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| name = Vanillaware Ltd. | logo = Vanillaware small logo.PNG | predecessor = Puraguru | type = | foundation = February 8, 2002 (as Puraguru)[1] | location = Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan[1] | industry = Video game industry | revenue = | num_employees = 26 (as of January 2016)[1] | key_people = George Kamitani (president and game director) | products = GrimGrimoire Odin Sphere Muramasa Dragon's Crown | homepage = vanillaware.co.jp }}{{nihongo|Vanillaware Ltd.|ヴァニラウェア有限会社|Vanirawea Yūgen-gaisha}} is a Japanese video game developer founded by former Capcom and Atlus employee George Kamitani. Previously, it was known as Puraguru from 2002 until 2004, when it renamed as Vanillaware. The studio's past projects have specialized in 2D, or sprite-based, game design. They have garnered positive attention from fans and game media alike for embracing 2D game design[2] in a market dominated by 3D games. The company was formed from members of the Atlus project team which had developed Princess Crown for the Sega Saturn in 1997. Company historyVanillaware was founded under the name Puraguru in February 2002 by former employees of Atlus, including game director George Kamitani and two others, who had all previously been part of the development team of Princess Crown for the Sega Saturn in 1997.[3] At the time, Kamitani was working for Square Enix as developmental director for its PC title Zero, and had previously been employed by other video game companies such as Capcom, where he worked on arcade titles like Tower of Doom,[4] and Racjin, where he served in an outsourced capacity.[5] In 2004, the company changed its name to Vanillaware Ltd.,[3] and has since made a commitment to produce games that primarily feature 2D graphics as opposed to more mainstream 3D works.[6] The company uses proprietary programming toolsets inspired by Adobe Flash, as well as a graphic development process known as tebineri or "hand-shaping", which allows the artists to create characters and environments that look 3D but are rendered entirely from two-dimensional pixels.[6] The company's first completed game was Odin Sphere for the PlayStation 2, which was published by Atlus. Though the title was finished in 2006, Atlus withheld the game from release until May 2007 due to the popularity of its own in-house role-playing game Persona 3 to avoid conflicting sales.[5] Though development on its second project, GrimGrimoire did not begin until after Odin Sphere was completed, it was actually released one month before in Japan and was published by Nippon Ichi Software.[5] By 2009, the company had grown to 21 employees, whom Kamitani described as "Basically, 100 percent" artists, and in the same year it released its first game for the Wii, The Demon Blade, published by Ignition Entertainment.[5] Its partnership with Ignition would later produce Dragon's Crown for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita, a game Kamitani had been pitching to publishers for nearly 13 years before it eventually saw development.[7] Games
{{note|b|b}}Digital-only. {{note|c|c}}Originally to be published by Ignition Entertainment but company folded during localization. References1. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=http://vanillaware.co.jp/company.htm |publisher=Vanillaware |accessdate=2011-08-08 |script-title=ja:ヴァニラウェア有限会社|language=Japanese }} 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://kotaku.com/gaming/ninja-magic/odin-sphere-developer-reveals-wii-project-296831.php |author=McWhertor, Michael |date=2007-09-05 |accessdate=2011-08-08 |title=Odin Sphere Developer Reveals Wii Project |publisher=Kotaku |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130103210815/http://kotaku.com/296831/odin-sphere-developer-reveals-wii-project?tag=gamingninjamagic |archive-date=2013-01-03 |dead-url=yes |df= }} 3. ^1 {{cite web |author=Mielke, James |date=2006-06-27 |url=http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3160617 |title=GrimGrimoire Developer Interviewed |publisher=1UP.com |accessdate=2007-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927191431/http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3160617 |archive-date=2007-09-27 |dead-url=yes |df= }} 4. ^{{cite web |title=Vanillaware's George Kamitani on Dragon's Crown |publisher=1UP.com |author=Gifford, Kevin |date=2011-07-18 |accessdate=2011-07-20 |url=http://www.1up.com/news/vanillaware-george-kamitani-dragon-crown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019204419/http://www.1up.com/news/vanillaware-george-kamitani-dragon-crown |archive-date=2012-10-19 |dead-url=yes |df= }} 5. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |title=King of 2D: Vanillaware's George Kamitani (Page 1) |url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/4097/king_of_2d_vanillawares_george_.php |date=2009-08-03 |accessdate=2011-08-08 |author=Sheffield, Brandon |publisher=Gamasutra}} 6. ^1 {{cite web |title=King of 2D: Vanillaware's George Kamitani (Page 2) |url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/4097/king_of_2d_vanillawares_george_.php?page=2 |date=2009-08-03 |accessdate=2011-08-08 |author=Sheffield, Brandon |publisher=Gamasutra}} 7. ^{{cite web |title=Dragon's Crown Interview Details Creation Of Vanillaware's 13 Year Old Game |publisher=Siliconera |url=http://www.siliconera.com/2011/06/20/dragons-crown-interview-details-development-of-vanillawares-13-year-old-game/ |author=Spencer |date=2011-06-20 |accessdate=2011-07-18}} 8. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.joystiq.com/2008/06/02/kumatanchi-looks-like-a-vanilla-vanillaware-game/ |title=Kumatanchi looks like a vanilla Vanillaware game |publisher=Joystiq |accessdate=2011-08-08 |author=Savino, Candace |date=2008-06-02}} 9. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.siliconera.com/2011/03/29/grand-knights-history-is-the-next-title-from-vanillaware-and-marvelous/ |title=Grand Knights History Is The Next Title From Vanillaware And Marvelous |publisher=Siliconera |accessdate=2011-08-08 |date=2011-03-29 |author=Spencer}} 10. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/07/dragons-crown-announced-as-vanillawares-next-project-coming-t/ |title=Dragon's Crown announced as VanillaWare's next project, coming to PS3/Vita |publisher=Joystiq |author=Gilbert, Ben |date=2011-06-07 |accessdate=2011-08-08}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=http://gematsu.com/2015/07/odin-sphere-leifdrasir-announced-ps4-ps3-ps-vita|title=Odin Sphere: Leifdrasir announced for PS4, PS3, and PS Vita|date=July 20, 2015|website=Gematsu}} External links
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