This Japanese producer of role-playing games founded in 1986 has has several anime adaptations based on their products, such as Legand of Crystania, Rune Soldier, and another series based on what trading card game?
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Group SNE Group SNE is a Japanese company founded in 1986 by the current president Hitoshi Yasuda, which produces role-playing games, light novels, board games and card games. Ryo Mizuno was one of the founding members. Group SNE is named after Syntax Error, the programming language BASIC's term. The most famous product of Group SNE is "Record of Lodoss War" well known for a fantasy anime adaptation. Moreover, there are several anime adaptations based upon Group SNE's products such as "Legend of Crystania, Mon Colle Knights and Rune Soldier.
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Mon Colle Knights Mon Colle Knights, known as Six Gates Far Away Mon Colle Knight (Japanese: 六門天外モンコレナイト , Hepburn: Rokumon Tengai Mon Kore Naito ) in Japan, is an anime and manga series. The original concept was made by Hitoshi Yasuda and Group SNE. The series is based on the Monster Collection trading card game.
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Persona (series) Persona, also known as Shin Megami Tensei: Persona, is a video game franchise developed and primarily published by Atlus. Focusing around a series of role-playing video games, "Persona" is a spin-off from Atlus' "Megami Tensei" franchise, and was originally based on the high school setting of "Shin Megami Tensei If...". The first entry in the series, "", was released in 1996. There have since been five further main titles, with the latest—"Persona 5"—being released in 2016 in Japan. Numerous spin-offs for multiple platforms have also been developed. The series takes its title from beings summoned by characters in battle, manifesting from their personality.
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Final Fantasy: Unlimited Final Fantasy: Unlimited (FF:U ～ファイナルファンタジー:アンリミテッド～ , FF:U ~Fainaru Fantajī: Anrimiteddo~ ) is an anime television series based on Square Enix's popular "Final Fantasy" role-playing video game franchise.
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Megami Paradise Megami Paradise (女神<ruby ><rb>天国</rb><rp> (</rp><rt >パラダイス</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby> , Megami Paradaisu ) is a role-playing game by NEC Home Electronics and released in 1994 on the PC Engine Super CD-Rom. A two-part OAV series was produced in 1995 by King Records, under their subdivision Starchild Records, and Studio Fantasia. It was directed by Katsuhiko Nishijima and follows in the tradition of his later works "Agent Aika" and "Najica" by having character designs by Noriyasu Yamauchi and having copious amount of upskirt shots. The anime is based on a manga by Akihiro Yoshizane which was serialised in "Dengeki G's Engine" magazine.
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Senran Kagura Senran Kagura (閃乱カグラ ) is a video game series developed by Tamsoft and produced by Marvelous Entertainment. The franchise revolves around groups of female ninjas, and has received several manga adaptations. An anime television adaptation produced by Artland aired in Japan between January and March 2013. The anime has been licensed by Funimation Entertainment in North America.
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Square Enix Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd. (株式会社スクウェア・エニックス・ホールディングス , Kabushiki gaisha Sukuwea Enikkusu Hōrudingusu ) is a Japanese video game developer, publisher, and distribution company that is best known for its role-playing video game franchises, which include "Final Fantasy", "Dragon Quest", and "Kingdom Hearts". Several of its franchises have sold over 10 million copies, with the "Final Fantasy" franchise selling over 115 million, and the company as a whole made over ¥150 billion in revenue in fiscal year 2014. The Square Enix headquarters are in the Shinjuku Eastside Square Building in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The company employs over 3800 employees worldwide.
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SaGa (series) SaGa (サガ ) is a series of science fiction open world role-playing video games formerly developed by Square, and is currently owned by Square Enix. The series originated on the Game Boy in 1989 as the creation of Akitoshi Kawazu. It has since continued across multiple platforms, from the Super Nintendo Entertainment System to the PlayStation 2. The series is notable for its emphasis on open world exploration, non-linear branching plots, and occasionally unconventional gameplay. This distinguished the series from most of Square's titles. There are currently ten games in the "SaGa" series, along with several ports and enhanced remakes.
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Leaf (Japanese company) Leaf is a Japanese visual novel studio under the publisher Aquaplus, and has offices in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, and Tokyo. It and its competitor Key (to which it is often compared) are two of the most popular and successful dedicated visual novel studios operating today. It was launched out of obscurity by its early release "To Heart". Leaf used the XviD video codec in several games: "Aruru to Asobo!!", "Tears to Tiara", "Kusari", and "ToHeart2 X Rated". Since XviD is free software, released under the GPL, Leaf was obligated to release the source code to those games under the same license. One still requires the game data to actually play the games with the source code. In addition, a free software game engine, named xlvns, was developed soon after Leaf released its first three visual novels. Characters from "Utawarerumono", "Tears to Tiara", "To Heart", and "Kizuato" are playable in "", a fighting game developed by Aquaplus featuring characters from various Leaf games.
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Rune Factory 3: A Fantasy Harvest Moon Rune Factory 3: A Fantasy Harvest Moon, known in Japan as Rune Factory 3 (ルーンファクトリー3 , "Rūn Fakutorī 3" ) , is a simulation/role-playing video game developed by Neverland Co. and published in Japan by Marvelous Entertainment for the Nintendo DS handheld console. It was published in North America by Natsume on November 9, 2010. It was released in Europe on September 30, 2011 by Rising Star Games. It is the fourth game in the "Rune Factory" series, and the third on the DS.
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The Legend of Sword and Fairy The Legend of Sword and Fairy (), also known as Chinese Paladin, is a game/media franchise created by Yao Zhuangxian (姚壯憲), and is developed by Taiwanese company Softstar. The franchise centers on a series of Chinese mythology-based role-playing video games, but also includes two live-action TV series adapted from the games. The eponymous first game in the series is published by Softstar's "Crazy Boyz" team (狂徒創作群) in 1995, and became both a commercial and critical success, and multiple sequels has been spawned due to its popularity. The video game series has since branched into other genres such as business simulation games and MMORPGs. It was regarded as one of the most iconic Chinese RPGs ever made.
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Mother (video game) Mother (Japanese: マザー ) , later released outside Japan as EarthBound Beginnings, is a role-playing video game developed by Ape and published by Nintendo for the Famicom. The game is modeled on the gameplay of the "Dragon Quest" series, but is set in the late 20th-century United States, unlike its fantasy genre contemporaries. "Mother" follows the young Ninten as he uses his great-grandfather's studies on psychic powers to fight hostile, formerly inanimate objects and other enemies. The game uses random encounters to enter a menu-based, first-person perspective battle system. It is the first game in the "Mother" series and was followed by two sequels, "EarthBound" in 1994 and "Mother 3" in 2006.
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Crystal Defenders Crystal Defenders (クリスタル・ディフェンダーズ , Kurisutaru Difendāzu ) is a series of turn-based strategy video games developed by MSF/Winds and published by Square Enix. It comprises several iterations released for mobile phones and through online video game delivery services. The games are set in the fictional world of Ivalice and features job classes, monsters and summoned creatures from the tactical role-playing game "".
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Norn9 Norn9 (NORN9 ノルン＋ノネット , Norn9 Norun+Nonetto ) is an otome game for PlayStation Portable. It was developed by Otomate and published by Idea Factory. The game was originally going to be launched on May 23, 2013, but its release was delayed one week. A PlayStation Vita port, entitled "Norn9: Var Commons", was released on December 11, 2014. A fandisk titled "Norn9: Last Era" has been announced and was released on April 2, 2015. On March 2, 2014, it was announced that an anime adaptation was in the works. The anime ran from January 7 to March 31, 2016.
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Enix Enix Corporation (株式会社エニックス , Kabushiki-gaisha Enikkusu ) was a Japanese video game publisher that produced video games, anime and manga. Enix is known for publishing the "Dragon Quest" series of role-playing video games.
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Tokyo Majin Gakuen Tokyo Majin Gakuen Denki (東京魔人學園伝奇 ) is a franchise of Japanese video games, manga, and anime. The name "Tokyo Majin Gakuen" translates to ""Tokyo Wizard Academy"". Although there is a 2007 anime series which was released internationally, none of the original video games were ever released outside Japan.
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ELF Corporation ELF Corporation (エルフ or élf) was an eroge studio. One of its most popular games is "Dōkyūsei", a pioneering dating sim, which has had a sequel, and been turned into video and TV series. The character design of the main villains from the "-saku" series is the company mascot. They are also known for role-playing video games such as the "Dragon Knight" series and visual novel adventure games such as "YU-NO".
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Tales of Vesperia Tales of Vesperia (Japanese: テイルズ オブ ヴェスペリア , Hepburn: Teiruzu Obu Vesuperia ) is a Japanese role-playing video game developed by Namco Tales Studio for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 (PS3). The tenth mainline entry in the "Tales series", it was published in Japan and North America by Namco Bandai Games in 2008, and in European territories by Atari in 2009. An expanded port of the game for the PS3 was released in 2009 in Japan, but has not been released in Western territories. The gameplay is similar to previous "Tales" games, featuring a new version of the series' trademark action-based Linear Motion Battle System, while also introducing new elements such as online scoring boards.
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Wild Arms (series) Wild Arms (ワイルドアームズ , Wairudo Āmuzu ) , also known by the title "Wild ARMs", is a media franchise developed by Media.Vision and owned by Sony Computer Entertainment. The franchise spawns several Western-themed role-playing video games and related media. Since the launch of the original "Wild Arms" title in 1996, the series has gone on to encompass several media, including toys, manga, mobile phone applications, and a 22-episode anime. "Wild Arms" remains noteworthy in the computer and video game industry as being one of the few role-playing series to adopt an American Old West motif. Characters, settings, and music within the series contain visual and audio cues to American westerns, as well as traditional fantasy and science fiction elements.
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Katamari The Katamari (塊 , lit. "Mass" or "Cluster") series is a video game franchise created by Keita Takahashi and developed and published by Namco (and subsequently Bandai Namco Entertainment). The series puts players in control of a character called The Prince as he uses a ball called a katamari to roll up objects. The first title in the series was "Katamari Damacy" for the PlayStation 2, which became a cult classic and led to several sequels and spin-offs.
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Grandia Grandia (グランディア , Gurandia ) is a series of role-playing video games that have been developed by Game Arts throughout the whole series and have been published over the years by ESP Software, Sony Computer Entertainment, Ubisoft, Hudson Soft, Enix, Square Enix and GungHo Online Entertainment. The latest installment is published by GungHo Online Entertainment with the game entitled "Grandia Online". Games in the "Grandia" series have been released for Sega Saturn, PlayStation, Dreamcast, Game Boy Color, PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Windows. The latest installment was released for Microsoft Windows on July 2009 entitled "Grandia Online", its services remained online for three years until they shut down in 2012.
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Chrono (series) The Chrono (Japanese: クロノ ) series is a video game franchise developed and published by Square, and is currently owned by Square Enix. The series began in 1995 with the time travel role-playing video game "Chrono Trigger", which spawned two continuations, "", and "Chrono Cross". A promotional anime called "Dimensional Adventure Numa Monjar" and two ports of "Chrono Trigger" were also produced. As of March 31, 2003, "Chrono Trigger" was Square Enix's 12th best-selling game, with 2.65 million units shipped. "Chrono Cross" was the 24th, with 1.5 million units. By March 2011, the two games sold over 5.3 million units combined. The games in the series have been called some of the greatest of all time, with most of the praise going towards "Chrono Trigger". The series' original soundtracks, composed by Yasunori Mitsuda, have also been praised, with multiple soundtracks being released for them.