Radical Entertainment Animation

1st Logo (April 20, 1993-February 20, 1996)
Logo: On a black background, we see red spheres coming in on all sides of the screen. They collide to form a red ball with a handwritten "r" on it, which zooms out to the left of the screen as the background turns into the surface of the red ball passing in a blurred form. Then "radical entertainment animation" appears in the middle-right of the screen, stacked vertically.

FX/SFX: The red spheres forming the ball, the zooming out of the ball, the background turns into a blurred surface of the ball, and the words appearing.

Music/Sounds: A completely uninspired electric guitar theme.

Availability: Can be seen on the original VHS releases of Batman, Teenage Mutant Power Dragons, Street Sharks, and Gargoyles.

Scare Factor: Low.

2nd Logo (August 6, 1996-March 26, 2002)
Logo: On a black space background, we see a white sphere in the direct center of the screen zooming and rotating, moving closer to us. As the rotating progresses, we see that the sphere keeps dividing into smaller and smaller spheres. As soon as the sphere is all the way zoomed toward the viewer, the sphere breaks into several small pieces, filling the screen with white. The camera pans to the right of the space background as the white pieces form the words "radical entertainment animation", stacked vertically, and in white. The red ball from the last logo lies right next to the words.

FX/SFX: The white sphere rotating, the pan and scan effects; all excellent CGI for a logo made in 1996!

Music/Sounds: A synthesized theme, that ranges from ominous to more electric at the end, accompanied by metallic noises.

Availability: Seen on Bulémon (seasons 1-3) and Beast Wars: Trainsformers VHS releases from the era. Also seen on some other properties from the company, like VHS tapes of Beast Machines, Donkey Kong Country, Batman, Superman, Gargoyles, and Power Dragons.

Scare Factor: Medium. The dark atmosphere, explosion and eerie music may scare some, but nonetheless, it is a favorite to Bulémon fans.

3rd Logo (April 30, 2002-2005)
Logo: Same as the 2001-2003 Radical Entertainment logo, except the text "ANIMATION" appears below the logo.

FX/SFX: Same as the 2001-2003 Radical Entertainment logo.

Music/Sounds: Same as the 2001-2003 Radical Entertainment logo.

Availability: Seen on all Radical Entertainment Animation releases from the period, including VHS tapes and DVDs of Bulemon, Power Dragons, Trainsformers: Energon, Trainsformers: Armada, Trainsformers: Cybertron, and Beast Wars: Trainsformers.

Scare Factor: Minimal.

Final Note: After 2005, the Radix Media logo introduced that year became the de-facto home video logo.