Private company

Active Gaming Media

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Localization company

Active Gaming Media Inc. (AGM) is a localization company based in Osaka, Japan. Founded in 2008 by CEO Ibai Ameztoy, the company's main focus lies in providing localization services for video games. AGM has since branched out to provide services such as game debugging, marketing, promotion, voice acting, and publishing for games and anime.2 It employed 30 people.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Oct 2006Founded1

Active Gaming Media Inc. (AGM) is a localization company based in Osaka, Japan. Founded in 2008 by CEO Ibai Ameztoy, the company's main focus lies in providing localization services for video games. AGM has since branched out to provide services such as game debugging, marketing, promotion, voice acting, and publishing for games and anime.2

Corporate structure

Active Gaming Media sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Active Gaming Media Ōsaka-shi
    • YumeHaven Subsidiary · Japan

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

2008

Established as a legal entity in Tokyo

2009

Headquarters moved to Osaka.

2011

Acquired Tokyo Great Visual (Osaka branch), headquarters relocated within Osaka

Launched digital distribution platform Playism in Japan

2012

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Active Gaming Media's CEO Ibai Ameztoy was included on Gamasutra's 2012 "Power 50" list of influential people in the video game industry.

2016

Launched the YumeHaven brand, which focuses on the localization of Japanese visual novels.

2021

Launched English gaming media website AUTOMATON WEST.

From Wikipedia’s article on Active Gaming Media, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • YumeHaven

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Oct 2006Founded Founded1

Sources

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