, formerly is a Japanese film production and distribution company. In the past, the company has distributed video games. It was formed in 1997 through a merger between the Asmik Corporation and Ace Entertainment, both of Japan. The name Asmik comes from its three founding companies: Ask (formerly ASK-Kodansha), Sumitomo and Kodansha. The company is headquartered on the third floor of the Lapiross Roppongi building in Minato, Tokyo, and is a wholly owned division of Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM). Asmik Corporation was founded in 1985 as a subsidiary to the Sumitomo Corporation of Japan. Its focus was in the area of video games for the video game console market, specifically the NES. It quickly moved on to distribute motion pictures in Japan, and won several awards for doing so. It once had a North American subsidiary, Asmik Corporation of America. Ace Pictures Inc. was founded in 1981 as a division of Nippon Herald Films to produce Japanese films and distribute foreign art films. Several of its pictures earned awards and hold positions as some of the highest-grossing films in Japan. Asmik Ace Entertainment has produced games for the Dreamcast, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PC Engine, Mega Drive/Genesis, Super NES, Nintendo 64, and GameCube, and distributes high quality films for the Japanese movie market. Asmik Ace Entertainment also distributed a number of DreamWorks Pictures and DreamWorks Animation films to Japanese cinemas. Video games See also :Category:Asmik Ace Entertainment games Asmik had a mascot named Boomer (Asmik-kun in Japanese), a pink dinosaur, which was featured in several video games. Air Diver (Sega Genesis) Altered Beast (Famicom) Asmik-kun Land (Famicom) Asmik-kun World 2 (Game Boy) Astro Troop Vanark (PlayStation) Battle Zeque Den (Super Famicom) Bogey Dead 6 (PlayStation) Boomer's Adventure in ASMIK World (Asmik-Kun World) (Game Boy) Catrap (Power Paws in Europe; Pitman in Japan) (Game Boy) Civilization (Super Famicom, PlayStation, Saturn) Conquest of the Crystal Palace (NES) Cosmic Epsilon (Famicom) Cutie Suzuki no Ringside Angel (Sega Mega Drive) Deep Dungeon IV (Famicom) D-Force (known in Japan as Dimension Force) (Super NES) Dokapon DX (GameCube & PlayStation 2) F-15 Super Strike Eagle (Super Famicom) Gambler Jiko Chuushinha(Super Famicom) Gambler Jiko Chuushinha 2 (Super Famicom) Hunter Lime Special Collection Vol 2 (PlayStation) Jumpin' Kid: Jack to Mame no Ki Monogatari (Japan only – planned US release as Jack and the Beanstalk) (Famicom) Jūōki (port of arcade game known outside Japan as Altered Beast) (Famicom) Koutetsu no