Company
Media Factory
Merged- Shipping
- 1990 – 2011
- Merged
- 2013
- Developed
- 16
- Published
- 25
- HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Now part of
- Kadokawa Corporation
- Parent
- Kadokawa Corporation
Media Factory (メディアファクトリー, Mediafakutorī), formerly known as Media Factory, Inc. (株式会社メディアファクトリー, Kabushiki gaisha Mediafakutorī), was a Japanese publisher and brand company of Kadokawa Future Publishing. The company was founded on December 1, 1986, and was a subsidiary of Recruit Co., Ltd., based in Shibuya, Tokyo. Media Factory was possibly the first anime distributor to ask for sites to not link to fansubs of any anime produced by the company. On October 12, 2011, Media Factory was purchased by Kadokawa Corporation for ¥8,000,000,000. Media Factory also has a monthly manga magazine, Monthly Comic Alive, and its own light novel imprint, MF Bunko J. Media Factory also holds the license for the distribution of The 39 Clues in Japan. Media Factory ceased being a kabushiki gaisha, as well as retired the Pokémon anime series on October 1, 2013, when it was merged with eight other companies to become a brand company of Kadokawa Corporation. It had a record label, Pikachu Records, that produced Pokémon CDs and Pokémon soundtracks in Japan from 1997 to 2012. Most Pokémon albums in Japan came from Pikachu Records during this period. It was retired when Media Factory was purchased by Kadokawa Corporation. On August 17, 2021, the website for Media Factory was officially closed with a notice directing readers to Kadokawa's website for future products and services.
Known for
Games29
Main releases, remasters, remakes, and ports.
Nov 23, 2011
Nov 23, 2011
Dec 31, 2002A
Dec 31, 2001
Dec 1, 2001
Sep 27, 2001
Aug 10, 2001
Jul 7, 2001
May 25, 2001
Feb 23, 2001
Feb 22, 2001
Jan 3, 2001
Dec 31, 2000
Nov 30, 2000
Nov 16, 2000
Nov 2, 2000
Oct 26, 2000A
Sep 30, 2000
Jul 28, 2000
Jun 1, 2000
May 2, 2000
Nov 5, 1999
Jun 1, 1999
May 1, 1999
Jan 29, 1999
Dec 31, 1998
Mar 1, 1990D
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Bundles & Collections4
Compilations, special editions, and packs.
