Studio Saizensen
Independent Japanese indie video game developer based in Japan. Legal entity: Studio Saizensen Ltd. (also referenced as Studio Saizensen Co., Ltd. — 株式会社最前線). Founded by Yumi (artist on the original Umihara Kawase series, primarily a manga / illustration professional) after the bankruptcy of the original Umihara Kawase developer (TNN) — per Gosokkyu Tumblr interview: 'After Umihara Kawase's company went bankrupt, I started Studio Saizensen and ended up making games.' Programming work credited to Kiyoshi (per 8bithorse Blogspot UmiharaKawase article). Multi-decade specialist Japanese indie developer best known for: (1) the **Umihara Kawase franchise revival** — Sayonara UmiharaKawase (2013, Agatsuma Entertainment), Umihara Kawase Shun (Steam 2015, Komodo publisher), Umihara Kawase Fresh! (2019, Success/Nicalis), preserving the unique 'Rubber Ring Action / Rubber Band Action' fishing-line platformer gameplay; (2) **Code of Princess** (3DS 2012, Agatsuma Entertainment / Atlus / Nicalis); (3) **Cotton Fantasy: Superlative Night Dreams** (co-developed with Success, directed by Toshinobu Kondo). Publishing partners across the catalog: Agatsuma Entertainment, Success, KOMODO, Nicalis, Atlus. 23 'Developed by' + 3 'Published by' + 3 'Additional Graphics by' MobyGames credits. Independent — no parent corporation. Moby record: 'Studio Saizensen Ltd.' WEBSITE (batch 1949): saizensen.co.jp (official, live 200; Shift-JIS site titled スタジオ最前線). HTTPS unavailable on the domain (http only) - http://saizensen.co.jp/ is the canonical URL.
- Type: Developer · Buyer
- Headquarters: Japan
- Activity taxonomy (by shipped credits): Development, Art, assets and fonts production services, Publishing, Casting services, Storytelling and narrative services, QA and testing services
- Credited games in the group: 15
Partners proven by shipped credits
- Success — Development, Publishing, 4 shared credits, 2020–2026
- Nicalis — Art, assets and fonts production services, Development, Publishing, 4 shared credits, 2018–2025
- Komodo (Degica) — Publishing, 3 shared credits, 2015–2016
- Idea Factory International — Publishing, 3 shared credits, 2020–2023
- Idea Factory — Publishing, Storytelling and narrative services, 3 shared credits, 2020–2023
- United Games Entertainment — Publishing, 2 shared credits, 2020–2023
- ININ Games — Publishing, 2 shared credits, 2020–2023
- Pikii — Art, assets and fonts production services, Publishing, 2 shared credits, 2018–2019
- SEGA — Publishing, 2 shared credits, 2016–2019
- Himawari Theatre Group — Casting services, 1 shared credits, 2023–2023
- Style Cube — Casting services, 1 shared credits, 2023–2023
- Haikyo — Casting services, 1 shared credits, 2023–2023
- Office PAC Corporation — Casting services, 1 shared credits, 2023–2023
- VIMS — Casting services, 1 shared credits, 2023–2023
- Game Source Entertainment — Art, assets and fonts production services, 1 shared credits, 2023–2023
Source: Games Atlas (gamesatlas.app), based on MobyGames credits and Games Atlas analysis. Games Atlas does not estimate revenue or report the performance of individual games. Profile: https://gamesatlas.app/companies/studio-saizensen