Armor Project - Revision history

LiquidMetalSlime: Text replacement - "{{Dragon Quest series}}" to "{{DQSeriesNav}}"

2026-04-05T10:05:11Z

Text replacement - "{{Dragon Quest series}}" to "{{DQSeriesNav}}"

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Undo revision 216043 by 177.55.195.28 (talk)

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	'''Armor Project''' is the company that ~~co-own~~ the intellectual copyrights pertaining to the {{DQSeries}}. It is owned by [[Yuji Horii]], with his family serving on the board of directors.		'''Armor Project''' is the company that owns the intellectual copyrights pertaining to the {{DQSeries}}. It is owned by [[Yuji Horii]], with his family serving on the board of directors. As the sole controlling entity of the series, it is listed first in all instances regarding ownership.

	==Company details==		==Company details==
	Armor Project was founded in December of 1985, one month after the production of {{Dragon Quest}} began. It is located at Ebisu Garden Terrace Ichibankan 2601, 1-4-3 Mita, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0062, and employs ten people <ref name="auto">https://unisonas.com/detail/detail_tokyo.php?pg=97345</ref>.		Armor Project was founded in December of 1985, one month after the production of {{Dragon Quest}} began. It is located at Ebisu Garden Terrace Ichibankan 2601, 1-4-3 Mita, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0062, and employs ten people <ref name="auto">https://unisonas.com/detail/detail_tokyo.php?pg=97345</ref>.

			==Relationship with Square Enix==
			Being the I.P. holding entity, Armor Project is the licensor of the {{DQSeries}} to [[Square Enix]], which handles the publishing of the games' physical media. Square Enix grandfathered this relationship from the [[Enix]] corporation after the merger with Squaresoft on April 1st of 2003. This is due to the corporate structure of Enix, which was purposefully designed to be a digital publishing house for video game software with the rights to a game's intellectual property being credited to the original creator. Square Enix held no influence on the selection of the development studio contracted to program a particular ''Dragon Quest'' game until {{DQ9}}, due to the title and and subsequent entries being developed internally with Square Enix's own employees. This has continued for {{DQ10}} and {{DQ11}}.

	==Misconceptions==		==Misconceptions==

177.55.195.28: there's no source for any of that. put this back when theres a source.

2024-04-06T04:27:32Z

there's no source for any of that. put this back when theres a source.

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	'''Armor Project''' is the company that ~~owns~~ the intellectual copyrights pertaining to the {{DQSeries}}. It is owned by [[Yuji Horii]], with his family serving on the board of directors~~. As the sole controlling entity of the series, it is listed first in all instances regarding ownership~~.		'''Armor Project''' is the company that co-own the intellectual copyrights pertaining to the {{DQSeries}}. It is owned by [[Yuji Horii]], with his family serving on the board of directors.

	==Company details==		==Company details==
	Armor Project was founded in December of 1985, one month after the production of {{Dragon Quest}} began. It is located at Ebisu Garden Terrace Ichibankan 2601, 1-4-3 Mita, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0062, and employs ten people <ref name="auto">https://unisonas.com/detail/detail_tokyo.php?pg=97345</ref>.		Armor Project was founded in December of 1985, one month after the production of {{Dragon Quest}} began. It is located at Ebisu Garden Terrace Ichibankan 2601, 1-4-3 Mita, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0062, and employs ten people <ref name="auto">https://unisonas.com/detail/detail_tokyo.php?pg=97345</ref>.

	~~==Relationship with Square Enix==~~
	Being the I.P. holding entity, Armor Project is the licensor of the {{DQSeries}} to [[Square Enix]], which handles the publishing of the games' physical media. Square Enix grandfathered this relationship from the [[Enix]] corporation after the merger with Squaresoft on April 1st of 2003. This is due to the corporate structure of Enix, which was purposefully designed to be a digital publishing house for video game software with the rights to a game's intellectual property being credited to the original creator. Square Enix held no influence on the selection of the development studio contracted to program a particular ''Dragon Quest'' game until {{DQ9}}, due to the title and and subsequent entries being developed internally with Square Enix's own employees. This has continued for {{DQ10}} and {{DQ11}}.

	==Misconceptions==		==Misconceptions==

dragon>Antiyonder at 08:16, 28 January 2022

2022-01-28T08:16:32Z

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	==Misconceptions==		==Misconceptions==
	Contrary to popular belief, Armor Project is not a three person joint ownership between Yuji Horii, [[Akira Toriyama]], and the late [[~~Koichi~~ Sugiyama]]. It is wholly owned by Horii, with Akira Toriyama being credited via his ''Bird Studio'' (バードスタジオ) office and Koichi Sugiyama by his ''Sugiyama Kobo'' label.		Contrary to popular belief, Armor Project is not a three person joint ownership between Yuji Horii, [[Akira Toriyama]], and the late [[Kōichi Sugiyama]]. It is wholly owned by Horii, with Akira Toriyama being credited via his ''Bird Studio'' (バードスタジオ) office and Koichi Sugiyama by his ''Sugiyama Kobo'' label.

	==See Also==		==See Also==

dragon>Antiyonder at 02:45, 25 January 2022

2022-01-25T02:45:23Z

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	==Company details==		==Company details==
	Armor Project was founded in December of 1985, one month after the production of ~~''[[~~Dragon Quest~~]]''~~ began. It is located at Ebisu Garden Terrace Ichibankan 2601, 1-4-3 Mita, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0062, and employs ten people <ref name="auto">https://unisonas.com/detail/detail_tokyo.php?pg=97345</ref>.		Armor Project was founded in December of 1985, one month after the production of {{Dragon Quest}} began. It is located at Ebisu Garden Terrace Ichibankan 2601, 1-4-3 Mita, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0062, and employs ten people <ref name="auto">https://unisonas.com/detail/detail_tokyo.php?pg=97345</ref>.

	==Relationship with Square Enix==		==Relationship with Square Enix==
	Being the I.P. holding entity, Armor Project is the licensor of the ~~''Dragon Quest'' series~~ to [[Square Enix]], which handles the publishing of the games' physical media. Square Enix grandfathered this relationship from the [[Enix]] corporation after the merger with Squaresoft on April 1st of 2003. This is due to the corporate structure of Enix, which was purposefully designed to be a digital publishing house for video game software with the rights to a game's intellectual property being credited to the original creator. Square Enix held no influence on the selection of the development studio contracted to program a particular ''Dragon Quest'' game until {{DQ9}}, due to the title and and subsequent entries being developed internally with Square Enix's own employees. This has continued for ~~''[[Dragon Quest X]]''~~ and {{DQ11}}.		Being the I.P. holding entity, Armor Project is the licensor of the {{DQSeries}} to [[Square Enix]], which handles the publishing of the games' physical media. Square Enix grandfathered this relationship from the [[Enix]] corporation after the merger with Squaresoft on April 1st of 2003. This is due to the corporate structure of Enix, which was purposefully designed to be a digital publishing house for video game software with the rights to a game's intellectual property being credited to the original creator. Square Enix held no influence on the selection of the development studio contracted to program a particular ''Dragon Quest'' game until {{DQ9}}, due to the title and and subsequent entries being developed internally with Square Enix's own employees. This has continued for {{DQ10}} and {{DQ11}}.

	==Misconceptions==		==Misconceptions==
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	[[Category:Companies]]		[[Category:Companies]]

dragon>Follower of Light at 00:41, 23 November 2021

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	==Relationship with Square Enix==		==Relationship with Square Enix==
	Being the I.P. holding entity, Armor Project is the licensor of the ''Dragon Quest'' series to [[Square Enix]], which handles the publishing of the games' physical media. Square Enix grandfathered this relationship from the [[Enix]] corporation after the merger with Squaresoft on April 1st of 2003. Square Enix held no influence on the selection of the development studio contracted to program a particular ''Dragon Quest'' game until {{DQ9}}, due to the title and and subsequent entries being developed internally with Square Enix's own employees.		Being the I.P. holding entity, Armor Project is the licensor of the ''Dragon Quest'' series to [[Square Enix]], which handles the publishing of the games' physical media. Square Enix grandfathered this relationship from the [[Enix]] corporation after the merger with Squaresoft on April 1st of 2003. This is due to the corporate structure of Enix, which was purposefully designed to be a digital publishing house for video game software with the rights to a game's intellectual property being credited to the original creator. Square Enix held no influence on the selection of the development studio contracted to program a particular ''Dragon Quest'' game until {{DQ9}}, due to the title and and subsequent entries being developed internally with Square Enix's own employees. This has continued for ''[[Dragon Quest X]]'' and {{DQ11}}.

	==Misconceptions==		==Misconceptions==

dragon>Follower of Light: Removed redirect to Yuji Horii

2021-11-23T00:35:25Z

Removed redirect to Yuji Horii

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	~~#REDIRECT~~ [[Yuji Horii]]		{{corpinfo
			\|legalname = Armor Project Co., Ltd.
			\|mark =
			\|type = Private
			\|organized = December 1985
			\|duration = 1985 - present
			\|keypeople = Yuji Horii
			\|location = Tokyo, Japan
			\|website = None
			}}
			'''Armor Project''' is the company that owns the intellectual copyrights pertaining to the {{DQSeries}}. It is owned by [[Yuji Horii]], with his family serving on the board of directors. As the sole controlling entity of the series, it is listed first in all instances regarding ownership.

			==Company details==
			Armor Project was founded in December of 1985, one month after the production of ''[[Dragon Quest]]'' began. It is located at Ebisu Garden Terrace Ichibankan 2601, 1-4-3 Mita, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0062, and employs ten people <ref name="auto">https://unisonas.com/detail/detail_tokyo.php?pg=97345</ref>.

			==Relationship with Square Enix==
			Being the I.P. holding entity, Armor Project is the licensor of the ''Dragon Quest'' series to [[Square Enix]], which handles the publishing of the games' physical media. Square Enix grandfathered this relationship from the [[Enix]] corporation after the merger with Squaresoft on April 1st of 2003. Square Enix held no influence on the selection of the development studio contracted to program a particular ''Dragon Quest'' game until {{DQ9}}, due to the title and and subsequent entries being developed internally with Square Enix's own employees.

			==Misconceptions==
			Contrary to popular belief, Armor Project is not a three person joint ownership between Yuji Horii, [[Akira Toriyama]], and the late [[Koichi Sugiyama]]. It is wholly owned by Horii, with Akira Toriyama being credited via his ''Bird Studio'' (バードスタジオ) office and Koichi Sugiyama by his ''Sugiyama Kobo'' label.

			==See Also==
			*[[Chunsoft]]
			*[[Heartbeat]]
			*[[Level-5]]
			*[[ArtePiazza]]

			==Reference==
			<references/>

			{{Dragon Quest series}}
			[[Category:Companies]]

dragon>Trig Jegman: Changed redirect target from Yūji Horii to Yuji Horii

2021-01-09T16:39:37Z

Changed redirect target from Yūji Horii to Yuji Horii

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dragon>GastonRabbit: Added category

2010-08-16T23:46:35Z

Added category

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			[[Category:Companies]]

dragon>GastonRabbit: Redirected page to Yūji Horii

2010-08-16T23:45:20Z

Redirected page to Yūji Horii

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#REDIRECT [[Yūji Horii]]