French-Bread

This article is about the Japanese video game developer. For other uses, see French bread (disambiguation).
Soft Circle French-Bread
Native name
フランスパン
Furansu Pan
FormerlyWatanabe Seisakujo (1995–2003)[1]
IndustryVideo games
Founded1995; 29 years ago (1995)
FounderNobuya Narita
Headquarters
Taitō
,
Japan
Key people
  • Nobuya Narita[2]
  • (Studio Manager)
  • Seichi Yoshihara
  • (Primary Sprite Artist)
  • Kamone Serizawa[2]
  • (Game Director)
  • Masaru Kuba (Raito)
  • (Sound and Music Composer)
  • Takehiko Wagatsuma
  • (Special Effect, UI and Layout Artist)
Products
Number of employees
14 (2021)[3][4]
Websitewww13.plala.or.jp/french/ (Old)
unknown-corp.co.jp (New)

Soft Circle French-Bread[5], also known simply as French-Bread, is a Japanese video game developer founded in 1995 as Watanabe Production (渡辺製作所, Watanabe Seisakujo), based in Taitō, Tokyo, Japan.[2] Originally a doujin circle, French-Bread became well known for their work in fighting games, particularly the Melty Blood series. In recent years, they worked on other licensed-based fighting games, such as Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax[6] and the company’s original game, Under Night In-Birth.[7] Most of its developed video games are commonly released for Microsoft Windows, Sega arcade systems, and PlayStation consoles.

  1. ^ Official Website of Watanabe Seisakujo at Internet Archive
  2. ^ a b c Loreille, Thomas (2018-08-20). "The surprising story of the French Bread studio". Bas Gros Poing. Archived from the original on 2019-02-04. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  3. ^ "ふらぱん情報局 2018年04月27日放送 - YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  4. ^ "会社概要COMPANY". Unknown Co. Ltd. Archived from the original on 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
  5. ^ Japanese: フランスパン, Hepburn: Furansu-pan
  6. ^ Romano, Sal (2013-11-10). "Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax developers revealed". Gematsu. Archived from the original on 2019-02-04. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  7. ^ Toyad, Jonathan Leo (February 6, 2011). "Melty Blood creator gives birth to new 2D fighter". GameSpot. Archived from the original on June 28, 2011. Retrieved February 9, 2011.