Imageepoch

Imageepoch Inc. (イメージエポック, Imējiepokku) was a video game developer based in Tokyo, Japan.

Imageepoch Inc.

Company type	Private
Industry	Video games
Founded	June 9, 2005
Defunct	May 13, 2015
Fate	Bankruptcy
Successor	Mikage LLC
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Ryoei Mikage (Founder/Owner) Kazuya Niinou (Senior Director) Hiroyuki Kanemaru (Director)
Products	Luminous Arc (series) Fate/Extra (series) 7th Dragon (series) Criminal Girls
Number of employees	Over 120 (as of Jan. 2009)[1]
Website	http://imageepoch.co.jp/

The company was filed for bankruptcy in 2015, due to its declining sales and increasing debt.^[2]

History

The company was founded in June 2005 by Ryoei Mikage. Their first release was the tactical role-playing game on Nintendo DS, Luminous Arc.^[3]

In April 2015, Gematsu reported that Idea Factory's Yoshiteru Sato shared that he was unable to reach Mikage privately and confirming that the Imageepoch CEO had gone missing.^[4] In the same article, Ryoei Mikage's Twitter account was noted as being inactive publicly for months.^[4] The following month, Imageepoch was confirmed to have gone bankrupt.^[5]

Imageepoch closed their doors and reopened as Mikage LLC.^[6]

Games

Nintendo DS

• Luminous Arc (2007)
• Luminous Arc 2 (2008)
• Sands of Destruction (2008)
• 7th Dragon (2009)
• Luminous Arc 3 (2009)^[7]

Wii

• Case Closed: The Mirapolis Investigation (2007)
• Arc Rise Fantasia (2009)

Nintendo 3DS

• SoniPro (2014)
• Toshin Toshi Girls Gift RPG (2014)
• Yoshi's New Island (2014, with Arzest)
• Stella Glow (2015)^[8]

PlayStation Portable

• Last Ranker (2010)^[9]
• Fate/Extra (2010)
• Criminal Girls (2010)^[10]
• Final Promise Story (2011)
• Black Rock Shooter: The Game (2011)^[11]
• 7th Dragon 2020 (2011)
• Sol Trigger (2012)^[12]
• Fate/Extra CCC (2013)^[13]
• 7th Dragon 2020-II (2013)

PlayStation 3

• Chevalier Saga Tactics (2011)
• Time and Eternity (2012)

PlayStation Vita

• Criminal Girls: Invite Only (2013)