Taranza (Tanzania)

(August 11, 2000-February 1, 2001, November 20, 2003)

Taranza (2000-2001, 2003)

Nicknames: "Taranza Presents", "Choppanza", "Cheapanza", "Where's Taranza?", "Tanzanian Taranza, But He's Not Here", "The Space Instead Of Taranza", "Am I Traveling To The Space?"

Logo: We are on a space background. Once the black screen fades, we travel to the space as we find some galaxies and cross them. Once we have crossed them, some stormy clouds and the thunderstorm appear. "TARANZA" in a gold font spins and zooms to face us. The scene cuts to the same space background, we zoom away from the galaxy. Once it stops and zooms in, "PRESENTS" appears below. The logo fades out.

Trivia: The space background was seen on Brainstorm.

FX/SFX: The space, the stormy clouds, the thunderstorm, the text spinning, zooming and appearing.

Cheesy Factor: What on Earth is this logo trying to represent? The creators (Hekima Idowu, Isaya Obama and Kovu Afolabi) would have been on an influence while trying to make this whole logo, and it's also very poorly executed. The space is just tough to watch, since it also moves fastly, and there's not a clear reason behind the whole thunder before making the text and also the galaxies passing by. Also, how the thunder would be near the galaxies and doesn't even destroy them? The logo also doesn't feature the character of the same name from Kirby: Triple Deluxe or anything related to the Los Angeles neighborhood of the same name. The ideal logo for this title should be like this picture.

Music/Sounds: Same as the 1990 Grand AM logo.

Availability: Extremely rare. Only seen on Nyama Iliyohifadhiwa, Mizimu Mabaya and Muuaji Hutembea Kati Yetu. It's ultra difficult to find relevant search results on this very obscure horror-based film production studio from Tanzania due to the presence of the more-well-known Los Angeles neighborhood as well as a significantly major character and the second antagonist of Kirby: Triple Deluxe.

Scare Factor: Medium. The overly disorienting nature, along with the synth music and thunder, perhaps make one of the most psychedelic science fictional logos we've seen so far. It may depend on your point of view however, since you could also call it as a really cheesy logo.