Banpresto

Banpresto Co., Ltd
Native name
 株式会社バンプレスト
Kabushiki gaisha Banpuresuto
Formerly
  • Hoei Sangyo
  • (1977-1982)
  • Coreland
  • (1982-1989)
Kabushiki gaisha
Subsidiary
Industry Wholesale
Founded April 1977 (1977-04) (original company, merged with BEC to form B.B. Studio)[1]
April 1, 2008 (2008-04-01) (current company)[2]
Headquarters Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Products Toys
Parent Bandai Namco Holdings
Website www.banpresto.co.jp/english/

Banpresto Co., Ltd. (株式会社バンプレスト, Kabushiki gaisha Banpuresuto) is a Japanese toy company, and a former game developer and publishing, headquartered in the Shinagawa Seaside West Building in Shinagawa, Tokyo.[3] The current iteration of the company was formed on April 1, 2008, with the focus on the toy consumer business.[2]

The original company was founded April 1977 as Hoei Sangyo, Co. Ltd.. During the 1980s it worked mainly as a subcontractor for Sega and its arcade division,[4] and the company was renamed Coreland in 1982. It started to be partially owned by Bandai in 1989, when it gained its current name.[5] It became a wholly owned subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings in March 2006.

Banpresto has created a variety of Japan-only video games, most notably the Super Robot Wars series. Other projects include anime tie-in games such as the Slam Dunk basketball games and Tenchi Muyou! Game Hen. Banpresto also made the Another Century's Episode series, a collaboration with FromSoftware, and the Compati Hero series of games which crosses over the Ultraman, Kamen Rider and Gundam franchises. Banpresto also makes several varieties of mechanical prize-winning games. As Coreland, the company has produced a number of games for Sega, including Pengo, 4-D Warriors and I'm Sorry.

Banpresto's video game operations were merged with BEC to form the successor company B.B. Studio, which was delegated into Bandai Namco Games on April 1, 2008. [2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "History". BANDAI NAMCO Holdings Inc. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "History". Banpresto. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Company Outline". 18 February 2008. Archived from the original on 18 February 2008. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
  4. ↑ "Banpresto Co., Ltd". MobyGames. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  5. ↑ IGN.com: Banpresto
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