Media Factory

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Media Factory メディアファクトリー
Media Factory logo
Founded	December 1, 1986
Defunct	October 1, 2013
Headquarters	3-3-5 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Type	Subsidiary
Owner(s)	Kadokawa Corporation
Industry	Publishing
Website Japan: mediafactory.co.jp

Media Factory (Japanese: メディアファクトリー Mediafakutorī), formerly Media Factory, Inc. (Japanese: 株式会社メディアファクトリー Kabushiki gaisha Media Factory) was a Japanese publisher and distributor for the Pokémon franchise from 1996 until 2011 when it was purchased by Kadokawa Corporation. In 2013, it was merged and became a brand of Kadokawa Corporation.

The company was the first distributor of the Pokémon Trading Card Game in Japan from 1996 until The Pokémon Company took over in 2006. Songs and albums from the Pokémon anime and the games were distributed under the Pikachu Records record label from 1997 to 2012. Following Media Factory's acquisition, game soundtracks as well as official Japanese strategy guides previously published by Media Factory are now published by OVERLAP, while anime songs and albums are now distributed by Sony Music Japan.

Pokémon strategy guides published by Media Factory

Core series

• Pokémon Gold and Silver Adventure Clear Guide (1999)
• Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire Official Adventure Clear Guide (2002)
• Pokémon Emerald Official Complete Clear Guide (2004)
• Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Official Complete Clear Guide (2004)
• Pokémon Platinum Official Complete Clear Guide (2008)
• Pokémon Black and White Official Complete Adventure Clear Guide
  • Pokémon Black and White Official Encyclopedia Completion Guide (2010)
• Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 Official Complete Adventure Clear Guide (2012)

Spin-off games

• Pokémon Card GB Official Guidebook (1999)
• Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR! Official Guidebook (2001)

External links

• Official website (archived)
• Media Factory on Wikipedia
  • Article on Japanese Wikipedia

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Media Factory Official Strategy Guides Core series: Pokémon Gold and Silver Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire • Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen • Pokémon Emerald Pokémon Platinum Pokémon Black and White (Encyclopedia) • Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 Spin-off Pokémon games: Pokémon Trading Card Game • Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR! • My Pokémon Ranch Pokémon companion books and guides Nintendo Power • Prima Games • Versus Books • BradyGames • Media Factory • Other guides

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