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Logo description by WyraachUr
Editions by mr3urious and Shadeed A. Kelly
Video captures by superpooper180
Logo captures by supersmashmelee
Background: FUNimation Productions is an anime dubbing and licensing company based in Texas. It is owned by Navarre Corporation. Noticeable anime dubbed by this company include the DragonBall series, FullMetal Alchemist and One Piece.
1st Logo
(1994-2004)
Logo: On a brownish, dimly lit background, a star flies across the screen and sets down on a red circle on top of a blue rectangle. The words:
are seen to the right of the logo. Starting a few years after, the text URL www.funimation.com appears below.
FX: The star flying across the screen and setting down on the circle.
Music/Sounds: A low whooshing sound for when the star flies across, followed by a "ding" when the star sets atop the circle. On some occasions, the shows closing theme plays over.
Availability: Seen most often on old TV episodes of the original dub of DragonBall Z (Followed straight after by the Saban "Twirly-Doo" logo). Also seen on the original dubs of the first episodes of Dragon Ball and the Dragon Ball GT series.
Scare Factor: None to low; the "whoosh"/ding might catch some people off guard.
2nd Logo
(2004-2005)
Logo: On a sky blue background, loads of bubbles can be seen floating across the screen, each reflecting the FUNimation logo. The FUNimation logo comes in from the left and middle of the screen, as a voiceover says the company name.
FX: The bubbles going across the screen, the logo flying into view.
Music/Sounds: Starts with a woosh, which then turns into a soft, dreamy sounding jingle as a VA whispers "FUNimation". The jingle culminates with the sound of a child laughing.
Availability: Seen on DragonBall GT, latter seasons of DragonBall, the first half of Fullmetal Alchemist and Fruits Basket.
Scare factor: None; the jingle is quite pleasent.
3rd Logo
(2005- )
Logo: We fade in to see a chrome/silver FUNimation logo angled on its side. A glowing light appears from the far side, wiping over the logo and colouring it in as the logo faces frontward, a huge flash engulfing the screen. The flash dies down, revealing the fully coloured logo, reading:
FUNimation
Entertainment.
Underneath that, a byline reads "A NAVARRE CORPORATION COMPANY" (with "Navarre" in a stylized font).
The logo zooms back a little bit, before suddenly erupting in a flash of light, breifly turning the screen white before going black.
Variants:
FX: The logo is fully CG..
Music/Sounds: A fizzling/sparking noise as the light colours the logo in, and a low "whoosh" as the logo flashes the first time. A voice-over whispers "FUNimation!" at the same time. This is followed by a low whistling noise that starts quietly, but after a few seconds suddenly gets louder and higher, followed by a loud whoosh as the logo erupts in light. The FMA variant starts with a loud whoosh with a sound that sounds similar to a laser gun being fired, followed by the "FUNimation!" voice-over, the latter of which, ironically, is played over a black screen.
Availability: The normal variant is seen on pretty much all FUNimation DVDs made around and after this time, and is also shown at the end of televised showings of One Piece. The Fullmetal Alchemist variant is- you guessed it!- only seen on Fullmetal Alchemist: The Transmutation of a Phenomenon, which is a bonus feature on the show's 13th (and final) DVD volume of the show.
Scare Factor:
Editions by mr3urious and Shadeed A. Kelly
Video captures by superpooper180
Logo captures by supersmashmelee
Background: FUNimation Productions is an anime dubbing and licensing company based in Texas. It is owned by Navarre Corporation. Noticeable anime dubbed by this company include the DragonBall series, FullMetal Alchemist and One Piece.
1st Logo
(1994-2004)
FUNimation
Productions
are seen to the right of the logo. Starting a few years after, the text URL www.funimation.com appears below.
FX: The star flying across the screen and setting down on the circle.
Music/Sounds: A low whooshing sound for when the star flies across, followed by a "ding" when the star sets atop the circle. On some occasions, the shows closing theme plays over.
Availability: Seen most often on old TV episodes of the original dub of DragonBall Z (Followed straight after by the Saban "Twirly-Doo" logo). Also seen on the original dubs of the first episodes of Dragon Ball and the Dragon Ball GT series.
Scare Factor: None to low; the "whoosh"/ding might catch some people off guard.
2nd Logo
(2004-2005)
FX: The bubbles going across the screen, the logo flying into view.
Music/Sounds: Starts with a woosh, which then turns into a soft, dreamy sounding jingle as a VA whispers "FUNimation". The jingle culminates with the sound of a child laughing.
Availability: Seen on DragonBall GT, latter seasons of DragonBall, the first half of Fullmetal Alchemist and Fruits Basket.
Scare factor: None; the jingle is quite pleasent.
3rd Logo
(2005- )
Above: The regular variant
Below: The Fullmetal Alchemist variant
Logo: We fade in to see a chrome/silver FUNimation logo angled on its side. A glowing light appears from the far side, wiping over the logo and colouring it in as the logo faces frontward, a huge flash engulfing the screen. The flash dies down, revealing the fully coloured logo, reading:
FUNimation
Entertainment.
Underneath that, a byline reads "A NAVARRE CORPORATION COMPANY" (with "Navarre" in a stylized font).
The logo zooms back a little bit, before suddenly erupting in a flash of light, breifly turning the screen white before going black.
Variants:
- The logo has been redesigned. The FUNimation Entertainment name is on a large blue rectangle. A red circle with a star on it is to the left of the text.
- On Fullmetal Alchemist, the logo is quite different. The screen flashes blue for a split second, followed by a split second clip of Alphonse Elric with markings on his armour and a red glow emanating from the bottom of the screen. Another blue flash follows, and this is followed by a split second clip of Edward Elric with a gun attached to his auto-mail arm, aimed towards the screen. One last flash, and this is followed by a slightly darker FUNimation logo, which stays on screen for half a second.
FX: The logo is fully CG..
Music/Sounds: A fizzling/sparking noise as the light colours the logo in, and a low "whoosh" as the logo flashes the first time. A voice-over whispers "FUNimation!" at the same time. This is followed by a low whistling noise that starts quietly, but after a few seconds suddenly gets louder and higher, followed by a loud whoosh as the logo erupts in light. The FMA variant starts with a loud whoosh with a sound that sounds similar to a laser gun being fired, followed by the "FUNimation!" voice-over, the latter of which, ironically, is played over a black screen.
Availability: The normal variant is seen on pretty much all FUNimation DVDs made around and after this time, and is also shown at the end of televised showings of One Piece. The Fullmetal Alchemist variant is- you guessed it!- only seen on Fullmetal Alchemist: The Transmutation of a Phenomenon, which is a bonus feature on the show's 13th (and final) DVD volume of the show.
Scare Factor:
- Low to medium for the normal variant; some people might be unnerved by the building whistling and sudden flash at the end of the logo.
- Minimal for the FMA variant, because its a bit of a "blink-and-you-miss-it" kind of logo. Some people might be caught off guard by the whoosh again, or the brief shot of Ed looking like he's going to shoot you.
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I can confirm that the first and second FUNimation logos appeared on more than just Dragon Ball Z. Here's a quick run-down of other series I remember that had those logos:
1st Logo: - Dragon Ball - The first few episodes of Dragon Ball GT (May have been plastered with a newer logo by now) 2nd Logo: - Fullmetal Alchemist (The first half of the series; the 2nd half had the newer logo) - Fruits Basket
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