Nelvana Logo History

Thanks to Lucas Estrada for requesting Nelvana (that sorta rhymed). Enjoy! Nelvana was founded in 1971 in Canada by Michael Hirsh (now in the directory of DHX Media), Patrick Loubert, and Clive A. Smith to produce and distribute children's animated shows and movies originally. The original specials the company produced (from 1977 until 1980) were distributed by Viacom Enterprises. Until 1985, the company did not have an animated logo separate from the credits at the end of their shows, instead using an in-credit version of its logo. Today, it's a subsidiary of Corus Entertainment. The company's name originally came from a female Canadian comic book superhero from the 1940s named Nelvana of the Northern Lights, but the three decided to use a polar bear instead for a logo in order to avoid confusion. Nelvana is known for making shows like Max & Ruby, Mysticons, Franklin, The Care Bears, Babar, Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends, and many more!

[@richbird7476]

Timestamps: 0:43 In-Credit Nelvana 1:00 In-Credit Polar Bear 2:24 Neon Polar Bear 5:06 Space Polar Bear 7:18 Still Polar Bear 7:25 Aurora Polar Bear 10:05 Space Polar Bear Wannabe 10:19 Simple Polar Bear

[@aydaybolotbekova6985]

9:48 so 😰scary 🇷🇺🇮🇳

[@WigglesSuperWhyFan-od3wp]

9:15 That catchy beat background there

[@trackkstoofficial]

I Always Saw the 2004-Present as a kid

[@chikamotokenji3217]

Same

[@lynchyboy1953]

So did i

[@PJBerriOfficial]

Same

[@IndigoVoidigo]

Same here. Who wants to cry? Because I do...

[@fabianacortes6017]

@@chikamotokenji3217 j

[@nickelodeongamer1990]

i used to love to watch the magic school bus, little bear and the backyardigans and those shows are my favorite childhood also i love nelvana as well

[@miguelperalta8031]

2:40 cute baby polar bear

[@MudkipWithShades]

I remember seeing these logos watching My Friend Rabbit and Jacob Two-Two growing up! Oh, the nostalgia! I'm not Canadian, by the way, these shows aired on the Qubo channel I grew up with from late 00's to early 10's. :)

[@JontyMaster]

Some shows produced by Nelvana (along with other companies) I remember watching include Mike the Knight, The Backyardigans, Handy Manny, Guess with Jess, The Adventures of Chuck and Friends, Scaredy Squirrel, The ZhuZhus, and Mysticons.

[@MudkipWithShades]

@@JontyMaster I never really heard of them, but I might check them out!

[@ДмитрийИванов-д8й7ж]

I also remember the 2004 Nelvana Limited logo from Being Ian

[@Twinklethefox9022]

Same.

[@MsYukizomesorangejuice]

​​@JontyMaster don't forget max and ruby

[@natepike1752]

As a Canadian, I can conform this video is a masterpiece.

[@kimberlyburks2812]

@ryth 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@gustavoceballos5327]

1:29: from the 1985 VHS print of “The Care Bears Movie” Note: the ending credits are in the blue background. 1:53: from newer prints of “The Care Bears Movie”

[@aubreeofarc]

1:53 Actually, it's from the original theatrical release, which can be seen in 35mm prints of the film before the 1985 G Rated MPAA screen at the end. The blue end credits first appeared in the 1985 VHS and can be seen in TV airings. However, as of the 2000 MGM VHS release, the original end credits were restored back into the film.

[@Solar_Planet_YT]

8:20 Johnny: *pouring goop*. CH11: johnny what are you doing??? Johnny: nothin!

[@mrshoutz]

That variation is from grossalogy

[@IDESPISEPILLOW]

I misread goop as poop 😂

[@johnm4669]

Happy 50th Anniversary to Nelvana!

[@kiricappuchin]

Love the Present logo. Very minimalistic and cute

[@idmorfe]

5:24 - 8:23 I like it (after the "Kirby: Right Back at Ya!" credits).

[@brianodonnell4496]

It was belong to 4Kids.

[@TripLQYesCablinsfansNo]

Noo U

[@MsYukizomesorangejuice]

At 2:56 that sounded like king dedede

[@idmorfe]

8:20 I like it too.

[@TripLQYesCablinsfansNo]

No!

[@idmorfe]

8:20 This won't hurt a bit. Hahahahahahahahaha! In your face, Nelvana!

[@soraiamello9052]

Not funny

[@LovelyYT]

Makiko! You rascal!

[@camilavargas1078]

Nooop. Polar Bear got covered in *boogers* 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😂😂

[@BombFruitReal]

Corus: hey don't bully my freind!

[@miguelperalta2596]

4:42 Taken from Little bear and Nick Jr Bloop.

[@MsYukizomesorangejuice]

The first space polar bear (from watching the 80s care bears cartoon) and the 2004 polar bear from shows like max and ruby were my childhood, and im not canadian

[@shirleyanderson8548]

7:26 5:20 grew up with this

[@shirleyanderson8548]

Thanks for the heart

[@MsYukizomesorangejuice]

Me too

[@Itsjms2006]

I can’t be the only one who forgot this logo existed

[@zweilonginus2312]

7:08, 9:06 and 9:37 are the most nostalgic ones for me

[@daronray7921]

Yesssssssss for me too

[@yeisr]

ń

[@RealNahuelBarcelo06]

The 9:06 yes

[@josephheintzel3354]

9:15 What show is this?

[@JontyMaster]

No idea, sorry!

[@wubbboi3865]

Hot Wheels Battle Force 5

[@josephheintzel3354]

Ohhhhh.

[@Tails94able]

I love Pippi Longstocking!

[@DDDthe_goat]

I love Nelvana!

[@chris_theawsomeboi]

The Extended Version Of The 2004-Present Version Scared Me? Wait... IT DOES SCARE ME!!!

[@kidsmarion7795]

No it didn’t scare you.

[@chanijaroslawicz9861]

I love Nelvana.

[@richbird7476]

Request: Nickelodeon Shows Closing Logos History

[@ashkirby8896]

1:30 Omgosh, is that from the first Care Bears movie?!😮😱🤯😶‍🌫️ 3:19 And there’s the old cartoon as well! This sure brings back childhood memories!😄🤩😎👌😭🤧

[@richbird7476]

Request: The Ultimate Nelvana Simple Polar Bear Logo Compilation (2016-present)

[@TheRetroCollecterWhoEatsCheese]

6:23 This Game Winner Is Toon Chance

[@FabricioBlengino]

Stickin Around

[@DiaryOSC]

10:00 HELLO GUYS WE ARE BACK FROM THE VIDEO, TODAY-

[@Mak1nBaconOfficial]

LMFAO THE WAY HE TALKS

[@Mak1nBaconOfficial]

@@DiaryOSC calm down bro take a chill pill dude, no need to get angry over my vocabulary

[@electrowarrior_pvz2]

8:18 Wayside was my childhood

[@LovelyYT]

8:49 Also Lobri

[@LovelyYT]

No, That's a Nickelodeon

[@erikacaldascabrera5112]

It's Wayside

[@cortesdodanioficial]

3:22 my favorite

[@richbird7476]

Request: The Ultimate Universal Pictures Zooming Globe Logo Compilation (1963-1990)

[@johnm4669]

9:04 - 9:05 NELVANA logo from Backyardigans

[@randomderandom3026]

So is 9:11, 9:20

[@richbird7476]

Request: The Ultimate Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Animated CGI Globe Logo Compilation (1998-2012)

[@brianodonnell4496]

Universal Cartoon Studios?

[@NBCSPE]

7:26 My Favorite! :3

[@classicsonicstvcommercialvault]

Thanks! 😊

[@saulfabregwiivc]

9:23 where did this short logo variant come from? (what series did air that logo variant?)

[@JontyMaster]

After some searching, I think I found it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5PMq4iLZd17q6M

[@IndigoVoidigo]

7:26 is my childhood...

[@loganmccuphead3545]

Same

[@dasaisbusyrightnow]

Agreed

[@TripLQYesCablinsfansNo]

Same

[@MsYukizomesorangejuice]

Same

[@bearyman7137]

6:43 cartoon was that - CardCaptors

[@aaronjamilvillanuevaschann7893]

I like this history!

[@RivaJaroslawicz]

Nelvana is a logo from Little Bear and was the video on Nick Jr.

[@jordandurso9292]

4:29 the magic school bus

[@katcham4193]

9:51 marvin the tap danving horse

[@tigertiger2813]

9:35 Franklin Friends

[@PresidentHayes2023]

7:18 Therapist: ITC Bauhaus Pro Bold Nelvana Substitute Logo isn't real, it can't hurt you. ITC Bauhaus Pro Bold Nelvana Substitute Logo:

[@hrrproductions553]

Now that is a really impressive Logo History for Nelvana in my opinion! 🤩😉👍 But, if you don't mind me asking... Where did you get the (5:57 - 6:09) version of the logo? I would like to know, you see

[@idmorfe]

6:46 I thought it was supposed to be Pit's victory theme, not Dark Pit's.

[@RealNahuelBarcelo06]

Thats a epik fail which can't be fixed, bruh

[@GR8GUYNo1]

I grew up with 2004-Present logo

[@JontyMaster]

Same

[@colinmiller8824]

I was a year old when the 2004 logo was first used

[@NathanSimpsonnathanisbeast]

Same!!! I even saw a rare version of it when CBBC here in the U.K. were showing “Sidekick”, one of Nelvana’s Cartoons From Late 2010! In that version when it showed the Nelvana logo the logo would freeze for a few seconds whilst the haze lighting in the background was doing it’s animation and whilst the end of the theme tune would play, then it would cut to a CBBC promo for a different show!

[@ThatOneLebaneseGuy]

Me too! I remember watching a lot of Canadian cartoons in my childhood

[@miguelperalta2596]

Me too

[@markgurrola8536]

8:21 polar bear: what the f**k!?

[@SatsukiVM]

Grossology

[@mrshoutz]

Definitely not watching that movie soon I mean it has the word gross right in it.

[@richbird7476]

Request: The Ultimate Nelvana Space Polar Bear Logo Compilation (1996-2005, 2004-2013)

[@nick_stuff]

8:17 8:38 and 8:49 are from wayside

[@richbird7476]

Request: The Ultimate Universal Pictures 90s MCA Globe Logo Compilation (1990-1997, 1998)

[@valeriorodrigues3351]

as a brazilian, i love the 2004 logo and the 2016 logo as a kid

[@Heyllamadudetopic]

9:47 is my childhood and scares me but when I saw the extended version I got less afraid of it

[@AyanoAishisdaughter]

1:02 Taken from The Devil and Daniel Mouse (1978)

[@richbird7476]

Request: Paper Kite Productions Logo History

[@richbird7476]

Request: The Ultimate Warner Bros. Pictures Classic Shield Logo Compilation (1948-1967)

[@katcham4193]

6:48 corduroy the bear animaton cels from the episode

[@richbird7476]

Request: The Ultimate Universal Pictures Majestic Globe Logo Compilation (2012-present)

[@richbird7476]

Request: The Nelvana Neon Polar Bear Logo Compilation (1985-2003)

[@Tails94able]

5:43 There's really nothing to it!

[@zekesanchez8686]

What show is that from

[@Tails94able]

@@zekesanchez8686 Pippi Longstocking (1997)

[@Thatonefastboi]

I went on noggin and watched a backyardigans episode and I saw this logo

[@cineplexuk-fabian7976]

8:20 imagine if a bird pooped on the logo

[@sebabearchambers9326]

6:42 it Was From CardCaptors

[@sebabearchambers9326]

i think i did

[@richbird7476]

Request: The Universal Pictures Shimmering Globe Logo Compilation (1997-2012)

[@adonislee6131]

I realized that Nelvana is 10 yrs older than my mom. Edit: Sorry, 11 yrs older

[@Tails94able]

That's ok. It happens like that.

[@TheBESTAnimatorsOSC]

My dad is the same age as nelvana

[@banditthekid9753]

3 years younger than my mom lol

[@WonderfulSenkiZesshou]

My Favorite Nelvana Shows Are: Rupert,Pandalian,Pippi Longstocking,Ruby Gloom,Redwall

[@GenkiRose325]

My favorite show from them is….. the first five seasons of Cyberchase!

[@richbird7476]

Request: The Ultimate Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Comcast Globe Logo Compilation (2012-present)

[@LDTV22OfficialChannel]

It gives me goosebumps.

[@PomPomthePigtailGirl]

Where Did You Find The Blue Background Variant Of The Care Bears Movie? 1:29

[@JontyMaster]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2Kmnp-Ad7-Vnbs

[@johnhorton1527]

4:21 What's that From?

[@markgurrola8536]

10:26 that music reminds me of Silver's theme from sonic 06

[@LovelyYT]

It kinda does sound like it (That song is a bop!)

[@mattconaway7925]

Magic School Bus is my favorite show from Nelvana.

[@JontyMaster]

That show is a classic! Ride on the Magic School Bus! Beep beep, beep beep!

[@Thatonefastboi]

Well mine is the backyardigans.that is my favorite show from nelvana

[@TheBESTAnimatorsOSC]

Mine is max and ruby

[@francesmackey1055]

Mine is Cyberchase! It was animated by Nelvana from seasons 1-5

[@thegreatLL500X]

I don't get it. The 1995 logo ran from 95-05, but by then the 2004 logo would've already been in use. Did some shows still use the 95' logo up until 2005? I'm kinda confused.

[@nachoalvarez7171]

Yes

[@Jac-Man]

Sometimes companies will use multiple logos. Not sure why.

[@hajime9958]

So here's the reason why they were still using the 95 from 2005 logo most of those companies use multiple logos especially in international when it comes to shows.

[@flakytheporcupine89]

One of the iconic canadian logos

[@kimshoulders8663]

9:29 is from that thingy

[@miguelperalta2596]

Who believes in cute baby polar bears

[@JontyMaster]

I do!

[@supercubes6086]

Me

[@Calliasahararain272]

@Michael Meyer i do too! :)

[@HH-yi2mb]

7:14 Why were Jimmy Neutron and Timmy Turner part of Nelvana, when they were actually made by Nickelodeon?

[@dcb99filmz]

Nelvana distributed those shows in the rest of the world

[@voyagerii6194]

Oh, now I know

[@hajime9958]

Technically the Jimmy Timmy power hour was made by Butch Hartman, O entertainment, DNA productions and Frederator (distribution) Why is Nelvana not a part of the Jimmy Timmy power hour I think it got replaced by Frederator and only Nelvana is the international distribution of the fairly OddParents seasons 1 through 5 before switching to Frederator productions being the distribution on DVDs along with Nickelodeon. And also since if you live in the USA like me it will only just play Butch Hartman's creative production billbard and Frederator for who distributes adventure Time so for international countries it would show all three logos Frederator, Nelvana and billbard inc and that's only through seasons 1 through 5. So when short terms it would be the same thing for us in the USA and the same thing for international countries but only only through for the fairly OddParents if you're asking only through seasons 1 through 5 that you will see Nelvana. All the other seasons are made by Nickelodeon productions frederator productions and Butch Hartman production billbard inc. That's what it says on Wikipedia I hope it kind of makes sense and sorry it's very long.

[@johnm4669]

7:26 - 7:55 - 8:03 - 8:23 - 8:24 - 9:02 - 9:03 - 9:05 - 9:06 - 9:11 - 10:18 - 10:19

[@nickoncooljacksonvideoskid1039]

Thank you for the video

[@idmorfe]

6:18 I love the Yoram Gross Village Roadshow. Now I don't.

[@ManF3]

NOTE: idmorfe's not talking about the Australian film company that made movies with WB, he's talking about the TV show that it's not a favourite of him anymore.

[@LovelyYT]

0:43 What show is it

[@aubreeofarc]

Nelvana's first animated special called A Cosmic Christmas

[@TheFrankClaas]

ITS NICE TO SEE YOU JONTY MASTER

[@JontyMaster]

You too

[@mouldinggod]

5:22 7:26 7:34 Grew up with these ones

[@shirleyanderson8548]

Same except instead of both the short and long version of the 2004 logo I only saw the short version

[@loganmccuphead3545]

Favorite logo is 10:19

[@Uncanny45000]

2:19

[@Blank53689]

3:54 *Sith Lightsaber Sound*

[@shanecthechipsandnuggetslo4592]

I see the 2004 version when I was little

[@christianaquinoq.8657]

9:55 The ZhuZhus ending ;)

[@robertooliveirawaknin7800]

8:20 Who Is This Show From?

[@aubreeofarc]

Grossology

[@Juan-c8s9u]

Nelvana Limited Logo History A Corus Company A Corus Entertainment Company

[@Pr3st3s]

This polar bear scared me when i was a child.

[@adriandzikon797]

8:42 nelvana logo from poland and what name of series or movie is this?

[@Calliasahararain272]

idk

[@orlandopleitez1828]

no idea

[@Crazycoasterfan2009]

6:11 Is Godzilla The Series

[@JontyMaster]

I quite like Godzilla!

[@Crazycoasterfan2009]

@@JontyMaster Really?

[@theiathecorgi8678]

2:24 sounds like a sith lightsaber sound

[@johnm4669]

10:18 - 10:19

[@saulfabregwiivc]

Second comment in this video 😅 10:00 where i can watch the original video of this boy commenting when the Nelvana International 2004 logo appears? It seems that he played Beyblade G-Revolution for GBA there, but i'd like to watch the original video. Thanks! ❤

[@RubberDaMusician]

5:24 Man: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@DiaryOSC]

5:28 Woman: That’s right, Babar.

[@leteziaedwards5445]

8:20 Nelvana: does logo as usual Also Nelvana: proceeds to get covered in goo (or pus?)

[@leteziaedwards5445]

5:10 The logo:😮 The Music: 💀

[@TheBESTAnimatorsOSC]

9:02 YES MY CHILDHOOD 2 ❤9:29

[@Heyllamadudetopic]

Me too