West Multimedia (Russia)

Background : This company was founded in 1996 by West Video to create DVDs and VCDs in Russia. It was closed in 2000.

(1997-2000)
Nicknames : "The Spiral", "This is Why I Hate Watching Early Russian DVDs and VCDs", "WM", "Russian Toei Video Rip-off"

Logo : A white line appears on a black background, spinning around into a tighted spiral. A flash then appears as the spiral becomes a CD and zooms out to a angle. As it zooms out, lightning can be seen on the surface before 2 bolts strike each end, flipping it over to a series of concentric rings. 2 more bolts emerge from the center, forming the jagged letters "W" and "M", as "W E S T" and "MULTIMEDIA" appear and zoom out with trails, resting above and below the logo respectively.

FX/SFX : The spiral drawing, the flash and the text zooming out.

Music/Sounds : The sounds of phasers and electricity.

Availability : Uncommon; appeared on the VCD releases in Russia. The early Russian DVDs also use this logo, but the later releases use the West Video logo from 2000's.

Editor's Note : This is very scary, especially the drawing of the spiral and the music.