was a Japanese company that provided

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studio services including production, music, subtitles and translation. From 1993 to 2001, it also developed and published

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.KSS company information, from GameFAQS.com
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History

The company was founded as with KSS being its abbreviation. The company changed its name to KSS Inc. in the early 1990s. In 2004, KSS went bankrupt and sold its assets to Softgarage.

Anime projects

* ''

Barbapapa ''Barbapapa'' is a 1970 children's picture book by the French-American couple Annette Tison and Talus Taylor, who lived in Paris, France. Barbapapa is both the title character and the name of his "species". The book was the first of a series of ...

'' * ''

Battle Angel ''Gunnm '' ( ja, 銃夢, Ganmu, ), also known as ''Battle Angel Alita'' in English, is a Japanese cyberpunk manga series created by Yukito Kishiro and originally published in Shueisha's ''Business Jump'' magazine from 1990 to 1995. The s ...

'' (OVA) * '' Calimero'' * ''

Comic Party , sometimes abbreviated to ComiPa, is a dating sim video game by the Japanese game studio Leaf. It was first released on May 28, 1999 for Windows with adult content, but re-released with it removed for the Dreamcast, Windows, and PSP. The ...

'' * '' Comic Party Revolution'' * '' Dokyusei 2'' (OVA) * '' Dosokai Yesterday Once More'' (OVA) * '' Dragon Knight: The Wheel of Time'' (OVA) * ''

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'' (OVA) * ''

Elf Princess Rane , also known as ''Fairy Princess Ren'', is an anime OVA directed by Akitaro Daichi. It was released on VHS and DVD in North America by Media Blasters Media Blasters, sometimes abbreviated as MB, is an American entertainment corporation ...

'' (OVA) * ''

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'' (OVA) * '' Golden Boy'' (OVA) * '' Guardian Hearts'' (OVA) * ''

Happy Lesson ''Happy Lesson'' is a comedy manga, written by Mutsumi Sasaki and illustrated by Shinnosuke Mori, serialized in '' Dengeki G's Magazine'' from April 1999 to September 2002, featuring a high school student who is adopted by five of his teac ...

'' (OVA) * ''

'' * '' Happy Lesson Advance'' * '' Happy Lesson The Final'' (OVA) * ''

Happy World is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kenjirō Takeshita. It was serialized in Shueisha's '' Ultra Jump''. The manga was adapted into an original video animation by KSS with animation work done by Zexcs. Plot Takeshi Ōmu ...

! (OVA) * ''

The Heroic Legend of Arslan is a Japanese fantasy novel series written by Yoshiki Tanaka. It was published from 1986 to 2017, with sixteen novels and one side-story in the official guidebook ''Arslan Senki Dokuhon''. Set in ancient Persia, it is loosely based on the ...

'' (OVA) * '' Iczelion'' (OVA) * ''

Idol Project is a short four-episode OVA ( Original Video Animation) series produced in 1995 by Studio OX. This anime follows a cute 14-year-old girl named Mimu Emilton, who dreams of becoming a singing idol, much like her own idol, Yuri. Yuri brought wo ...

'' (OVA) * '' Judge'' (OVA) * '' Legend of Basara'' * '' Level C'' (OVA) * '' Lime-iro Senkitan'' * ''

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'' * '' Mask of Zeguy'' (OVA) * '' Mighty Space Miners'' (OVA) * '' Moekan'' (OVA) * ''

Naruto ''Naruto'' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. It tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, a young ninja who seeks recognition from his peers and dreams of becoming the Hokage, the leader of his village. T ...

'' * ''

Oh My Goddess! , or ''Ah! My Goddess!'' in some releases, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōsuke Fujishima. It was serialized in Kodansha's Seinen manga, ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Afternoon'' from September 1988 to ...

'' (OVA) * '' One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e'' (OVA) * '' Phantom - The Animation (OVA) * ''

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'' (OVA) * '' Rei Rei'' (OVA) * ''

Saiyuki Reload is a Japanese manga series by Kazuya Minekura which was serialized in ''G-Fantasy'' from 1997 to 2002. It spawned multiple manga sequels, several anime adaptations, live-action musicals, video games and other media. The Saiyuk ...

'' * '' Tattoon Master'' (OVA) * ''

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'' * ''

True Love Story is a series of four dating sims.Note: Citation for dating sim is needed due to common confusion with the visual novel genre. Since thofficial website calls it a "恋愛シミュレーションゲーム" (love simulation game), it is considered a ...

'' (OVA) * '' Variable Geo'' (OVA) * ''

Wedding Peach is a '' shōjo'' manga written by Sukehiro Tomita and illustrated by Nao Yazawa that was originally serialized in Shogakukan's ''Ciao'' magazine. In North America, it was translated and published by VIZ Media in its entirety, consisting o ...

'' * '' Wind: A Breath of Heart'' (OVA)

Video game projects

* ''

Aoki Densetsu Shoot! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsukasa Ōshima. It was published in Kodansha's '' Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' between 1990 and 2003. The story revolves around a boy named Toshihiko Tanaka, who has just started at Ka ...

'' * '' Bing Bing! Bingo'' * ''

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'' (Super Famicom release) * '' Goiken Muyou: Anarchy in the Nippon'' * '' Majyūō'' (''King of Demons'') * '' Max Surfing 2000'' * ''

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