Guangdong Audio & Video Publishing House Co., Ltd. (China)

 Background : Guangdong Audio & Video Publishing House was formed in 1987 as an unit, and as the audio-visual publishing center of the cultural system of the Guangdong province.

1st Logo (1987?-Mid 1990s)
Nickname : "Cheesy Swan"

Logo : On a tiled grey pattern background, we see an orange rounded square in the shape of a swan, with three RGB stripes in the top left corner. Below it is the Chinese text of the company's name under it, which changes colors. Then we cut to the same background except it has red Chinese text.

FX/SFX :  Cheap 2D animation.

Music/Sounds : A Chinese traditional fanfare.

Availability : Scarce.

Editor's Note : None.

2nd Logo (Mid 1990s-Early 2000s)
Nicknames : "CGI Swan", "The Golden Swan from Space"

Logo : Over a space background with a soft, bright flash at the top right corner, two discs can be seen flying over on both left and right. The logo from before, this time renderized in 3D and in a more-yellow look, flies over and stands in the middle. The traditional Chinese text of the company's name flies over and stands underneath the logo.

Variant : The logo is longer in some releases.

FX/SFX : CGI animation.

Music/Sounds : A catchy guitar-like theme.

Availability : Seen on VHS/DVD prints.

Editor's Note : Animation's quite good than before, but still rushed. Also, the traditional Chinese text wasn't likely intentional.

3rd Logo (Early-Mid 2000s)
Logo : Over a stock footage of an ocean, the traditional Chinese text of the company's name rises from the top, and the text "GUANGDONG YINXIANG CHUBANSHE" is being folded over, and stands underneath the Chinese text.

Variant : On some occasions, the logo's symbol slides below.

FX/SFX : The footage, the text animations.

Music/Sounds : A soothing piano tune.

Availability : It is likely unknown if this logo was used in their releases.

Editor's Note : Again; the traditional Chinese text wasn't intentional.