Nippon Columbia (1946-2002)

Background
Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. (日本コロムビア株式会社, Nippon Koromubia Kabushiki Kaisha), often pronounced Korombia, operating internationally as Nipponophone Co., Ltd. (日本蓄音器商会, Nihon Chikuonki Shōkai), is a Japanese record label founded in 1910 as Nipponophone Co., Ltd. It affiliated itself with the Columbia Graphophone Company of the United Kingdom and adopted the standard UK Columbia trademarks (the "Magic Notes") in 1931. The company changed its name to Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. in 1946. It used the Nippon Columbia name until October 1, 2002, when it became Columbia Music Entertainment, Inc. (コロムビアミュージックエンタテインメント株式会社, Koromubia Myūjikku Entateinmento Kabushiki kaisha).

1st Logo (1993-2001)
dmc4MOuqmr4 Logo: On a starry background, the text "COLUMBIA" appears, the word "VIDEO" appears and sparks twinkle when the logo is complete. The Japanese text "" fades in on the bottom.

Variant: On Midnight Blues, the text has a red gradient.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on all video releases by the company for most of the period, including NHK Video releases. The red variant is seen only on Midnight Blues.