Dainichi Eihai Co., Ltd. (Japan)

(1970-1971)


Nicknames: "DN", "DN in Space" "Aarti, Tutu and Yiu Jeung Japanese Cousin"

Logo: On a space background are large letters with blue sides reading "DN". Below it is the text "?????????? ??" ("presented by Dainichi Eihai Co., Ltd.").

Variant: An animated variant features the DN and red subtitles zooming into the screen.

FX/SFX: None. The texts getting closer on the animated variant.

Music/Sounds: Silent, or a weird descending telephone-like sound (that may also play with the Nikkatsu logo).

Availability: It distributed Daiei and Nikkatsu releases ("Dainichi" representing the combination of ? and ?, the first characters of their names). Also seen on several trailers, including pink film trailers from Nikkatsu.

Scare Factor: Low to medium. Several factors playing into the scare factor are the occassional weird music and the big size of the logo, but it's not really nightmare-inducing.