and next to it is "Ascent Media". The word "DVD" is underneath it. The shape behind it "beats" like a heart three times before fading out.

Technique: 2D animation.

Audio: Three calm synth notes. Availability:
 * This was seen at the end of 2005 Lionsgate Home Entertainment DVDs of American Crime and Federal Hill.
 * This was also seen in Bandai Entertainment DVDs of the first 3 volumes of Galaxy Angel A (although it was re-released into several reprints in 2007, the last volume has the SpeeDVD logo instead.), Galaxy Angel Z, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society, Junkers Come Here, Kaze no Yojimbo, Kikaider-01: Another Journey, Tachikomatic Days, Wolf's Rain and Yukikase.
 * It was also seen on Geneon Entertainment DVDs of Banner of the Stars II, Burn-Up Scramble, Please Teacher!, Ronin Warriors: Gaiden, Ronin Warriors: Legend of the Inferno Armor, Ronin Warriors: Message, Rumiko Takahashi Anthology, Saiyuki Reload, and Witch Hunter Robin, and on U.S. Manga Corps DVDs of Patlabor the Mobile Police.
 * It also appears on a 2005 UMD of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.