Bushiroad
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| Industry | Video gaming |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Headquarters | Tokyo |
Key people | Takāki Kidani, founder |
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Bushiroad Inc. (ブシロード Bushirōdo) is a Japanese producer of collectible card games and trading cards, which was founded in 2007 by Takāki Kidani and is headquartered in Tokyo. Bushiroad created and owns the media franchise Tantei Opera Milky Holmes, and has published two Milky Holmes visual novels for the PlayStation Portable, developed by Artdink.
On January 29, 2012, Bushiroad announced that it had fully acquired New Japan Pro Wrestling, a major professional wrestling promotion.[1]
At the 2012 Tokyo Game Show, Bushiroad announced Bushimo, a new social gaming platform for smartphones, which was released in Winter 2012.
In March 2013, Bushiroad announced the revival of the media franchise Neppu Kairiku Bushi Road, with a television anime that aired on December 31, 2013 as a collaboration between Bushiroad, Bandai Visual, Nitroplus, and Kinema Citrus.[2]
Bushiroad introduced a monthly magazine in September 2013 titled Monthly Bushiroad (月刊ブシロード Gekkan Bushirōdo). It features manga serializations of their various trading card games and other franchises.
Games and products
Collectible card games
- AlicexCross
- Cardfight!! Vanguard
- ChaosTCG
- Five Qross
- Future Card Buddyfight
- Jewelpet Trading Card Game
- King of Pro-Wrestling
- Monster Collection
- Victory Spark
- Weekly Shonen Sunday V.S. Weekly Shonen Magazine
- Weiß Schwarz
Video games
- Chaos Online
- Tantei Opera Milky Holmes
- Click! Kaitou Teikoku
- Bound Monsters
- Ren'ai Replay
- Kindan Shoukan! Summon Monster
- Love Live! School Idol Festival
- KamiKari: Demons x Trigger
- Dragon Strike
Acquired products
- My Little Pony (Re-acquired from new rival company, Takara Tomy, Property of Hasbro until January 13, 2015)
- Neppu Kairiku Bushi Road
- New Japan Pro Wrestling (Acquired from Yuke's)
References
- ↑ ５億円！新日オーナー会社 電撃交代 (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
- ↑ "Neppu Kairiku Bushi Road's Anime's 2nd Promo Video Reveals Air Date". Anime News Network. November 6, 2013. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
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