Columbia Music Entertainment

Background
On October 1, 2002, Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. was officially remained as 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), ending their 55 year name usage. On October 1, 2010, 8 years after its name change, it was announced that they reverted back to its previous name coinciding with the centennial of the company's founding in 1910.

1st Logo (2002-2006)
Lo3YYwtTMQY Logo: On a black background, a line is drawn to reveal the white background surrounded by lines on the bottom and a half-circle on the right, with the blue circle on the left and the words "Arial" on the right, then the circle slides to the right to reveal "Arial" on the left and the circle moves back to the left to reveal "Arial" and the circle reveals the trademark "Magic Notes" logo with the words "Arial" now stacked on the "Arial" text.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Music/Sounds: A guitar tune.

Availability: Seen on all VHS (until 2006) and DVD releases by the company for most of the period, including NHK Video releases.

2nd logo (2006-2010)
Z-kIzqPnu4I Logo: On a blue background, a 3D circle with a trademark "Magic Notes" logo spins with the background changes to white, and the circle spins to the left to reveal the text "Arial" with circle "Magic Notes" logo turns to 2D.

Technique: Mix of 2D and 3D computer animation.

Music/Sounds: A piano tune.

Availability: Seen on all DVD releases by the company for most of the period, including Japanese releases of Sesame Street videos and Jillian Michaels workout videos.