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 is a Japanese company that produces anime, games, character goods, music, and books. Softgarage was the company that produced the '' GR: Giant Robo'' anime. Though Softgarage primarily focuses on the production of original video animation (OVAs), ...

Anime projects

* '' Barbapapa'' * '' Battle Angel'' (OVA) * ''

Calimero ''Calimero'' is an animated television series about a charming, but hapless anthropomorphized chicken; the only black one in a family of yellow chickens. He wears half of his egg shell still on his head. Calimero originally appeared on th ...

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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 ...

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Comic Party Revolution , 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 ...

'' * '' Dokyusei 2'' (OVA) * '' Dosokai Yesterday Once More'' (OVA) * '' Dragon Knight: The Wheel of Time'' (OVA) * '' Elf ban Kakyuusei'' (OVA) * ''

Elf Princess Rane , also known as ''Fairy Princess Ren'', is an anime OVA directed by Akitaro Daichi is a Japanese anime director, producer and photography director. Career Daichi is a native of Gunma Prefecture and a graduate of Tokyo Polytechnic Univ ...

'' (OVA) * ''

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'' (OVA) * '' Golden Boy'' (OVA) * ''

Guardian Hearts is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sae Amatsu, published from 2001 to 2005 in '' Monthly Shōnen Ace''. An OVA series was released in 2003, with three sets of episodes. Two years later, a new OVA series was released, na ...

'' (OVA) * '' Happy Lesson'' (OVA) * '' Happy Lesson'' * '' Happy Lesson Advance'' * '' Happy Lesson The Final'' (OVA) * '' Happy World! (OVA) * '' The Heroic Legend of Arslan'' (OVA) * ''

Iczelion ''Iczelion'', known in Japan as , is a 2-episode Japanese original video animation (OVA) series released in 1995. It was created by Toshihiro Hirano, director of the original Fight! Iczer One and Iczer Reborn series. AIC and KSS were the anim ...

'' (OVA) * '' Idol Project'' (OVA) * '' Judge'' (OVA) * ''

Legend of Basara is a Japanese fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Yumi Tamura. The story takes place in a future Japan, reduced to a barren desert by a catastrophe at the end of the 21st century. The main character is Sarasa, a girl whose twin ...

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Level C ''Level C'' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Futaba Aoi and Mitsuba Kurenai. The manga is licensed in North America by Media Blasters. It has also been made into an original video animation by J.C.Staff. It is the drama ...

'' (OVA) * '' Lime-iro Senkitan'' * ''

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'' (OVA) * '' Mighty Space Miners'' (OVA) * ''

Moekan is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by KeroQ. It was released for Windows on January 31, 2003, and later ported to the Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 platforms by PrincessSoft. The story follows Takahiro Kanzaki who is served by five an ...

'' (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. ...

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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 magazine ''Monthly Afternoon'' from September 1988 to April 2014 ...

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

To Heart ''To Heart'' is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Leaf and released on May 23, 1997 for Windows. It was later ported to the PlayStation and given voice acting. A second PC version, titled ''To Heart PSE'' was released contain ...

'' * '' True Love Story'' (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 ...

'' * '' 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 Kakeg ...

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

References

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