- Asmik Ace Entertainment
Asmik Ace Entertainment was formed in
1997 through a merger between the Asmik Corporation and Ace Entertainment, both ofJapan . The name Asmik comes from its three founding companies: Ask, Sumitomo, Kodansha. Asmik Corporation was founded in1985 as a subsidiary to theSumitomo Corporation of Japan. Its focus was in the area ofvideo game s for thevideo game console market, specifically the NES. It quickly moved on to distribute motion pictures in Japan, and won several awards for doing so. It once had a North American subsidiary, Asmik Corporation of America.Ace Pictures Inc. was founded in
1981 as a division ofNippon Herald Films to produceJapan ese films and distribute foreignart film s. Several of its pictures earned awards and hold positions as some of the highest grossing films in Japan.Asmik Ace Entertainment has produced games for the
PlayStation ,Dreamcast ,PlayStation 2 ,PC Engine ,Nintendo 64 and GameCube, and distributes high quality films for the Japanese movie market.Asmik Ace Entertainment also distributes a number of films from
DreamWorks in Japanese theaters.Video games
Asmik had a mascot named Boomer (Asmik-kun in Japan), which was featured in several video games.
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Asmik-kun Land " (Famicom)
*"Asmik-kun World 2 " (Game Boy )
*"Astro Troop Vanark " (PlayStation )
*"Battle Zeque Den " (Super Famicom )
*"Boomer's Adventure in ASMIK World " ("Asmik-Kun World")
*"Conquest of the Crystal Palace "
*"Cosmic Epsilon "
*"Cutie Suzuki Ringside Angel " (MegaDrive )
*"Deep Dungeon IV "
*"D-Force "
*"Dimension Force " (Super Famicom )
*"Gambler Jiko Chuushinha "
*"Gambler Jiko Chuushinha 2 "
*"Hunter Lime Special Collection Vol 2 " (PlayStation )
*"Jumping Kid " (Japan only - planned US release as "Jack and the Beanstalk ")
*"Jyuouki " (port of arcade game known outside of Japan as "Altered Beast ")
*"LSD (video game) " (PlayStation )
*"" (GameCube )
*"Meimon! Tako Nishiouendan "
*"Mysterium"
*"Nippon Ichi no Nakantoku "
*"Oh No!" (PlayStation )
*"Power Drift " (PC Engine )
*"Rhythm N Face " (PlayStation )
*"Shinobi" (PC Engine )
*"Sidewinder" (PlayStation )
*"Sidewinder 2 " (PlayStation )
*"Super Hydlide " (MegaDrive )
*"" (Dreamcast )
*"Verytex " (MegaDrive )
*"Virtual Pro Wrestling 2 " (Nintendo 64 )
*"Xardion " (Super Famicom )External links
* [http://www.asmik-ace.co.jp/ Asmik Ace Entertainment]
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