Ninja Division and Seven Seas announce tabletop games joint venture

Remember when Seven Seas Entertainment launched a tabletop games division, which kicked off with a Kickstarter to fund a game based around Space Dandy? Possibly not as the project was limited to North American backers, but the concept certainly hasn't gone away and today we've seen an extension of these plans revealed by the manga publisher.

Specifically, Seven Seas Entertainment have joined forces with Ninja Division to launch a new joint venture known as Shinobi 7, designed to leverage the former's knowledge of anime and manga properties with the latter's know-how in game design.

As well as the aforementioned Space Dandy Galactic Deck-Building Game, which is slated for release in the final quarter of this year with a US retail price of $49.99 plans are already afoot to create tabletop games based around Tokyo Ghoul, Strike Witches and Spice and Wolf.

For more details, check out the Ninja Division web site or head on over to Shinobi 7's own site, while you can read the press release below. Which of these tabletop games would you love to pick up a copy of, and what other anime or manga properties would you like to see spun out into tabletop game form? Let us know in the comments!

Ninja Division and Seven Seas Announce Joint Venture, Shinobi 7

Ninja Division Publishing™, LLC and Seven Seas Entertainment™, LLC are proud to announce the formation of a new joint venture game company, Shinobi 7. Combining Ninja Division’s expertise in superior quality game design with Seven Seas’ know-how in license acquisition and curation, Shinobi 7will focus on producing tabletop games that are based on hit anime, manga, and pop culture brands.

“I’m absolutely thrilled about our partnership,” says Seven Seas Publisher Jason DeAngelis, who will act asShinobi 7‘s CEO. “Ninja Division is a groundbreaking company that has created a new category of chibi-style games. They are experts at what they do, and have earned the respect of the gaming community. Combined with Seven Seas’ licensing capabilities, Shinobi 7 is well-positioned to acquire and curate licenses and make high quality games.”

Shinobi 7‘s new games will join Ninja Division’s lineup of breakout brands such as Super Dungeon®: Explore, currently produced in four languages with sales of over 100,000 core games and more than half a million expansions. Ninja Division Publishing will oversee marketing, promotions, sales, warehousing, and fulfillment for all Shinobi 7 products.

“I’m very excited about the potential this joint venture creates for both companies,” says Ninja Division Partner Kai Nesbit, who will act as Shinobi 7‘s President. “As the leading independent manga publisher in North America, Seven Seas has a tremendous amount of experience and expertise in licensing and publishing content from Japan. Together, our joint venture will bring a fresh perspective to the game market.”

This fall, Shinobi 7 will launch its first title: Space Dandy Galactic Deck-Building Game. As seen on Cartoon Network’s ADULT SWIM™, Space Dandy is a hit anime series created by legendary director Shinichiro Watanabe, best known for his work on the anime Cowboy Bebop. The game contains over two hundred cards, forty star tokens, player boards, and a full-color rulebook. Space Dandy Galactic Deck-Building Game will be available in retail stores Q4 2016, and will list at $49.99.

Shinobi 7 currently is also working on the following games, scheduled for launch in 2017:

Tokyo Ghoul, a deck-building game, adapted from the hit anime franchise about an alternate reality where monstrous ghouls and humans coexist.

Strike Witches, a miniature-based board game, adapted from the anime of the same name, that pits a team of flying girls with advanced weaponry in dogfights against an invading alien force.

Spice and Wolf, an economy-based board game about traveling merchants peddling their wares, based on the hit anime franchise of the same name.

Follow the exciting progress on our social media platforms with tag @Shinobi7Games on Twitter andShinobi 7 on Facebook!

About Ninja Division Publishing
Ninja Division Publishing™, LLC produces and publishes high quality board games, card games, and charming hobby model miniatures for tabletops around the world. Ninja Division’s tabletop lineup includes beloved originals such as the ground-breaking, dungeon-dashing Super Dungeon®: Explore; the charming chibi-ninja battler, Ninja All-Stars®; the immersive and ever-expanding space war of Relic Knights®; and the forthcoming interstellar railway hold-up and heist, Rail Raiders Infinite™. Ninja Division also produces an array of licensed games including party favorites such as DeadFellas™, Angry Sheep™,DrunkQuest™, and the award winning family game, Luchador!™. With legions of fans around the world, Ninja Division supports league play and encourages both collaborative and competitive play in its community of gamers of all ages!

About Seven Seas Entertainment
Established in 2004, Seven Seas Entertainment is the top independent manga publisher in North America, specializing in bringing Japanese manga to English-speaking audiences, and producing original comics, graphic novels, and youth literature. Seven Seas publishes multiple bestselling series that regularly appear on the New York Times Manga Bestsellers list. Seven Seas is distributed by Tor/Macmillan. For more information, visit the publisher’s web site www.gomanga.com.