Kogado Studio Explained
KOGADO STUDIO, Inc.
Japanese: 株式会社工画堂スタジオ |
| Foundation: | 1916
August, 1960 (public trading) |
| Location City: | Tokyo |
| Location Country: | Japan |
| Area Served: | Japan |
| Industry: | Video games |
| Num Employees: | 43 In total Kogado Software Products:
18 (as of June 25, 2009)
Kogado Studio:
25 (as of 24 April 2012)
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| Homepage: | http://www.kogado.com |
is a Japanese company which currently deals in graphic design and video game development.
The company was founded in 1916 as and originally handled design and printing. In the late 1960s Kogado entered the toy market and handled the Japanese localization of board games from Milton Bradley before creating original board games for Takara. The company later entered video game development in the 1980s.[1]
Kogado has released adventure, strategy, and bishōjo games for the MSX, MSX2, PlayStation 2 and PC, including such titles as Symphonic Rain, Gadget Trial, Little Witch Parfait, Tristia of the Deep-Blue Sea (which has been made an original video animation), and Power Dolls. The studio has a number of teams working together.
Subsidiaries
- KOGADO STUDIO, Inc. Design Production Division: Graphic design, digital content, corporate planning.
- KOGADO Software Products: Video game studio.
List of teams in Kogado Studio
- Usagi-san Team
- Kuroneko-san Team
- Iruka-san Team
- Kuma-san Team
- Shimarisu-san Team[2]
- Panda-san Team
- Kitsune-san Team
- Shukujo Team[3]
List of developed video games
Usagi-san Team
| 2000 | - Sequence Palladium MANIA KIT
- Sequence Palladium 2 MANIA KIT
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| 2003 |
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| 2004 | - Sequence Palladium 2 DVD
- Sequence Palladium 3 ~ Foam top and bottom
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| 2006 |
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| 2007 | - Palais de Royale
- POWER DoLLS series
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| 2008 |
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| 2020 | - Palais de Reine (remastered version)
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Kuroneko-san Team
| 1999 | - Little Witch Parfait
- Little Witch Renette
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| 2000 | - Flore in The Flower Garden
- Parfait Fan BOX
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| 2001 | - Angelic Concert
- Happy ★ Millefeuille
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| 2003 | - Heartful Memories DVD (Little Witch Parfait 2 Heartful Memories)
- Magical Twara Angel Rabbi ☆
- ASDVD-Newborn Love Song
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| 2004 |
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| 2005 | - Little Witch Parfait Complete
- Symphonic Rain (Collector Edition)
- AS Rabbi ☆ (Collector Edition)
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| 2006 |
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| 2007 | - Dear Pianissimo refrain
- Solfege
- Symphonic Rain (Popular Edition)
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| 2008 | - Solfege ~ Sweet harmony ~
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| 2009 | - Mimana Iyar Chronicle
- Solfege ~ La Finale ~
- Usotsuki and Inugami possession
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| 2011 | - Smile ☆ Shooter ~ Fast ☆ Chiketto ~
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| 2014 | - Little Witch Parfait-Kuroneko Mahouten Monogatari
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| 2017 | - Symphonic Rain (2017 remastered version)
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| 2022 | - Star Melody Yumemi Dreamer[4]
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Iruka-san Team
| 2001 |
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| 2002 | - RASETSU XAN-Rakshasa / Zan
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| 2004 |
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| 2005 | - Blue flow
- RASETSU 1 + Xan DVD pack
- Blue flow fan disc
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| 2006 | - Blue Blaster
- Blue Blaster Fan Disc
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Kuma-san Team
| 2002 |
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| 2003 | - Tristia Doki Doki Operation
- Schwarzchild V
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| 2004 | - Tristia of the Deep-Blue Sea Limited DVD Pack
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| 2005 | - Neosphere of the Deep-Blue Sky
- Neosphere of the Deep-Blue Sky: Exciting Adventure Effective E
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| 2008 | - Akatsuki no Amaneka and the Blue Giant
- Gadget Trial (Popular Edition)
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| 2010 | - Silver Cal and the Queen of the Blue Sky
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| 2023 | - Tristia:legacy[5]
- Tristia:restore
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Shimarisu-san Team
| 2011 |
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| 2012 | - Hakuisei Renai Shoukougun Re:Therapy
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| 2015 | - Hakuisei Aijou Izonjou[6]
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Panda-san Team
| 2003 | - Swordsman Hoshin Engi-Hoshin Engi Ibun
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Kitsune-san Team
| 1999 | - The Project Mars 2
- Schwarzschild III TRUTH
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| 2000 | - The Project Mars 3
- Psychic War 2: Great Ash
- Guys & Dolls
- Schwarzschild Z
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See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: 天皇陛下ご著書の装釘から『デュエマ』のイラスト、『覇邪の封印』まで! 多彩な事業を手がける1916年創業の100年企業「工画堂スタジオ」が経営危機に直面してもゲームを作り続ける理由とは!? . 6 December 2021 .
- Web site: 株式会社工画堂スタジオ ソフトウェア開発部.
- Web site: Kogado teams. Kogado. 2008-04-03. ja.
- Web site: Kogado Studio announces rhythm adventure game Star Melody: Yumemi Dreamer for PS4, Switch, and PC. 2021-09-30. Gematsu.
- Web site: Kogado Studio announces Tristia: Legacy and Tristia: Restore for Switch, PC . 2022-09-14. Gematsu.
- Web site: White Robe Love Addiction coming to PS Vita in Japan this April. 2015-01-06. Gematsu.
