Imagineer



Imagineer (Japanese: イマジニア株式会社) is a Japanese content industry company, specialising in video games; especially those aimed towards younger children. It was founded on January 27, 1986 and the current president is Kazunori Sumioka. Imagineer is inspired by the term imagineering; a phrase for the transition of creative ideas into practice.

The current logo is orange, but in the past it was originally red or blue (varying by game) and of a different shape.

In video games
Imagineer both work as a video game developer and publisher. Some of the games they work on are part of a multimedia franchise owned by them, such as the Medabots franchise. Others include games based on licensed brands such as Hello Kitty/Sanrio franchises.

One of the first games they have worked on is The Battle of Olympus for the Famicom (Japanese Nintendo Entertainment System) in 1988. Some other popular franchises they are known for assisting on are the SimCity franchise, Thomas the Tank Engine, Doom and Lemmings.

Subsidiaries and affiliates
This list is incomplete:


 * Rocket Company (defunct hence dormant; information incomplete)
 * Smilesoft (defunct hence dormant; information incomplete)
 * Timenet (defunct? dormant; information incomplete)

Affiliates:


 * SoWhat (information incomplete)

Relations with:


 * Atlus (video games)
 * Infinity (video games)
 * Nintendo (video games)
 * Sanrio (and contracted artists; as well as affiliated Sanrio companies in relation to Imagineer licensed character rights)
 * HiT Entertainment (The BrittAlcroft Company(>)Gullane Entertainment) (other Thomas The Tank Engine related people/companies)
 * Atari

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 * THQ

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Unsorted:

(Source: Imagineer official corporate document/financial report)


 * IE Institute (information incomplete)
 * Gama Internet Technology (consolidated)
 * Gama Internet Technology USA (non-consolidated)
 * Imagineer Studios (non-consolidated)
 * Imagineer STD (non-consolidated; Hong Kong?) (dormant; considered no longer a subsidiary from internal view/policy)