Artoon
Sign in to saveArtoon Co., Ltd. (株式会社アートゥーン Kabushiki-Gaisha Ātūn) was a Japanese video game developer established in 1999 by former Sega members, namely Naoto Ohshima and Yoji Ishii. The studio was primarily affiliated in the United States with projects on Microsoft's Xbox and Xbox 360, although they had also worked with Hudson Soft and Nintendo on other platforms.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Artoon Co., Ltd. 株式会社アートゥーン
- Company.logo
- Artoon Logo.svg
- Company.type
- Subsidiary
- Company.industry
- Video games
- Company.fate
- Absorbed into AQ Interactive
- Company.foundation
- August 27, 1999
- Company.founder
- Naoto OhshimaYoji Ishii
- Company.defunct
- c. 2010
- Company.successor
- Arzest
- Company.location
- Yokohama, Japan
- Company.key_people
- Naoto Ohshima (president and CEO)Yoji Ishii (chairman)
- Company.num_employees
- 85
- Company.parent
- AQ Interactive
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game developer
- Country
- Japan
- Founded by
- Naoto Ohshima
- Headquarters
- Yokohama
- Parent organization
- AQ Interactive
- Industry
- video game industry
- Employees
- 85
- Legal form
- kabushiki gaisha
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- inception
- 1999-08-27
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2010-01-01
- Commons category
- Artoon
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Early years (1999-2004)
- AQ Interactive and later projects (2004-2010)
- Games developed
- See also
- References
Artoon Co., Ltd. (株式会社アートゥーン Kabushiki-Gaisha Ātūn) was a Japanese video game developer established in 1999 by former Sega members, namely Naoto Ohshima and Yoji Ishii. The studio was primarily affiliated in the United States with projects on Microsoft's Xbox and Xbox 360, although they had also worked with Hudson Soft and Nintendo on other platforms.
Artoon was situated in Yokohama, Kanagawa, with a secondary office in Naha, Okinawa. It became a subsidiary of AQ Interactive in May 2004, and was fully acquired in June 2005. Around 2010, Artoon, along with AQ's other development studios Feelplus and Cavia, were absorbed into AQ.
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