Bullet Club
Banned
Via Reddit.
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20191002-00010002-teikokudb-ind
Google Translate:
Alpha Dream Co., Ltd. (TDB Company Code: 984272595, capital 90 million yen, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 2-19-19, representative Yoshihiko Maekawa) received a decision from the Tokyo District Court to commhold bankruptcy proceedings on October 1.
The bankruptcy trustee is Kuma Hayato, 2-3-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Andy Bear Hayato Law Office, tel. 03-5224-6627. The Company was established in May 1991 with the trade name of Maintenance Tomo and Ai Co., Ltd. for the purpose of interior and exterior construction. Then, in January 2000, the company changed its name to Alpha Star Software , and in July of the same year, the company changed its business model to the planning and development of game software, and was entrusted with the planning and development of game software, mainly mobile game consoles, from major game console manufacturers. As a result of game software development, we have been developing such as mario luigi RPG series and "Totoko Hamtaro" character game "4" and later, [Mario Luigi RPG3 DX], [Totoko Hamtaro] Ham Ham Challenge! It's a hot one! There is a masterpiece, such as].
Although the development was partly outsourced, the company's employees consistently entrusted the series with its development capabilities as a strength, and in the fiscal year ended March 2014, the company posted an annual revenue of approximately 300 million yen. In recent years, however, while income swelled, the burden of development costs was heavy, forcing the financial statements to continue to be overdue.
After that, business performance did not recover, and it became difficult to continue the business, and this was the measure. As of the end of 2018, the liabilities were approximately ¥100 million.
AlphaDream, who worked primarily on the Mario & Luigi RPGs just announced bankruptcy.
There doesn't seem to be an English source yet, but here's an article from Yahoo Japan. I'll try to update with more info as soon as there's an English source.
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20191002-00010002-teikokudb-ind
Google Translate:
Alpha Dream Co., Ltd. (TDB Company Code: 984272595, capital 90 million yen, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 2-19-19, representative Yoshihiko Maekawa) received a decision from the Tokyo District Court to commhold bankruptcy proceedings on October 1.
The bankruptcy trustee is Kuma Hayato, 2-3-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Andy Bear Hayato Law Office, tel. 03-5224-6627. The Company was established in May 1991 with the trade name of Maintenance Tomo and Ai Co., Ltd. for the purpose of interior and exterior construction. Then, in January 2000, the company changed its name to Alpha Star Software , and in July of the same year, the company changed its business model to the planning and development of game software, and was entrusted with the planning and development of game software, mainly mobile game consoles, from major game console manufacturers. As a result of game software development, we have been developing such as mario luigi RPG series and "Totoko Hamtaro" character game "4" and later, [Mario Luigi RPG3 DX], [Totoko Hamtaro] Ham Ham Challenge! It's a hot one! There is a masterpiece, such as].
Although the development was partly outsourced, the company's employees consistently entrusted the series with its development capabilities as a strength, and in the fiscal year ended March 2014, the company posted an annual revenue of approximately 300 million yen. In recent years, however, while income swelled, the burden of development costs was heavy, forcing the financial statements to continue to be overdue.
After that, business performance did not recover, and it became difficult to continue the business, and this was the measure. As of the end of 2018, the liabilities were approximately ¥100 million.