TMS Films

TMS Films is an English counterpart of the Japanese Doryoku company. Founded in 1989 by Misaki Sugiyama, TMS Films is known for distributing English dubs of most of the movies and TV shows made by Doryoku.

1st Logo

(1989-1993)

Nicknames: "Baikinman", "Baikinman in the 90s", "A Chibi Baikinman Indeed (1989-1991)!"

Logo: In the sky blue background, we see a footage of Baikinman twirling himself around and gets dizzy. As he fell down, the black TMS Films in the RAKKO font appear on the left next to him.

Variant: Baikinman gets a buffer look starting 1993. Also, his appearance look depends on what the logo appears in.

FX/SFX: Baikinman twirling, falling down and the logo appearing.

Music/Sounds: The TV show or movie's closing theme. It sometimes had its own music similar to the "Inspector Gadget" variant of the first DiC logo.

Music/Sounds Variant: Starting 1996, the music now had a dancing tune similar to to any bubblegum-pop dance.

Availability: It can be seen on most of the TV and movies that is made by Doryoku. It appeared on The Black Furry Bug and Me (1982), Baikinman's Planet (Fall 1983), Baikinman: The Disco Alien (1985), Cybelle's Adventure (1986 TV show), and more.

Scare Factor: None.

2nd Logo

(1993-1998)

Nicknames: "Baikinman 2", "Baikinman Falls Down"

Logo: On the green background, we see Baikinman standing on a top of the same TMS Films logo. Suddenly, he falls down.

Variants:

On the 1995 film Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island, Baikinman is seen writing the text "TMS's 30th Birthday Edition" under the logo with a crayon.

Animated specials would have the title and copyright stamp below the logo.

Another variant features "in association with" below the logo.

On the Cybelle's Adventure episode "Cybelle's Secret Prank", Baikinman morphs into a helicopter form and flies away.

FX/SFX: Baikinman falling down.

Music/Sounds: Just Baikinman yelling "Hey!". He doesn't say it in the variants.

Availability: Can be seen on newer episodes of Cybelle's Adventure, but also found on movies such as Baikinman's Planet, Perman (1983) and strangely, Don't Touch White Walls!

Scare Factor: None. However, there is a different story in the next logo below...

3rd Logo

(1998-2007)

Nicknames: "Baikinman 3", "Electronic Nightmare!", "Why, TMS Films!?", "Anpanman, Baikinman Turns Into a Centurion Now!", "Robot Baikinman", "Centurion Baikinman"

Logo: On a space background, three glowing satellites appear in the center as five stars on the left and the word TMS appear on the right. The satellites moved every time the screen flashes, but then they zoom into the black background, which is then shot by the glowing, blue energy, which then morphs into Baikinman in his robotic "Centurion" suit. He flies off into the sky where he is threatened by his enemy, Anpanman. Anpanman disappears afterwards and Baikinman's robotic body electrocutes himself and explodes! Then the clouds from the explosion forms the text "TMS" with the word "Films" appear under it.

Variants:

On the Cybelle's Adventure episode "Cybelle's Best Day Ever", the Genesis Supernova episodes "Journey to the Center of Pipi" and "Runaway Neon", the Perman episode "1,000 Balloon Contest/Seasick Perman", and the ReBoot Guardians episode "Computer Overload", a larger explosion occurs right after the blue energy turns into Baikinman.

Some TV shows sometimes have "in association with" text below the logo.

On the 2006 film Yoshi's Island DS, the logo was in gold instead of the traditional white color.

FX/SFX: Some CGI effects, especially on Baikinman. Anpanman made an appearance in the logo here.

Music/Sounds: A whoosh sound when the screen flashes, the droning sound, some electronic sounds when the blue energy shot out of nowhere, the laughter from Baikinman, a small whoosh when Anpanman flies, the electronic screaming and zapping when Baikinman's body shocks himself, the loud explosion, and finally the electronic music that sounds like the song "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" by Daft Punk.

Availability: It was last seen on The Amazing Hello Kitty Adventures reruns on Jetix, specifically, from the second season onward, though is intact on the show's DVD release, also on other shows such as Cybelle's Adventure, Moby, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, ReBoot Guardians, and Konami and Friends, among others.

Scare Factor: High to Nightmare, thanks to the loud music, electronic sounds, zapping, dark atmospheres, explosions, in-your face animations and the Centurion form of Baikinman himself. The scare factor is lower for those who are fans of Baikinman, The Centurions or Soreike! Anpanman. However, there's a way to get to the next logo below...

4th Logo

(2007-2010)

TMS Films (2007-2010)

Nicknames: "Baikinman 4", "Neon Baikinman", "The Late 2000's TMS", "Neon Mickey Spoof", "Evil Baikinman", "The Reason I Don't Like To See At the End of Cybelle's Adventure", "Somebody Stole The Crown Movie Classics Music!", "Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Parody"

Logo: On a black background, we see a large light purple outline of Baikinman's silhouette appearing and then panning forward, leaving a trail of multiple outlines while rotating counter clockwise on its pivot. The outlines then start to change one-by-one to dark red. As the text "TMS" appeared on the screen in blue, the Baikinman outlines one-by-one change to green. The outlines again one-by-one change to silver (which quickly changes to aqua) as the text "Films", in purple, zoom up and settle underneath. Last but not least, the Baikinman outlines one-by-one change to orange.

Trivia: The rotating "Neon Baikinman" is a silhouetted image of the animatronic Baikinman that was used in the former Kobe Anpanman Museum attraction "Anpanman's Revue". The logo itself also made a surprise appearance in the Special Edition version of ReBoot episodes "NullZilla" and "In the Belly of the Beast".

Variants:

On the Cybelle's Adventure episode "Cybelle's Best Day Ever", this logo appeared as a solid gold Baikinman with green dashed outlines surrounding it, rotating a bit faster than the normal variant. The text "Celebrating Cybelle on her best day!", in white and in a fancy font, zooms in. After a few seconds, it zooms in towards the screen until vanishing from sight. However, it was not found on a 2012 DVD of Cybelle's Adventure: Cybelle's Best Day Ever, as it is replaced with a next logo below.

There is a variant seen on the ReBoot Guardians episode "Computer Overload", where the text "in association with" in gold appear below the logo right after the outlines change to silver.

There is a warp-speed variant in the Moby episode "Parasites Lost". Also, the logo's music is high-pitched.

On the the Perman episode "1,000 Balloon Contest/Seasick Perman" and the Genesis Supernova episodes "Journey to the Center of Pipi" and "Runaway Neon", the Neon Baikinman has eerie eyes.

FX/SFX: The Baikinman outline spinning, and the text appearing.

Cheesy Factor: Just about off the scale! CGI animation effects abound (probably Scanimate), and a terrible color scheme, too. Also, the script font on the first variation is ugly, and we mean ugly. The "Films" text in the first variant is off center, while the text on the 2nd variation zooms in very cheaply, like it was chroma-keyed in.

Music/Sounds: Same as a Crown Movie Classics music.

Availability: Uncommon. Seen on many English-dubbed TV shows aired on JKids, such as Cybelle's Adventure, Moby, Disk Kid, ReBoot Guardians, Konami and Friends, and the reruns of Genesis Supernova.

Scare Factor: High to Nightmare. The bad quality of the Scanimated graphics and darker colors as well as the Worldvision jingle (especially for those who are scared of the Worldvision "WHOOSH" logo), might not sit well with some people. In addition, the logo variant for "Computer Overload" is usually followed by an "In Association With" screen which may unnerve some viewers. The intimidating, somewhat monstrous silhouetted Baikinman isn't exactly that friendly-looking, either. Nightmare for the warp speed variant, because the music being high-pitched would get viewers to be thrown off. High for the "Cybelle's Best Day Ever" variant. The music could get to some, but is a bit tamer than a normal variant. NIGHTMARE for the "1,000 Balloon Contest/Seasick Perman", "Journey to the Center of Pipi" and "Runaway Neon" variants. None to low for those who are used to it and to those who are the fans of Baikinman or Soreike! Anpanman.

5th Logo

(2010-)

Nickname: "The New TMS Films", "A logo without Baikinman", "2010's TMS", "What? No Baikinman?"

Logo: Same as the 2007 TMS Entertainment logo, except the purple "Films" replaces "Entertainment".

Variantts:

On reruns of Cybelle's Adventure episode "Cybelle's Best Day Ever" and a 2012 DVD of Cybelle's Adventure: Cybelle's Best Day Ever, the "TMS" in the logo is red.

On reruns of the On the Genesis Supernova episodes "Journey to the Center of Pipi" and "Runaway Neon", the text "in association with" is seen above the logo.

On reruns of the ReBoot Guardians episode "Computer Overload" and the Moby episode "Parasites Lost", the music from the previous TMS Films logo is used, due to the plastering error.

On the 2014 film Yoshi's New Island, the logo was spinning.

Music/Sounds: Same as the 2007 TMS Entertainment logo.

Availability: Currently seen in many English-dubbed TV shows aired on JKids.

Scare Factor: None. For the "Computer Overload" and "Parasites Lost" variants, it's low to medium because of the Worldivision music. Low for the Yoshi's New Island variant because of the logo's spinning animation.