Kadokawa

During the mid-to-late 1990s, the company's video game publishing strategy heavily leveraged the hardware capabilities of the Sega Saturn and Sony PlayStation consoles. A pivotal partnership with developer Game Arts resulted in technically enhanced remakes of classic role-playing games. This collaboration yielded Lunar Silver Star Story and Lunar Silver Star Story Complete in 1996, alongside a specialized Lunar Silver Star Story Complete [MPEG-ban] edition that utilized the Saturn's Video CD card to display high-quality, full-motion anime cutscenes.

The publisher subsequently expanded these properties to the PlayStation, releasing Lunar Silver Star Story in 1998. They followed this with Lunar 2 Eternal Blue for the Saturn in 1998 and its subsequent PlayStation port in 1999, introducing these celebrated narratives to a broader gaming audience.

Beyond the Lunar franchise, the company adapted its literary properties into interactive media. They published the tactical role-playing game Slayers Royal in 1998 and the role-playing title Lodoss Tou Senki in 1995. These releases solidified the publisher's role in bridging the gap between Japanese print media, animation, and the rapidly evolving 32-bit home console market.