Gecko Studios

Background
Gecko Studios was a production company that was formed by Elliot Strange in 1987, based in Houston, Texas. Following creative issues at ABC centering on The Halloween Gang and them restructuring their programs under the guidance of the Q5 Corporation for that year's television season. Strange initially created Gecko to fulfill executive producer obligations due to him agreeing to helm the show's syndication package. Gecko would later expand to acquiring anime releases for localization and distribution on cable and independent junctures, along with other animated productions. Gecko would also produce commercials, namely for clients like Subway, Frito Lay (Munchos) and The Coca-Cola Company (Barq Root Beer), but are perhaps best known for producing advertisements for Japanese and Korean clients like Sharp, JVC, KEC Corporation and Funai, the latter mainly for their Symphonic line of televisions. Gecko would shut down professionally in 2004 after the release of their last film. Strange would move on to producing content for the internet, having started out on Newgrounds in 2002 and later creating a YouTube channel in 2005, moving to either full time in 2010. Gecko would return in-name only for two projects Strange assisted on.

1st Logo (1987)
Logo: Against a blackboard-like background, we see four characters; an adult blonde woman with a scowl, a black haired girl with glasses and braces, also having a shocked look, a short-haired brunette laughing and a girl with a forlorn look. "GECKO STUDIOS" is in the center in a scrawled font.

FX/SFX: None, beyond the fade-in.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the show.

Availability: Appeared on the syndication run of The Halloween Gang.This and the logos for Sternwest Productions and Entropy Films would wind up plastering the Blessard Animation Productions on local reruns of the first season of The Halloween Gang, as well as the eighth through thirteenth episodes of the second (those were traded off from the syndicated seasons) distributed through The Program Exchange. This also applies to earlier VHS releases through Family Home Entertainment, as Strange sanctioned the release. Newer prints, such as the budget DVD release by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, wind up removing the logos, and as is the case with shows produced by DiC Entertainment and those inherited Sony Pictures Television, the DiC and Coca-Cola Telecommunications logo are replaced with the Cookie Jar Entertainment and SPT Bars of Boredom respectively, while the Gecko, Sternwest and Entropy logos are replaced by the Blessard Animation Productions logo.

2nd Logo (1992-2020)
Logo: On a beige background, we see various characters, four of which being from the previous logo, running around before stopping by the center of the screen. They are holding one card each, which contains letters in the company name in differing fonts. A gecko embryo flies in from the right and bonks the head of the character standing nearest to the right, rubbing their head and looking agitated.

Variant(s):


 * An abridged version exists.
 * On the OVA Champion, this shares the screen with the logos for GoodTimes Entertainment, Central Park Media, Broadway Video and Distant Horizon.

FX/SFX: 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: Cartoony sounds corresponding to the actions, or the closing theme of the show.

Availability: First appeared on the Streamline Pictures dub of The Fairies of Silver Platte. Would go on to appear on the ADV Films dub of Esteem and the Central Park Media dub of Champion. It also appeared on the film Tonka: Search and Rescue, as well as all three Green Jean games (Strange served as a director and designer on each game, though its presence on the first game is attributed more to the SEGA CD version, the initial Genesis version didn't have it). The short version appeared on the unsold pilot for Foxtrot, The Halloween Kids, Forget Tess (the former and the first six episodes of the second had the original short variation while the later seven episodes and the latter show had the next.) It was brought back for Don't Watch These: Five of the Worst Movies Ever Made in 2012, and again in 2020 for Spongey Dev Kit.