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'''PicPac Airreal''' (ピックパック・エアリアル) Was a game developer founded on April 4 2000 by Toshimichi Mori(森利道) and 4 friends the CEO was Takahiro Fujiwara(藤原 孝博), and the Director was Takashi Suzuki (鈴木 孝司).
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[[File:Ppa link.gif|right|PicPac Airreal logo]]
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'''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) [https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/interview/171004b] and four friends [https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/20240117-25678/], graduates of Amusement Media Academy. [https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/interview/171004b] 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). [https://web.archive.org/web/20050307053401/http://www.picpac.co.jp/web/html/corporate.html]
  
The company only lists 12 employees on staff and seems to have been rolled in to [[Arc System Works]] around 2003 including Toshimichi Mori though the official site was last updated in February of 2004.
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The company had 12 employees [https://web.archive.org/web/20050307053401/http://www.picpac.co.jp/web/html/corporate.html], as of the website's last update in February 2004 [https://web.archive.org/web/20040228091103/http://www.picpac.co.jp/web/html/]; Toshimichi Mori and others joined [[Arc System Works]] around 2003, at the invitation of ''Guilty Gear'' creator Daisuke Ishiwatari. [https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/20240117-25678/]
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'''[[About:Research Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Actual mentions
  
 
===Arcade===
 
===Arcade===
*''Guity Gear X''(programming & some graphic design) (Publisher:Sammy)
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*''Guilty Gear X'' (programming, graphics) (Sammy)
:<small>Developer:[[Arc System Works]]</small>
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:<small>Developer: Arc System Works; Some Character Graphics: [[Cepia]]</small>
*''Guity Gear XX The Midnight Carnival''(programming & some graphic design) (Publisher:Sammy)
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*''Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival'' (programming, some graphics) (Sammy)
:<small>Developer:[[Arc System Works]]</small>
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:<small>Developer: Arc System Works</small>
===PS1===
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*''SAMURAI DEEPER KYO'' (Publisher:Bandai)
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===PlayStation===
===WSC===
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*''Samurai Deeper Kyo'' (US Publisher: Bandai)
*''Gensou Maden Saiyuuki Retribution: Hi no Ataru Basho De'' (programming?) (Publisher:MOVIC, SOEISHINSHA)
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:<small>Some Character Graphics, Illustration Production: Studio Peacock; Illustration Backgrounds: Cosmos Arts; Sound: Cube; Debugging: Sarugakucho, Pole To Win</small>
:<small>Developer:R-FORCE ENTERTAINMENT</small>
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===PC===
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===Windows===
*''Tankendo - The New Frontier'' (Publisher:Nihon Create)
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*''Tankendo: The New Frontier'' (JP Publisher: Nihon Create)
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===WonderSwan Color===
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*''Gensou Maden Saiyuuki Retribution: Hi no Ataru Basho De'' (programming?) (JP Publisher: Soeishinsha)
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:<small>Developer?: R-Force Entertainment [https://r-force.co.jp/works/history/]</small>
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==Links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050815000000*/http://www.picpac.co.jp/ PicPac Airreal website (Internet Archive Wayback Machine)] (Japanese)
  
===Links===
 
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050307025245/http://www.picpac.co.jp/web/html/ PicPac Airreal website]
 
*[https://r-force.co.jp/works/history/ Source for r-force's work on Saiyuuki WSC]
 
*[http://swan-of-wonders.weebly.com/game-release-list.html Info on the publisher for Saiyuuki WSC]
 
*[https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/20240117-25678/ Interview with Toshimichi Mori that confirmed the timeline and founding]
 
 
[[Category:Companies]]
 
[[Category:Companies]]

Revision as of 06:06, 21 February 2024

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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]

The company had 12 employees [5], as of the website's last update in February 2004 [6]; Toshimichi Mori and others joined Arc System Works around 2003, at the invitation of Guilty Gear creator Daisuke Ishiwatari. [7]

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 (US Publisher: Bandai)
Some Character Graphics, Illustration Production: Studio Peacock; Illustration Backgrounds: Cosmos Arts; Sound: Cube; Debugging: Sarugakucho, Pole To Win

Windows

  • 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 [8]

Links