Kaneko

Founded in 1980 closed in 2007
Status: dead
Country: Japan

2.9

per year

Kaneko Seisakusho, also referred to as Kaneko Co. Ltd., was a Japanese video game publisher founded in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan by Hiroshi Kaneko. It published a number of games both under its brand and other companies, such as Air Buster, Nexzr, Shogun Warriors, DJ Boy, Guts’n, and the Gals Panic series. Although most of the games that Kaneko produced were standard arcade fare, they also earned a degree of notoriety for both DJ Boy (for its reputedly racist plot and negative stereotyping) and the Gals Panic series (the games often bordering on softcore pornography).
The company began business as developer, manufacturer, vendor, trader of electronic machines, and manufacturing medical equipment.
In 1982, it began its video game business as a developer of Taito Corporation’s video games. In 1990, Kaneko began to make its own video game under the KANEKO brand. In Summer 1994, Kaneko closed its US branch and cancelled game projects such as Fido Dido and Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill.
In April 2000, Kaneko went through financial restructuring, and exited video game business except for maintenance department. The company was moved to Shibuya, Tokyo. In July 25, 2001, Kaneko filed a lawsuit against Hitachi Software Engineering over the Super Kaneko NOVA System arcade board, and demanded 1.52 billion yen for damages. On August 12, 2004, Kaneko filed for bankruptcy. However, the company’s founder, Hiroshi Kaneko, vowed to continue. In 2006, a civil lawsuit threatened to officially close the company. As of September 2007 the fate of the company is unknown, though assumed no longer existent.
The last game released by the company was Gals Panic S3 for the arcade in 2002.

It is known for Bonk, Gals Panic

Releases per year

1982	1
1983	2
1984	1
1985	2
1986	1
1987	1
1988	2
1989	1
1990	3
1991	7
1992	9
1993	5
1994	4
1995	5
1996	4
1997	5
1998	2
1999	3
2000	1

2002	1

60 video games with valid date were considered (100%)

Overall rankings

	4
	13
	7
	4
	0

Common gametypes

Top platforms

Arcade		38
Mega Drive		8
SNES		4
PS		4
X68000		2
GB		1
PC Engine CD		1
Game Gear		1
Saturn		1

Kaneko best rated games

Berlin no Kabe	1991	gg
Nexzr	1992	pecd
Wani Wani World	1992	gen
Gals Panic 3	1995	arcd
Gals Panic S2	1999	arcd
Deadly Moves	1992	gen
DJ Boy	1990	gen
Gals Panic 4	1996	arcd
Gals Panic S: Extra Edition	1997	arcd
Aero Blasters	1991	gen

Kaneko worst games

Chester Cheetah: Wild Wild Quest	1993	snes
Chester Cheetah: Wild Wild Quest	1993	gen
Gals Panic II	1993	arcd
Chester Cheetah: Too Cool to Fool	1993	gen
Gals Panic	1990	arcd