The Pokémon Company

The Pokémon Company is a Japanese company responsible for brand management, production, publishing, marketing, and licensing of the Pokémon franchise, which consists of video game software, a trading card game, an anime television series and feature films, manga, home entertainment products, merchandise, and other ventures. It was established by the three companies holding the copyright of Pokémon: Nintendo, Game Freak and Creatures. It was founded in April 1998 originally to operate the Pokémon Center stores in Japan before expanding to the entire franchise in 2000 as it rebranded to its current name. The company is headquartered in the Roppongi Hills Mori Tower in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo.