NOTE: As of this posting, I am not affiliated with Japanime Games in any capacity.
One day while walking through the internet, I found out about a little company called Japanime Games. This company releases board and card games, and they have an upcoming title called Core Connection that looks really good. In it, you take the role of a mech pilot going toe-to-toe with the giants of Atlantis who seek to conquer the Earth. While I haven’t played it, its concept looks neat enough to give it a shot. You can download the manual on the game’s official page here.
But a mech game isn’t the only reason to support Japanime. There are far more substantial reasons to do so.
This past summer, Japanime held a Kickstarter to raise funds for the re-release of their old game Kanzume Goddess, which they have now titled Kamigami Battles. When they tweeted an announcement, however, they were pilloried by feminists for using a sexually enticing character on the tweet. Without raising any ideological banners, Japanime stood by its art and stood by its customers. In these days of ideologically motivated entertainment companies attacking those who pay their bills, this was a bold step on Japanime’s part, and one they should be applauded for.
But while their summer ended in triumph, their autumn ended in disappointment.
Unrelated to the above incident, Japanime and several other hobby game companies had items stolen while at Spieltage Essen, a game expo in Germany. Among the stolen items was $10,000 in cash. This happened last month, and since then, they have recouped $8,000 of that money as of this posting.
I want to help push them over the edge so that they can recover all of it.
I’ve already thrown in $10, but I want this company to recover it all. Supporting independent alternatives is key to rebuilding a happy, healthy gaming industry, and thefts like this hit small companies the hardest. Things cannot change if smaller companies can’t survive. So help them by either donating to them or buying a game. A company like this deserves our help.
I backed the goddess KS because despite the eye-candy, it’s not a bad game at all. And… I may have a few other of their guilty pleasures… 😉
Plus I appreciate that they usually put things into nice tuck boxes with artwork, they do great at game storage.
Great to hear. All the more reason to help them out.