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{{corpinfo | |||
|legalname = Armor Project Co., Ltd. | |||
|mark = | |||
|type = Private | |||
|organized = December 1985 | |||
|duration = 1985 - present | |||
|keypeople = Yuji Horii | |||
|location = Tokyo, Japan | |||
|website = None | |||
}} | |||
'''Armor Project''' is the company that owns the intellectual copyrights pertaining to the {{DQSeries}}. It is owned by [[Yuji Horii]], with his family serving on the board of directors. As the sole controlling entity of the series, it is listed first in all instances regarding ownership. | |||
==Company details== | |||
Armor Project was founded in December of 1985, one month after the production of ''[[Dragon Quest]]'' began. It is located at Ebisu Garden Terrace Ichibankan 2601, 1-4-3 Mita, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0062, and employs ten people <ref name="auto">https://unisonas.com/detail/detail_tokyo.php?pg=97345</ref>. | |||
==Relationship with Square Enix== | |||
Being the I.P. holding entity, Armor Project is the licensor of the ''Dragon Quest'' series to [[Square Enix]], which handles the publishing of the games' physical media. Square Enix grandfathered this relationship from the [[Enix]] corporation after the merger with Squaresoft on April 1st of 2003. Square Enix held no influence on the selection of the development studio contracted to program a particular ''Dragon Quest'' game until {{DQ9}}, due to the title and and subsequent entries being developed internally with Square Enix's own employees. | |||
==Misconceptions== | |||
Contrary to popular belief, Armor Project is not a three person joint ownership between Yuji Horii, [[Akira Toriyama]], and the late [[Koichi Sugiyama]]. It is wholly owned by Horii, with Akira Toriyama being credited via his ''Bird Studio'' (バードスタジオ) office and Koichi Sugiyama by his ''Sugiyama Kobo'' label. | |||
==See Also== | |||
*[[Chunsoft]] | |||
*[[Heartbeat]] | |||
*[[Level-5]] | |||
*[[ArtePiazza]] | |||
==Reference== | |||
<references/> | |||
{{Dragon Quest series}} | |||
[[Category:Companies]] | |||