Studio Ghibli (Japan)

(July 20, 1991-)
Nickname : "The My Neighbor Totoro Logo"

Logo : On a light blue background (The same as the opening credits to My Neighbor Totoro),we see a illustrated drawing of the character Totoro (Also from the said film). The Japanese text "スタジオジブリ作品" are seen on the bottom right, and underneath that is "STUDIO GHIBLI" in futura,with a line above it. The logo fades out and the presenters credit fades in with the copyright at the bottom-right. After a while, it fades to black.

Variants :
 * On the 1994 Fox Video VHS of My Neighbor Totoro, the background fades to black after the logo fades out.
 * On the 2005 English version of MNT, after the logo fades out it cuts to the different blue background (Which is the opening credits background) with Tokyo Shoten presenter credit in the middle and the copyright info below.
 * On the 2012 newer print, it plays as normal, but after it fades to black to cuts to the said variant.
 * In 2005, starting with Howl's Moving Castle, the background is dark blue.
 * A special variant was seen on the Ghiblies: Episode 2 trailer. The image is slightly off-center, then it rotates to reveal a character from the show using a laptop. He removes "ジブリ作品" using his laptop, then re-enters it as "ギブリ作品", making it "スタジオギブリ作品" (Sutajio Giburi, an alternate spelling of the Japanese name).
 * On the short film Giant Good Warrior Appears in Japan, it is in the scope ratio (like the following short), on the red background, has a film effect, and the logo is in the middle-right.
 * On The Red Turtle, it is similar to the previous variant but it is normal. Also, to honor the titluar character, the background is still red.

FX/SFX : None, except for the fade in and fade out.

Music/Sounds : None, or the opening theme of the movie.

Music/Sounds Variants:


 * On the German dubbings of Howls Moving Castle and Nausicaä: Valley of the Wind, it used the second half of the VIP Media Group fanfare (likely due to a reverse plaster).

Availability : Current. Debuted on Only Yesterday. It was also seen on new prints of Studio Ghibli movies before 1991 such as Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki's Delivery Service among others. It plastered the Emotion & Toho logos on newer prints of Grave of the Fireflies.

Editor's Note: None.