Liona Interactive

LIONA Interactive
株式会社LIONA

Formerly	iNiS Ltd. (1997-2000) iNiS Corporation (2000-2016) Spica (2017) inisJ Corporation (2016-2020) LIONA Interactive (2020-)
Company type	Private
Industry	Video games
Founded	February 3, 1997; 27 years ago (1997-02-03)[1] Tokyo, Japan
Headquarters	Naka Meguro, Tokyo , Japan
Key people	Masako Harada (CEO)[1] Keiichi Yano (COO)[1] Takahide Hoshino (CFO)[1]
Products	Gitaroo Man Elite Beat Agents
Website	https://www.liona.co.jp/

LIONA Interactive (株式会社LIONA) (formerly known as iNiS Corporation (株式会社イニス, Inisu)) is a Japanese video game developer that specializes in rhythm games.

It was co-founded by Keiichi Yano on February 3, 1997, as iNiS Ltd.. The company's former name iNiS is an acronym and it stands for "infinite Noise of the inner Soul." In 2000, the company changed name to iNiS Corporation.

In December 2016, inisJ Corporation was founded. In March 2017, iNiS changed its name to Spica. After a while, in May, Spica went bankrupt.^[2]

In 2020, inisJ changed its name to LIONA Interactive.

Subsidiaries

• SONICA Co., Ltd.: Established in 2001, it is a provider of sound solutions.

Titles developed

CD/DVD-ROM

Title	Platform	Release Date
Penguin Piano	?	October 1997
Space Battleship Yamato Master Edition CD-ROM	Windows/Mac OS hybrid	March 20, 1999
Space Battleship Yamato Master Edition DVD-ROM	DVD player	?
Picasso	?	?(1997–2000)
Safari Tokyo	Windows	October 1998
Kiseki No Maya Uranai	?	April 1998
Minna no Tabetaku Ver.2	?	October 1999
Roland VP-9000 promo CD-ROM	?(CD-ROM)	February 2000

Video games

Title	Platform	Release Date
beatmania Da!!	Windows/Mac OS hybrid	February 17, 2000
beatmania BEST Da!!	Windows/Mac OS hybrid	September 28, 2000, July 5, 2002(rerelease)
pop'n music Da!!	Windows/Mac OS hybrid	September 28, 2000, September 6, 2002(rerelease)
Gitaroo Man	PlayStation 2	June 21, 2001
Gundam Pilot Academy	Arcade	2002
Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan	Nintendo DS	July 28, 2005
Gitaroo Man Lives!	PlayStation Portable	June 8, 2006
Rain Wonder Trip	PlayStation Portable	July 6, 2006
Elite Beat Agents	Nintendo DS	November 6, 2006
Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2	Nintendo DS	May 17, 2007
Anata mo DS de Classic Kiite Mimasenka?	Nintendo DS	July 5, 2007
Lips	Xbox 360	November 18, 2008
Lips: Number One Hits	Xbox 360	October 20, 2009
Lips: Canta en Español	Xbox 360	November 13, 2009
Lips: Deutsche Partyknaller	Xbox 360	2009
Lips: Party Classics	Xbox 360	February 26, 2010
Lips: I ♥ The 80's	Xbox 360	April 2, 2010
The Black Eyed Peas Experience	Xbox 360	November 8, 2011
Infinity Blade Cross[3]	iOS	February 20, 2012
Anata Toshokan[4]	iOS, Android	May 19, 2012 (iOS), May 25, 2012 (Android)
Demons’ Score[5]	iOS, Android	September 19, 2012
Symphonica[6]	iOS	October 18, 2012
The Hip Hop Dance Experience[7]	Wii, Xbox 360	November 13, 2012
Karaoke	Xbox 360	December 11, 2012
Eden to Green	Android, iOS	April 8, 2013
Initial D Perfect Shift Online	Nintendo 3DS	April 2, 2014
Just Sing	PlayStation 4, Xbox One	September 6, 2016[8]
Project Rap Rabbit (co-developed with NanaOn-Sha)	PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows	Cancelled[9]

Web design

Title	Platform	Release Date
Shockwave Christmas Card (Dreamarts)	?	?

Prototype titles

Title	Platform	Release Date
MixJuice	Xbox	1999
Minpan	?	2002
Ace Trekkers	?	2002
Pugi Pugi (tentative)	?	2004
Yosei no Sumu Mori	Xbox 360	2005

Engines

• FUEL audio library (for ACID)
• nFactor2 (next-generation rendering engine - Wii, Xbox 360, PC only)
• MixJuice (interactive music engine)
• Unreal Engine 3
• Unreal Engine 4
• Unity

Awards

• IGN's Best Nintendo DS developer of 2006 ^[10]

References

1. "iNiS Corporation". Inis.jp. Archived from the original on 2013-10-18. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
2. "旧イニスの（株）スピカ（東京）／破産開始決定 「押忍!闘え!応援団」" (in Japanese). JC net. 2017-05-10. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
3. "iNiS Corporation". Inis.jp. Archived from the original on 2013-10-18. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
4. "iNiS Corporation". Inis.jp. Archived from the original on 2013-10-18. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
5. "Twitter / CaptivNation: We got nominated for best of". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
6. "Twitter / iNiS_corp: [作品情報]SYMPHONICA:iNiSが開発に携わったリ". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
7. "The Hip Hop Dance Experience - Ubisoft Online Store". Shop.ubi.com. 2012-11-27. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
8. "Just Sing is a new karaoke game from Ubisoft". Polygon. Vox Media. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
9. "Parappa and Ouendan Creators Join Forces for Project Rap Rabbit". 12 May 2017.
10. "IGN.com presents The Best of 2006". Bestof.ign.com. Archived from the original on 2007-01-09. Retrieved 2013-10-17.

External links

• (in Japanese) LIONA Interactive
• (in Japanese) iNiS Corporation page: Japan, English
• Sonica Inc. page
• IGN Company Profile
• GDC 2007: The Keiichi Yano Interview