is a Japanese video game developer. Founded by Kaz Ayabe in 1997, the company is best known as the creators of the Boku no Natsuyasumi ( ('My Summer Vacation') series of video games.
History Millennium Kitchen was established as a limited company on December 1, 1997 by video game developer Kaz Ayabe. Ayabe, who had previously worked at the video game companies NMK and K-Idea as a programmer and a designer, founded the company in order to produce Boku no Natsuyasumi, which was released for the PlayStation in 2000. On December 1, 2013, the company became a joint-stock company.
Accolades Boku no Natsuyasumi (2000) won a New Wave Award at the fifth Japan Game Awards, and was a finalist for the Excellence Award at the third Japan Media Arts Festival. Boku no Natsuyasumi 2 (2002) and Bokura no Kazoku (2005) were selected as juror-recommended works at the Japan Media Arts Festival, and Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale (2015) was selected as an honorable mention for Best Narrative at the Game Developers Choice Awards.
Works As developer YearTitlePlatform(s)Notes 2000 Boku no Natsuyasumi PlayStation 2002 Boku no Natsuyasumi 2 PlayStation 2 2005 Bokura no Kazoku PlayStation 2 2006 Boku no Natsuyasumi Portable PlayStation Portable Port of Boku no Natsuyasumi 2007 Boku no Natsuyasumi 3 PlayStation 3 2009 Boku no Natsuyasumi 4 PlayStation Portable 2010 Boku no Natsuyasumi Portable 2 PlayStation Portable Port of Boku no Natsuyasumi 2 2013 Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale Nintendo 3DS 2021 Shin-chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows 2023 Natsu-Mon: 20th Century Summer Kid Nintendo Switch, Windows 2024 Shin-chan: Shiro and the Coal Town Nintendo Switch, Windows
Other games YearTitlePlatform(s) Role 2003 Reel Fishing III PlayStation 2 Promotional visuals, packaging 2004 Popolocrois: Tsuki no Okite no Bōken PlayStation 2 Character modeling 2008 Suzumiya Haruhi no Tomadoi PlayStation 2 Graphics support 2009 Magician's Quest: Mysterious Times Nintendo DS Character modeling, character design 2010 Nintendo DS Character modeling, map design
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