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ASCII Corporation: History, Companies & Art

ASCII Corporation, Ltd. was a Japanese publishing company based in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It was founded in 1977, originating as the Japanese sales office of Microsoft, though its partnership with the company ended in 1986 upon the formation of Microsoft Japan.

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ASCII Corporation topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Companies and Art as prominent areas in the source structure around ASCII Corporation.

Related topics
31
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
34
Extracted relationships
48
Related term clusters
18
Bridge connections
34

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 15 topics
Overview · 11 topics
Products · 5 topics

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Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
May 24, 1977; 49 years ago (1977-05-24)
Industry
Video games
Headquarters
Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Area served
Japan
Defunct
March 31, 2008; 18 years ago (2008-03-31)
Fate
Merged with MediaWorks

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Overview

History

Products

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Advanced semantic analysis

How ASCII Corporation connects Entity context

The extracted context around ASCII Corporation shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, ASCII Corporation → ASCII, Despite Microsoft's, Hudson Soft, Japan, Japanese, June, Kazuhiko Nishi, Konami, Microsoft, Microsoft Japan, MSX, MSX-based, Nintendo's Family Computer, Nishi, The Metal Gear, United States Another extracted example is ASCII Corporation → Derby Stallion series, Monthly ASCII, MSX, RPG Maker series. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

ASCII Corporation

Top relations

related to MSX · 16
ASCII Corporation → ASCII, Despite Microsoft's, Hudson Soft, Japan, Japanese, June, Kazuhiko Nishi, Konami, Microsoft, Microsoft Japan, MSX, MSX-based, Nintendo's Family Computer, Nishi, The Metal Gear, United States
Products · 4
ASCII Corporation → Derby Stallion series, Monthly ASCII, MSX, RPG Maker series
Founder · 3
ASCII Corporation → Akio Gunji, Kazuhiko Nishi, Keiichiro Tsukamoto
Key people · 2
ASCII Corporation → Kiyoshi Takano (president), Tatsuo Sato (chairman)
Parent · 2
ASCII Corporation → Kadokawa Group Holdings (2004—2008), Sega (1997—2004)
Subsidiaries · 2
ASCII Corporation → Astro Arts, Soft Wing
Successor · 2
ASCII Corporation → ASCII Media Works, Microsoft Japan
Area served · 1
ASCII Corporation → Japan
Defunct · 1
ASCII Corporation → March 31, 2008; 18 years ago (2008-03-31)
Fate · 1
ASCII Corporation → Merged with MediaWorks

Important terminology

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Important terminology

ascii company msx microsoft game subsidiary corporation 2008 japanese name nishi publishing japan media 1977 became computer founded kadokawa group

ASCII Corporation relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 48 structured relationships around ASCII Corporation. Examples in this analysis include ASCII Corporation → Area served → Japan and ASCII Corporation → Defunct → March 31, 2008; 18 years ago (2008-03-31). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ASCII CorporationArea servedJapan1.00infobox
ASCII CorporationDefunctMarch 31, 2008; 18 years ago (2008-03-31)1.00infobox
ASCII CorporationFateMerged with MediaWorks1.00infobox
ASCII CorporationFormerlyASCII Publishing Co., Ltd. (1977—1982)1.00infobox
ASCII CorporationFoundedMay 24, 1977; 49 years ago (1977-05-24)1.00infobox
ASCII CorporationFounderKazuhiko Nishi1.00infobox
ASCII CorporationFounderAkio Gunji1.00infobox
ASCII CorporationFounderKeiichiro Tsukamoto1.00infobox
ASCII CorporationHeadquartersChiyoda, Tokyo, Japan1.00infobox
ASCII CorporationIndustryVideo games1.00infobox
ASCII CorporationKey peopleKiyoshi Takano (president)1.00infobox
ASCII CorporationKey peopleTatsuo Sato (chairman)1.00infobox
ASCII CorporationNative name株式会社アスキー1.00infobox
ASCII CorporationNumber of employees197 (2006)1.00infobox
ASCII CorporationParentSega (1997—2004)1.00infobox
ASCII CorporationParentKadokawa Group Holdings (2004—2008)1.00infobox
ASCII CorporationProductsDerby Stallion series1.00infobox
ASCII CorporationProductsRPG Maker series1.00infobox
ASCII CorporationProductsMonthly ASCII1.00infobox
ASCII CorporationProductsMSX1.00infobox
ASCII CorporationRevenue¥433 million (2006)1.00infobox
ASCII CorporationRomanized nameKabushiki-gaisha Asukī1.00infobox
ASCII CorporationSubsidiariesAstro Arts1.00infobox
ASCII CorporationSubsidiariesSoft Wing1.00infobox
ASCII CorporationSuccessorMicrosoft Japan1.00infobox
ASCII CorporationSuccessorASCII Media Works1.00infobox
ASCII CorporationTypeSubsidiary1.00infobox
ASCII CorporationWebsiteascii.jp ascii.jp (archived)1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around ASCII Corporation bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Kazuhiko, Company and Corporation. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • ASCII Corporation
    • Kazuhiko
    • Company
    • Corporation
    • Subsidiary
    • Microsoft
    • Name
    • Japan
    • Media
    • Publishing
    • Works
    • Would
    • Announced
  • ascii corporation
    • Kazuhiko
    • Company
    • Ltd
    • Corporation
    • Subsidiary
    • Microsoft
    • Works
    • Name
    • Japan
    • Japanese
    • Media
    • Nishi
  • monthly ascii
    • Company
    • Corporation
    • Subsidiary
    • Microsoft
    • Name
    • Media
    • Publishing
    • Works
    • Would
    • Announced
    • Became
    • Computer
  • ascii
    • Company
    • Corporation
    • Subsidiary
    • Microsoft
    • Name
    • Media
    • Publishing
    • Works
    • Would
    • Announced
    • Became
    • Computer
  • publishing company
    • Video
    • Would
    • Corporation
    • Merged
    • Group
    • Holdings
    • Kadokawa
    • Subsidiary
    • Tsukamoto
    • Founded
    • Games
    • Ltd
  • microsoft japan
    • Kazuhiko
    • Sales
    • Microsoft
    • Msx
    • Nishi
    • Home
    • Microsoft's
    • Name
    • Tsukamoto
    • Subsidiary
    • Games
    • Ltd
  • kadokawa group holdings
    • Group
    • Holdings
    • Kadokawa
    • Mediaworks
    • Works
    • Media
    • Merged
    • Announced
    • Name
    • Subsidiary
    • Kazuhiko
    • Tsukamoto
  • ascii media works
    • Media
    • Works
    • Mediaworks
    • Group
    • Holdings
    • Kadokawa
    • Merged
    • Subsidiary
    • Company
    • Announced
    • Name
    • Corporation

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For ASCII Corporation, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects ASCII Corporation with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
ASCII Corporation — History · splits 19 ⟂ 16
ASCII Corporation — Overview · splits 23 ⟂ 12
ASCII Corporation — Products · splits 29 ⟂ 6

Map overview Semantic statistics

ASCII Corporation

Nodes35
Edges34
Triples48
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.057143
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around ASCII Corporation to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Companies & Art, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — ASCII Corporation · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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