Nippon Herald Films

Background
Nippon Herald Films was a film division of a Japanese newspaper publisher, The Nippon Herald.

Logo (1960-1990)
Logo: On a black background, we see the old Nippon Herald logo with a company's name in Japanese on the bottom.

FX/SFX: None.

Variants:
 * A 10th Anniversary variant exists.
 * On Utamaro's World, the logo is on a beige relief background.

Music/Sounds: None or opening theme of the movie.

Availability: Common.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd logo (1990-1997)


Logo: A gray background with a small red dot quickly fades in, as a backwards lowercase h is drawn in black. The text HERALD (all capital letters) then slowly rises out of the middle of the screen and rests below the dot. Then, the names in Japanese:

HERALD ACE INC. NIPPON HERALD FILMS CO., LTD.

Trivia: Herald Ace, Inc. was an old incarnation of Asmik Ace's movie division.

FX/SFX: Simple smooth animation.

Music/Sounds: A calm, peaceful little tune plays as the entire logo plays out.

Availability: Common.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Logo (1996-2005)
Logo: On sky background, we see a red planet Earth rotating with the stylized N flying together with the world "HERALD" zooming in, Then, the company's name in Japanese wipes in.

Variants:


 * There's a prototype version seen on a special 40th anniversary reel showing Nippon Herald's productions and releases from 1959 to 1997. The logo begins with the red Earth already on-screen, and the animation is slightly faster.
 * On the Azumi duology (and maybe also on latter Nippon Herald movies), it's still.

FX/SFX: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: Same as before, or none.

Music/Sounds Variants:
 * On some DVDs, a Japanese announcer says the company's name.
 * Starting in 1998, the theme was remixed in stereo.

Availability: Common.

Editor's Note: None.