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1.5 billion in debt due to poor sales. As contractual agreements prevented Bandai from backing out of its deal, it chose to majority-acquire the company in
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1.4 billion yen. The company began expanding its operations as a result, starting with the establishment of
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for other companies, as Japan's coin-operated game industry had seen considerable economic growth throughout the decade. In addition to distributing games from other manufacturers across the country, Hoei Sangyo also began production of its own games in-house, the majority being clones of other
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was a commercial success, attributed to its release during the popularity of mecha anime in the early half of the decade. It became one of the company's most-successful games, spawning a multi-million-selling franchise with several sequels, remakes, and other forms of media.
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during the late 1990s, as well as a failed merger between Bandai and Sega in 1997, as it began enduring several financial losses. In 2006, Banpresto became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the entertainment conglomerate
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