Hatena Educational Group

1st Logo

(July 12, 2009-September 3, 2015)

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

Logo: On the starry, space background, we many 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, 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 and Spyro were in the rocket, making the first two American-produced characters to appear in this logo.

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

FX/SFX: The rocket moving and characters moving.

Trivia: The characters on the rocket were the frog from the Flipnote logo, Famicon Disk System mascot Diskun, Goemon, Mega Man, Cut Man, TwinBee, WinBee, GwinBee, Sonic, Fololo, Falala, Meta Knight, Kirby, Ness, Luigi, Mario (who holds a sign), and Pikachu.

Cheesy Factor: The logo looks like it was in the 80's-style.

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

Availability: Commonly seen on all Hatena Educational shows on PBS Kids and later Hatena Channel.

Scare Factor: Minimal due to music. Medium for the flashing background variant.

2nd Logo

(September 3, 2015 -)

TBA