Shochiku celebrates its first anniversary. After receiving overwhelming support for "Backpack Battle" and "MiSide," the company also focused on home video game consoles in the second year. "My quest as a publisher is never over" [Interview]

Shochiku celebrates its first anniversary. After receiving overwhelming support for "Backpack Battle" and "MiSide," the company also focused on home video game consoles in the second year. "My quest as a publisher is never over" [Interview]
Shochiku is a long-established company in the movie and theater industry that released an early access version of "Backpack Battle" for Steam in March 2024 and entered the game business. The company, which is steadily moving forward with its business, is gaining more and more momentum now that it is celebrating its first anniversary in the game business. We asked Hiroaki Ishige, the head of the office, and other members of the Shochiku Game Business Office about their impressions of the first anniversary and their future prospects....

The linked article is in Japanese.