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Vanillaware

Vanillaware is a game company led by the artist George Kamitani. Its games are renowned for their extremely detailed 2D artwork. It frequently works together with 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.

Games by Vanillaware:

Princess Crown
Odin Sphere
Grim Grimoire
Kumatanchi
Muramasa The Demon Blade
Grand Knights History (Japan: September 2011, USA: ???)
Dragon's Crown (announced for spring 2013)

Vanillaware and George Kamitani use the following tropes:

Author Appeal: George Kamitani's fetishes appear to be as follows:
- Amazonian Beauty (Gwendolyn, Raijin, the Amazon)
- Buxom Is Better
- Zettai Ryouiki: (Gwendolyn, Velvet, Raijin, Elf)
Doing It for the Art: It takes a ton of work to produce 2D graphics lavish enough to strain a contemporary game system.
Food Porn
Medieval European Fantasy: Five out of seven games.
Scenery Porn: To the point where many promotional images are the raw artwork for the backgrounds.
Spiritual Successor: 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 Dungeons & Dragons: Tower Of Doom.