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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 animation.

Audio: None or the closing theme of the show.

Availability:

Appeared on the 2000 revival of Babar and Funny Little Bugs. 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: None.

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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 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-March 26, 2001)===
+=== 1st Logo (September 9, 2000-2004)===
 <gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
-EllipsAnime (2000) (From - Kong The Animated Series Season 1).png
+EllipsAnime (2000) (From - Kong The Animated Series Season 1).png|Early verison
+EllipsAnime (2000) (From - Babar).png
 </gallery>
-{{YouTube|id=sUIEV5kpMRY}}
+{{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.
-'''Visuals:''' On a black background, we see "ELLiPSANiME" wiping on screen from left to right.
+'''Variant:''' An early version just had the logo wiping in. The entire logo is on a black background.
-'''Technique:''' 2D animation.
-'''Audio:''' None.
-'''Availability:''' It was only seen on ''Kong: The Animated Series'' when it was last seen on Toon Disney and Jetix in 2005.
-=== 2nd Logo (September 23, 2000-2004)===
-<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
-EllipsAnime (2000) (From - Babar).png
-</gallery>
-{{YouTube|id=GdeTCpWOvbk}}
-'''Visuals:''' 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.
 '''Technique:''' 2D animation.
-'''Audio:''' Same as the previous logo.
+'''Audio:''' None or the closing theme of the show.
-'''Availability:''' Appeared on the 2000 revival of ''Babar'' and ''Funny Little Bugs''.
+'''Availability:'''
+* Appeared on the 2000 revival of ''Babar'' and ''Funny Little Bugs''. 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.
-=== 3rd Logo (2004-)===
+=== 2nd Logo (2004-)===
 <gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
 EllipsAnime (2004) (From - SmileTV airing of Miss BG).png
 </gallery>
-'''Visuals:''' 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.
+'''Visuals:''' Shown in-credit, a black-{{color|green}} gradient rectangle is shown featuring the white text as shown: "'''ELLiPSAN!ME'''".
-'''Variant:''' There is a secondary version where it is in a lighter shade of green.
 '''Technique:''' None.
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 '''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''.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on ''Miss BG, The Magic Roundabout, Kong: The Animated Series, Potlatch, Bird Squad, Chumballs, Taratabong, Zorro: The Legend Continues,'' and ''Chicken Town''.
 {{Chronology|[[Ellipse Programme]]}}