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Prototype

Logo: © PROTOTYPE, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Japanese software company

Prototype Co., Ltd. (株式会社プロトタイプ, Kabushiki kaisha Purototaipu) is a Japanese video game publisher established on March 27, 2006 by Toshio Tabeta, a former producer of Interchannel. While still with Interchannel, Tabeta's team was responsible for mainly developing and publishing versions of visual novels originally published by VisualArt's for consumer platforms like the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable. After Prototype split off from Interchannel, the company still continued to work with VisualArt's.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Mar 27, 2006Founded1
  • Industryvideo game industry1
  • HeadquartersChūō1
  • Websitewww.prot.co.jp
  • Legal formkabushiki gaisha1

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Prototype Co., Ltd. (株式会社プロトタイプ, Kabushiki kaisha Purototaipu) is a Japanese video game publisher established on March 27, 2006 by Toshio Tabeta, a former producer of Interchannel. While still with Interchannel, Tabeta's team was responsible for mainly developing and publishing versions of visual novels originally published by VisualArt's for consumer platforms like the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable. After Prototype split off from Interchannel, the company still continued to work with VisualArt's. Prototype is also involved in producing mobile phone ports through VisualArt's Motto which Prototype manages. Prototype has also produced a set of drama CDs based on Key's visual novel Clannad.2

Products and brands

  • visual novel

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Timeline

  1. Mar 27, 2006Founded Founded1

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