Artoon

Artoon Co., Ltd.
株式会社アートゥーン
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo games
FoundedAugust 27, 1999
FounderNaoto Ohshima
Yoji Ishii
Defunctc. 2010
FateAbsorbed into AQ Interactive
SuccessorArzest
HeadquartersYokohama, Japan
Key people
Naoto Ohshima (president and CEO)
Yoji Ishii (chairman)
Number of employees
85
ParentAQ Interactive

Artoon Co., Ltd. (株式会社アートゥーン Kabushiki-Gaisha Ātūn) was a Japanese video game developer established in 1999 by former Sega members, namely Naoto Ohshima and Yoji Ishii. The studio was primarily affiliated in the United States with projects on Microsoft's Xbox and Xbox 360, although they had also worked with Hudson Soft and Nintendo on other platforms.

Artoon was situated in Yokohama, Kanagawa, with a secondary office in Naha, Okinawa. It became a subsidiary of AQ Interactive in May 2004, and was fully acquired in June 2005. Around 2010, Artoon, along with AQ's other development studios Feelplus and Cavia, were absorbed into AQ.