Auriga Video (Germany)

Background : The company registered in January 22, 1986 in Bochum, Germany, at the District Court as "Auriga Film- und Video-Produktions- und Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH, Bochum". They went on to distribute erotica movies on VHS until they went defunct on August 5, 1997.

1st Logo (1986-19??)
Logo : The stars appear and the lines form a polygon shape, and then the letter "A" in Times New Roman font fades in, and then the company name, "Auriga", is written, and then it cuts to a text that says "zeigt".

Variant : The logo plays normally, as soon as it cuts to a black background with 5 first letters of the alphabet appearing one-by-one. The letters "AURIGA, BRINGT, CLOU'S, DER, EROTIK" can be seen wiping in next to each letter.

FX/SFX : Primitive computer animation.

Music/Sounds : A snippet of "Giants Airgate (Pop Version)" by Power Pack.

Music/Sounds Variant : A slow jazzy theme can be heard, then a German male announcer says "Auriga, bringt, clou's, der, erotik".

Availability : Can be usually seen on erotica movies.

Editor's Note : None.

2nd Logo (19??-1997)
 Logo : On a black background, We see the proper logo normally zooming & rotating. The text "Auriga" wipes onto the right. On a few seconds, the Auriga text fades out and the proper logo flips onto the right. Then the 5 first letters of the alphabet can be seen flying onto the right. The text "Auriga, Bringt, Clous, Der, Erotik" (besides the first letters being in red, the rest of the text is in blue) can be seen scrolling to the top.

 FX/SFX : The logo zooming & rotating, the text wiping and the scrolling.

Music/Sounds : Same as the variant from the first logo.

Availability : Usually seen on erotica movies.

Editor's Note : None.