Marvelous (company)

Marvelous Inc.
	Current logo used since 2014
	Headquarters in Shinagawa, Tokyo
Native name	株式会社マーベラス
Romanized name	Kabushiki-gaisha Māberasu
Formerly	Marvelous Entertainment, Inc. (1997–2011); Marvelous AQL Inc. (2011–2014)
Company type	Public (K.K.)
Traded as	TYO: 7844
Industry	Video games; Anime industry
Predecessor	Marvelous Entertainment; AQ Interactive; Liveware;
Founded	June 25, 1997; 27 years ago
Headquarters	Higashishinagawa, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Haruki Nakayama (Chairman/President/CEO); Shuichi Motoda (Vice Chairman); Toshinori Aoki (Executive Vice President/Co-COO); Takashi Sensui (Executive Vice President/Co-COO);
Products	Anime; Video games
Revenue	¥20,330,000,000 (2014)
Net income	¥1,882,000,000 (2014)
Number of employees	605; As of September 30, 2021 (consolidated basis)
Subsidiaries	Artland; Marvelous USA; Link Think; Delfisound; Marvelous First Studio; Marvelous Europe; G-Mode; Honey∞Parade Games; Hakama
Website	www.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]

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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.^[17] 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.

Name	Location	Founded	Acquired	Information
Marvelous Europe Limited	London, United Kingdom^[22] (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^[23] and were renamed in June 2014.^[24]
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.^[25] after purchasing the Index Digital Media, Inc.'s online business unit, which had transferred to Xseed JKS, Inc. on March 31.^[26]

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.^[27]
LINKTHINK Inc.	Japan	July 2006^[28]	October 2011	April 2017	The company was previously acquired by AQ Interactive in April 2009. Marvelous absorbed the company in April 2017.

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