{{Short description|Japanese video game developer}} {{more citations needed|date=February 2015}} {{Infobox company | name = Millennium Kitchen Co., Ltd. | native_name = 株式会社ミレニアムキッチン | native_name_lang = ja | logo = Millennium Kitchen Logo.png | logo_size = 250px | type = Limited | hq_location_city = [[Tokyo]] | hq_location_country = [[Japan]] | key_people = [[Kaz Ayabe]] | industry = [[Video game industry|Video games]] | products = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | owner = | num_employees = 8<br>(As of November 2013)<ref name="Company-InfoArchive"/> | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | footnotes = | caption = | foundation = December 1, 1997 | location = | website = [http://www.mkitchen.co.jp Millennium Kitchen] }}
{{nihongo|'''Millennium Kitchen Co., Ltd.'''|株式会社ミレニアムキッチン|lead=yes}} is a Japanese [[video game developer]]. Founded by [[Kaz Ayabe]] in 1997, the company is best known as the creators of the ''[[Boku no Natsuyasumi]]'' ({{lit}} ('My Summer Vacation') series of video games.
==History== Millennium Kitchen was established as a [[limited company]] on December 1, 1997<ref name="Company-Info"/> by video game developer [[Kaz Ayabe]]. Ayabe, who had previously worked at the video game companies [[NMK (company)|NMK]] and K-Idea as a programmer and a designer, founded the company in order to produce ''[[Boku no Natsuyasumi]]'', which was released for the [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] in 2000. On December 1, 2013, the company became a [[joint-stock company]].<ref name="Company-Info"/>
===Accolades=== ''Boku no Natsuyasumi'' (2000) won a New Wave Award at the fifth [[Japan Game Awards]],<ref name="JMAF"/> and was a finalist for the Excellence Award at the third [[Japan Media Arts Festival]].<ref name="JGA"/> ''[[Boku no Natsuyasumi 2]]'' (2002) and ''[[Bokura no Kazoku]]'' (2005) were selected as juror-recommended works at the [[Japan Media Arts Festival]],<ref name="4gamer"/> and ''[[Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale]]'' (2015) was selected as an honorable mention for Best Narrative at the [[Game Developers Choice Awards]].<ref name="GDC"/>
==Works== ===As developer=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- !scope="col"|Year !scope="col"|Title !scope="col"|Platform(s) !scope="col" class="unsortable" |Notes !scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}} |- | 2000 || ''[[Boku no Natsuyasumi]]'' || [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] || || <ref name="Famitsu2006"/> |- | 2002 || ''[[Boku no Natsuyasumi 2]]'' || [[PlayStation 2]] || || |- | 2005 || ''[[Bokura no Kazoku]]'' || PlayStation 2 || || |- | 2006 || ''Boku no Natsuyasumi Portable'' || [[PlayStation Portable]] || [[Porting#Porting of video games|Port]] of ''Boku no Natsuyasumi'' |- | 2007 || ''[[Boku no Natsuyasumi 3]]'' || [[PlayStation 3]] || || |- | 2009 || ''[[Boku no Natsuyasumi 4]]'' || PlayStation Portable || || |- | 2010 || ''Boku no Natsuyasumi Portable 2'' || PlayStation Portable || Port of ''Boku no Natsuyasumi 2'' |- | 2013 || ''[[Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale]]'' || [[Nintendo 3DS]] || || <ref name="4gamer"/> |- |2021 || ''[[Shin-chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation]]'' || [[Nintendo Switch]], [[PlayStation 4]], [[Windows]] || || <ref>{{Cite web|title=クレヨンしんちゃん『オラと博士の夏休み』～おわらない七日間の旅～ [Nintendo Direct 2021.2.18]|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLrCa1-oQ7o|access-date=2021-02-08|website=Youtube}}</ref> |- |2023 || ''[[Natsu-Mon: 20th Century Summer Kid]]'' || Nintendo Switch, Windows || || <ref>{{Cite web|title=なつもん！ ２０世紀の夏休み [Nintendo Direct 2023.2.9]|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW4Fsbty6Ls|access-date=February 9, 2023|website=Youtube}}</ref> |- |2024 || ''Shin-chan: Shiro and the Coal Town'' || Nintendo Switch, Windows || || <ref>{{Cite web|title=クレヨンしんちゃん『炭の町のシロ』」2ndトレーラー|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saMShwisYu8|access-date=April 5, 2024|website=Youtube}}</ref> |}
===Other games=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- !scope="col"|Year !scope="col"|Title !scope="col"|Platform(s) !scope="col" class="unsortable" | Role !scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}} |- | 2003 || ''[[Reel Fishing|Reel Fishing III]]'' || PlayStation 2 || Promotional visuals, packaging || <ref name="MKBlog1"/> |- | 2004 || ''[[Popolocrois|Popolocrois: Tsuki no Okite no Bōken]]'' || PlayStation 2 || Character modeling || <ref name="MKBlog1"/> |- | 2008 || ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi no Tomadoi]]'' || PlayStation 2 || Graphics support || <ref name="MKBlog1"/> |- | 2009 || ''[[Magician's Quest: Mysterious Times]]'' || [[Nintendo DS]] || Character modeling, character design || |- | 2010 || {{ill|Tongari Boushi to Mahou no Omise|ja|とんがりボウシと魔法のお店}} || Nintendo DS || Character modeling, map design || |}
==References== {{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="4gamer">{{cite web |title=綾部 和氏が手がけた「GUILD02」作品の一つ「怪獣が出る金曜日」。子供の頃に思い描いた"巨大怪獣が出る世界"をノスタルジックな雰囲気で構築 |url=https://www.4gamer.net/games/205/G020503/20130313023/ |website=[[4gamer.net]] |access-date=May 22, 2023 |language=Japanese |date=March 15, 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="Company-Info">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mkitchen.co.jp/about|title=スタッフ採用情報|website=Millenium Kitchen|access-date=December 17, 2016}}</ref>
<ref name="Company-InfoArchive">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mkitchen.co.jp/about|title=スタッフ採用情報|website=Millenium Kitchen|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319084908/http://www.mkitchen.co.jp/about|archive-date=March 19, 2016|access-date=December 17, 2016}}</ref>
<ref name="Famitsu2006">{{cite magazine |title=『ぼくのなつやすみポータブル』作者の綾部氏に直撃！|trans-title=An interview with Mr. Ayabe, creator of "Boku no Natsuyasumi Portable"! |url=https://www.famitsu.com/interview/article/2006/06/30/668,1151636205,55852,0,0.html |magazine=[[Famitsu]] |access-date=May 18, 2023 |language=Japanese |date=June 30, 2006}}</ref>
<ref name="GDC">{{cite web |last1=Sinclair |first1=Brendan |title=The Last of Us, Tearaway, Gone Home lead GDC Award noms |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/the-last-of-us-tearaway-gone-home-lead-gdc-award-noms |website=Gamesindustry.biz |access-date=May 22, 2023 |date=January 9, 2014}}</ref>
<ref name="MKBlog1">{{cite web |title=スタッフ募集のお知らせ!! |url=http://www.mkitchen.co.jp/woblog/page/13 |website=Millennium Kitchen |access-date=May 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524175306/http://www.mkitchen.co.jp/woblog/page/13 |archive-date=May 24, 2023 |language=Japanese |date=January 7, 2008}}</ref>
<ref name="JGA">{{cite web |title=第５回日本ゲーム大賞 受賞作品一覧 |trans-title=The 5th Japan Game Awards Winners List |url=https://awards.cesa.or.jp/2000/ |website=Japan Entertainment Software Awards |access-date=May 16, 2023 |language=Japanese}}</ref>
<ref name="JMAF">{{cite web |title=『ぼくらのかぞく』がメディア芸術祭・審査委員会推薦作品に!! |trans-title= "Bokura no Kazoku" was recommended by the Jury of the Japan Media Arts Festival!! |url=http://www.mkitchen.co.jp/archives/date/2005/12 |website=Millennium Kitchen |access-date=May 16, 2023 |language=Japanese |date=December 26, 2005}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{official website|http://www.mkitchen.co.jp/}}
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