Millennium Kitchen

Millennium Kitchen Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 株式会社ミレニアムキッチン) 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 (lit. ('My Summer Vacation') series of video games.

Millennium Kitchen Co., Ltd.

Native name	株式会社ミレニアムキッチン
Company type	Limited
Industry	Video games
Founded	December 1, 1997
Headquarters	Tokyo , Japan
Key people	Kaz Ayabe
Number of employees	8 (As of November 2013)[1]
Website	Millennium Kitchen

History

Millennium Kitchen was established as a limited company on December 1, 1997^[2] 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.^[2]

Accolades

Boku no Natsuyasumi (2000) won a New Wave Award at the fifth Japan Game Awards,^[3] and was a finalist for the Excellence Award at the third Japan Media Arts Festival.^[4] Boku no Natsuyasumi 2 (2002) and Bokura no Kazoku (2005) were selected as juror-recommended works at the Japan Media Arts Festival,^[5] 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.^[6]

Works

As developer

Year	Title	Platform(s)	Notes	Ref(s)
2000	Boku no Natsuyasumi	PlayStation		[7]
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		[5]
2021	Shin-chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation	Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows		[8]
2023	Natsu-Mon: 20th Century Summer Kid	Nintendo Switch, Windows		[9]
2024	Shin-chan: Shiro of Coal Town	Nintendo Switch		[10]

Other games

Year	Title	Platform(s)	Role	Ref(s)
2003	Reel Fishing III	PlayStation 2	Promotional visuals, packaging	[11]
2004	Popolocrois: Tsuki no Okite no Bōken	PlayStation 2	Character modeling	[11]
2008	Suzumiya Haruhi no Tomadoi	PlayStation 2	Graphics support	[11]
2009	Magician's Quest: Mysterious Times	Nintendo DS	Character modeling, character design
2010	Tongari Boushi to Maho no Omise [ja]	Nintendo DS	Character modeling, map design

References

1. "スタッフ採用情報". Millenium Kitchen. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
2. "スタッフ採用情報". Millenium Kitchen. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
3. "『ぼくらのかぞく』がメディア芸術祭・審査委員会推薦作品に!!" ["Bokura no Kazoku" was recommended by the Jury of the Japan Media Arts Festival!!]. Millennium Kitchen (in Japanese). December 26, 2005. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
4. "第５回日本ゲーム大賞 受賞作品一覧" [The 5th Japan Game Awards Winners List]. Japan Entertainment Software Awards (in Japanese). Retrieved May 16, 2023.
5. "綾部 和氏が手がけた「GUILD02」作品の一つ「怪獣が出る金曜日」。子供の頃に思い描いた"巨大怪獣が出る世界"をノスタルジックな雰囲気で構築". 4gamer.net (in Japanese). March 15, 2013. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
6. Sinclair, Brendan (January 9, 2014). "The Last of Us, Tearaway, Gone Home lead GDC Award noms". Gamesindustry.biz. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
7. "『ぼくのなつやすみポータブル』作者の綾部氏に直撃！" [An interview with Mr. Ayabe, creator of "Boku no Natsuyasumi Portable"!]. Famitsu (in Japanese). June 30, 2006. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
8. "クレヨンしんちゃん『オラと博士の夏休み』～おわらない七日間の旅～ [Nintendo Direct 2021.2.18]". Youtube. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
9. "なつもん！ ２０世紀の夏休み [Nintendo Direct 2023.2.9]". Youtube. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
10. "クレヨンしんちゃん『炭の町のシロ』」2ndトレーラー". Youtube. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
11. "スタッフ募集のお知らせ!!". Millennium Kitchen (in Japanese). January 7, 2008. Archived from the original on May 24, 2023. Retrieved May 24, 2023.

External links

• Official website