is a Japanese

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founded by ex-employees of

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. It was formed in 2017 by ''

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'' series writer

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, composer

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and illustrator

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, as well as ''

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'' director

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. The company is working on several games, and collaborated with

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on the 2020

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series '' Akudama Drive''.

History

Kotaro Uchikoshi at Anime Expo 2016, cropped

, the writer of

's ''

'' franchise, started thinking about how he wanted to create his own development company where he could do new things, following the completion of the

television series '' Danganronpa 3'' (2016) and the video game '' Danganronpa V3'' (2017). He discussed it with the ''Danganronpa'' composer and character designer,

and

, who also were interested in the idea; Takada founded the company in 2017, as he had already been involved in the launch of other companies. Kodaka also invited other people to join the company, including

, the director and scenario writer for Spike Chunsoft's ''

'' series; the ''Danganronpa'' illustrator Shimadoriru;

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, the director and co-writer of

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's ''

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'' series; and the ''Danganronpa'' novelist Yoichirou Koizumi. Kodaka, Takada, Komatsuzaki and Uchikoshi are the core members of the company, and Kodaka is its representative and CEO. The company's name is a wordplay on ''Tokyo'' – where they are based – and the Japanese word , thus meaning "Too Crazy Games". The company was announced to the public in September 2018, announcing that four projects were under development. Three have been revealed as the games ''

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'' and '' Master Detective Archives: Rain Code'', and the anime series '' Akudama Drive''. ''Rain Code'' began development prior to Kodaka's departure from Spike Chunsoft. In addition to these four projects, the company announced and released the FMV game ''

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'' in 2020, and announced the "Extreme Baseball" multimedia project ''

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''. The goal of the company, according to Kodaka, is to create new

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, and for the staff to also create their own indie game projects; he also mentioned that he would still like to go back to the ''Danganronpa'' franchise at some point in the future. Between 2020 and 2023, Too Kyo Games recruited new employees, including Jun Fukuda, the sound designer and composer known for working in the ''No More Heroes'' series, UI and graphic designer Yuki Kudo, and novelist Kyohei Ohama.

Works

Video games

Anime

References

External links

* {{Official website, https://tookyogames.jp/english/ Japanese companies established in 2017 Software companies based in Tokyo Video game companies established in 2017 Video game companies of Japan Video game development companies