Editing Asmik Ace

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{{short description|Japanese film production and distribution company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Asmik Ace, Inc.
| native_name =アスミック・エース株式会社
| romanized_name = Asumikku ēsu kabushikigaisha
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| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| industry = [[Film industry]]<br>[[Video game industry|Video games]]
| fate = 
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1985}}
| founder = 
| defunct = <!-- {{End date|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| hq_location_city = [[Tokyo]]
| hq_location_country = [[Japan]]
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| products = ''[[Virtual Pro Wrestling]]'' series<br>''[[LSD (video game)|LSD]]''
| parent = [[KDDI|Jupiter Telecommunications]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.asmik-ace.co.jp/corporate/}}
}}

{{Nihongo|'''Asmik Ace, Inc.'''|アスミック・エース株式会社|Asumikku ēsu kabushikigaisha|lead=yes}}, formerly {{Nihongo|'''Asmik Ace Entertainment, Inc.'''|アスミック・エース　エンタテインメント株式会社|Asumikku ēsu entateinmento [[Kabushiki gaisha]]}}, is a Japanese film production and distribution company. In the past, the company has distributed video games. It was formed in 1997 through a merger between the Asmik Corporation and Ace Entertainment, both in [[Japan]]. The name Asmik comes from its three founding companies: [[ASK Corporation|Ask]] (formerly ASK-Kodansha), [[Sumitomo]] and [[Kodansha]]. The company is headquartered on the third floor of the Lapiross Roppongi building in [[Minato, Tokyo|Minato]], [[Tokyo]], and is a wholly owned division of [[KDDI|Jupiter Telecommunications]] (J:COM).

Asmik Corporation was founded in 1985 as a subsidiary of the [[Sumitomo Corporation]] of Japan.  Its focus was in the area of [[video game]]s for the [[video game console]] market, specifically the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]].  It quickly moved on to distribute motion pictures in Japan, and won several awards for doing so. It once had a North American subsidiary, Asmik Corporation of America.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}}

Ace Pictures Inc. was founded in 1981 as a division of [[Nippon Herald Films]] to produce [[Japan]]ese films and distribute foreign [[art film]]s.  Several of its pictures earned awards and hold positions as some of the highest-grossing films in Japan.

Asmik Ace Entertainment has produced games for the [[Dreamcast]], [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]], [[PlayStation 2]], [[TurboGrafx-16|PC Engine]], [[Sega Genesis|Mega Drive/Genesis]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]], [[Nintendo 64]], and [[GameCube]], and distributes high quality films for the Japanese movie market.

Asmik Ace Entertainment also distributed a number of [[DreamWorks Pictures]], [[DreamWorks Animation]] and [[EuropaCorp]] films to Japanese cinemas.

==Video games==
:''See also [[:Category:Asmik Ace Entertainment games]]''

Asmik had a mascot named Boomer (Asmik-kun in Japanese), a pink dinosaur, which was featured in several video games.

*''[[Air Diver]]'' ([[Sega Genesis]])
*''[[Altered Beast]]''  ([[Nintendo Entertainment System|Famicom]])
*''[[Asmik-kun Land]]'' (Famicom)
*''[[Asmik-kun World 2]]'' ([[Game Boy]])
*''Astro Troop Vanark'' (Western title: Vanark) ([[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]])
*''[[Battle Zeque Den]]'' ([[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Famicom]])
*''[[Bogey Dead 6]]'' (PlayStation)
*''[[Boomer's Adventure in ASMIK World]]'' (''Asmik-Kun World'') (Game Boy)
*''[[Catrap]]'' (''Power Paws'' in Europe; ''Pitman'' in Japan) (Game Boy)
*''[[Civilization (video game)|Civilization]]'' (Super Famicom, PlayStation, [[Sega Saturn|Saturn]])
*''[[Conquest of the Crystal Palace]]'' ([[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]])
*''Cosmic Epsilon'' (Famicom)
*''[[Cutie Suzuki no Ringside Angel]]'' ([[Sega Genesis|Sega Mega Drive]])
*''[[Deep Dungeon IV]]'' (Famicom)
*''[[D-Force]]'' (known in Japan as ''Dimension Force'') ([[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]])
*''[[Dokapon DX]]'' ([[GameCube]] & [[PlayStation 2]])
*''[[Super Strike Eagle|F-15 Super Strike Eagle]]'' (Super Famicom)
*''Gambler Jiko Chuushinha'' (Super Famicom)
*''Gambler Jiko Chuushinha 2'' (Super Famicom)
*''Hunter Lime Special Collection Vol 2'' (PlayStation)
*''[[Jumpin' Kid: Jack to Mame no Ki Monogatari]]'' (Japan only – planned US release as ''Jack and the Beanstalk'') (Famicom)
*''Jūōki'' (port of arcade game known outside Japan as ''[[Altered Beast]]'') (Famicom)
*''[[Koutetsu no Kishi]]'' (Super Famicom)
*''[[Koutetsu no Kishi 2: Sabaku no Rommel Shougun]]'' (Super Famicom)
*''[[Koutetsu no Kishi 3: Gekitotsu Europe Sensen]]'' (Super Famicom)
*''[[Lennus II]]'' (Super Famicom)
*''[[LSD: Dream Emulator]]'' (PlayStation)
*''[[Lupin III]]: Umi ni Kieta Hihou'' (GameCube)
*''Meimon! Tako Nishiōendan''
*''[[Mysterium (video game)|Mysterium]]''
*''Nemuru Mayu: Sleeping Cocoon'' (Playstation)
*''Nippon Ichi no Nakantoku''
*''Oh No!'' (PlayStation)
*''[[Paladin's Quest]]'' (Super NES)
*''[[Power Drift]]'' ([[TurboGrafx-16|PC Engine]])
*''Rhythm N Face'' (PlayStation)
*''[[Shinobi (arcade game)|Shinobi]]'' (PC Engine)
*''[[Bogey Dead 6|Sidewinder]]'' (PlayStation)
*''Sidewinder 2'' (PlayStation)
*''Sidewinder F'' (Western title: Lethal Skies: Elite Pilot: Team SW) (PlayStation 2)
*''Sidewinder Max'' (Japan only - Planned western release as Iron Eagle Max<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unseen64.net/2018/09/07/unreleased-playstation-games-ebay/|title=Three unreleased PlayStation games appear on eBay - Unseen64|date=7 September 2018|website=Unseen64: Beta, Cancelled & Unseen Videogames!}}</ref>) (PlayStation 2)
*''Sidewinder V'' (Western title: Lethal Skies II) (PlayStation 2)
*''[[Super Air Diver]]'' (Super NES)
*''[[Super Air Diver 2]]'' (Super NES)
*''[[Super Boy Allan]]'' ([[Family Computer Disk System|Famicom Disk System]]) (published by [[Sunsoft]])
*''[[Super Hydlide]]'' ([[Sega Genesis]])
*''[[The Ring: Terror's Realm]]'' ([[Dreamcast]])
*''[[Tokyo Wakusei Planetokio]]'' (PlayStation)
*''[[Verytex]]'' (Sega Mega Drive)
*''[[Virtual Pro Wrestling 64]]'' ([[Nintendo 64]])
*''[[Virtual Pro Wrestling 2]]'' (Nintendo 64)
*''[[WCW vs. the World]]'' (PlayStation)
*''[[Xardion]]'' (Super Famicom)

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20111010093204/http://www.asmik-ace.co.jp/english/index.html Asmik Ace Entertainment]

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