Line #24 Creator/Vanillaware


1	Vanillaware is a game developer founded in 2002 by artist George Kamitani, who previously worked at Creator/{{Capcom}} and Creator/{{Atlus}}. The company was established as Puraguru until 2004, when it rebranded as Vanillaware.
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3	Vanillaware's games are renowned for their extremely detailed 2D artwork. The company frequently works together with Music/{{Basiscape}} for the soundtracks -- in fact, thus far, every single released OST for a Vanillaware game has been effectively a vehicle for the newer artists of Basiscape.
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5	!!Games by Vanillaware:
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7	* ''VideoGame/{{Princess Crown}}'' (while part of Atlus)
8	* ''[[VideoGame/FantasyEarthZero Fantasy Earth: The Ring of Dominion]]'' (handed over to Multiterm before release)
9	* ''VideoGame/GrimGrimoire''
10	* ''VideoGame/OdinSphere''
11	* ''Kumatanchi''
12	* ''[[VideoGame/MuramasaTheDemonBlade Muramasa: The Demon Blade]]''
13	* ''VideoGame/GrandKnightsHistory''
14	* ''VideoGame/DragonsCrown''
15	* ''[[VideoGame/ThirteenSentinelsAegisRim 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim]]''
16	* ''VideoGame/UnicornOverlord''
17	[[/index]]
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19	!!Vanillaware and George Kamitani use the following tropes:
20	* AuthorAppeal: George Kamitani's art style tends to always encompass the following:
21	** There are musclebound characters of both genders, with the [[AmazonianBeauty women being as beautiful as they are muscular]]. This also usually includes said characters having an emphasis on their [[MurderousThighs legs]] and [[HartmanHips butts]] as opposed to any other area. Examples include [[VideoGame/OdinSphere Gwendolyn]], [[VideoGame/MuramasaTheDemonBlade Raijin]], the [[VideoGame/DragonsCrown Amazon]] and [[VideoGame/UnicornOverlord Amalia]].
22	** Some of the more powerful characters (generally magic-oriented) tend to be well-endowed. Examples include [[VideoGame/OdinSphere Velvet, Queen Elfaria, Odette]][[note]]Despite Odette being mostly skeletal, her skin is situated mostly on her face and rather large breasts.[[/note]], [[CuteMonsterGirl Kongiku and almost all the female mooks]] in ''[[VideoGame/MuramasaTheDemonBlade Muramasa]]'', and the [[VideoGame/DragonsCrown Sorceress]].
23	** [[CuteMonsterGirl Any female monsters will almost always be attractive]], along with any of the other AuthorAppeal tropes listed here. Examples include [[VideoGame/MuramasaTheDemonBlade Kongiku and Yuzuhura]], who are [[AsianFoxSpirit kitsune]], the mermaids and snow women from [[VideoGame/MuramasaTheDemonBlade the same game]], and the harpies and vampires in ''VideoGame/DragonsCrown''.
24	** There's as much detail put into food as there is everything else. It's recommended not to be particularly hungry when playing a game that has a lot of food focus, such as ''VideoGame/MuramasaTheDemonBlade''.
25	** In order to emphasize strength in the male characters, they tend to be drawn with [[TopHeavyGuy huge meaty torsos placed atop small legs]]. [[VideoGame/OdinSphere Odin]], [[VideoGame/MuramasaTheDemonBlade the adult Oni enemies]], [[VideoGame/DragonsCrown the Fighter and the Dwarf]], [[VideoGame/UnicornOverlord Morard, Gladiators and Feathershields]]? All examples of beefy guys.
26	* CreatorDrivenSuccessor: ''Princess Crown'' --> ''Odin Sphere'' --> ''Muramasa''. In fact, during development, the games were respectively referred to as ''Princess Crown 2'' and ''Princess Crown 3''. ''Dragon's Crown'' is instead a successor to ''[[VideoGame/DungeonsAndDragons Dungeons & Dragons: Tower Of Doom]]''.
27	* CreatorsOddball: Vanillaware's catalog consists of action [=RPGs=], tactical [=RPGs=], real time strategies with RPG elements and...[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumatanchi a game where you take care of anthropomorphic animal girls in a zoo.]]
28	* FoodPorn: It's advised not to play the games headed by George Kamitani while hungry, as the food is always rendered in startling detail.
29	* MedievalEuropeanFantasy: The setting for most of the games they've produced (for ''Muramasa'', replace "European" with "Japanese"). ''13 Sentinels'' marks the first time they've broken away from the "old era" fantasy setting to produce something that takes place in modern times, not counting ''Kumatanchi''.
30	* SceneryPorn: To the point where many promotional images are the raw artwork for the backgrounds.

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