Hatena Educational Group

1st Logo

(July 12, 2009-September 3, 2015, April 10, 2021)

Nicknames: "Stars!", "Star Sign", "Too Much Game Characters on the Rocket!"

Logo: On the starry, space background, we see a load of video game characters on the rocket. One of them holds a star with the Hatena Educational Group written on it.

Variants:

On most Mario and Sonic cartoons made by DiC, the space background was red.

On 2010 re-run of Chibi and Friends on JKids, Mew was added in the logo and the company's name was tinted pink.

On one episode of Arthur, the space background started flashing and the characters (in the scared mood) jumped off the rocket.

On the 2013 airing of TV special Halloween Is Grinch Night, Sylveon from Pokémon was added in the logo.

On 2016 reruns ReBoot episodes "NullZilla" and "In the Belly of the Beast", Magearna from Pokémon was added in the logo.

On the Super Mario World episode "Mama Luigi", Luigi says "That's Mama Luigi to you, Mario!" and the scene cuts to black.

On SpongeBob SquarePants as well as the animated short Me, the Wolf and the Rooster, the rocket was red.

On Super Smash Bros. The Fourth - Red and Super Smash Bros. The Fourth - Blue, Rayman, Spyro, Crash, Banjo, and Conker, were in the rocket, making the first five American-produced characters to appear in this logo.

On the 2009-15 re-runs of Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, Kirby says "HIIIIIIIIII!" and then Meta Knight says "Will you shut up?"

On Spin Jam, an extended version is seen. In this version, all of the characters from the normal version are replaced by the characters from the game this movie is based on, which are Gilly, Poppy, Wigsey, Aqualad, Babybot, Lemon Drop, Nips, and Booger. They climb onto the rocket, which is being held by two thick wooden sticks. Then Poppy inserts a quarter into the rocket, and then it starts floating around above the pedestal.

FX/SFX: The rocket moving and characters moving. The Spin Jam variant uses computer animation from the now defunct Blue Sky Studios using Autodesk Maya.

Trivia: The characters on the rocket were the frog from the Flipnote logo, Famicon Disk System mascot Diskun, Goemon, Captain Falcon, Link, three Pikmin, Mega Man, Cut Man, TwinBee, WinBee, GwinBee, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy Rose, Fololo, Falala, Meta Knight, Kirby, Ness, Luigi, Mario (who holds a sign), Pikachu, Ash, Misty, Brock, May, Max, Dawn, Tiff, Tuff, and Gooey.

Music/Sounds: None or the ending theme of the show.

Music/Sounds Variants:
 * In some rare occasions starting in 2013, a pop remix of the the "Wrestler Select" theme from the 1989 NES game Tecmo World Wrestling was used.
 * The variants had various sounds and dialogue above.
 * The Spin Jam variant has a synthesized fanfare.

Availability: Common.
 * It was seen on all Hatena Educational shows on PBS Kids, Hatena Channel, Fox, Disney Channel, and numerous other channels.
 * Despite officially retiring in September 2015, it made a surprise appearance at the beginning of Spin Jam, while the next logo appears at the end of the movie. Probably because it took five years to complete.

Editor's Note: This logo looks like it was made in the 1980s. Regardless, it's a beautiful logo.

2nd Logo

(September 3, 2015-)

Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA.

Availability: Current and common.

Editor's Note: A welcoming change from the previous logo, but those expecting the previous logo could be startled.