Honppon Company (Japan)

Background: Honppon Company is a film production & distribution (mainly distribution) company that operates all over the region of Honshu. They began distributing films from low-budget film makers and other film companies including Crescential and Drawing Triangle in home video, in 1991, the year where the company was also founded. In 2011 it was adquired by PSN and later in 2014, by 1st Leader.

1st Logo

(1991-1999)

Nicknames: "Clips From Honshu", "Laserdisc Playback", "Japan In A TV"

Logo: On a dark room, we see a Laserdisc player. A laserdisc appears flying in and gets inserted in the player, and the display of it turns on. The camera pans up to reveal the TV, which displays videos of culture & places in Honshu, including the Tokyo skyline, a traditional festival in Kyoto, a ferris wheel in Yokohama, a clip from an unknown anime, a school from Osaka, a Japanese toilet and the Japan flag waving. We zoom to the entire TV screen. The flag gets later masked on a black background and dissolves into dust, which forms the words "Honpponカンパニーインク". The text dissolves into dust and forms the english translation "Honppon Company Inc.". The text explodes while the background changes into a CGI rendition of Tokyo, and the pieces of the exploded text start forming the Honppon logo (a drawing of the Honshu region with the word "Honppon" inside). The Japanese and English company names zoom out below the logo.

Trivia: The Laserdisc player is from Pioneer and the TV from Sony. Both companies are from Honshu.

FX/SFX: For a early 90's logo, the CGI is way too professional. Even the Tokyo rendition looks astonishing. The clips that show in the TV are live-action.

Music/Sounds: A swoosh followed by an insertion sound. Then a J-pop theme is heard, with other swooshes, an explosion sound and a zooming sound.

Availability: Scarce. Can be seen on Japanese prints of Crescential, A-Round and Drawing Triangle films like Because of Maxie, Running On Alaska, Loserman VIX: This Time It's Public and more. This is also seen on Japanese prints of Penta Europe films like Love Potion No. 9 and A Bronx Tale.

Scare Factor: None to minimal. It's a good-looking logo overall.

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