Zodiac Entertainment

Zodiac Entertainment was an American entertainment company that specialized in the production and distribution of animated cartoons. The company was founded in 1989 by Central Independent Television, a British media company that was aiming to establish a television production company in the United States. Two veterans of the animation industry, Brian Lacey and Peter Keefe helped establish and run the firm. The company's animation studio aimed to produce original television series that could easily be translated and broadcast around the world. To this end, its programs avoided overt Americanisms and references to U.S.-specific culture.

1st Logo (1990-1994)
Logo: On a white marble background, we see a large navy blue "Z" slowly wipe into view diagonally from the top left of the screen, alongside several other abstract shapes, including a red circle representing an "O", a navy blue semicircle representing a "D", a smaller navy blue circle above a red squiggly line representing an "I", a red triangle representing the letter "A", and a flipped navy blue semicircle representing the letter "C", spelling the company name. Below the shapes, the navy blue word "ZODIAC", in a spaced-out uppercase text, emerges, with "entertainment" below it in the same font, but red and lowercase.

FX/SFX: The shapes wiping in, and the appearance of the text.

Music/Sounds: The logo starts out with pinging sounds, which grow to what sounds like a chorus harmonizing, ending with a whoosh. Availability: Scarce, appeared at the end of all their shows until their closure, such as Widget, Mr. Bogus, and Twinkle, the Dream Being.

Editor's Note: Despite of the logo being very simplistic and its exotic music, it could be seen as nostalgic to those who grew up with their shows throughout the 90s.