Nippon Herald Films

Nippon Herald Films was a film division of Japanese newspaper publisher The Nippon Herald.

1st Logo (1960-September 1, 1990)

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Visuals: Over a black background, there is the text "Herald" in a majestic cursive font, enclosed on a circle made with three lines. The company's name in Japanese is placed below it.

Variants:

• A 10th Anniversary variant exists.
• On Utamaro's World, the logo is on a beige relief background.

Technique: A still painted image.

Audio: None or the opening theme of the movie.

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Media Title	Date(s) of Release	Additional Note(s)
Melodie en sous-sol	March 19, 1963	Japanese trailer
The Red Lanterns	1963	Japanese trailer
Le Samourai	October 25, 1967	Japanese trailer
Adieu l'ami	August 14, 1968	Japanese trailer
A Thousand and One Nights	June 14, 1969	10th Anniversary variant (also seen on the trailer, and the English print)
Cleopatra	September 15, 1970	Trailer
Melody	April 27, 1971	Japanese trailer
The Valachi Papers (Valachi costa nostra)	January 6, 1972	Japanese trailer
Belladonna of Sadness	June 30, 1973	Trailer
Utamaro's World	February 20, 1977
Tomorrow's Joe 2	July 18, 1981
Something Like It	September 12, 1981
Dear Students!	1984
Night on the Galactic Railroad	July 13, 1985
The Sea and Poison	October 17, 1986
The Tale of Genji	December 19, 1987
The Foxes of Chironup Island	1987
The Glass Cape	March 11, 1989
Shadow of China	October 1989
OL Kaizou Kouza	September 1, 1990

2nd Logo (1990-February 11, 1995)

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Visuals: A gray background with a small red dot quickly fades in, as a backwards lowercase "h" is drawn in black. The text "HERALD" (all capital letters) then slowly rises out of the middle of the screen and rests below the dot. Then, the names in Japanese:

HERALD ACE INC.
NIPPON HERALD FILMS CO., LTD.

appear below in a gray color.

Trivia: Herald Ace, Inc. was an old incarnation of Asmik Ace's movie division.

Technique: 2D animation.

Audio: A calm, peaceful tune plays as the entire logo animates.

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Media Title	Date(s) of Release	Additional Note(s)
Twinkle (きらきらひかる)	October 24, 1992
Tokarev (トカレフ)	March 5, 1994
Getting Any? (みんな～やってるか！)	February 11, 1995

3rd Logo (March 25, 1995-May 28, 2005)

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  Alternative version
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  Herald Videogram

Visuals: On a very dull sky background, there is a red planet Earth rotating and zooming out of the camera as the curved "h" from the previous logo slowly spins around to line up with the globe. Then, the "HERALD" text zooms out of the camera and lines up next to the curved "h". The text "日本ヘラルド映画株式会社" (translation: Japan Herald Film Corporation) is then wiped onto the screen below the logo.

Trivia: This logo was also used on Herald Videogram, though without any video indicator.

Variants:

• An alternative version exists, which was seen on a special 40th anniversary reel showing Nippon Herald's productions and releases from 1959 to 1997. In here, the logo begins with the red Earth already on-screen, and the animation is slightly faster.
• On the Azumi duology (and maybe also on later Nippon Herald movies), the logo is still.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: Same as before, or none.

Audio Variants:

• On some DVDs with a described video track, a Japanese announcer says the company's name.
• Starting in 1998, the theme was remixed in stereo.

Availability: Seen on the company's latest movies, starting with Love Letter. Also used on post-1997 VHS and DVD titles from the company until they were folded into the Kadokawa corporation. A couple notable releases are the DTS Edition of True Lies and Kikansha Sensei.