Doga Kobo
Native name | 株式会社動画工房 |
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Company type | Kabushiki gaisha |
Industry | Japanese animation |
Founded | July 11, 1973 |
Founder | Megumu Ishiguro |
Headquarters | Nerima, Tokyo, Japan |
Key people |
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Number of employees | 62 (as of June 2024) |
Parent | Kadokawa Corporation |
Divisions | Photography Department[a] |
Website | www |
Doga Kobo, Inc. (株式会社動画工房, Kabushiki-gaisha Dōga Kōbō, literally "Video Workshop") is a Japanese animation studio formed by former Toei Animation members Hideo Furusawa and Megumu Ishiguro, located in Nerima, Tokyo, Japan. The studio was established on July 11, 1973, and is a subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation.
Although the studio gained significant commercial success from their adaptations of yuri or yuri-ish anime like Koihime Musō and especially YuruYuri, the studio is also known for more traditional romantic shows such as Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, Plastic Memories, and Tada Never Falls in Love, and for slice of life comedy series such as Gabriel DropOut and Himouto! Umaru-chan.[citation needed]
In recent times the studio gained a wide popularity due to the anime adaptation of Oshi no Ko, a manga series written by Aka Akasaka and illustrated by Mengo Yokoyari.
In July 2024, Kadokawa announced that it had acquired Doga Kobo.[1]
Productions
[edit]Television series
[edit]Year | Title | Director(s) | Animation producer(s) | Source | Eps. | Refs. |
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2007 | Myself ; Yourself | Yasuhiro Kuroda Tetsuaki Matsuda (chief episode director) |
Hajime Kamata Ryuu Ishiguro |
Visual novel | 13 | |
2008 | Ryoko's Case File | Tarō Iwasaki | Tazuko Fukudo Ryuu Ishiguro |
Light novel | 13 | |
Koihime†Musō | Nobuaki Nakanishi | Hajime Kamata Ryuu Ishiguro |
Eroge visual novel | 12 | [2] | |
2009 | Shin Koihime†Musō | Nobuaki Nakanishi | Hajime Kamata Ryuu Ishiguro |
Eroge visual novel | 12 | |
11eyes | Masami Shimoda | Hajime Kamata Ryuu Ishiguro |
Visual novel | 12 | ||
2010 | Shin Koihime†Musō: Otome Tairan | Nobuaki Nakanishi | Hajime Kamata Ryuu Ishiguro |
Eroge visual novel | 12 | |
2011 | A Bridge to the Starry Skies | Takenori Mihara | Hajime Kamata Ryuu Ishiguro |
Eroge visual novel | 12 | [3] |
YuruYuri | Masahiko Ohta | Tazuko Fukudo | Manga | 12 | [4] | |
2012 | YuruYuri♪♪ | Masahiko Ohta | Hajime Kamata | Manga | 12 | |
Natsuyuki Rendezvous | Kō Matsuo | Hajime Kamata | Manga | 11 | [5] | |
2013 | Mangirl! | Nobuaki Nakanishi | Hajime Kamata | Manga | 13 | [6] |
GJ Club | Yoshiyuki Fujiwara | Hajime Kamata | Light novel | 12 | [7] | |
Majestic Prince (co-animated with Orange) | Keitaro Motonaga | Yousuke Nakamura | Manga | 24 | [8] | |
Love Lab | Masahiko Ohta | Producer: Hajime Kamata |
Manga | 13 | [9] | |
Devils and Realist | Chiaki Kon | Yoshiya Asato | Manga | 12 | [10] | |
2014 | Engaged to the Unidentified | Yoshiyuki Fujiwara | Hajime Kamata | Manga | 12 | [11] |
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun | Mitsue Yamazaki | Yousuke Nakamura | Manga | 12 | [12] | |
Laughing Under the Clouds | Hiroshi Haraguchi | Yousuke Nakamura | Manga | 12 | [13] | |
2015 | Plastic Memories | Yoshiyuki Fujiwara | Producer: Hajime Kamata |
Original work | 13 | [14] |
Mikagura School Suite | Tarō Iwasaki | Yousuke Nakamura | Light novel | 12 | [15] | |
Himouto! Umaru-chan | Masahiko Ohta | Hajime Kamata Yousuke Nakamura |
Manga | 12 | [16] | |
Aria the Scarlet Ammo AA | Takashi Kawabata | Yousuke Nakamura | Manga | 12 | [17] | |
2016 | Luck & Logic | Koichi Chigira | Kenichi Motohashi | Original work | 12 | [18] |
Three Leaves, Three Colors | Yasuhiro Kimura | Shouta Umehara | Manga | 12 | [19] | |
New Game! | Yoshiyuki Fujiwara | Hajime Kamata | Manga | 12 | [20] | |
Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru | Takashi Naoya | Yousuke Nakamura | Online game | 12 | [21] | |
2017 | Gabriel DropOut | Masahiko Ohta | Kenichi Motohashi | Manga | 12 | [22] |
Hina Logi ~from Luck & Logic~ | Hiroaki Akagi | Kenichi Motohashi | Original work | 12 | [23] | |
New Game!! | Yoshiyuki Fujiwara | Hajime Kamata | Manga | 12 | ||
Himouto! Umaru-chan R | Masahiko Ohta | Hajime Kamata | Manga | 12 | ||
2018 | Zoku Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru | Tomoaki Koshida | Hajime Kamata | Video game | 12 | |
Tada Never Falls in Love | Mitsue Yamazaki | Hajime Kamata | Original work | 13 | [24] | |
Uchi no Maid ga Uzasugiru! | Masahiko Ohta | Hajime Kamata Shingo Saitou |
Manga | 12 | [25] | |
Anima Yell! | Masako Sato | Hajime Kamata | Manga | 12 | [26] | |
2019 | Wataten!: An Angel Flew Down to Me | Daisuke Hiramaki | Hajime Kamata | Manga | 12 | [27] |
The Helpful Fox Senko-san | Tomoaki Koshida | Hajime Kamata Taiki Sekine |
Manga | 12 | [28] | |
How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? | Mitsue Yamazaki | Hajime Kamata Shingo Saitou |
Manga | 12 | [29] | |
2020 | Asteroid in Love | Daisuke Hiramaki | Ryou Kobayashi | Manga | 12 | [30] |
Sing "Yesterday" for Me | Yoshiyuki Fujiwara | Hajime Kamata | Manga | 12 | [31] | |
Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater | Takaharu Okuma | Taiki Sekine | Manga | 12 | [32] | |
Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle | Mitsue Yamazaki | Shingo Saitou | Manga | 12 | [33] | |
Ikebukuro West Gate Park | Tomoaki Koshida | Ryou Kobayashi Shingo Saitou |
Novel | 12 | [34] | |
2021 | Osamake | Takashi Naoya | Taiki Sekine | Light novel | 12 | [35] |
Selection Project | Daisuke Hiramaki | Ryou Kobayashi | Multi-media project | 13 | [36] | |
My Senpai Is Annoying | Ryota Itoh | Ryou Kobayashi Shingo Saitou |
Manga | 12 | [37] | |
2022 | Chiikawa | Takenori Mihara | Hajime Kamata Saori Wakabayashi |
Manga | TBA | [38] |
RPG Real Estate | Tomoaki Koshida | Yousuke Nakamura | Manga | 12 | [39] | |
Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie | Ryota Itoh | Ryou Kobayashi Shingo Saitou |
Manga | 12 | [40] | |
2023 | Technoroid Overmind | Ka Hee Im | Hajime Kamata Shingo Saitou |
Multi-media project | 12 | [41] |
Oshi no Ko | Daisuke Hiramaki | Ryou Kobayashi | Manga | 11 | [42] | |
Saint Cecilia and Pastor Lawrence | Sumie Noro | Ryou Kobayashi | Manga | 12 | [43] | |
2024 | Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night | Ryohei Takeshita | Shingo Saitou | Original work | 12 | [44] |
Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian | Ryota Itoh | Ryou Kobayashi | Light novel | 12 | [45] | |
Oshi no Ko 2nd Season | Daisuke Hiramaki | Ryou Kobayashi | Manga | 13 | [46] | |
2025 | The Shiunji Family Children | Ryouki Kamitsubo | TBA | Manga | TBA | [47] |
TBA | Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian 2nd Season | Ryota Itoh | Ryou Kobayashi | Light novel | TBA | [48] |
Captivated, by You | Asami Nakatani | TBA | Manga | TBA | [49] | |
Let's Go Karaoke! | Asami Nakatani | TBA | Manga | TBA | [49] | |
Oshi no Ko 3rd Season | TBA | TBA | Manga | TBA | [50] | |
Möbius Dust | TBA | TBA | TBA | [51] |
OVA/Short series
[edit]Year | Title | Director(s) | Animation producer(s) | Source | Eps. | Refs. |
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1988 | Space Family Carlvinson | Kimio Yabuki | Manga | 1 | ||
2005 | Kahey no Umi | Hiroshi Hariguchi Toshirou Kuni |
Biography | 1 | [52] | |
2006 | Memories Off 5: Togireta Film | Tarou Iwasaki | Hajime Kamata Tazuko Fukuchi |
Visual novel | 1 | [53] |
2010 | Shin Koihime†Musō LIVE Revolution | Nobuaki Nakanishi | Hajime Kamata Ryuu Ishiguro |
Eroge visual novel | 1 | |
11eyes | Masami Shimoda | Hajime Kamata Ryuu Ishiguro |
Eroge visual novel | 1 | [54] | |
2011 | A Bridge to the Starry Skies | Takenori Mihara | Hajime Kamata Ryuu Ishiguro |
Eroge visual novel | 1 | [55] |
2013 | Lovely Movie: Lovely Muuuuuuuco! | Takenori Mihara | Manga | 21 | ||
2014 | GJ Club@ | Yoshiyuki Fujiwara | Hajime Kamata | Light novel | 1 | [56] |
Lovely Movie: Lovely Muuuuuuuco! Season 2 | Takenori Mihara | Manga | 22 | |||
2014–2015 | Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun | Mitsue Yamazaki | Yousuke Nakamura | Manga | 6 | .[57] |
2015–2017 | Himouto! Umaru-chan | Masahiko Ohta | Hajime Kamata Yousuke Nakamura (1) |
Manga | 2 | [58][59] |
2019 | Uchi no Maid ga Uzasugiru! | Masahiko Ohta | Hajime Kamata Shingo Saitou |
Manga | 1 | [60] |
Wataten!: An Angel Flew Down to Me | Daisuke Hiramaki | Hajime Kamata | Manga | 1 | [61] |
Films
[edit]Year | Title | Director(s) | Animation producer(s) | Source | Refs. |
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2017 | Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru ~Makuai Kaisōroku~ | Takashi Naoya | Video game | [62] | |
2022 | Toku Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru ~Setsugetsuka~ (3 films) | Takashi Naoya (1) Tomoaki Koshida (2) Sumie Noro (3) |
Video game | [63] | |
Wataten!: An Angel Flew Down to Me: Precious Friends | Daisuke Hiramaki | Ryuu Kobayashi | Manga | [64] |
Notable staff
[edit]Representative staff
[edit]- Megumu Ishiguro (founder, first president from 1973~2006)
- Ryuu Ishiguro (second president since 2006)
- Kei Ishiguro (director/board member)
- Tazuko Fukudo (director/board member)
- Hajime Kamata (director/board member)
Animation producers
[edit]- Kenichi Motohashi (2003~2017)
- Yousuke Nakamura (2007~present)
- Shouta Umemhara (2010~2016)
- Taiki Sekine (2010~present)
- Saori Wakabayashi (2010~present)
- Shingo Saitou (2013~present)
- Ryou Kobayashi (2016~present)
Production staff
[edit]- Satoko Sekine (2005~??, production assistant and scriptwriter)
Animators
[edit]- Akihiko Nishiyama (1983~1987)
- Katsuichi Nakayama (1983~??)
- Masafumi Satou (1985~??)
- Hiroyuki Kanbe (1988~??)
- Hisashi Mori (animator) (1989~??)
- Noboru Koizumi (1989~??)
- Susumu Mitsunaka (2001~??)
- Megumi Kagawa (??)
- Junichirou Taniguchi (??~present)
- Takenori Mihara (??~present)
Notes
[edit]- ^ Doga Kobo Photography department (動画工房撮影部), the studio's photography department.
References
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- ^ "Uchi no Maid ga Uzasugiru! Comedy Manga Gets Fall TV Anime". Anime News Network. April 10, 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- ^ "Anima Yell! Cheerleading Anime's Promo Video Reveals Cast, Staff, October Premiere". Anime News Network. July 20, 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- ^ "Watashi ni Tenshi ga Maiorita! Manga Gets TV Anime at Doga Kobo". Anime News Network. June 14, 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- ^ "Sewayaki Kitsune no Senko-san Manga About Fox Spirit Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. December 2, 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- ^ "'How much heavy dumbbells can you lift?' Manga Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. January 15, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- ^ "Koisuru Asteroid TV Anime Reveals Main Staff, January 2020 Premiere". Anime News Network. July 25, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
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- ^ "Hōkago Teibō Nisshi Fishing Anime Reveals Staff, Visual, April 2020 Debut". Anime News Network. October 14, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- ^ "Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle TV Anime Reveals Main Cast, Staff". Anime News Network. January 15, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
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- ^ "'My Senpai Is Annoying' TV Anime Reveals Visual, Main Staff". Anime News Network. February 6, 2021. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
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- ^ "A Bridge to the Starry Skies Gets December OVA Special". Anime News Network. August 13, 2011. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
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- ^ "Himōto! Umaru-chan Manga Inspires Video Anime". Anime News Network. June 13, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
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External links
[edit]- Official website (in English)
- Doga Kobo at Anime News Network's encyclopedia