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Background

Central Park Media Corporation (often simplified to Central Park Media, and abbreviated to CPM) was a relatively well-known anime and manga company founded in April 11, 1990 by John O'Donnell, headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, on the corner of Central Park. It was one of the first companies (along with AnimEigo, U.S. Renditions, Streamline Pictures and ADV Films) to release uncut anime in the United States. They did very well in the 1990s and early 2000s (even serving as distributor for AnimEigo, U.S. Renditions, ADV Films, and Right Stuf Inc. at one point in the early '90s), but they closed on April 27, 2009. Today, some Central Park Media titles have been relicensed by different companies, such as Media Blasters, Discotek Media and Viz Media.

Logo (July 11, 1991-2000s?)

With the U.S. Manga Corps and Anime 18 logos
Remastered

Visuals: It starts with a stylized olive green New York City skyline on a black background, then, a light blue gradient background (which is supposed to be the sky) fades in from behind the skyline. Below the skyline, the beige words "CENTRAL PARK" in Gill Sans Bold fly in from the right and the word "MEDIA" in the same font and color spins up from the bottom.

Variants:

An alternate variant exists where when finished, the logo zooms out to show the logos of U.S. Manga Corps & Anime 18.
A remastered version exists where the logo begins with a photo of a view of the New York skyline from (what looks like) Central Park, the logo fades over the buildings from the photo, which later disappears. The logo itself also appears to be brighter.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Audio: Crickets chirping for the first half of the logo; then sounds of car horns and a jackhammer.

Audio Variant: The remastered version added additional traffic sounds.

Availability: It made its debut on early prints of Dominion Tank Police: Volume 1, distributed by BMG Video.

Most releases from CPM had only used either the U.S. Manga Corps or Anime 18 logos.
The remastered version is currently only known to appear on the 2009 ADV Films re-release of Grave of the Fireflies as a legacy credit.
The alternate variant was discovered on a screener VHS of Project A-Ko 4: FINAL and was also spotted on Cyber City Oedo 808: DATA ONE.

Final Note

On May 26th, 2006, CPM had laid off many of their employees. They laid dormant until April 27th, 2009, when they filed for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy and liquidated with a debt of over $1.2 million.

External Links

Central Park Media - Wikipedia

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+| founded = April 11, 1990<br>({{age|1990|4|11}} years ago)
 | founder = John O'Donnell
 | subsidiaries =Asia Pulp Cinema<br>[[U.S. Manga Corps]]<br>[[Software Sculptors]]<br>CPM Press<br>[[Anime 18]]<br>Below the Radar<br>Binary Media Works
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-=== Background ===
+===Background===
-'''Central Park Media Corporation''' (often simplified to '''Central Park Media''', and abbreviated to '''CPM''') was a relatively well-known anime and manga company founded in 1990 by John O'Donnell, headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, on the corner of '''Central Park'''. It was one of the first companies (along with [[AnimEigo]], [[U.S. Renditions]], [[Streamline Pictures]] and [[ADV Films]]) to release uncut anime in the United States. They did very well in the 1990's and early 2000's, but they closed on April 27th, 2009. Today, some Central Park Media titles have been relicensed by different companies, such as [[Media Blasters]], [[Discotek Media]] and [[Viz Media|Viz Media]].
+'''Central Park Media Corporation''' (often simplified to '''Central Park Media''', and abbreviated to '''CPM''') was a relatively well-known anime and manga company founded in April 11, 1990 by John O'Donnell, headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, on the corner of '''Central Park'''. It was one of the first companies (along with [[AnimEigo]], [[U.S. Renditions]], [[Streamline Pictures]] and [[ADV Films]]) to release uncut anime in the United States. They did very well in the 1990s and early 2000s (even serving as distributor for AnimEigo, U.S. Renditions, ADV Films, and [[Right Stuf Inc.]] at one point in the early '90s), but they closed on April 27, 2009. Today, some Central Park Media titles have been relicensed by different companies, such as [[Media Blasters]], [[Discotek Media]] and [[Viz Media|Viz Media]].
+===Logo (July 11, 1991-2000s?)===
-=== 1st Logo (1990-1992) ===
-{{PossibleFake|Not on any VHS print of Project A-Ko that I've found on the Internet, they only have the U.S. Manga Corps logo of the time, so it's likely the person who added this logo may have been confused with that logo.}}
-'''Nickname:''' "Early Skyline"
-'''Logo:''' On a black or blue background, we see the Central Park Media logo, which is a stylized New York skyline.
-'''FX/SFX:''' None.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' None.
-'''Availability:''' Extinct. No captures of this logo have resurfaced as of 2022, but it was possibly seen on the very first tapes released by CPM, such as the initial print of ''Project A-Ko.''
-=== 2nd Logo (1994-2007) ===
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+File:Central Park Media (1991).png|
-File:Central Park Media (2009).png|Later
+File:Central Park Media (Early 90s).png|With the U.S. Manga Corps and Anime 18 logos
+File:Central Park Media (2009).png|Remastered
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 Videos=
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-'''Nicknames:''' "The Skyline", "Bustling City"
-'''Logo:''' We start with a stylized beige New York City skyline on a black background, then, a light blue gradient background (which is supposed to be the sky) fades in from behind the skyline. Below the skyline, the words "CENTRAL PARK" (in beige) fly in from the right and the word "MEDIA" (also in beige) spins up from the bottom, it then zooms out to show the logos of [[U.S. Manga Corps]] and [[Anime 18]].
+'''Visuals:''' It starts with a stylized olive green New York City skyline on a black background, then, a light blue gradient background (which is supposed to be the sky) fades in from behind the skyline. Below the skyline, the beige words "CENTRAL PARK" in Gill Sans Bold fly in from the right and the word "MEDIA" in the same font and color spins up from the bottom.
+'''Variants:'''
-'''Variant:''' A later version exists where the logo begins with a photo of a view of the New York skyline from (what looks like) Central Park, the logo fades over the buildings from the photo, which later disappears, and the logo doesn't zoom out to show the logos of the aforementioned companies. This was most likely used after CPM's acquisition of [[Software Sculptors]] in 1995.
+*An <u>alternate variant</u> exists where when finished, the logo zooms out to show the logos of [[U.S. Manga Corps]] & [[Anime 18]].
+*A <u>remastered version</u> exists where the logo begins with a photo of a view of the New York skyline from (what looks like) Central Park, the logo fades over the buildings from the photo, which later disappears. The logo itself also appears to be brighter.
+'''Technique:''' 2D computer animation.
-'''FX/SFX:''' The fading, the words flying and spinning up, and the logo zooming out. 2D animation.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' Crickets chirping for the first half of the logo; then sounds of car horns and a jackhammer.
+'''Audio:''' Crickets chirping for the first half of the logo; then sounds of car horns and a jackhammer.
+'''Audio Variant:''' The <u>remastered version</u> added additional traffic sounds.
-'''Availability:''' Rare. Most releases from CPM would only use the U.S. Manga Corps or Anime 18 logos, however, it was seen on some releases from them, such as ''Grave of the Fireflies'', co-released with [[ADV Films]]. Their last DVD was released in 2007. The original version was discovered on a screener VHS of ''Project A-Ko 4: FINAL'', and was also seen on ''Cyber City Oedo 808: DATA ONE''.
+'''Availability:'''  It made its debut on early prints of ''Dominion Tank Police: Volume 1'', distributed by [[BMG Video]].
-=== Final Note ===
+*Most releases from CPM had only used either the U.S. Manga Corps or Anime 18 logos.
+*The remastered version is currently only known to appear on the 2009 [[ADV Films]] re-release of ''Grave of the Fireflies'' as a legacy credit.
+*The alternate variant was discovered on a screener VHS of ''Project A-Ko 4: FINAL'' and was also spotted on ''Cyber City Oedo 808: DATA ONE''.
+==Final Note==
 On May 26th, 2006, CPM had laid off many of their employees. They laid dormant until April 27th, 2009, when they filed for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy and liquidated with a debt of over $1.2 million.
-=== External Links ===
+==External Links==
+*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Park_Media Central Park Media - Wikipedia]
-* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Park_Media Central Park Media - Wikipedia]
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+[[Category:American animation logos]]
+[[Category:Animation logos]]
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