Red Entertainment

Red Entertainment Corporation
Native name
株式会社レッド・エンタテインメント
IndustryVideo games, animation, etc.
PredecessorRed Company (1976-2000)
FoundedDecember 4, 2000[1]
HeadquartersSuitengu Hokushin Bldg. 1-39-5, Nihonbashi-kakigaracho, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan
Key people
Ohji Hiroi
ProductsSee product listing
Revenue¥105,969,632 (capital)
OwnerOizumi Corporation
WebsiteRed Entertainment homepage (English)

Red Entertainment (株式会社レッド・エンタテインメント, Kabushiki-gaisha Reddo Entateinmento) is a video game developer and publisher based in Japan. Originally founded in 1976 as Red Company (レッドカンパニー, Reddo Kanpanī) (though it did not begin doing business until 1985), it was reorganized and succeeded by a new company on December 4, 2000, under its current moniker of Red Entertainment. While Red Company as a public corporation dates back to the mid-1980s, the first title released under the Red Entertainment brand was Gungrave on July 17, 2002. The name "RED" comes from "Royal Emperor Dragon".[2] In 2011, the company was acquired by Chinese game developer UltiZen Games Limited.[3] In 2014, Red Entertainment was sold to Oizumi Corporation.[4]

  1. ^ "Corporate profile | 株式会社レッド・エンタテインメント".
  2. ^ 「REDってなぁに?」『アニメージュ』1990年1月号、徳間書店、p.36.
  3. ^ 2011-03-11, UltiZen Games Acquires Red Entertainment, PR Newswire Asia
  4. ^ "Oizumi Corporation". www.oizumi.co.jp (in Japanese). 30 June 2015. Archived from the original on 9 January 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.