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FUNimation's new logo

Post by SilverPlaqueVII » Tue Jan 12, 2016 9:07 pm

http://www.funimation.com/blog/2016/01/ ... unimation/

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Thoughts on the new logo/brand? They seem to go back to the purple roots without the red.
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Re: FUNimation's new logo

Post by eledoremassis02 » Tue Jan 12, 2016 9:11 pm

It looks familiar. Kinda looks more like a toy company logo. Just for fun here is one of their earlier logos
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Re: FUNimation's new logo

Post by samuraix123 » Tue Jan 12, 2016 11:08 pm

I can dig it. 8) this'll probably be locked though because it's not really Dragonball related.
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Re: FUNimation's new logo

Post by Metalwario64 » Tue Jan 12, 2016 11:14 pm

Yeah, will certainly be locked.

I for one, greatly dislike it though, because it's a very boring font, and that's all it is. I hate modern logos that are nothing more than a "stylized" font.
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Re: FUNimation's new logo

Post by Dbzfan94 » Tue Jan 12, 2016 11:19 pm

I liked their logo from the old days tbh.
Their previous one was fine but thus just seems overly simplistic

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Re: FUNimation's new logo

Post by Tian » Tue Jan 12, 2016 11:41 pm

Nah, the former logo was better than this. just imagine how it will look in Home Media releases.
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Post by Sshadow5001 » Tue Jan 12, 2016 11:43 pm

Looks pretty lame, way to simplistic. I hope they didn't pay the designer too much for that.
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Re: FUNimation's new logo

Post by ShadowBardock89 » Wed Jan 13, 2016 1:16 am

Well, to make this Dragon Ball related, this is the logo that will appear on future DVD/Blu Ray cases of Dragon Ball footage (future movies, Super, the Kai Buu Saga, the 4 OVAs/Jump Specials, etc.)
You can go through your collection and see how much FUNimation has grown by just looking at the logo.
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Re: FUNimation's new logo

Post by Xeztin » Wed Jan 13, 2016 1:20 am

I kinda like the new style and I don't see really why it'd be locked as the company dubbs the Dragon Ball franchise and has aged ties to it itself. If they done red font and a white background it would have looked better imo.

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Post by Pokewhiz7 » Wed Jan 13, 2016 3:07 am

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I really actually like the old logo. I mean, it's extremely simplistic, yes, but it looks very old-school, immediately recognizable and somewhat nostalgic, like the old 4Kids! logo, which I used to see a lot when I was younger and watched Yu-Gi-Oh! I prefer simple to overly-complicated, but it still needs to have SOME defining factor, unlike this new logo.

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I don't like how the new logo doesn't appear connected to any of the old ones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qun2RtF7D9s

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Re: FUNimation's new logo

Post by Chuquita » Wed Jan 13, 2016 3:15 am

I rode by a sign the other day that looked near-exactly like that eyes/noseless smile in Funi's new logo. It was either for a park or an apartment complex. I wasn't thinking to take a picture of it.
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Re: FUNimation's new logo

Post by DoomieDoomie911 » Wed Jan 13, 2016 10:46 am

I prefer the previous one, to be honest.
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The font of the new one is way too "modern", and I really don't like the look of it.
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Re: FUNimation's new logo

Post by BlackCatScott » Wed Jan 13, 2016 11:14 am

I don't particularly like it.

It's such a rip off of the Animatsu logo.

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Re: FUNimation's new logo

Post by Kakacarrottop » Wed Jan 13, 2016 1:13 pm

I didn't really like the previous one, but that looks like the logo for some random weight loss company.

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Re: FUNimation's new logo

Post by nickzambuto » Wed Jan 13, 2016 2:15 pm

Looks boring as hell. What was wrong with the previous logos? They were actually pretty good and reminded me of oldschool anime, y'know with that star and stuff. But this doesn't even look like anything. It looks like the logo for a frozen yogurt shop.

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Re: FUNimation's new logo

Post by Lord Beerus » Wed Jan 13, 2016 5:19 pm

Meh. Preferred the old logo.

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Re: FUNimation's new logo

Post by Avenged » Wed Jan 13, 2016 5:53 pm

Why change a logo when it has become iconic in the anime industry?
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Re: FUNimation's new logo

Post by jelleline89 » Wed Jan 13, 2016 6:16 pm

If we can discuss the FUNimation logo, I guess we can also discuss the Viz Media logo.

http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtop ... =7&t=32992

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Re: FUNimation's new logo

Post by eledoremassis02 » Wed Jan 13, 2016 6:44 pm

I just realized there has been a Dragon Ball Z release with each new logo :think:

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