Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd. is a Japanese mass media company that is best known for its role-playing video game franchises, which include the Final Fantasy series, the Dragon Quest series, the NieR: Automata series, and the Kingdom Hearts action RPG series. Square Enix also created Nosgoth but shut down the servers in 2016. Its headquarters are located in the Shinjuku Bunka Quint Building in Shibuya, Tokyo.
The original Square Enix was formed as the result of a merger between Square and Enix Corporation. The merger occurred on April 1, 2003 with Enix as the surviving company. Each share of Square's common stock was exchanged for 0.85 shares of Enix's common stock. At the time, 80% of Square Enix staff were made up of former Square Co. employees. As part of the merger, former Square president Yoichi Wada was appointed president of the new corporation, while former Enix president Keiji Honda became its vice president. The founder of Enix, Yasuhiro Fukushima, currently serves as the honorary chairman and largest shareholder of the corporation.
The company also owns Taito Corporation, best known for arcade games such as Space Invaders and Bubble Bobble, and former game publisher Eidos Interactive, which has been absorbed into Square Enix Europe. Square Enix now publishes all of Eidos' IPs and runs Eidos' development studios. Eidos was most well known for publishing the Tomb Raider, Hitman, and Deus Ex series of games.
Disney games developed or published by Square Enix
Kingdom Hearts series
Marvel series
The Avengers Project
Other
Manga based on Disney franchise published by Square Enix
Besides being a developer of video games, Square Enix also served as a manga publisher, a successor to Enix Corporation's publishing department.
Kingdom Hearts manga series
All Kingdom Hearts manga were illustrated by Shiro Amano.
- Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (Ended; Published in Monthly Shonen GANGAN from April 2005 to April 2006)
- Kingdom Hearts II (Ended; Published in Monthly Shonen GANGAN from June 2006 to August 2009/November 2012 to June 2015)
- Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (Ended; Published in Monthly Shonen GANGAN from September 2009 to October 2012)
- Kingdom Hearts III (Ongoing; Published on GANGAN Online since April 29, 2019)
Others
Disney
- Disney Twisted-Wonderland The Comic: Episode of Heartslabyul (Ended; Written by Wakana Hazuki and illustrated by Sumire Kowono; Published in Monthly G Fantasy from March 2021 to October 2022)
Star Wars
- Star Wars: Visions (Ended; Illustrated by Haruichi (Lop & Ochō), Kamome Shirahama (The Elder), Satou Keisuke (The Twins) and Yusuke Osawa (The Ninth Jedi); Published in Monthly BIG GANGAN from June 2022 to September 2022)
- Star Wars: The Mandalorian (Ongoing; Illustrated by Yusuke Osawa; Published in Monthly BIG GANGAN since June 2022)
Toylines
In addition to being a game developer and manga publisher, Square Enix, much like its competitor Bandai, diversifies its business by producing toys and collectibles.
- Play Arts Kai - A detailed figure line that produces Kingdom Hearts figures as well as figures for their other intellectual properties. A sub-label of Square Enix that allows Japanese artists to do their own interpretations of popular characters, including those from the Marvel Universe.
- Bring Arts
- Static Arts - Collectible statue figurines and busts.
- Plushes
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