Shibuya Productions is a Monaco-based entertainment production company. It is the organiser of the .

History

Shibuya Productions was co-founded by Cédric Biscay and Kostadin Yanev in July 2014. In 2015, Shibuya Productions announced a reboot of ''

Astro Boy ''Astro Boy'', known in Japan by its original name , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka. It was serialized in Kobunsha's ''Shōnen'' from 1952 to 1968. The 112 chapters were collected into 23 ''tankōbon'' vo ...

'' with Caribara Animation and

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. In June 2015, during E3, Shibuya Productions announced ''

Shenmue III is a 2019 action-adventure game developed by Ys Net, published by Deep Silver for PlayStation 4, and Windows and produced by Shibuya Productions. Like the previous ''Shenmue'' games, it consists of open-world environments interspersed with br ...

'' with YS net. They launched a

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crowdfunding in order to raise $2 million for the game's development and launch. The campaign successfully secured over $6,333,295 from 69,320 backers. In February 2016, Shibuya Productions announced ''Cobra: Return of Joe Gillian'' a new Cobra series about Rugball. They produced the first Bulgarian animation feature: ''Lilly and the Magic Pearl'', directed by Anri Koulev, with the voice of

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. In 2020, they worked on ''

Twin Mirror ''Twin Mirror'' is a narrative adventure game developed and published by Dontnod Entertainment and co-produced by Shibuya Productions. It was released on 1 December 2020 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Gameplay ''Twin ...

''. They also worked the Activ5 fitness device. They produce the animated series '' Petz Club'', broadcast on the French TV France 4.

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* Mass media companies of Monaco Video game development companies Video game companies established in 2014 2014 establishments in Europe {{Europe-videogame-company-stub