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In 2008, after the success of the original [[Drawn to Life]], [[THQ]] reached out to Agatsuma for a potential Japanese release of the game. Agatsuma would agree to translate it for Japan, along with publishing the game for said region. This localization, under the name ''Drawn to Life: God's Marionette (ドローン トゥ ライフ 〜神様のマリオネット〜, Dorōn tu Raifu: 〜Kami-sama no Marionetto〜)'', would release on December 8th, 2008 to positive reviews from Japanese critics, particularly Famitsu.<ref>[http://nintendoeverything.com/famitsu-review-scores-28/ Famitsu Review Scores, Nintendo Everything]</ref>
 
In 2008, after the success of the original [[Drawn to Life]], [[THQ]] reached out to Agatsuma for a potential Japanese release of the game. Agatsuma would agree to translate it for Japan, along with publishing the game for said region. This localization, under the name ''Drawn to Life: God's Marionette (ドローン トゥ ライフ 〜神様のマリオネット〜, Dorōn tu Raifu: 〜Kami-sama no Marionetto〜)'', would release on December 8th, 2008 to positive reviews from Japanese critics, particularly Famitsu.<ref>[http://nintendoeverything.com/famitsu-review-scores-28/ Famitsu Review Scores, Nintendo Everything]</ref>
  
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Agatsuma Entertainent would face financial ruin in their later years. An issue that's often cited is deterioration of administrative conditions, making it impossible to reach the same level of success.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20151211132836/http://agatsuma-games.jp/agatsuma%20press%20release1211.pdf Agatsuma Press Release, 2016]</ref> Agatsuma would see minor success with Sayonara Umihara Kawase and the Steam re-releases of the previous two games, however on December 11th, 2015, the company was dissolved before being liquidated entirely on March 31st, 2016.
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Agatsuma Entertainent would face financial ruin in their later years. An issue that's often cited is deterioration of administrative conditions, making it impossible to reach the same level of success.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20151211132836/http://agatsuma-games.jp/agatsuma%20press%20release1211.pdf Agatsuma Press Release, 2016]</ref> Agatsuma would see minor success with ''Sayonara Umihara Kawase'' and the Steam re-releases of the previous two games, however on December 11th, 2015, the company was dissolved before being liquidated entirely on March 31st, 2016.
  
 
=={{Icon|Button}} Notable Games==
 
=={{Icon|Button}} Notable Games==
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* ''Oide Rascal'' (2001)
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* ''Pocket Dogs'' (2004)
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* ''Soreike! Anpanman: Baikinman no Daisakusen'' (2005)
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* ''Animal Paradise'' (2007)
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* ''Let's Draw!'' (2008)
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* [[:wikipedia:NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits|NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits]] (2008)
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* [[Drawn to Life]] (2008)
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** [[Shadow Bashing]] (2008)
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! Game !! Publisher/Developer !! System !! Release Date
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* [[:wikipedia:Code of Princess|Code of Princess]] (2012)
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* Umihara Kawase Trilogy (2015)
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|[[File:oiderascal.png|150px|center]]<br>Oide Rascal || [[File:tamsoft.png|center|150px|link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamsoft]] || [[File:gbclogo.png|125px|center]] || Apr. 25, 2001 🇯🇵
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** [https://store.steampowered.com/app/378750/Sayonara_Umihara_Kawase/ Sayonara Umihara Kawase] (October 2015)
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** [https://store.steampowered.com/app/384690/Umihara_Kawase/ Umihara Kawase] (November 2015)
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| [[File:pocketdogs.png|125px|center|]] || [[File:0-3entertainment.png|100px|center]] || [[File:GameBoyAdvance.png|125px|center]] || Dec. 9, 2004
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** [https://store.steampowered.com/app/384700/Umihara_Kawase_Shun/ Umihara Kawase Shun] (November 2015)
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* [[:wikipedia:IronFall: Invasion|IronFall: Invasion]] (2015)
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| [[File:Soreike__Anpanman_-_Baikinman_no_Daisakusen.png|100px|center|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20160330183618/http://agatsuma-games.jp/anpanman/]]<br>Soreike! Anpanman: Baikinman <br>no Daisakusen || [[File:avitlogo.png|150px|center|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20091230045329/http://www.avit-niigata.com/index.html]] || [[File:Nintendo_DS_Logo.png|125px|center]] || Dec. 1, 2005 🇯🇵
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| [[File:animalparadise.png|75px|center|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20150901044328/http://agatsuma-games.jp/hanadeka/]] || Self-Published || [[File:Nintendo_DS_Logo.png|125px|center]] || Apr. 26, 2007
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| [[File:let'sdraw.png|100px|center|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20150812094331/http://agatsuma-games.jp/1d10m/]] || Self-Published || [[File:Nintendo_DS_Logo.png|125px|center]] || 2008
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| [[File:Dtl01.jpg|150px|center|link=Drawn to Life]]<br>Drawn to Life: God's Marionette || [[File:5th_Cell_Logo_2003.png|100px|center]]<br>[[File:THQ_logo_2000.png|100px|center]] || [[File:Nintendo_DS_Logo.png|125px|center]] || Dec. 4, 2008 🇯🇵
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| [[File:DTLSHADOWBASHINGlogo.png|150px|center|link=Shadow Bashing]]<br>Shadow Bashing || Self-Developed || [[File:adobeflashlogo.png|50px|center|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725094817/http://agatsuma-games.jp/dtl/game.html]] || 2008 🇯🇵
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| [[File:nyxquest.png|125px|center|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NyxQuest:_Kindred_Spirits]] || [[File:overthetopgameslogo.png|100px|center]] || [[File:wiiware.png|100px|center]] || May 11, 2010 🇯🇵
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| [[File:codeprincess.png|150px|center|link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of_Princess]] || [[File:studiosaizensen.png|100px|center]]<br>Studio Saizensen || [[File:3DS.png|100px|center]] || Apr. 12, 2012
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| [[File:sayonaraumiharakawase.png|125px|center|link=https://store.steampowered.com/app/378750/Sayonara_Umihara_Kawase/]] || [[File:studiosaizensen.png|100px|center]]<br>Studio Saizensen || [[File:Steam_Logo.png|100px]] || Oct. 6, 2015*
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| [[File:ironfallinvasion.png|150px|center|link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IronFall:_Invasion]] || [[File:VD-Dev.png|center|100px|link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VD-dev]] || [[File:3DS.png|100px|center]] || October 28, 2015 🇯🇵
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| [[File:umiharakawase.png|125px|center|link=https://store.steampowered.com/app/384690/Umihara_Kawase/]] || [[File:studiosaizensen.png|100px|center]]<br>Studio Saizensen || [[File:Steam_Logo.png|100px]] || Nov. 2, 2015
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| [[File:umiharakawaseshun.png|125px|center|link=https://store.steampowered.com/app/384700/Umihara_Kawase_Shun/]] || [[File:studiosaizensen.png|100px|center]]<br>Studio Saizensen || [[File:Steam_Logo.png|100px]] || Nov. 24, 2015
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<small>*The game originally released for the PS Vita in 2013, but the Steam release is listed here.</small>
 
{{ReadMore|:wikipedia:Agatsuma Entertainment}}
 
{{ReadMore|:wikipedia:Agatsuma Entertainment}}
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=={{Icon|Question}} Trivia==
 
=={{Icon|Question}} Trivia==
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=={{Icon|Painting}} Media==
 
=={{Icon|Painting}} Media==
 
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AgatsumaTHQ.png|The Agatsuma and THQ logos seen upon startup of the Japanese version of Drawn to Life.
 
AgatsumaTHQ.png|The Agatsuma and THQ logos seen upon startup of the Japanese version of Drawn to Life.
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AgatsumaGames.png|The website's "Games" page, which includes [[Drawn to Life]].
 
AgatsumaGames.png|The website's "Games" page, which includes [[Drawn to Life]].
 
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Jpsite.png|The website for Drawn to Life's Japan release.
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JpsiteAdventure.png|The Adventure section of the Japanese website.
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JpsiteDrawMode.png|The Draw Mode section of the Japanese website.
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JpsiteHero.png|The Hero section of the Japanese website.
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JpsiteCharacters.png|The Character section of the Japanese website.
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DTLSHADOWBASHING.png|The title screen of Shadow Bashing.
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=={{Icon|Note}} References==
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Latest revision as of 00:44, 2 March 2026

Agatsuma Entertainment
Agatsuma Entertainment Logo.png
Information
Founded February 12th, 1997
Current State Closed
Headquarters Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵
Type Publisher
Worked On Drawn to Life Link (JPN)
Shadow Bashing
Website 2015 Website


Agatsuma Entertainment (アガツマ・エンタテインメント) was a Japanese video game developer and publisher, best known for publishing Anpanman games, and later on the Umihara Kawase series. They localized Drawn to Life for Japan, with this translation releasing in December 2008.

Book Icon.png History[edit]

Agatsuma Entertainment was initialized as a subsidiary of the toys and games manufacturer Agatsuma Co., Ltd. by game and toy industry veterans on February 12th, 1997 in Tokyo, Japan. As well as a game developer, they also acted as a video game agency business, collaborating with developers and publishers worldwide on business development.[1] The company would release it's first game, the Game Boy Color title Oide Rascal, in 2001, and gain much more success with games based on the Anpanman franchise.

In 2008, after the success of the original Drawn to Life, THQ reached out to Agatsuma for a potential Japanese release of the game. Agatsuma would agree to translate it for Japan, along with publishing the game for said region. This localization, under the name Drawn to Life: God's Marionette (ドローン トゥ ライフ 〜神様のマリオネット〜, Dorōn tu Raifu: 〜Kami-sama no Marionetto〜), would release on December 8th, 2008 to positive reviews from Japanese critics, particularly Famitsu.[2]

Agatsuma Entertainent would face financial ruin in their later years. An issue that's often cited is deterioration of administrative conditions, making it impossible to reach the same level of success.[3] Agatsuma would see minor success with Sayonara Umihara Kawase and the Steam re-releases of the previous two games, however on December 11th, 2015, the company was dissolved before being liquidated entirely on March 31st, 2016.

AButton.png Notable Games[edit]


Game Publisher/Developer System Release Date
Oiderascal.png

Oide Rascal
Tamsoft.png
Gbclogo.png
 Apr. 25, 2001 🇯🇵
Pocketdogs.png
0-3entertainment.png
GameBoyAdvance.png
 Dec. 9, 2004
Soreike Anpanman - Baikinman no Daisakusen.png

Soreike! Anpanman: Baikinman
no Daisakusen
Avitlogo.png
Nintendo DS Logo.png
 Dec. 1, 2005 🇯🇵
Animalparadise.png
 Self-Published
Nintendo DS Logo.png
 Apr. 26, 2007
Let'sdraw.png
 Self-Published
Nintendo DS Logo.png
 2008
Dtl01.jpg

Drawn to Life: God's Marionette
5th Cell Logo 2003.png

THQ logo 2000.png
Nintendo DS Logo.png
 Dec. 4, 2008 🇯🇵
DTLSHADOWBASHINGlogo.png

Shadow Bashing		 Self-Developed
Adobeflashlogo.png
 2008 🇯🇵
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NyxQuest:_Kindred_Spirits
Overthetopgameslogo.png
Wiiware.png
 May 11, 2010 🇯🇵
Codeprincess.png
Studiosaizensen.png

Studio Saizensen
3DS.png
 Apr. 12, 2012
Sayonaraumiharakawase.png
Studiosaizensen.png

Studio Saizensen		 Steam Logo.png Oct. 6, 2015*
Ironfallinvasion.png
VD-Dev.png
3DS.png
 October 28, 2015 🇯🇵
Umiharakawase.png
Studiosaizensen.png

Studio Saizensen		 Steam Logo.png Nov. 2, 2015
Umiharakawaseshun.png
Studiosaizensen.png

Studio Saizensen		 Steam Logo.png Nov. 24, 2015

*The game originally released for the PS Vita in 2013, but the Steam release is listed here.


Trivia[edit]

  • Agatsuma is one of only two publishers to localize a game in the Drawn to Life series in a single region, the other being H2 Interactive.
  • Despite the first Drawn to Life being well-received in Japan, Agatsuma was not contracted to localize Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter for a Japanese release.
  • Agatsuma developed a promotional Flash game on the Japanese Drawn to Life website, titled Shadow Bashing. You can read more about it here.

PaintingIcon.png Media[edit]

  • The Agatsuma and THQ logos seen upon startup of the Japanese version of Drawn to Life.

  • The company website's front page.

  • The website's "Games" page, which includes Drawn to Life.

  • The website for Drawn to Life's Japan release.

  • The Adventure section of the Japanese website.

  • The Draw Mode section of the Japanese website.

  • The Hero section of the Japanese website.

  • The Character section of the Japanese website.

  • The title screen of Shadow Bashing.

NoteIcon.png References[edit]

  1. ↑ Agatsuma Entertainment, About
  2. ↑ Famitsu Review Scores, Nintendo Everything
  3. ↑ Agatsuma Press Release, 2016
Studios
Nintendo DS 5th Cell • THQ • Agatsuma Entertainment
iOS 505 Games • WayForward
Altron • Nickelodeon • THQ
Planet Moon Studios • THQ
5th Cell • THQ
Most Regions 505 Games • Digital Continue
South Korean Release H2 Interactive
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