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TMS-Kyokuichi Corporation
From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum
Background
In 1995, Sega absorbed Tokyo Movie Shinsha into Kyokuichi (which had a minority stake at that time), a manufacturer and amusement center company, with the latter entering the animation business for the first time. Kyokuichi opened the Tokyo branch and a new business division titled the Kyokuichi Tokyo Movie Division was established to continue TMS' productions. However, internationally, this division was known as TMS-Kyokuichi. On January 2000, Kyokuichi became TMS Entertainment as they began adapting the wider TMS name across all of their non-animation divisions. Despite this, the Kyokuichi-era Tokyo Movie name continued to be used on Case Closed/Detective Conan until 2011.
Kyokuichi Tokyo Movie
Logo (November 2, 1995-July 30, 2011)
Visuals: Superimposed on the show's opening and/or ending sequence is the words "キョクイチ東京ムービー" in a stylized script with the word "東京ムービー" (Tokyo Movie) being in italics, usually in white.
Variant: On some TMS-K/TMS Entertainment shows, such as Sweet Tales of St. Tail/Saint Tail and 1996-2011 episodes of Case Closed/Detective Conan respectively, the word "キョクイチ" (Kyokuichi) is removed, simply crediting them as "東京ムービー" (Tokyo Movie).
Technique: A superimposed hand-painted or digital graphic.
Audio: The opening or ending theme of the show.
Availability: Seen on all of TMS-K's productions beginning with the fifth episode of Sweet Tales of St. Tail/Saint Tail as well as other TMS-K productions such as Virtua Fighter, 1995-1999 episodes of Anpanman among others. Around 2000, when Kyokuichi rebranded to TMS Entertainment (folding TMS-K in the process), Case Closed/Detective Conan continued to use this logo until 2011. This logo can be still seen on reruns of Anpanman on Kids Station and Case Closed/Dectective Conan on Animax in Japan respectively.
TMS-Kyokuichi Corporation
Logo (1996-2000)
Visuals: Same as the 1983 Tokyo Movie Shinsha logo, but the text "TOKYO MOVIE SHINSHA CO., LTD." is changed to "KYOKUICHI CORPORATION" and is in a different font.
Technique: Cel animation.
Audio: Same as the 1983 TMS logo, but only the sparkles can be heard.
Availability: As Kyokuichi used the "Kyokuichi Tokyo Movie" name for its animation studio in Japan, this was only seen on international prints of TMS-K titles such as Monster Rancher as well as 1990s-era prints of all pre-Kyokuichi-era material such as Georgie/Lady Georgie.
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