Motion Pictures S.A.

Motion Pictures Entertainment S.L. is an independent production and distribution company, founded in 1977 by Enrique Uviedo Herrera, and based in Barcelona. They're mostly known as being the Spanish distributors of many well known TV cartoons, mostly from DIC Entertainment (Heathcliff, Dennis the Menace, etc.), but also from other companies like New World. Other times, they are known for producing children's programs, like Raindrop, Telmo and Tula, LMN'S, Glumpers, Pumpkin Reports, Mya Go, among others.

1st (known) Logo (Late 1980s-1994)

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Visuals: On a white background, the words "Motion" and "Pictures" write themselves in a Brush Stroke MT font. Their shadows are visible on the background. Then, two orange deformed parallelograms slide from the center top and bottom sections of the screen, as a triangle, in orange as well, comes from the left, forming a Motown-like Futura Black D "M".

Variants:

• On some films like The Neverending Story, the logo was still. This rendition was pretty common.
• On The Tale of the Stinking Military Service, the logo is superimposed into the film's opening intro. This version also animates smoothly.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Audio: Their respective programs' closing themes, or the movie's opening theme.

Availability: It tends to appear on all re-runs of shows from their catalog, but, of course, exclusively on Spanish TV networks, like TVE, for example. It was also seen on The Tale of the Stinking Military Service.

2nd Logo (1993-2000s)

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Visuals: On a black background, a golden triangle zooms in leaving a blurry trail, followed by two deformed parallelograms, forming the M from the previous logo. Then, a red blur appears and, after spinning a little, places itself in the middle of the screen, revealing the text "Motion Pictures, S.A." (in the same font as the previous logo) in red. This logo was used for feature films distributed by the company.

Variant: There's an abridged, silent version for TV shows.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A synthesizer tune.

Availability: Can be seen on movies distributed by this company like La Dolce Vita.

3rd Logo (2000-2006)

Visuals: On a black background, there is a rectangular creature walk to the center of the screen. It opens a door with a button behind it. It presses the button and a spotlight activates while a line carrying a sleeping triangle comes down. The rectangular yells at it to wake up and it instructs the triangle to stand next to it (which it does). Another rectangular creature slides in next to the others and the spotlight dies out and restarts again, showing the abstract M (sans eyes). The text "Motion Pictures S.A." appears in the same font as the previous two logos, albeit in blue, which flickers. A blue line is beneath the M, which proceeds to fade out.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A jazz tune, which is actually the 1958-1960 UPA opening music.

Availability: It was seen on Raindrop: Water is Adventure, and Spanish-dubbed prints of Patrol 03, Martin Morning and Nintama Rantarō.

4th Logo (2006-2019)

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Visuals: On the black background, the abstract M, but now slightly redesigned, pops out piece-by-piece. Then, the text "Motion Pictures Presenta" in the same font as the previous three logos, but in white, with "Presenta" in smaller letters, fades in below.

Variants:

• On their preschool-oriented programs, the M is green.
• On their pre-teenage-oriented programs, the M is sky blue.
• On their prints of shows purchased from other studios, such as Matt's Monsters and Martin Morning, produced by Les Cartooneurs Associés and Gaumont-Alphanim, respectively, the M is pink.
• An in-credit variant of both variants, and that of its yellow variant, can be spotted on Zumbers, LMN'S: Adventures in the Microworld, the Alex series (Alex in the Magic Orchard, Alex in the Sea, Alex and the Music and Alex in the Jungle), Boom and Reds, Green Light: Traffic Safety and the Telmo and Tula series (Little Cooks and Arts and Crafts).
• Starting in 2009, both the "M" and the company name are now vermilion and in ITC Highlander Bold. The text is also smaller and the "Presenta" text is no longer placed underneath the company name.
• An in-credit variant of the 2009 variant was spotted on Glumpers, Mice Builders, Pumpkin Reports and Mya Go.

Technique: CGI produced by Anera Films.

Audio: A 5-note whistle tune, which was repeated by a tuba, both followed up by a single note and a happy xylophone tune. This was composed by Miquel Tejada. On some episodes of Boom and Reds, the music continues into the Anera Films logo. The in-credit variants use either the opening or closing theme of any program.

Availability: The 2009 version was seen on YouTube prints of Raindrop: Water is Adventure, and on Van Dogh, Glumpers, Pumpkin Reports, Mice Builders, and Mya Go. The green preschool variant appears on some educational and informative shows, including Zumbers and Telmo & Tula: Arts & Crafts (though the latter isn't a preschool-oriented show), while the blue pre-teenage-oriented variant appears on LMN'S: Adventures in the Microworld, the Alex series (Alex in the Magic Orchard, Alex in the Sea, Alex and the Music and Alex in the Jungle), Boom and Reds, Green Light: Traffic Safety, and Telmo and Tula: Little Cooks, among others. It can seen on their YouTube channel, and on their Animotion channels (on each and every single full episode of every show they've produced).

• Seen also on multiple prints of various foreign TV shows, such as a Spanish print of The Fairly OddParents.