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Marvelous Inc.
Native name
株式会社マーベラス
Kabushiki-gaisha Māberasu
FormerlyMarvelous Entertainment, Inc. (1997–2011)
Marvelous AQL Inc. (2011–2014)
Company typePublic (K.K.)
TYO: 7844
IndustryVideo games
Anime industry
Predecessor
FoundedJune 25, 1997; 28 years ago (1997-06-25)[1]
HeadquartersHigashishinagawa, ,
Key people
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ProductsAnime
Video games
Revenue¥20,330,000,000 (2014)[2]
¥1,882,000,000 (2014)[2]
Number of employees
605
As of September 30, 2021 (consolidated basis)[1]
SubsidiariesArtland
Marvelous USA
Link Think
Delfisound
Marvelous First Studio
Marvelous Europe
G-Mode
Honey∞Parade Games[3]
Hakama[4]
Websitewww.marv.jp

Marvelous Inc. (株式会社マーベラス, Kabushiki-gaisha Māberasu; previously known as Marvelous AQL, stylized as MARVELOUS!) is a Japanese video game developer and publisher, and anime producer. The company was founded in 1997 but formed in its current state in October 2011 by the merger of the original Marvelous Entertainment with AQ Interactive, and Liveware.[1][5]

History

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Previous logo prior to the company's name change in 2014

The announcement of merging Marvelous Entertainment Inc., AQ Interactive, Inc., Liveware Inc. in to Marvelous AQL Inc. on October 1, 2011 was originally proposed by Marvelous Entertainment Inc., and went effective on May 10, 2011.[6] The plan would make Marvelous Entertainment Inc. the sole surviving entity after the merger, with Marvelous Entertainment Inc. renamed to Marvelous AQL Inc. on merger day.[7][8]

On December 22, 2011, MarvelousAQL Inc. announced the establishment of the overseas business department, with investment from Checkpoint Studios Inc., replacing the global strategy room, which dissolved on January 1, 2012.[9]

On October 25, 2012, MarvelousAQL Inc. announced its stock listing on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, effective on November 1, 2012.[10]

On January 1, 2013, MarvelousAQL Inc. established the amusement business division. The company's digital contents business division and amusement contents development division were moved into amusement business division, and was renamed as amusement development division.[11]

On February 1, 2013, MarvelousAQL Inc. established the digital contents business division.[12]

On July 1, 2014, MarvelousAQL Inc. was renamed as Marvelous Inc.[13]

On March 13, 2015, it was announced that Marvelous would acquire mobile gaming company G-Mode. This includes Data East IPs that G-Mode bought in 2004.[14]

Tencent acquired a 20% stake of Marvelous via new shares, approximately US$65 million on May 26, 2020.[15]

On May 25, 2023, the company livestreamed its first ever digital showcase which featured the syn Sophia-developed Fashion Dreamer and several newly announced upcoming games including a couple of new IPs tentatively titled PROJECT MAGIA and PROJECT LIFE is RPG, several new entries in the flagship Story of Seasons and Rune Factory series, and Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion, a sequel to the original Daemon X Machina.[16]

On August 22, 2024, Established Marvelous APAC Pte. Ltd. in Singapore.[17]

Subsidiaries

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Development

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Current

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Name Location Founded Information
Hakama Inc. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan 2018 A studio led by Story of Seasons and Rune Factory producer Yoshifumi Hashimoto.
Honey Parade Games Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan 2017 Styled as "Honey∞Parade Games", they were formed by Marvelous as an internal studio for the Senran Kagura franchise.[18] Kenichiro Takaki leads the studio.
Marvelous First Studio Japan 2017 An internal development studio that has worked on titles such as Fate/Extella Link, God Eater 3, and Daemon X Machina. It is made up of former employees of Cavia, Artoon, and Feelplus which were all folded by AQ Interactive in 2010.

Former

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Name Location Founded Acquired Sold/Closed Information
Entersphere Inc. Shinagawa, Tokyo[19] May 2008 December 2012 May 2015 Marvelous AQL Inc. announced the acquisition of the studio on December 21, 2012[20] with the purchase being completed on January 11, 2013.[21] Marvelous sold off all their shares in the studio in 2015. They were renamed Techno Maria in October 2017 and filed for bankruptcy on January 9, 2018.[22]

Publication and Distribution

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Current

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Name Location Founded Acquired Information
Marvelous Europe Limited London, United Kingdom[23] (previously Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom) April 2012 N/A Publishing and distribution arm for Marvelous' titles in Europe. They were originally formed as MAQL Europe Limited[24] and were renamed in June 2014.[25]
Marvelous USA Inc. Torrance, California, United States 2004 October 2011 Publishing and distribution arm for Marvelous' titles in North America who as of August 2024 publish under the Marvelous (in-house titles) and Xseed Games (third-party titles) banners. They were a carryover from AQ Interactive during the merger. Initially known as Xseed JKS, Inc., the company was renamed Marvelous USA Inc. on May 7, 2013.[26] after purchasing the Index Digital Media, Inc.'s online business unit, which had transferred to Xseed JKS, Inc. on March 31.[27]

Former

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Name Location Founded Acquired Sold/Closed Information
Artland Co, Ltd. Musashino, Tokyo, Japan September 1978 April 2006 April 2015 A Japanese animation studio that was acquired by Marvelous Entertainment Inc. in April 2006 as Artland LLC, and renamed shortly after the purchase. The animation studio portion of the company was split off independently in December 2010 and the rest of the company was absorbed by Marvelous in April 2015.[28]
LINKTHINK Inc. Japan July 2006[29] October 2011 April 2017 The company was previously acquired by AQ Interactive in April 2009. Marvelous absorbed the company in April 2017.

Video games

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Developed

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Note: The below tables are limited to games developed or published by Marvelous in Japan after the merger with AQ Interactive to form Marvelous (AQL); May 2011; see here for games released prior to this date.
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Story of Seasons and related crossovers
Name Platform Release Date Other Information
Harvest Moon: A New Beginning Nintendo 3DS
  • JP: February 23, 2012
  • NA: October 19, 2012
  • EU: September 20, 2013
  • AU: November 14, 2013
Published by Natsume Inc. in North America; final Story of Seasons game to be localized and published in North America by Natsume.
Story of Seasons
  • JP: February 27, 2014
  • NA: March 31, 2015
  • EU: December 31, 2015
  • AU: January 9, 2016
Published by Nintendo in Europe.
Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns
  • JP: June 23, 2016
  • NA: February 28, 2017
  • EU: October 13, 2017
  • AU: October 14, 2017
Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town Nintendo Switch
  • JP: October 17, 2019
  • PAL: July 10, 2020
  • NA: July 14, 2020
Remake of Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town and Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town; first game in the main series playable on PC.
Microsoft Windows WW: July 10, 2020
Xbox One & Playstation 4
  • PAL: October 15, 2021
  • NA: October 26, 2021
  • JP Xbox One: October 27, 2021
  • JP PlayStation 4: November 25, 2021
Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town Nintendo Switch
  • JP: February 25, 2021
  • NA: March 23, 2021
  • PAL: March 26, 2021
Microsoft Windows WW: September 15, 2021
PlayStation 4
  • JP: July 28, 2022
  • NA: July 26, 2022
  • PAL: July 29, 2022
Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life WW: June 27, 2023 Remake of Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life and Harvest Moon: Another Wonderful Life.
Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar WW: August 27, 2025 Remake of Harvest Moon DS: Grand Bazaar.
Doraemon Story of Seasons
  • JP: June 13, 2019
  • WW: October 11, 2019
Co-developed by Brownies and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment.
PlayStation 4
  • JP: July 30, 2020
  • WW: September 4, 2020
Doraemon Story of Seasons: Friends of the Great Kingdom WW: November 2, 2022
Rune Factory
Name Platform Release Date Other Information
Rune Factory 4 Nintendo 3DS
  • JP: July 19, 2012
  • NA: October 1, 2013
  • PAL: December 11, 2014
Developed by Neverland
Rune Factory 4 Special Nintendo Switch
  • JP: July 25, 2019
  • NA: February 25, 2020
  • PAL: February 28, 2020
Remaster of Rune Factory 4.
WW: December 7, 2021
Rune Factory 5 Nintendo Switch
  • JP: May 20, 2021
  • NA: March 22, 2022
  • EU: March 25, 2022
Microsoft Windows WW: July 13, 2022
Rune Factory 3 Special Nintendo Switch
  • JP: March 2, 2023
  • WW: September 5, 2023
Remaster of Rune Factory 3.
Microsoft Windows WW: September 5, 2023
Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma WW: June 5, 2025
Monster Hunter Stories (turn-based RPG spin-off series of Monster Hunter; co-developed and published by Capcom)
Name Platform Release Date Other Information
Monster Hunter Stories Nintendo 3DS
  • JP: October 8, 2016
  • NA & EU: September 8, 2017
  • AU: September 9, 2017
  • iOS
  • Android
  • JP: December 4, 2017
  • WW: September 25, 2018
WW: June 14, 2024 Remastered version.
Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin WW: July 9, 2021
PlayStation 4 WW: June 14, 2024
Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection WW: 2026 First game in the Stories spin-off series playable on Xbox Series X/S and first game in the spin-off series not playable on the originalNintendo Switch.
Other Games
Lord of Magna: Maiden Heaven
  • JP: October 2, 2014
  • NA: June 2, 2015
  • PAL: June 4, 2015
Return to PopoloCrois
  • JP: June 18, 2015
  • PAL: February 18, 2016
  • NA: March 1, 2016
Co-developed with epics.
JP: Itadaki Street Wii (いただきストリートWii)

NA: Fortune Street EU: Boom Street

Nintendo Wii
  • JP: December 1, 2011
  • NA: December 5, 2011
  • EU: December 23, 2011
  • AU: January 5, 2012
Revealed by Nintendo at E3 2011. It was the first game in the Itadaki Street series to be published outside Japan. The game includes characters from the Dragon Quest series and the Mario series. Co-developed by and published in Japan by Square Enix and Nintendo outside of Japan.
Senran Kagura: Skirting Shadows Nintendo 3DS
  • JP: September 22, 2011
Senran Kagura Burst
  • JP: August 30, 2012
  • NA: November 14, 2013
  • PAL: February 27, 2014
Senran Kagura Burst Re:Newal PlayStation 4
  • JP: February 22, 2018
  • PAL: January 18, 2019
  • NA: January 22, 2019
Developed by Tamsoft.
Microsoft Windows WW: January 22, 2019
Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson Nintendo 3DS
  • JP: August 7, 2014
  • WW: August 2015[30]
Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games Nintendo Wii U
  • EU: November 8, 2013
  • AU: November 9, 2013
  • NA: November 15, 2013
  • JP: December 5, 2013
Co-developed with Sega, published by Nintendo.
Daemon X Machina Nintendo Switch WW: September 13, 2019 Switch version published by Nintendo outside of Japan.
Microsoft Windows WW: February 13, 2020
Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star
  • JP: November 10, 2016
  • NA: January 17, 2017
  • EU: January 20, 2017
Nintendo Switch
  • JP: July 20, 2017
  • PAL: July 21, 2017
  • NA: July 25, 2017
Microsoft Windows WW: July 25, 2017
JP: July 22, 2020
Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash PlayStation 4
  • JP: March 16, 2017
  • WW: September 26, 2017
Developed by Tamsoft.
Microsoft Windows WW: March 7, 2018
God Eater 3 PlayStation 4
  • JP: December 13, 2018
  • WW: February 8, 2019
Co-developed with and published by Bandai Namco Studios.
Microsoft Windows WW: February 8, 2019
Nintendo Switch
  • JP: July 11, 2019
  • WW: July 12, 2019
Farmagia WW: November 1, 2024

PlayStation 3

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PlayStation Portable

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PlayStation Vita

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PlayStation 4

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Microsoft Windows

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Canceled

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Arcade

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Mobile

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Browser game

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  • Logres of Swords and Sorcery

Published

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  • Freedom Planet 2
  • Cuisineer (published under XSeed Games banner)
  • Moonlight Peaks (published under XSeed Games banner)

Anime

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References

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