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 Headquarters in Chiyoda, Tokyo | |
Native name | 株式会社アスキー |
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Romanized name | Kabushiki-gaisha Asukī |
| Formerly | ASCII Publishing Co., Ltd. (1977—1982) |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | May 24, 1977 |
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| Defunct | March 31, 2008 |
| Fate | Merged with MediaWorks |
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| Headquarters | Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan |
Area served | Japan |
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| Revenue | ¥433 million (2006) |
Number of employees | 197 (2006) |
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| Website | ascii |
| Footnotes / references "Company Profile" (in Japanese). ASCII Corporation. 2006. Archived from the original on February 17, 2008. Retrieved August 5, 2020. | |
ASCII Corporation, Ltd.[a] was a Japanese publishing company based in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It became a subsidiary of Kadokawa Group Holdings in 2004, and merged with another Kadokawa subsidiary MediaWorks on April 1, 2008, becoming ASCII Media Works.[1][2] The company published Monthly ASCII as the main publication. ASCII is best known for creating the Derby Stallion video game series, the MSX computer, and the RPG Maker line of programming software.
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- ^ 子会社の合併に関するお知らせ (PDF) (in Japanese). Kadokawa Group Holdings. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 8, 2007. Retrieved December 8, 2007.
- ^ "Kadokawa Group to Merge ASCII, MediaWorks Subsidiaries". Anime News Network. October 2, 2007. Archived from the original on April 7, 2008. Retrieved March 30, 2008.