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| Oct 15 2008, 6:04 PM EDT | mr3urious | 32 words added, 17 words deleted |
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Written and Compiledcompiled by Matt Williams
Logo captures by Wisp2007 and V of Doom
Editions by mr3urious, WizardDuck and V of Doom
Video captures courtesy byof GrooveMasta, RoygerDodger, Mcy919 and JohnDorian41
Background: Saban Entertainment was an independent television production company formed in 1983 by music and television producers Haim Saban and Shuki Levy (who also reached the bottom line with the edition of "Nippon Animation Grimm's Fairy Tales") as "Saban Records", a U.S. subsidiary of "Saban International Paris" (now SIP Animation) who provided music soundtracks to shows made by other companies (most notably DiC). In 1984, the company expanded in television production of its own, and was renamed "Saban Productions". Several years later, the company also established "Saban International" (now Buena Vista International Television),Television) for international distribution of its shows (Note: though used interchangeably with "Saban International Paris", they were technically two different entities). Finally, in the early 1990's,1990s, the company renamed itself "Saban Entertainment". In October 2002, this company was renamed BVS Entertainment when Saban and News Corp. sold it to Walt Disney Co. Actually, all Saban library is held mainly by The Walt Disney Company thru Buena Vista Entertainment.
1st Logo
(1984-1988)
Nicknames: "Rings of Saturn", "Pacman's Planet", "Pacman's World"
FX: No animation for this logo.
Music/Sounds: A synthesized rock-like theme.
Availability: Will probably be intact if any shows produced by Saban during this time are reran in the future, such as Maple Town and I'm Telling.
Scare Factor: Low; the logo looks like crap, and the music may startle some, but this logo is simply annoying.
2nd Logo
(1988-1996)
Nicknames: "Gold Circle", "Gold Coin", "Gold Plate", "Coin in Space"
Logo: On a background with stars, a white marble rectangle with a round hole in the middle moves slowly from the left-hand side of the screen towards the middle of the screen, growing as it does so. In the hole, "glowing" but in black lettering, is the word "SABAN" and below the circle-shaped hole is the word "ENTERTAINMENT", "INTERNATIONAL", or "PRODUCTIONS" with a gold line underneath. On the right side of the screen, a gold "plate" twirls towards the middle of the screen as well. As the plate gets closer to the rectangle and the middle of the screen, it starts twirling faster and faster until it is affixed firmly in the hole in the center of the rectangle.rectangle like a magnet attracting metal. Three white lines form on the bottom-left of the circle.
FX/Cheesy Factor: Early computer animation for this logo, but it outdid the effects on the first season of Power Rangers.Rangers.
Music/Sounds: A synthesized theme ending in what sounds like a jail door slamming shut, which is occasionally shortened. Sometimes, the "slamming door" sound is omitted. For most of the '90s shows, the end of the show's theme played over it.
Availability: Rare; can be seen on pre-1996 episodes of Power Rangers (specifically Mighty Morphin') when they're rerun on Toon Disney. The "PRODUCTIONS" variant can be seen on Noozles. The "INTERNATIONAL" variant was seen on international prints of Camp Candy.
Scare Factor: Depending on the logo variant:
3rd Logo
(1996-2002)
Nickname: "The (Saban) Twirly-Doo"
Logo: A group of kids, which are ethnically diverse and wearing extremely weird clothing, are shown in a circle, looking upward as the camera revolves around and zooms out for a second. Then, it fades to a shot of the kids from above as they take a piece of orange-yellow cloth with a globe pattern imprinted on it and throw it in the air as they are standing on opposite ends of a small "orb". Then, it fades to another shot of the kids, who are shown raising their hands up and releasing brown, spherical objects into the air as they fade out as the orb (which resembles an Earth globe with yellow water and red and green continents) "transforms" into the Saban logo, which resembles a gold crescent moon on the right with 3 "swishing" lines on the left. The word "SABAN" appears below the logo. This is done on a cloudy sky background that seems to "shoot out" from the center. Some shows have INTERNATIONAL at the bottom.
Variants: There are 3 variations of this logo.
FX: Nothing cheesy; professional graphics used here.
Music/Sounds: A 13-note flute/xylophone-like jingle that eventually coalesces into a trumpet. The sounds of children laughing are also heard throughout.
Music Trivia: This music was actually used on athe SabanEnglish-dubbed version show,of Kamen "MaskedRider/Masked Rider"Rider (made before the "twirly-doo" was introduced), as the theme for one of the supporting cast members, the alien Ferbus.
Availability: Still preserved on all produced and/or syndicated series, such as Flint the Time Detective, Mon Colle Knights, and specifically on pre-2002 episodes of Power Rangers and the Digimon (U.S.(the U.S. dubbed version) saga, as well on most series from Saban's library, including some of the 1980's1980s Marvel Productions shows it owns (Dungeons and Dragons) among others. It can also be seen on Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie. However, the company itself does not exist anymore, having been acquired by Disney and dissolved into the Disney corporate structure. Current episodes of Power Rangers and Digimon have no logo and a copyright credit to "BVS Entertainment", with BVS standing for Buena Vista Studios.
Scare Factor: Minimal;None to minimal; the music and the kids may catch someone off-guard (and as one young Power RangerRangers fan noted, he screamed when this logo was first used on that show), but it may quickly becomesbecome annoying.annoying to some.
Logo captures by Wisp2007 and V of Doom
Editions by mr3urious, WizardDuck and V of Doom
Video captures courtesy byof GrooveMasta, RoygerDodger, Mcy919 and JohnDorian41
Background: Saban Entertainment was an independent television production company formed in 1983 by music and television producers Haim Saban and Shuki Levy (who also reached the bottom line with the edition of "Nippon Animation Grimm's Fairy Tales") as "Saban Records", a U.S. subsidiary of "Saban International Paris" (now SIP Animation) who provided music soundtracks to shows made by other companies (most notably DiC). In 1984, the company expanded in television production of its own, and was renamed "Saban Productions". Several years later, the company also established "Saban International" (now Buena Vista International Television),Television) for international distribution of its shows (Note: though used interchangeably with "Saban International Paris", they were technically two different entities). Finally, in the early 1990's,1990s, the company renamed itself "Saban Entertainment". In October 2002, this company was renamed BVS Entertainment when Saban and News Corp. sold it to Walt Disney Co. Actually, all Saban library is held mainly by The Walt Disney Company thru Buena Vista Entertainment.
1st Logo
(1984-1988)
Nicknames: "Rings of Saturn", "Pacman's Planet", "Pacman's World"
Logo: Against a purple/white gradient BG, we see a static shot of a purple Saturn-like planet, with a ring. In the middle of the planet and the ring, the word "SABAN" is seen in a very weird font. Below it is the word "PRODUCTIONS". On the bottom half of the planet to the left, there are five lines.
FX: No animation for this logo.
Availability: Will probably be intact if any shows produced by Saban during this time are reran in the future, such as Maple Town and I'm Telling.
Scare Factor: Low; the logo looks like crap, and the music may startle some, but this logo is simply annoying.
2nd Logo
(1988-1996)
Nicknames: "Gold Circle", "Gold Coin", "Gold Plate", "Coin in Space"
Logo: On a background with stars, a white marble rectangle with a round hole in the middle moves slowly from the left-hand side of the screen towards the middle of the screen, growing as it does so. In the hole, "glowing" but in black lettering, is the word "SABAN" and below the circle-shaped hole is the word "ENTERTAINMENT", "INTERNATIONAL", or "PRODUCTIONS" with a gold line underneath. On the right side of the screen, a gold "plate" twirls towards the middle of the screen as well. As the plate gets closer to the rectangle and the middle of the screen, it starts twirling faster and faster until it is affixed firmly in the hole in the center of the rectangle.rectangle like a magnet attracting metal. Three white lines form on the bottom-left of the circle.
FX/Cheesy Factor: Early computer animation for this logo, but it outdid the effects on the first season of Power Rangers.Rangers.
Music/Sounds: A synthesized theme ending in what sounds like a jail door slamming shut, which is occasionally shortened. Sometimes, the "slamming door" sound is omitted. For most of the '90s shows, the end of the show's theme played over it.
Availability: Rare; can be seen on pre-1996 episodes of Power Rangers (specifically Mighty Morphin') when they're rerun on Toon Disney. The "PRODUCTIONS" variant can be seen on Noozles. The "INTERNATIONAL" variant was seen on international prints of Camp Candy.
Scare Factor: Depending on the logo variant:
- Low; the "jail door slamming shut" may unnerve some people, but the logo is otherwise tame.
- Minimal for the closing theme variant.
3rd Logo
(1996-2002)
Nickname: "The (Saban) Twirly-Doo"
Logo: A group of kids, which are ethnically diverse and wearing extremely weird clothing, are shown in a circle, looking upward as the camera revolves around and zooms out for a second. Then, it fades to a shot of the kids from above as they take a piece of orange-yellow cloth with a globe pattern imprinted on it and throw it in the air as they are standing on opposite ends of a small "orb". Then, it fades to another shot of the kids, who are shown raising their hands up and releasing brown, spherical objects into the air as they fade out as the orb (which resembles an Earth globe with yellow water and red and green continents) "transforms" into the Saban logo, which resembles a gold crescent moon on the right with 3 "swishing" lines on the left. The word "SABAN" appears below the logo. This is done on a cloudy sky background that seems to "shoot out" from the center. Some shows have INTERNATIONAL at the bottom.
Variants: There are 3 variations of this logo.
- A "short" version that only has the "hands-up" part of the animation with an abridged version of the music (two different versions were used).
- A "medium" version that has all of the parts described above. The music plays in its entirety (though sometimes only the first six notes and the last note of the jingle plays).
- A "long" version that starts off with a close-up shot of the kids and then goes into the animation described above. The full music is used here.
FX: Nothing cheesy; professional graphics used here.
Music/Sounds: A 13-note flute/xylophone-like jingle that eventually coalesces into a trumpet. The sounds of children laughing are also heard throughout.
Music Trivia: This music was actually used on athe SabanEnglish-dubbed version show,of Kamen "MaskedRider/Masked Rider"Rider (made before the "twirly-doo" was introduced), as the theme for one of the supporting cast members, the alien Ferbus.
Availability: Still preserved on all produced and/or syndicated series, such as Flint the Time Detective, Mon Colle Knights, and specifically on pre-2002 episodes of Power Rangers and the Digimon (U.S.(the U.S. dubbed version) saga, as well on most series from Saban's library, including some of the 1980's1980s Marvel Productions shows it owns (Dungeons and Dragons) among others. It can also be seen on Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie. However, the company itself does not exist anymore, having been acquired by Disney and dissolved into the Disney corporate structure. Current episodes of Power Rangers and Digimon have no logo and a copyright credit to "BVS Entertainment", with BVS standing for Buena Vista Studios.
Scare Factor: Minimal;None to minimal; the music and the kids may catch someone off-guard (and as one young Power RangerRangers fan noted, he screamed when this logo was first used on that show), but it may quickly becomesbecome annoying.annoying to some.
