LEVEL-5 Celebrates 20 Years Of Excellence
SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- LEVEL-5, a leading multimedia entertainment company, is celebrating an important anniversary in 2018. For the past two decades, LEVEL-5. has created, produced and distributed highly engaging content for children, adults and game/anime fans worldwide. The company's mission has been to bring its universally themed popular game and animation content from Japan to fans globally, across all platforms and all devices.
"For the past 20 years, LEVEL-5 has provided a strong commitment to maintaining its position on the content frontier where the newest technologies and great entertainment intersect," said Yukari Hayakawa, LEVEL-5 abby Chief Operation Officer. "We continue to have an overwhelming positive response when we release new opportunities as the market in North America is hungry for video games and anime as new forms of entertainment for the broader masses."
The company's tentpole franchises are available (or soon to be available) via multiple touch points, from animation to toys to games, include:
-- YO-KAI WATCH(TM) is the mega-hit animated comedy and Nintendo 3DS video
game series created in 2013, which continues to be a successful staple
of LEVEL-5's cross-media franchises. With the use of his Yo-kai Watch,
Nate Adams, an average boy, meets an assortment of mischievous Yo-kai
who he discovers are invisible to humans and seem to be the cause of,
and solution to, all of life's problems. Blazion is a hot-blooded Yo-kai
that fills folks with fiery enthusiasm, Cheeksqueak is responsible for
uncontrollable farting in front of public, and Fidgephant makes anyone
need to urgently use the bathroom, just to name a few. The series
debuted in 2015 in North America, with new episodes airing on DisneyXD
and Netflix for the past two seasons. The Yo-Kai Watch videogames have
been published by Nintendo.
-- SNACK WORLD(TM) is LEVEL-5's latest delicacy from Japan. The top 10 TV
Tokyo animated series wrapped Season 1 and now is ready for export.
SNACK WORLD is a nutty place where mythology, fairy tales, and
technology are fusion fare! When an evil mogul wrongs the young hero
Chup, the boy and his bite-sized crew embark on an epic adventure of
serving just deserts to the giant jerk. The smash hit SNACK WORLD video
game debuted on Nintendo 3DS platform in 2017 and on Nintendo Switch in
spring 2018. The companion consumer products line won Best Japanese
Licensed Character (New Face) at the Licensing Japan Character and Brand
Licensing Trade Show in April 2018. The tasty franchise continues to
dominate at Japanese retail and indicates similar success abroad.
-- INAZUMA ELEVEN(TM) is a Super Dimensional action adventure about a team
from humble beginnings rising up to keep their passion alive in the face
of a corrupt elite corporation. Only when using their Special Moves can
they get their point across. The latest installment in the INAZUMA
ELEVEN franchise, INAZUMA ELEVEN ARES, depicts a parallel world that
will feature both new characters and cast from the original in action
packed, heart wrenching matches between the good, the evil, and those in
between. Building on the foundation laid by previous series, which
number over 250 episodes, four movies and more than eight million
Nintendo games sold to date, the reboot series has begun its broadcast
premiere in Asia, is scheduled to launch in Europe Fall 2018, and is
planned to debut in North America for the first time in 2019. The slate
also includes the premiere of the video game in 2019 with the aim to tap
into the growing eSports movement.
-- LAYTON'S MYSTERY JOURNEY(TM) is the latest in the beloved Professor
Layton catalog. The LAYTON SERIES(TM) debuted in 2007 with the release
of Professor Layton and the Curious Village on the Nintendo DS platform,
and built a phenomenon that continues to delight puzzle and adventure
fans from around the world, selling over 17 million games to date. The
Layton series of titles are comical, puzzle-laden adventure stories
focusing on solving intricate mysteries. This evolution of the Layton
series follows Katrielle Layton, daughter of the famous (and missing)
Professor as she solves smaller mysteries in London, all woven into an
intriguing overall grand conundrum. The strength of the franchise
coupled with the globally successful launch of the new game series
created the perfect formula to develop a new animated series built
around its legacy, which debuted in Japan on Fuji TV in April 2018.
About LEVEL-5 Inc.
LEVEL-5 Inc. plans, creates, and markets video game software and produces mega-hit IPs targeting kids around the world. The company specializes in cross-media strategies and oversees corresponding counterparts (anime, toys, manga, etc.) for its titles. The company's flagship LAYTON(TM) series has sold more than 17 million units worldwide, The Ni no Kuni(TM) series, featuring animations created the Academy Award-winning Studio Ghibli, has sold more than 2.3 million units worldwide and has received numerous prominent game awards. LEVEL-5's cross-media titles include INAZUMA ELEVEN(TM), Little Battlers eXperience, and YO-KAI WATCH(TM) - which has sold over 13 million units worldwide. All forms of YO-KAI WATCH(TM) merchandise, including toys and games, are universally popular among people of all ages. While maintaining its foundation as a game company, LEVEL-5 Inc. continues to actively explore collaborations with other media as it strives to flourish as a world-class entertainment brand. To learn more, please visit http://level5abby.com.
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