Kantana Group (Thailand)

Background : Kantana Group is a production company established in Bangkok, Thailand in 1951 by Pradit and Somsook Kaljaruek. Kantana took its first step from radio dramas to films, television dramas, variety programs, and eventually moved on to become an integrated entertainment company.

1st Logo (1980-1989)
Logo : Over a picture of a sunrise shown in a Thai coastal place, a picture of a golden Buddhist sculpture slowly zooms in from the sun. The sculpture then drops to the center and keeps zooming as the Thai text, in white, fades in below at the front.

FX/SFX : The golden sculpture zooming in, which is superimposed on the image. Typical 80's video graphics.

Music/Sounds : A dramatic, quite ominous orchestral fanfare (it was also used for the Coliseum Film logo from the same country).

Availability : Rare outside Thailand. It can be seen on releases from them.

Editor's Note : None.

2nd Logo (1988)
Logo : On a gold-ish moving loop background, three gold rectangles, with the letters "K", "V" and "P" rotate & move each other. The buddhist sculpture from the previous logo zooms in, as it reveals the Thai text in brown, moving and zooming in aswell. A bordered square is being wiped on.

FX/SFX : Just the wiping.

Music/Sounds : A dramatic violin-like tune.

Availability : Extinct. This was so far spotted on a re-release of บาปบริสุทธิ์, which plasters their 1st logo.

Editor's Note : None.

(1989)
Logo : Same as the previous logo, but instead we see the proper logo (consisting of 2 TV-like shapes with a K shape in it) in gold, along with the golden Thai text "Kantana" being typed in.

FX/SFX : Same as the previous logo, besides the Thai text being typed in.

Music/Sounds : Same as the previous logo.

Availability : Extinct. This was only seen on สายลับสองหน้า.

Editor's Note : None.

1st Logo (1989)
Logo : The logo from the previous logo is being formed in a beam effect, along with the English text "KANTANA". Then it fades out soon.

FX/SFX : The beam effects.

Music/Sounds : None.

Availability : Rare. This was only spotted on แม่เบี้ย.

Editor's Note : None.

2nd Logo (1990-1996)
Logo : On a space-like background that's going in light speed, we see the proper logo from the 2 previous logos, being formed with the first shape in red, the second shape zooming in green, with a bunch of blue K-shapes flying towards, ending with the blue K-shape zooming in, which is in the same background. The screen flips, revealing a blue gradient background. A yellow beam casts over it, forming the Kantana text, one moving and the other one rotating. The buddhist sculpture's beam from their very first logo, zooms in and it forms the normal sculpture. The logo is being wiped out from the feedback.

Variant : Some shows may have contained the logo in a yellow frame on a black background.

FX/SFX : The logo being formed, the flipping, the statue forming and the logo being wiped out.

Music/Sounds : A piece of "The Yellow Rose of Texas", with some whoosh sounds and a zap sound.

Availability : Extremely rare. May have seen on "ทายาทอสูร", among others.

Editor's Note : None.

3rd Logo (1990)
Logo : Just the logo's symbol along with the thai text is being slided in the top behind the program's end credits.

FX/SFX : Just the sliding.

Music/Sounds : The ending theme of the program.

Availability : Extremely rare. This was only seen on a Thai program. It is unknown if this also appeared on other Thai programs (within a different ending).

Editor's Note : None.

4th Logo (1991)
Logo : The logo consists of a K-like shape with the "antana" and "SUPER PICTURE CO, LTD." on both the top & bottom sides, which is being slided onto the top and the bottom.

FX/SFX : Just the sliding.

Music/Sounds : The opening theme of the movie.

Availability : Rare. This was only spotted on วิมานมะพร้าว.

Editor's Note : None.

5th Logo (1992)
Logo : TBA.

Variant : The background, along with the sculpture zooms out, revealing duplicate ones on a pink background. The same scene which has the background and the sculpture appears, but mostly transparent.

FX/SFX : The background, the sculpture's eyes, and the logo fading.

Music/Sounds : The opening theme of the program.

Availability : This was ironically spotted on ทายาทอสูร.

Editor's Note : None.

6th Logo (1994)
Logo : On a black background, we see some yellow-ish starry particles forming an explosion. It contains the parts of the Earth, with some weird shape (made of starry particles) behind it. A face of a buddhist sculpture rotates and zooms in slowly. The blue Thai text of the company name is being formed by some fiery particles.

FX/SFX : The particles and the moving, rotating sculpture.

Music/Sounds : None.

Availability : Only spotted on กาเหว่าที่บางเพลง.

Editor's Note : None.

7th Logo (1998)
Logo : We see some kind of a blue particle zooming out and forming likely a bordered & blurred blue circle blasting over with a blue glowing spot behind it. It then forms into an ocean. A lot of glowing shapes zoom out, forming an explosion as well. Then it forms the gold Thai text, by yellow glowing particles aswell. The text stretches a bit.

Variants :


 * One variant has the Channel 5 and Telefive logos zooming in, then fading out.
 * An English variation exists. Besides that, the text doesn't stretch itself to it's matching size.

FX/SFX : The blue particle transforming, the shapes zooming out, the explosion and the particles.

Music/Sounds : TBA.

Availability : Rare. This was spotted on a re-release of "ทายาทอสูร". The English variation was spotted on "ฉก.เสือดำ ถล่มหินแตก".

Editor's Note : None.

8th Logo (2000-2010)
Nicknames : "Effortless Kantana" "The Inexperienced"

Logo : On a white background, two texts rotate and slide in both left and right, with some particles being formed on the grey text.

FX/SFX : Just the texts sliding each other.

Music/Sounds : A whoosh and some sparkle sounds.

Availability : Extinct.

Editor's Note : None.

9th Logo (2001)
Nicknames : "Majestic Kantana" "Futuristic Kantana"

Logo : TBA.

Variant :


 * An Thai variation exists where the Thai texts takes place over the English texts by fading in. An italicized Thai text with a cyan line behind it appears.
 * A shortened version exists which appeared on คดีเด็ด (and probably other shows). This also applies to the Thai variation.

FX/SFX : TBA.

Music/Sounds : TBA.

Availability : Extinct. It may have seen on some early episodes of คดีเด็ด, and other shows.

Editor's Note : A really nice work on their 50th anniversary logo, but for some unnecessary reason, you can see the 3D coordinates on the bottom left.

10th Logo (2002-2008)
Nicknames : "Effortless Kantana II" "The Unexperienced II"

Logo : Same as the previous logo, but after 7 seconds, the texts from their 8th logo appears, and the background of the previous logo is usually slowed down.

Variants :


 * We see the Channel 7 logo zoom in, and the background of the previous logo fades in, till the Channel 7 logo fades out. the texts from their 8th logo appears, aswell as the background of the previous logo being slowed down, till it freezes and blooms.
 * Same as the 1st variant, instead there are 2 particles forming some Thai text, aswell as the Channel 7 logo blooming in rays. After a few seconds, the Channel 7 logo blooms and zooms out, and the Thai text fades out.

FX/SFX : Same as the previous logo.

Music/Sounds : Same as the previous logo, which also features the sounds from their 8th logo.

Availability : Extinct.

Editor's Note : None.

11th Logo (2005)
Logo : TBA.

FX/SFX : The footage, the texts rotating and moving.

Music/Sounds : TBA.

Availability : Extinct.

Editor's Note : None.

12th Logo (2008-2010)
Logo : We see the Kantana text from before, rotating and zooming in, with some particles and blooms.

FX/SFX : The text, the blooming.

Music/Sounds : Some whoosh-like sound with a few sparkling sounds.

Availability : Extinct.

Editor's Note : None.

13th Logo (2011)
Logo : TBA.

FX/SFX : TBA.

Music/Sounds : TBA.

Availability : Unknown.

Editor's Note : None.

14th Logo (2015-present)
Logo : TBA.

FX/SFX : The shapes of the logo being formed.

Music/Sounds : TBA.

Availability : Common. It can be seen on current episodes of คดีเด็ด and on a few shows.

Editor's Note : None.

15th Logo (2016)
Logo : TBA.

FX/SFX : TBA.

Music/Sounds : TBA.

Availability : Unknown.

Editor's Note : None.

16th Logo (2021)
Logo : On a grey animated background, the number "7" is being formed, aswell as the pattern which looks like a "O" being formed on, then it turns to gold, with the "ANNIVERSARY" text behind it. The Kantana logo appears next to the 70th anniversary symbol. Then it turns into white.

FX/SFX : The symbols forming, turning into white.

Music/Sounds : TBA.

Availability : Unknown.

Editor's Note : None.