SNK Corporation (Japanese: 株式会社SNK | Hepburn: Kabushiki-Kaisha Esu Enu Kē, initially known as Shin Nihon Kikaku) is a Japanese video game hardware/software company, video game publisher/developer, and multimedia company. It is the successor to the company Shin Nihon Kikaku and presently owns the SNK video game brand and the Neo Geo video game platform. SNK's predecessor Shin Nihon Kikaku was founded in 1978 by Eikichi Kawasaki. The corporation was initially named Shin Nihon Kikaku (Japanese: 新日本企画 | lit. "New Japan Project"). In 1981, the name was informally shortened to SNK Corporation, which became the company's official name in 1986. SNK is known for its creation of the Neo Geo family of arcade, home, and handheld game consoles in 1990. The Neo Geo line was halted in 2001 because financial troubles forced SNK Corporation to close in the same year. Anticipating the end of the company, Kawasaki founded Playmore Corporation in 2001, which acquired all of the intellectual property of the first iteration of SNK Corporation. In 2003, Playmore Corporation was renamed SNK Playmore Corporation. In 2016, SNK dropped the name Playmore from its logo and reintroduced its old slogan, "The Future Is Now", officially changing its corporate name back to SNK. Traditionally, SNK operated primarily as a video game developer, publisher, and hardware manufacturer with a focus on arcade games; however, it has ventured into developing console and PC games. In 2004, SNK started manufacturing pachislot machines, but the company withdrew from the market in 2015. In 2009, the company entered mobile game development. Classic SNK franchises include Art of Fighting, Fatal Fury, Metal Slug, Samurai Shodown, The Last Blade, World Heroes, Twinkle Star Sprites, and The King of Fighters.
SNK
Executive Producer
for Executive Producer in The King of Fighters 2003 (TV Series)
Suggested by theonewithda_gun
The fighting competition of the highest standards, on the greatest scale in the world - "The King of Fighters." Two years after the destruction of NESTS, the King of Fighters tournament returns with a mysterious new sponsor. But in spite of all the hubbub, one veteran contestant after another made their intentions to enter the competition known. Upon verification that numerous well-known fighters had entered the competition, all media coverage of the event shifted into 24/7 overdrive. The KOF tournament developed into a social phenomenon and monopolized discussions around the world. Newspapers and magazines feature articles almost on a weekly basis while ersatz critics pounded their desks and made impassioned commentary on TV day after day about it. "There are many newcomers joining the tournament. One of them is Ash Crimson. What made their names more and more familiar via the Internet was, without doubt, a moment of uproar concerning this year's KOF. As both regulars and newcomers enter the arena, a sinister plot unfurls. Will these contestants be able to become the new stars capable of shaking up the KOF tournament, or maybe...? The time has come. This year, the curtain rises once again.
