Imageepoch
{{Short description|Japanese video game developer}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Imageepoch Inc.
| logo = Imageepoch.jpg
| type = Private
| foundation = June 9, 2005
| defunct = May 13, 2015
| fate = Bankruptcy
| successor = Mikage LLC
| key_people = Ryoei Mikage (Founder/Owner)
Kazuya Niinou (Senior Director)
Hiroyuki Kanemaru (Director)
| industry = Video games
| products = Luminous Arc (series)
Fate/Extra (series)
7th Dragon (series)
Criminal Girls
| revenue =
| operating_income =
| net_income =
| num_employees = Over 120 (as of Jan. 2009){{cite web | url = http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2009/01/interview_mikage_on_imageepoch.php | title = GameSetWatch Interview: Mikage On Imageepoch's Speedy Growth, Console Plans | access-date = 2013-03-10 | last = Carless | first = Simon | date = 2009-01-27 | publisher = GameSetWatch}}
| homepage = http://imageepoch.co.jp/
}}
{{Nihongo|Imageepoch Inc.|イメージエポック|Imējiepokku}} was a video game developer based in Tokyo, Japan.
The company was filed for bankruptcy in 2015, due to its declining sales and increasing debt.{{cite web|title=imageepoch undergoes bankruptcy proceedings|url=http://www.tdb.co.jp/tosan/syosai/4047.html|website=Teikoku|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322031354/http://www.tdb.co.jp/tosan/syosai/4047.html|archive-date=22 March 2016|date=13 May 2015}}
History
The company was founded in June 2005 by Ryoei Mikage. Their first release was the tactical role-playing game on Nintendo DS, Luminous Arc.{{cite web|last1=Riley|first1=Adam|title=Original Japanese RPGs Coming to DS & Wii|url=http://www.cubed3.com/news/7237/1/nintendo-news-original-japanese-rpgs-coming-to-ds-and-wii.html|website=Cubed3|access-date=7 November 2016|date=4 September 2007}}
In April 2015, Gematsu reported that Idea Factory's Yoshiteru Sato shared that he was unable to reach Mikage privately and confirming that the Imageepoch CEO had gone missing.{{cite web|last1=James|first1=Thomas|title=Imageepoch CEO potentially missing|url=http://gematsu.com/2015/04/imageepoch-ceo-potentially-missing|website=Gematsu|date=3 April 2015}} In the same article, Ryoei Mikage's Twitter account was noted as being inactive publicly for months. The following month, Imageepoch was confirmed to have gone bankrupt.{{cite web|last1=Romano|first1=Sal|title=Imageepoch files for bankruptcy|url=http://gematsu.com/2015/05/imageepoch-files-bankruptcy|website=Gematsu|date=13 May 2015}}
Imageepoch closed their doors and reopened as Mikage LLC.{{Cite web|url=https://mikage.co.jp/index.html|title = Mikage LLC}}
Games
=Nintendo DS=
=Wii=
- Case Closed: The Mirapolis Investigation (2007)
- Arc Rise Fantasia (2009)
=Nintendo 3DS=
- SoniPro (2014)
- Toshin Toshi Girls Gift RPG (2014)
- Yoshi's New Island (2014, with Arzest)
- Stella Glow (2015){{cite news | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-03-31/imageepoch-stella-glow-rpg-headed-to-the-americas/.86577 | title=Imageepoch's Stella Glow RPG Headed to the Americas | date=March 31, 2015 | work=Anime News Network | access-date=June 29, 2015}}
=PlayStation Portable=
- Last Ranker (2010){{cite web | author=Spencer | date=September 15, 2009 | title=Capcom And Imageepoch Link Up For A Tournament Fighting RPG |url=http://www.siliconera.com/2009/09/15/capcom-and-imageepoch-link-up-for-a-tournament-fighting-rpg/ | work=Siliconera.com | access-date=2009-09-16}}
- Fate/Extra (2010)
- Criminal Girls (2010){{cite web | author=Baker | date=August 20, 2010 | title=Work Release Program - Criminal Girls for PSP | url=http://www.rpgamer.com/news/japan/mb082010.html#3 | work=www.rpgamer.com | access-date=2010-08-23 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100823071935/http://www.rpgamer.com/news/japan/mb082010.html#3 | archive-date=2010-08-23 | url-status=dead }}
- Final Promise Story (2011)
- Black Rock Shooter: The Game (2011){{Cite web|url=http://kotaku.com/5698094/black-rock-shooter-ready-to-shoot-up-the|title=Black Rock Shooter Ready To Shoot Up The PSP|author=Brian Ashcraft|publisher=Kotaku|date=November 24, 2010}}
- 7th Dragon 2020 (2011)
- Sol Trigger (2012){{cite web | author=Spencer | date=September 5, 2011 | title=Sol Trigger's Story Is About Freedom Fighters [Update] |url=http://www.siliconera.com/2012/03/06/sol-triggers-story-is-about-freedom-fighters/ | work=www.siliconera.com | access-date=2012-03-07}}
- Fate/Extra CCC (2013){{cite web | author=Spencer | date=September 5, 2011 | title=Fate/Extra CCC Destined For PSP This Spring [Update] |url=http://www.siliconera.com/2011/09/05/fateextra-ccc-destined-for-psp-this-spring/ | work=www.siliconera.com | access-date=2011-09-07}}
- 7th Dragon 2020-II (2013)
=PlayStation 3=
- Chevalier Saga Tactics (2011)
- Time and Eternity (2012)
=PlayStation Vita=
- Criminal Girls: Invite Only (2013)
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://imageepoch.co.jp}} {{in lang|ja}}{{dead link|date=November 2016}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Defunct video game companies of Japan
Category:Video game development companies
Category:Software companies based in Tokyo
Category:Japanese companies established in 2005
Category:Video game companies established in 2005
Category:Video game companies disestablished in 2015
Category:Japanese companies disestablished in 2015
Category:Companies that have filed for bankruptcy in Japan
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