Givro Corporation

{{Short description|Japanese video game development company}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Givro Co., Ltd.

| logo =

| logo_size =

| trade_name = Givro

| native_name = 株式会社ギブロ

| romanized_name = Kabushiki gaisha Giburo

| former_name = Almanic Corporation

| type = Kabushiki gaisha

| industry = Video games

| fate = Dissolution

| founded = {{start date and age|1989}}

| founder = Takashi Yoneda{{cite web|last=Yoneda|first=Takashi|url=http://www.mori-game.com/about-mori-game.html|title=スタジオ概要|publisher=Studio Morinogameyasan|date=2012|access-date=2020-08-08|lang=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507013359/http://www.mori-game.com/about-mori-game.html|archive-date=2020-05-07|url-status=live}}

| defunct = {{start date and age|1998}}

| hq_location = Tokyo, Japan

| area_served = Japan

| key_people = {{Unbulleted list

| Noriyuki Tomiyama{{cite web|last=Kishimoto|first=Yoshihisa|author-link=Yoshihisa Kishimoto|url=http://white.ap.teacup.com/01page/|title=熱血通信 - 新・熱血硬派 くにおたちの挽歌|work=熱血硬派!|publisher=Plophet|date=2012|access-date=2020-08-08|lang=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114200534/http://white.ap.teacup.com/01page/|archive-date=2012-11-14|url-status=live}} {{Small|(president)}}

| Takashige Shichijo{{cite web|last=Shichijo|first=Takashige|url=https://www.facebook.com/takashige.shichijo/about_work_and_education|title=Work and Education|work=Facebook|publisher=Facebook, Inc.|date=2020|access-date=2020-08-08|lang=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808204723/https://www.facebook.com/takashige.shichijo/about_work_and_education|archive-date=2020-08-08|url-status=dead}} {{Small|(development director)}}

}}

| products = Video games

}}

{{nihongo foot|Givro Corporation|株式会社ギブロ|Kabushiki gaisha Giburo|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} was a Japanese video game development company founded in 1989 in Tokyo, Japan by Takashi Yoneda, who was previously employed by Technos Japan and Enix. The company was originally established under the name Almanic Corporation,{{efn|{{nihongo|株式会社アルマニック|Kabushiki gaisha Arumaniku}}}} which it operated under for a few years before changing its corporate name in 1995.{{cite web|author=Prof.moriya t|url=http://review-site.net/dt/index.php/%E3%81%82#.E3.82.A2.E3.83.AB.E3.83.9E.E3.83.8B.E3.83.83.E3.82.AF|title=あ - アルマニック|website=review-site.net|publisher=Developer Table|date=21 February 2013|access-date=2020-08-08|lang=ja|archive-date=26 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826150241/http://review-site.net/dt/index.php/%E3%81%82#.E3.82.A2.E3.83.AB.E3.83.9E.E3.83.8B.E3.83.83.E3.82.AF|url-status=live}}{{cite web|author=Prof.moriya t|url=http://review-site.net/dt/index.php/%E3%81%8D#.E3.82.AE.E3.83.96.E3.83.AD.EF.BC.88GIVRO.EF.BC.89|title=き - ギブロ（GIVRO）|website=review-site.net|publisher=Developer Table|date=21 February 2013|access-date=2020-08-08|lang=ja|archive-date=26 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826164912/http://review-site.net/dt/index.php/%E3%81%8D#.E3.82.AE.E3.83.96.E3.83.AD.EF.BC.88GIVRO.EF.BC.89|url-status=live}} Givro would go on to produce games for home consoles such as the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Genesis, 32X, Nintendo 64, and Sega Saturn.{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/pages/company/index.php?company=76692|title=Company Profile: Almanic Corp.|work=GameSpot|publisher=CBS Interactive|date=2008|access-date=2020-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100822200728/http://www.gamespot.com/pages/company/index.php?company=76692|archive-date=2010-08-22|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/pages/company/index.php?company=78882|title=Company Profile: Givro|work=GameSpot|publisher=CBS Interactive|date=2008|access-date=2020-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103191934/http://www.gamespot.com/pages/company/index.php?company=78882|archive-date=2012-11-03|url-status=live}} Givro released their final game in late 1997 and quietly dissolved at the end of the following year.{{cite web|last=Yoneda|first=Takashi|url=http://www008.upp.so-net.ne.jp/yonegon/game.htm#46pc|title=Hirano Bucho-Do: Cyber Games Profile|publisher=Takashi Yoneda Official Website|date=2003|access-date=2020-08-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030326074245/http://www008.upp.so-net.ne.jp/yonegon/game.htm#46pc|archive-date=2003-03-26|url-status=dead}}

Givro's most critically acclaimed creations were the Enix published Wonder Project J2 on the N64 and Nanatsu Kaze no Shima Monogatari on the Sega Saturn. Enix also published Almanic's most famous titles such as the first Wonder Project J and E.V.O on the SNES. {{Cite web |title=Givro (Company) |url=https://www.giantbomb.com/givro/3010-5150/ |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=Giant Bomb |language=en}}