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Info November 8, 2023
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About Us
Granzella's Activities / Scope of Business
- Planning, production, and selling of home video-game console software, as well as VR games
- Planning, production, and delivery of web content
- Production of video image, character illustrations
- Music streaming, production and selling of music CDs
- Planning, production, and selling of game-related goods
- Creating game assets, materials for game development
- Planning and production of smartphone applications
Planning/ Production of Game Software
Character Creation
CG Image Creation
Planning / Production of Web Content
Planning/ Production of Music CDs
Game Asset/ Materials for Game Development
Group Company
| Business name | Granzella Inc. |
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| Year of Foundation | 2011 |
| Location |
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| President / CEO | Takeshi Nagura |
| Chief Creator |
Kazuma Kujo (Lead director for "R-Type Final 2", "Zettai Zetsumei Toshi (Disaster Report)" series, "City Shrouded in Shadow", "MANGA KAKERU") |
Business Development: "Entertainment" is the key term
- Our Mission
- With games at the core, we will expand our sphere of activities to revolutionize the entertainment and eradicate boredom
- Our Opportunities
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Leveraging our know-how in game development, as well as service deployment in games, we will expand our activities to other realms of entertainment than games and continue to carry out our mission.
Our job is to make your boring time more meaningful, impressive, or put it more simply, thrilling time.
History
- April 2011
- Granzella Inc was founded in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture
- July 2011
- Opened PlayStation® Home lounge, "Southern Island Hideaway"
- September 2011
- Launched the service of PlayStation® Home in Europe, North America and Asia
- October 2011
- Received "the Best Entrepreneur Award” in the “Innovative Venture Business Plan Contest Ishikawa” hosted by Ishikawa Sunrise Industries Creation Organization
- April 2012
- "Zukkoke! Granzella Cup" was held at the Kanazawa Horse Park (From the following race on, the title has been changed to "Granzella Cup of Entertainment" as "zukkoke" was seen as a bad omen)
- March 2013
- Conducted a third-party allotment capital increase to Nagoya Small and Medium Business Investment & Consultation Co., Ltd
- December 2014
- Started operating a motion capture studio
- December 2014
- Acquired the copyright of a suvival game series of "Zettai Zetsumei Toshi (Disaster Report)" and announced the production of "Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 4 Plus - Summer Memories"
- May 2015
- Split off the production division to establish Granzella Game Studios Inc. in Nonoichi city, Ishikawa
- November 2015
- Launched a music label "Granzella Music"
- December 2016
- Announced to go into VR (used VR in the PS4 game "Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 4 Plus -Summer Memories" title)
- July 2017
- Launched online shopping website "Granzella Store (ja)"
- October 2017
- Released PS4 game software "City Shrouded in Shadow (ja)" (published by Bandai Namco Entertainment)
- November 2017
- Relocated Head office to Nonoichi City
- January 2018
- Released PSVita game software "MANGA KAKERU (ja)" and launched MANGA-YOMERU.com (ja) where people can upload manga they created
- April 2018
- Released Nintendo Switch game software "Hototogisu Tairan (ja)"
- June 2018
- Released PS4 version of "MANGA KAKERU (ja)"
- September 2018
- "GODZILLA VR" production cooperation (BANDAI NAMCO Amusement Inc.)
- November 2018
- Released PS4 game software "Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 4 Plus - Summer Memories"
- April 2019
- Announced a new shooter game "R-Type Final 2"
- May 2019
- Office relocated to Kanazawa city, Ishikawa Prefecture.
- June 2019
- Launched a crowdfunding campaign for "R-Type Final 2" on Kickstarter
- August 2019
- Released PS4 game software "Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories" in Korea (Digital Touch Co., LTD.)
- September 2019
- Released Nintendo Switch game software "Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories for Nintendo Switch"
- October 2019
- Released Android/ iOS versions of "Hototogisu Tairan"
- October 2019
- Released PS4 game software "Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories" in Taiwan and Hong Kong (JUSTDAN INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD.)
- December 2019
- 5,000 manga uploaded to MANGA-YOMERU.com (ja), an exclusive website where users can upload manga they created directly from the PS4/PSVita game software "MANGA KAKERU (ja)".
- April 2020
- PS4 and Nintendo Switch versions of "Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories" released in North America and Europe. (NIS America, Inc.). PC version (Steam, GOG, DMM Games.) launched.
- April 2021
- "R-Type FInal 2" launched worldwide almost simultaneously. Available on PS4, Nintendo Switch, XBoxOne/SeriesX, Steam, Epic Games Store, Windows, GOG, DMM GAMES. 8 languages supported.
- September 2021
- The office relocated from Kurazuki, Kanazawa city Ishikawa Prefecture, to Shimbohon in the same city.
- October 2022
- Announced production of shooter game "R-Type Final 3 Evolved" and Sci-Fi simulation game "R-Type Tactics 1・2 Cosmos".
- March - April, 2023
- Launched the worldwide sales of "R-Type Final 3 Evolved", a shooter game for PlayStation 5.
- July 2023
- Launched the Nintendo Switch game software "Side View Golf" in 44 countries worldwide.
- July 2023
- Launched the Nintendo Switch game software "Hyper Torque Racing", a joint project with 3ED Works, worldwide.
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The stamp we created at the time of foundation
PSHome Lounge "Great Edo of Nippon" delivered to 37 countries around the globe
"Granzella Cup of Entertainment" held annually at the Kanazawa Horse Park
Launched "Invasion by KIKAI MACHINE EMPIRE!" event on the web in 2013
Though you may be bad at drawing, "MANGA KAKERU" lets you create your own manga
Online shopping site "Granzella Store"