Doga Kobo

Doga Kobo, Inc.
Native name
株式会社動画工房
Company typeKabushiki gaisha
IndustryJapanese animation
FoundedJuly 11, 1973; 51 years ago (July 11, 1973)
FounderMegumu Ishiguro
HeadquartersNerima, Tokyo, Japan
Key people
  • Ryuu Ishiguro (president)
  • Kei Ishiguro (director)
  • Tazuko Fukudo (director)
  • Hajime Kamata (director)
Number of employees
62 (as of June 2024)
ParentKadokawa Corporation
DivisionsPhotography Department[a]
Websitewww.dogakobo.com

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

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Television series

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Year Title Director(s) Animation producer(s) Source Eps. Refs.
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

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Year Title Director(s) Animation producer(s) Source Eps. Refs.
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

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Year Title Director(s) Animation producer(s) Source Refs.
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

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Representative staff

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  • 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

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  • 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

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Animators

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Notes

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  1. ^ Doga Kobo Photography department (動画工房撮影部), the studio's photography department.

References

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  25. ^ "Uchi no Maid ga Uzasugiru! Comedy Manga Gets Fall TV Anime". Anime News Network. April 10, 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  26. ^ "Anima Yell! Cheerleading Anime's Promo Video Reveals Cast, Staff, October Premiere". Anime News Network. July 20, 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  27. ^ "Watashi ni Tenshi ga Maiorita! Manga Gets TV Anime at Doga Kobo". Anime News Network. June 14, 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  28. ^ "Sewayaki Kitsune no Senko-san Manga About Fox Spirit Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. December 2, 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  29. ^ "'How much heavy dumbbells can you lift?' Manga Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. January 15, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  30. ^ "Koisuru Asteroid TV Anime Reveals Main Staff, January 2020 Premiere". Anime News Network. July 25, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  31. ^ "Sing 'Yesterday' for Me Anime Reveals Staff, Visual, Spring 2020 Debut". Anime News Network. November 19, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  32. ^ "Hōkago Teibō Nisshi Fishing Anime Reveals Staff, Visual, April 2020 Debut". Anime News Network. October 14, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  33. ^ "Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle TV Anime Reveals Main Cast, Staff". Anime News Network. January 15, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  34. ^ "Ikebukuro West Gate Park Mystery Novels Get 2020 TV Anime". Anime News Network. September 2, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  35. ^ "Osananajimi ga Zettai ni Makenai Love Come Teen Rom-Com Light Novels Get TV Anime in 2021". Anime News Network. October 3, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  36. ^ "'Selection Project' Idol Reality Show Project Gets TV Anime in 2021". Anime News Network. December 4, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  37. ^ "'My Senpai Is Annoying' TV Anime Reveals Visual, Main Staff". Anime News Network. February 6, 2021. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  38. ^ "Twitter Manga Chiikawa Gets Anime by Doga Kobo Next Year". Anime News Network. October 28, 2021. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
  39. ^ "RPG Real Estate Anime Unveils Visual, Staff". Anime News Network. July 27, 2021. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  40. ^ "Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie Anime Reveals Cast, Staff, April 2022 TV Debut". Anime News Network. October 1, 2021. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
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  43. ^ "Saint Cecilia and Pastor Lawrence Manga Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. June 15, 2022. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
  44. ^ "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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