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, including Toho and Shochiku, 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 stone 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 : FX/SFX : None, it's a still logo.
 * On the first issue of Nippon News, the logo is illuminated differently, with less harsher 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.

Editor's Note : None.

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).

FX/SFX : None.

Music/Sounds : A custom fanfare.

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

Editor's Note : A similar logo is used for the Dutch East Indies counterpart.

3rd (known) Logo (1942)
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4th (known) Logo (1944)
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