
Shout! Design Works was established in 1992 by Shuho Imai, also known by the alias Akishi Imai, to support his freelance work. Imai previously worked at Atlus as a pixel artist. The company was best known for the Tokyo Majin Gakuen franchise, which came about from Imai's desire to work on an original creative project rather than just contract work.
Shout! Designworks has been active in the gaming industry from 1999 to 2006, with 4 titles tracked on PlayPile. Their catalog primarily spans Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Strategy, with additional titles in Simulator and Turn-based strategy (TBS). Games from Shout! Designworks are available across 3 platforms, most notably PlayStation 2, PlayStation, PlayStation 3.