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 | 77 (as of September 2011) |
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 has been involved in the production of a large number of anime over the years.
Although the studio gained significant commercial success from their adaptations of Koihime Musō and especially YuruYuri, most of their works have been associated with moe or yuri. 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.
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 Corporation announced that it would acquire Doga Kobo.[1]
Productions
Television series
Title | Year | Director(s) | Animation producer(s) | Source | Eps. | Refs. |
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Myself ; Yourself | 2007 | Yasuhiro Kuroda Tetsuaki Matsuda (chief episode director) |
Hajime Kamata Ryuu Ishiguro |
Visual novel | 13 | |
Ryoko's Case File | 2008 | Tarō Iwasaki | Tazuko Fukudo Ryuu Ishiguro |
Light novel | 13 | |
Koihime†Musō | Nobuaki Nakanishi | Hajime Kamata Ryuu Ishiguro |
Eroge visual novel | 12 | [2] | |
Shin Koihime†Musō | 2009 | Nobuaki Nakanishi | Hajime Kamata Ryuu Ishiguro |
Eroge visual novel | 12 | |
11eyes | Masami Shimoda | Hajime Kamata Ryuu Ishiguro |
Visual novel | 12 | ||
Shin Koihime†Musō: Otome Tairan | 2010 | Nobuaki Nakanishi | Hajime Kamata Ryuu Ishiguro |
Eroge visual novel | 12 | |
A Bridge to the Starry Skies | 2011 | Takenori Mihara | Hajime Kamata Ryuu Ishiguro |
Eroge visual novel | 12 | [3] |
YuruYuri | Masahiko Ohta | Tazuko Fukudo | Manga | 12 | [4] | |
YuruYuri♪♪ | 2012 | Masahiko Ohta | Hajime Kamata | Manga | 12 | |
Natsuyuki Rendezvous | Kō Matsuo | Hajime Kamata | Manga | 11 | [5] | |
Mangirl! | 2013 | 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] | |
Engaged to the Unidentified | 2014 | 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] | |
Plastic Memories | 2015 | 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] | |
Luck & Logic | 2016 | 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] | |
Gabriel DropOut | 2017 | 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 | ||
Zoku Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru | 2018 | 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] | |
Wataten!: An Angel Flew Down to Me | 2019 | 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] | |
Asteroid in Love | 2020 | 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] | |
Osamake | 2021 | 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] | |
Chiikawa | 2022 | 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] | |
Technoroid Overmind | 2023 | 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] | |
Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night | 2024 | Ryohei Takeshita | Shingo Saitou Renta Suzuki |
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] | |
Möbius Dust | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | [47] |
OVA/Short series
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 | [48] | |
2006 | Memories Off 5: Togireta Film | Tarou Iwasaki | Hajime Kamata Tazuko Fukuchi |
Visual novel | 1 | [49] |
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 | [50] | |
2011 | A Bridge to the Starry Skies | Takenori Mihara | Hajime Kamata Ryuu Ishiguro |
Eroge visual novel | 1 | [51] |
2013 | Lovely Movie: Lovely Muuuuuuuco! | Takenori Mihara | Manga | 21 | ||
2014 | GJ Club@ | Yoshiyuki Fujiwara | Hajime Kamata | Light novel | 1 | [52] |
Lovely Movie: Lovely Muuuuuuuco! Season 2 | Takenori Mihara | Manga | 22 | |||
2014–2015 | Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun | Mitsue Yamazaki | Yousuke Nakamura | Manga | 6 | .[53] |
2015–2017 | Himouto! Umaru-chan | Masahiko Ohta | Hajime Kamata Yousuke Nakamura (1) |
Manga | 2 | [54][55] |
2019 | Uchi no Maid ga Uzasugiru! | Masahiko Ohta | Hajime Kamata Shingo Saitou |
Manga | 1 | [56] |
Wataten!: An Angel Flew Down to Me | Daisuke Hiramaki | Hajime Kamata | Manga | 1 | [57] |
Films
Year | Title | Director(s) | Animation producer(s) | Source | Refs. |
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2017 | Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru ~Makuai Kaisōroku~ | Takashi Naoya | Video game | [58] | |
2022 | Toku Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru ~Setsugetsuka~ (3 films) | Takashi Naoya (1) Tomoaki Koshida (2) Sumie Noro (3) |
Video game | [59] | |
Wataten!: An Angel Flew Down to Me: Precious Friends | Daisuke Hiramaki | Ryuu Kobayashi | Manga | [60] |
Notable staff
Representative staff
- 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
- 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
- Satoko Sekine (2005~??, production assistant and scriptwriter)
Animators
- 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
- ^ Doga Kobo Photography department (動画工房撮影部), the studio's photography department.
References
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- ^ "Sansha Sanyō Anime's Staff, Key Visual, Spring Premiere Revealed". Anime News Network. December 8, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- ^ "'Engaged to the Unidentified' Team Animates 'New Game' Show at Doga Kobo". Anime News Network. January 23, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- ^ "Tōken Ranbu Browser Game Gets 2 Anime Adaptations". Anime News Network. March 25, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- ^ "Gabriel Dropout Manga Gets Anime From Himoto! Umaru-chan Staff". Anime News Network. July 26, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- ^ "Bushiroad's Luck & Logic Card Game Gets Hina Logi TV Anime in Summer". Anime News Network. January 30, 2017. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- ^ "Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun Staff Makes 2018 Original Romance TV Anime Tada-kun wa Koi o Shinai". Anime News Network. September 30, 2017. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Sing 'Yesterday' for Me Anime Reveals Staff, Visual, Spring 2020 Debut". Anime News Network. November 19, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Ikebukuro West Gate Park Mystery Novels Get 2020 TV Anime". Anime News Network. September 2, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
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- ^ "'Selection Project' Idol Reality Show Project Gets TV Anime in 2021". Anime News Network. December 4, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- ^ "'My Senpai Is Annoying' TV Anime Reveals Visual, Main Staff". Anime News Network. February 6, 2021. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- ^ "Twitter Manga Chiikawa Gets Anime by Doga Kobo Next Year". Anime News Network. October 28, 2021. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
- ^ "RPG Real Estate Anime Unveils Visual, Staff". Anime News Network. July 27, 2021. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
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- ^ "Saint Cecilia and Pastor Lawrence Manga Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. June 15, 2022. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
- ^ "Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night Anime's Main Promo Video Reveals More Cast & Staff, Songs, April 6 Debut". Anime News Network. February 7, 2024. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
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- ^ "11Eyes Game Gets Original Video Anime Green-Lit". Anime News Network. December 23, 2009. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- ^ "A Bridge to the Starry Skies Gets December OVA Special". Anime News Network. August 13, 2011. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- ^ "GJ Club's New Anime Is a Special Airing in Spring". Anime News Network. December 18, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- ^ "Sentai Filmworks to Release Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun OVA Shorts". Anime News Network. November 22, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- ^ "Himōto! Umaru-chan Manga Inspires Video Anime". Anime News Network. June 13, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- ^ "Himōto! Umaru-chan Gets Original Anime Disc in Spring 2017". Anime News Network. November 17, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- ^ "Uzamaid! Anime's 4th BD/DVD Volume to Include Hot Spring Original Video Anime". Anime News Network. April 7, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- ^ "WATATEN!: an Angel Flew Down to Me Anime's Last BD/DVD to Include Original Video Anime". Anime News Network. January 9, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- ^ "Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru Anime Gets Compilation Film in December". Anime News Network. September 27, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
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External links
- Official website (in English)
- Doga Kobo at Anime News Network's encyclopedia