PicPac Airreal
From Game Developer Research Institute
PicPac Airreal Co., Ltd. (有限会社ピックパック・エアリアル) was a game developer founded around 1998 by Toshimichi Mori (森利道) [1] and four friends [2], graduates of Amusement Media Academy. [3] It was incorporated on April 4, 2000. The president was Takahiro Fujiwara (藤原孝博); the director was Takashi Suzuki (鈴木孝司). [4]
PicPac Airreal had 12 employees [5], as of the company website's last update in February 2004 [6]; Toshimichi Mori joined Arc System Works in 2003 [7] at the invitation of Guilty Gear creator Daisuke Ishiwatari. [8]
PicPac Airreal was located in Suginami-ku, Tokyo [9], on the same floor of the same building as animation studio Minamimachi Bugyousyo. [10]
Research Methods: Actual mentions
Arcade
- Guilty Gear X (programming, graphics) (Sammy)
- Developer: Arc System Works; Some Character Graphics: Cepia
- Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival (programming, some graphics) (Sammy)
- Developer: Arc System Works
PlayStation
- Samurai Deeper Kyo (JP Publisher: Bandai)
- Some Character Graphics, Illustration Production: Studio Peacock; Illustration Backgrounds: Cosmos Arts; Sound: Cube; Debugging: Sarugakucho, Pole To Win
PlayStation 2
- Digital Holmes (some SD characters) (JP Publisher: Arc System Works)
Windows
- Magical Twirler Angel Rabbie (some key animation, some CG) (JP Publisher: Kogado)
- Tankendo: The New Frontier (JP Publisher: Nihon Create)
WonderSwan Color
- Gensou Maden Saiyuuki Retribution: Hi no Ataru Basho De (programming?) (JP Publisher: Soeishinsha)
- Developer?: R-Force Entertainment [11]
