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Artoon is a computer and video game third-party developer established in 1999. The team is primarily affiliated in the United States with recent and current Microsoft Xbox and Xbox 360 projects, although they have also worked with Hudson Soft and Nintendo on other platforms. Key Artoon personnel include Yoji Ishii, Manabu Kusunoki, Hidetoshi Takeshita, Yutaka Sugano, and Naoto Ōshima. When the company formed, it drew personnel and talent from several of Sega's development teams, particularly those which worked on Sonic the Hedgehog (created by Ōshima), and Panzer Dragoon. Currently, the developer has approximately 85 employees. Image File history File links Art_logo. ... Image File history File links Art_logo. ... In the video game industry, a third-party developer is a developer that is not directly tied to the primary product the consumer is using. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKSE: 4338) is a multinational computer technology corporation with global annual revenue of US$44. ... Xbox is a sixth generation era video game console produced by Microsoft. ... The Xbox 360 is the successor to Microsofts Xbox video game console, developed in co-operation with IBM, ATI, Samsung and SiS. Information on the console first came through viral marketing campaigns and it was officially unveiled on MTV on May 12, 2005, with detailed launch and game information... Hudson Soft is a Japanese publisher and developer, founded on May 18, 1973. ... Nintendo Company, Limited (任天堂 or ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 usually referred to as simply Nintendo, or Big N ) is a multinational corporation founded on September 23, 1889[1] in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. ... Naoto ÅŒshima (大島 直人 ÅŒshima Naoto) is a Japanese national and former Sega employee who designed the characters of Sonic the Hedgehog and Doctor Eggman. ... Sega Corporation ) is an international video game software and hardware developing company, and a former home computer and console manufacturer. ... The Sonic the Hedgehog series is a franchise of video games released by Sega starring their mascot character Sonic the Hedgehog. ... Panzer Dragoon is a series of video games by SEGA, created first by its internal Team Andromeda and later, the Smilebit development team. ...

Artoon is currently situated in Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecuture, Japan. A secondary studio is maintained in Naha, Okinawa prefecture, Japan Yokohama ) is the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture and Japans largest incorporated city,[1] with a population of 3. ... Kanagawa Prefecture (神奈川県; Kanagawa-ken) is a geographic and political area located in the Kanto region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Naha (那覇市; -shi) is the capital city of 沖縄県 Okinawa Prefecture (Okinawan Uchinā) in Japan. ... This article is about the prefecture. ...

Games developed by Artoon

• Game Boy Advance
  • Ghost Trap
  • Pinobee: Wings of Adventure
  • Yoshi Topsy Turvy | Yoshi's Universal Gravitation

• Nintendo DS
  • Yoshi's Island DS

• PlayStation
  • Pinobee

• PlayStation 2
  • Ghost Vibration
  • Swords of Yi | Swords of Destiny

• Xbox
  • Blinx: The Time Sweeper
  • Blinx 2: Masters of Time and Space | Blinx 2: Battle of Time & Space

• Xbox 360
  • Blue Dragon
  • Blinx 3

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Other Uses For The Word Artoon

Artoon also means "awake" in Armenian.

External links

• Artoon's official website