Stax, Inc.

Background: Stax Inc. was founded in 1973 by Musashi Toriyama, his son Akkira (not the Dragon Ball creator) and Misaki Sugiyama. Their shows are rated E/I for educational purposes. The Japanese anime shows that they are most famous for are Mayhem From Mutant Island (1975-1977), Antania (1977-1989), The Ryo the Cat Show (1983-1998; in an association with Alchemist), and Altair (1987-present). Stax also produced Choco the Dog (1977-1984), The Baxter the Fly Show (1979-1985), There Are Rabbits In My Backyard! (1985-1996), The Son of Nobunaga Miyato (2000-2012), and the Feline Nation film franchises.

1st Logo

(1975-1978)

Logo: This is not a logo. Just an in-credit disclaimer. We see the words:

"*show's name* is a property of Stax Inc.".

Music: The closing theme of the show/movie.

Availability: Rare; seen on the 1975 TV series Mayhem From Mutant Island and the pilot episode of Antania.

Scare Factor: None.

2nd Logo

(1977-present)

Stax Inc. (1978)Stax Inc. (1985)

Nicknames: "Banned Logo" (1977 version), "Baxter", "Baxterfly", "Baxter Stockman", "Baxter Stockman's Fly Form", "No! Not That Fly in the 70's!"

Logo: On a red-black gradient background with a blue shape, we see the blue text "STAX", the white text "INC." and the slogan "Where Fun is our Secret Weapon!" at the bottom. In front of the blue shape is an anthropomorphic half-human/half-fly creature, named Baxter the Fly. The logo is designed by Yoshimi Hamada, who later done on the Japanese Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles manga.

Variants:

In 1977, the background was solid pink with a green shape and "STAX" was green. Also, Baxter's hair is black, his skin are colored brown, and he wears a pink shirt. This is, perhaps, based on the fly form of the black Baxter Stockman who later appeared in the future Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles episodes on Nickelodeon.

On some shows, the background is green-black gradient with a yellow shape, "STAX" is yellow, and the logo is shifted to the top. Additional text "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" fade below the logo.

On There Are Rabbits In My Backyard!, the background is solid purple with a black shape and "STAX" is black. Also Baxter is replaced by Mew (in its 1974-1998 appearance).

On the uncut version of the The Ryo the Cat Show episode "Scat Cat!", the uncut version of the Ryo the Cat short "Ryo The Cat's Bowel-Moving Shopping Day", the uncut version of Rocky the Rabbit in Alien Attack!, and the 2013 TV specials Scats! and Ryo The Cat: The Festival of All Magic, the background takes place in New York City (a main location in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and "STAX" is in a cursive font and was yellow. Also Baxter has the new color scheme (red hair, purple shirt) similar to Baxter Stockman's fly form who later appeared in the video games Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time and Turtles in Time Re-Shelled. This does not appear in the 2013 film Doug's New Journal.

On some shows, Baxter's hair is orange instead of brown.

On The Ryo the Cat Show, Baxter is replaced by Ryo the Cat.

On the 2008 film Feline Nation, Baxter is replaced by Felicia.

On the theatrical version of Feline Nation 2: Let the Games Begin! (2014), Baxter's eyes are blue instead of red. On the 2015 DVD and the 2015 Blu-Ray releases of the said film, the background was black, "Stax" was in red and in the ghostly hideous font, the text "Inc." and "Where Fun is our Secret Weapon!" are removed, and Baxter was replaced by a face from the first Dynamikun Productions logo with wide eyes, dancing in a CGI-movement. Also, the logo shakes!

On the 1995 film Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, the logo is widescreen and takes place on a solid white background with a pink shape and "STAX" was also pink. Also, the text "Where Fun is our Secret Weapon!" is removed.

Trivia:

The original version of this logo was banned from TV after the original airing of the Antania episode "Antania Meets Jackrabbit Man", due to racial stereotyping. On reruns of this episode, the 1978 logo is used. The original logo was still seen on the pilot episode in the 2010 DVD of Antania: The Complete First Season, however.

In 1979, Baxter had his own TV series The Baxter the Fly Show (1979-1985).

Baxter Stockman's fly form, who appeared in some 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles episodes, is based on this character in this logo. This logo also made a surprise appearance in one episode of Johnny Crash's School and some episodes of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: Usually, there is no music or sounds, but it depends on the variant.

On the original version of this logo, Baxter says "Am I look Coal Black to you?"

On one episode of Antania, Baxter sings "The famous flavor of Reese's Peanut Butter in a fun candy shell! You'll Love 'Em to Pieces!". This song was later heard in the 90's Reese's Pieces commercial.

Sometimes, Baxter will say "I'm not like Akira Toriyama of the Dragon Ball fame!".

On the uncut version of the The Ryo the Cat Show episode "Scat Cat!", the uncut version of the Ryo the Cat short "Ryo The Cat's Bowel-Moving Shopping Day", the uncut version of Rocky the Rabbit in Alien Attack!, and the 2013 TV specials Scats! and Ryo The Cat: The Festival of All Magic, Baxter says "Terminate the Turtles!" (this sentence is later heard on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time and Turtles in Time Re-Shelled).

On the 2008 film Feline Nation, it has an ending theme from the movie.

On the theatrical version of Feline Nation 2: Let the Games Begin! (2014), Baxter would say "And now a word from the Ninja Turtles!". On the 2015 DVD and the 2015 Blu-Ray releases of the said film, same as the Zhephyr's Entertainment logo along with the loud scream from the 3rd YTV logo.

Availability: Common. The 1977 variant was seen only on the pilot episode of Antania and the Antania episode "Antania Meets Jackrabbit Man" (Season 1, Episode 1). The 1978 variant can be seen on many of Stax's TV shows, as well as the 2012 TV special Stax All-Stars Saves the World and the 2013 direct-to-DVD film Baxter's Story: The Movie. The "Turtles in Time" variant is very tricky, as it only appears on The Hub airings of The Ryo the Cat Show episode "Scat Cat!", the Ryo the Cat short "Ryo The Cat's Bowel-Moving Shopping Day", Rocky the Rabbit in Alien Attack!, and the 2013 TV specials Scats! and Ryo The Cat: The Festival of All Magic. This variant is cut off in Doug's New Journal due to Scats! and Ryo the Cat: The Festival of All Magic being the part of the animated segments, although it was left intact on the DVD of The Champions Are All That!. The Feline Nation variant was seen in the all releases of Feline Nation. The "blue eyes variant" was seen in the theatrical version of Feline Nation 2: Let the Games Begin!, and the "dancing face" variant was only seen in the North American DVD and Blu-Ray releases of the said film. That variant does not appear in the Japanese DVD and Blu-Ray releases as it would always replaced by a normal Stax Inc. logo.

Scare Factor: Depending on the variant:

None to medium, depending on what you think of Baxter.

NIGHTMARE for the Feline Nation 2 DVD and Blu-Ray releases.