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World’s End Club and KOIKE-YA joint giveaway to win an original Karamucho cushion now underway on Twitter!

Simply follow the World’s End Club official Twitter account and retweet the corresponding tweet for a chance to win an original Karamucho cushion!

IzanagiGames Inc. has announced the start of a joint giveaway between World’s End Club and KOIKE-YA Inc. (located in Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan and led by President Akira Sato) to win an original Karamucho cushion on the World’s End Club official Twitter! KOIKE-YA’s popular spicy potato chips appear in World’s End Club —an adventure puzzle action game, with a scenario written and directed by Too Kyo Games (led by Kazutaka Kodaka, the creator of the Danganronpa series, etc.), developed by Grounding Inc. (led by Yukio Futastugi, best known for the Panzer Dragoon series, etc.) and produced/published by IzanagiGames (led by Shinsuke Umeda).​

◆Giveaway Details

Five lucky winners will receive an original Karamucho cushion! Simply follow the World’s End Club official Twitter account (@d_m_club) and retweet the corresponding giveaway tweet to enter.

 

 ◆Prizes

World’s End Club and KOIKE-YA have teamed up on this giveaway to win an original Karamucho cushion! Featuring a fire-breathing Chuko! (5 winners)

◆How to enter

1. Follow the World’s End Club official Twitter account (@d_m_club)

https://twitter.com/d_m_club

2. Retweet the corresponding event tweet

*If your account is set to “private,” the entry will not be counted.

*After the entry period has passed, we will draw the winners and contact them via DM (direct message) on Twitter. 

◆Event period

From Monday October 12 – Wednesday November 11, 2020 23:59 (JST)

*The giveaway will be run by IzanagiGames Inc. Any inquiries concerning the giveaway may be sent to IzanagiGames via the company’s website.

Contact: https://izanagigames.co.jp/contact

◆About KOIKE-YA Inc.

KOIKE-YA Inc. is a well-established Japanese snack food manufacturer. The company proudly delivers perennially popular snacks that routinely feature on TV commercials, including “KOIKE-YA Potato Chips Salt & Seaweed”, first released in 1962, “KARAMUCHO”, “SUCORN”, and “DON TACOS”.

KOIKE-YA was revamped in October, 2016 and introduced “KOIKE-YA PRIDE POTATO” in February, 2017 to mark the company beginning a new chapter. The product became a smash hit, with over 4 billion yen in sales in the first year. Additionally, a renewed version of “KOIKE-YA PRIDE POTATO” that was released in February, 2020 to celebrate its 4th anniversary has sold more than 25 million bags in just five months since its release, and sales continue to outstrip those of the original version.

In addition to the new core products such as “PURE POTATO” and “KOIKEYA STRONG”, the company has launched a new line of products including “HASHED POTATO” and “Karaage without sin” (Guilt-free fried chicken).

・KOIKE-YA official website 

https://koikeya.co.jp

・KOIKE-YA official Twitter: 

https://twitter.com/koikeya_cp

・MUCHO brand website

https://mucho.koikeya.co.jp

◆World’s End Club Product Summary

Title –  World’s End Club

Genre – Adventure puzzle action

Release date – September 4, 2020 (the Nintendo Switch™ version will be released in spring 2021

Supported platforms – Apple Arcade℠, Nintendo Switch™

Producer/Publisher – IzanagiGames

Scenario Writer/Director –  Too Kyo Games

Developer – Grounding Inc. 

Executive Producer – Shinsuke Umeda

Creative Director – Kazutaka Kodaka

Scenario Writer/Director – Kotaro Uchikoshi

Director – Takumi Nakazawa

Character Designer – Take

Development Producer – Yukio Futatsugi

Art Director – Kentaro Yoshida

Copyright notation – (c)IzanagiGames, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 

◆About World’s End Club

World’s End Club is an adventure puzzle action game, with a scenario written and directed by Too Kyo Games (led by Kazutaka Kodaka, the creator of the Danganronpa series, etc.) and developed by Grounding Inc. (led by Yukio Futastugi, best known for the Panzer Dragoon series, etc.). The character designer is Take (best known for the Zaregoto series and Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon), the producer is Shinsuke Umeda, and the publisher is IzanagiGames.

・World’s End Club official website

https://www.deathmarchclub.com/

・World’s End Club official Twitter 

https://twitter.com/d_m_club

◆Kazutaka Kodaka’s Profile

Director, scenario writer, CEO of Too Kyo Games. Handled all planning and writing for the Danganronpa series. The series also had live drama (with Kanata Hongo as the lead actor) and anime adaptations that were met with critical acclaim, both domestically and internationally. He then founded Too Kyo games together with Kotaro Uchikoshi, Rui Komatsuzaki, and Masafumi Takada. He is now actively working on manga, anime production, novel writing, and more.

◆Kotaro Uchikoshi’s Profile

Director, scenario writer, and lavatory cleaner at Too Kyo Games. Handled direction and writing of numerous well-known game titles including the Infinity Series (Never7, Ever17, Remember11), the Zero Escape Series (Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, Virtue’s Last Reward, Zero Time Dilemma), and AI: The Somnium Files. He is highly praised even outside of Japan and has received a number of awards. He has delivered lectures on numerous occasions at GDC, Anime Expo and elsewhere.

◆About IzanagiGames

IzanagiGames is headquartered in Koto-ku, Tokyo and is focused on directly accessing the global games market with titles made in collaboration with Japanese creators. By expanding the company’s range of fund procurement, IzanagiGames aims to provide opportunities for exceptional creators to make new IPs and games which are then delivered as entertainment experiences to the gaming masses.

・IzanagiGames’ official website

https://izanagigames.co.jp/

・IzanagiGames’ official twitter account

https://twitter.com/izanagigames

・IzanagiGames’ official YouTube channel

https://www.youtube.com/c/IzanagiGamesChannel

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