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Cygames

Cygames Inc. is a Japanese video game software developer, part of CyberAgent and DeNA.
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Overview

Cygames Inc. is a Japanese video game software development company, a subsidiary of CyberAgent and DeNA.


The company was founded in May 2011; since 2016 it has also entered the animation production business; in 2021 it celebrated its 10th anniversary.

It is a consolidated subsidiary of CyberAgent and has an equity method relationship with DeNA. On 6 February 2015, it also established Citail, a new subsidiary specialising in the development of game titles; in 2018, it entered into a capital tie-up with Nintendo in relation to the joint development of Dragalia Lost, making Nintendo the third largest equity shareholder after CyberAgent and DeNA.


It develops mainly social network games and smartphone application games for DeNA's Mobage, Ameba and DMM.


Main Titles

Social network games


Console games


Other


TV Anime

Indicates works that participated in production committees and works produced in-house.


YearTitle (Original Title)
2014Rage of Bahamut: Genesis (神撃のバハムートGENESIS)
2015THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls (アイドルマスター シンデレラガールズ)
2016Yuri on Ice (ユーリ!!! on ICE), In This Corner of the World (この世界の片隅に)
2017The Eccentric Family 2 (有頂天家族2), Granblue Fantasy The Animation (GRANBLUE FANTASY The Animation), Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul (神撃のバハムートVIRGINSOUL),Made in Abyss (メイドインアビス), Blade Runner: Black Out 2022 (ブレードランナー ブラックアウト2022)
2018Ms. Koizumi Loves Ramen Noodles (ラーメン大好き小泉さん), Uma Musume: Pretty Derby (ウマ娘 プリティーダービー), Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (さよならの朝に約束の花をかざろう), Run with the Wind (風が強く吹いている), Zombie Land Saga (ゾンビランドサガ)
2019Manaria Friends (マナリアフレンズ), To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts (かつて神だった獣たちへ), Granblue Fantasy The Animation Season 2 (GRANBLUE FANTASY The Animation Season 2), Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious (慎重勇者〜この勇者が俺TUEEEくせに慎重すぎる〜)
2020Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul (劇場版メイドインアビス 深き魂の黎明), Seton Academy: Join the Pack! (群れなせ!シートン学園), Shadowverse (シャドウバース), Princess Connect! Re:Dive (プリンセスコネクト!Re:Dive),Iwa-Kakeru! Sport Climbing Girls (いわかける! - Sport Climbing Girls -)
2021Uma Musume: Pretty Derby Season 2 (ウマ娘 プリティーダービー Season 2), Zombie Land Saga Revenge (ゾンビランドサガ リベンジ)
2022Princess Connect! Re:Dive Season 2 (プリンセスコネクト!Re:Dive Season 2), Life with an Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated into a Total Fantasy Knockout (異世界美少女受肉おじさんと), Shadowverse Flame (シャドウバースF), Akiba Maid War (アキバ冥途戦争)
2023The Marginal Service (THE_MARGINAL_SERVICE)

  • April 2016 - The animation production subsidiary CygamesPictures is established.
  • Jun 2016 - Background art painting production company Kusanagi Inc. becomes a wholly owned subsidiary.

Sponsorship Activities

The company has been involved in sponsorship activities since its establishment, but became more active from 2015.


The president of the company is from Saga Prefecture and has a will to enliven the declining Saga area, and several of the titles produced are related to Saga, including Yuri on ICE and Zombie Land Saga, as well as Saga's football team, Sagan Tosu.


TV programs

Since its founding, the company has launched a large number of TV commercials, and since 2015 it has achieved single-company sponsorship of variety show programs.


Video Research announced commercial trends for the first three days of the New Year 2017, and the number of commercials by company ranked third after Suzuki and Daihatsu. Incidentally, if the number of commercials of Starlight Stage is added to those of Cygames, it is calculated to be far ahead of second place and below.

Programs sponsored by a single company

As at end-December 2017.

  • Design Code
  • Summers x Sports
  • Niciyou Chaplin

Comedy award programs

After gaining sponsorship of the M-1 Grand Prix at the end of 2015, the company became the title sponsor of THE MANZAI in the same year and the R-1 Grand Prix and King of Conte the following year, achieving complete sponsorship of major comedy award competition programs.


Sagan Tosu

A J-League football team whose home town is Tosu City, Saga Prefecture, with which Cygames has had a sponsorship contract since the summer of 2015. The Starigh-Tosu-Stage event is a collaboration with the Cinderella Girls.


RIZIN

A mixed martial arts event. Cygames sponsored the event in September 2016; it designed the winner's trophy and championship belt for the tournament on New Year's Eve 2018.


related Videos

Cygames Corporate Music Video "Follow Your Fantasy"

Cygames JUVENTUS OFFICIAL SPONSOR PV


Cygames Corporate Introduction Movie 2019

Cygames Corporate Introduction Movie 2020


Associated People

Game producers

Yuito Kimura, Koichi Haruta, Tetsuya Fukuhara, Kenichiro Takagi

Illustrators and designers

Hideo Minaba, Akihiko Yoshida

Ryosuke Aiba, Annindofu, Riko Ayama, LM7, Hitomoji Kiku, Kumajet, 77gl, Isuka Harada, Soji Hisakata, Ponzu, Mayoko, Mushimaro

Music producers

Tetsuya Uchida, Akihiro Honda

Animation Producers

Aisaku Chikaishi, Nobuhiro Takenaka

Professional gamers

Umehara (signed sponsorship deal on 2 March 2017)

Yuuki Ichikawa, Kentaro Yamamoto, Teruya Kakumae, Yuya Watanabe, Shota Yasooka (professional MTG players belonging to 'Team Cygames'. At the start-up, it was Ichikawa, Yamamoto and Kakumae, but later Watanabe from Team MINT and Yasooka from Hareruya Pros moved to the team. They have continued to this day).

Martial artist

Tenshin Nasukawa


Related Article

Video Game Industry Social network game Anime Production Company

List of Cygames-related content characters (Cygames関連コンテンツの登場人物一覧)

Cinderella Fantasy

CyberAgent... the parent company.


Saga Television Station... a media company (TV station) which also has a content production base in the Saga area.

Juventus... Cygames announced in a press release that it will sign a sponsorship agreement for the period from July 2017 until the end of June 2020.

DMM.com... browser versions of game titles such as Grabble and Shadowverse have been launched here.


List of CP tags for BL in Cygames-related contents (Cygames関連コンテンツの腐向けCPタグ一覧)

(Cygames-related contents have numerous star systems, so they are grouped in the tags above. Always use the 'BL' or 'For Fujoshi' tag for related illustrations).


External Links

Official website (English)

Official website (Japanese)


Official Twitter (@Cygames_PR)

Official YouTube channel

Official Instagram (@cygames_inc)

Article in Other Languages

Japanese

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