is a Japanese

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. Founded by Kaz Ayabe in 1997, the company is best known as the creators of the '' Boku no Natsuyasumi'' ( ('My Summer Vacation') series of video games.

History

Millennium Kitchen was established as a

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on December 1, 1997 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

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in 2000. On December 1, 2013, the company became a

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Accolades

''Boku no Natsuyasumi'' (2000) won a New Wave Award at the fifth Japan Game Awards, and was a finalist for the Excellence Award at the third

Japan Media Arts Festival The Japan Media Arts Festival was an annual festival held since 1997 by Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs. The festival begins with an open competition and culminates with the awarding of several prizes and an exhibition. Based on judging by ...

. '' Boku no Natsuyasumi 2'' (2002) and '' Bokura no Kazoku'' (2005) were selected as juror-recommended works at the

, and '' Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale'' (2015) was selected as an honorable mention for Best Narrative at the

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Works

As developer

Other games

References

External links

* Video game companies of Japan Video game development companies Video game companies established in 1997 Japanese companies established in 1997 {{Japan-videogame-company-stub