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Background

In February 2000, Ellipse Programme merged with Expand SA where it was renamed to EllipsAnime. Expand sold the company to Dargaud in 2003.

1st Logo (September 9, 2000-2004)

Early verison

Visuals: On a white background, a black box takes up much of the screen. In the center of it, the text "ELLiSPANiME" is seen in a stylized, with the "i"'s having serifs and lacking dots. A white dot falls from the top left corner and hops along the "i"'s, causing them to bob down a little bit before it bounces on the 2nd "i". A 2nd dot flies in as well, landing on the 1st "i" and bouncing a bit before they both stop.

Variant: An early version just had the logo wiping in. The entire logo is on a black background.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Audio: None or the closing theme of the show.

Availability:

Appeared on the 2000 revival of Babar, Funny Little Bugs and Nick and Perry: Alien Dogs. Uploads on Youtube of the latter keep this logo intact.
The early version was only seen on Kong: The Animated Series when it was last seen on Toon Disney and Jetix in 2005.

2nd Logo (2004-)

Visuals: Shown in-credit, a black-green gradient rectangle is shown featuring the white text as shown: "ELLiPSAN!ME".

Technique: A still digital graphic.

Audio: Same as the previous logo.

Availability: Seen on Miss BG, The Magic Roundabout, Kong: The Animated Series, Potlatch, Bird Squad, Chumballs, Taratabong, Zorro: The Legend Continues, and Chicken Town.

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-{{PageCredits|description=Eric S.}}
-=== Background ===
+===Background===
-EllipsAnime is a French animation studio founded in 1987 as Ellipse Programme. In February 2000, it merged with Expand SA where it was renamed under it's current name. Expand sold the company to [[Dargaud Média (France)|Dargaud]] in 2003.
+In February 2000, [[Ellipse Programme]] merged with Expand SA where it was renamed to '''EllipsAnime'''. Expand sold the company to [[Dargaud Média|Dargaud]] in 2003.
+=== 1st Logo (September 9, 2000-2004)===
-== Ellipse Programme ==
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+EllipsAnime (2000) (From - Kong The Animated Series Season 1).png|Early verison
+EllipsAnime (2000) (From - Babar).png
+</gallery>
+{{YouTube|id=sUIEV5kpMRY|id2=GdeTCpWOvbk}}
+'''Visuals:''' On a white background, a black box takes up much of the screen. In the center of it, the text "'''ELLiSPANiME'''" is seen in a stylized, with the "'''i'''"'s having serifs and lacking dots. A white dot falls from the top left corner and hops along the "'''i'''"'s, causing them to bob down a little bit before it bounces on the 2nd "'''i'''". A 2nd dot flies in as well, landing on the 1st "'''i'''" and bouncing a bit before they both stop.
-=== (March 28, 1989-February 16, 1998) ===
+'''Variant:''' An early version just had the logo wiping in. The entire logo is on a black background.
-'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see the white text "ELLIPSE" fading in. Then an orange line comes down from the word "ELLIPSE", and stops at the middle of the word. "PROGRAMME" appears below.
+'''Technique:''' 2D computer animation.
-'''Variants:'''
-* A version has the same text, but a green line and "ANIMATION" where "PROGRAMME" should be.
-* On ''Zorro'' (the early-1990s TV series), the logo was on a black background and was all white (with no line) inside a white box. This variant was a still version.
-* On ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the word "PROGRAMME" fades in late.
-'''FX/SFX:''' The line sliding inside the text.
+'''Audio:''' None or the closing theme of the show.
+'''Availability:'''
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The closing theme of the show.
+* Appeared on the 2000 revival of ''Babar'', ''Funny Little Bugs'' and ''Nick and Perry: Alien Dogs''. Uploads on Youtube of the latter keep this logo intact.
+* The early version was only seen on ''Kong: The Animated Series'' when it was last seen on Toon Disney and Jetix in 2005.
+=== 2nd Logo (2004-)===
-'''Availability:''' Rare. The "Ellipse Programme" variant was seen on [[Nickelodeon]]'s ''Doug'', ''Rupert'' and ''The Adventures of Tintin'', and the "Ellipse Animation" variant appeared on ''The NeverEnding Story'' on HBO Family, Rupert on Qubo, and Blazing Dragons on Toon Disney (now Disney XD). Most of these shows are not seen on TV anymore, but it's preserved on the first series on DVD, VHS, iTunes and sporadic airings on NickRewind (as well as on Pluto TV's Nickelodeon channel), and the latter series can be found on DVD from Shout! Factory. Streaming prints of Blazing Dragons, as seen on PlutoTV and Tubi, also retain this logo.
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+EllipsAnime (2004) (From - SmileTV airing of Miss BG).png
+</gallery>
+'''Visuals:''' Shown in-credit, a black-{{color|green}} gradient rectangle is shown featuring the white text as shown: "'''ELLiPSAN!ME'''".
-'''Editor's Note:''' None.
+'''Technique:''' A still digital graphic.
-== EllipsAnime ==
+'''Audio:''' Same as the previous logo.
-=== 1st Logo (September 23, 2000-2004) ===
+'''Availability:''' Seen on ''Miss BG, The Magic Roundabout, Kong: The Animated Series, Potlatch, Bird Squad, Chumballs, Taratabong, Zorro: The Legend Continues,'' and ''Chicken Town''.
-'''Logo:''' On a white background, we see a black box in the middle of the screen that has the stylized text "ELLIPSANIME" in it. A dot is launched into the air by the "I" in "ELLIPS", before heading to the "I" in "ANIME", while another dot appears on the "I" in "ELLIPS". The dots bounce for a moment before settling down.
+{{Chronology|[[Ellipse Programme]]}}
-'''FX/SFX:''' The dots bouncing.
+[[Category:France]]
-'''Music/Sounds:''' Same as the previous logo.
-'''Availability:''' Appeared on the 2000 revival of ''Babar'' and ''Funny Little Bugs''.
-'''Editor's Note:''' None.
-=== 2nd Logo (September 9, 2000-March 26, 2001) ===
-'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see the EllipsAnime logo from before wiping on screen from left to right.
-'''FX/SFX:''' The words wiping on screen.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' None.
-'''Availability:''' It was only seen on ''Kong: The Animated Series'' when it was last seen on Toon Disney and Jetix in 2005.
-'''Editor's Note:''' None.
-=== 3rd Logo (2004-) ===
-'''Logo:''' An in-credit logo depicted as a green gradient rectangle with the name in white and capital letters except for both i's. The second i is placed upside down.
-'''Variant:''' There is a secondary version where it is in a lighter shade of green.
-'''FX/SFX:''' None.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' Same as the previous logo.
-'''Availability:''' Seen on ''Miss BG, The Magic Roundabout'', ''Kong: The Animated Series'', ''Potlatch, Bird Squad'', ''Chumballs'', ''Taratabong'', ''Zorro: The Legend Continues'', and ''Chicken Town''.
-'''Editor's Note:''' None.
-[[Category:French logos]]
 [[Category:Animation logos]]
 [[Category:French animation logos]]
+[[Category:Dargaud]]
+[[Category:Média-Participations]]