Doga Kobo

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.

Doga Kobo, Inc.

Headquarters in Nerima, Tokyo
Native name	株式会社動画工房
Company type	Kabushiki gaisha
Industry	Japanese animation
Founded	July 11, 1973; 52 years ago (1973-07-11)
Founder	Megumu Ishiguro
Headquarters	Toyotamakita, Nerima, Tokyo , Japan
Key people	Ryuu Ishiguro (president) Kei Ishiguro (director) Tazuko Fukudo (director) Hajime Kamata (director)
Number of employees	62 (as of June 2024)
Parent	Kadokawa Corporation
Divisions	Photography Department[a]
Website	www.dogakobo.com

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] Later in December 2024, Sony, which had acquired shares in the company in 2021, had acquired 10% shares of Kadokawa, including Doga Kobo. Sony is the parent company of global anime distributor, Crunchyroll, LLC, which is a joint venture of Sony Pictures Entertainment and Aniplex.^[2]

Productions

Television series

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	[3]
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	[4]
	YuruYuri	Masahiko Ohta	Tazuko Fukudo	Manga	12	[5]
2012	YuruYuri♪♪	Masahiko Ohta	Hajime Kamata	Manga	12
	Natsuyuki Rendezvous	Kō Matsuo	Hajime Kamata	Manga	11	[6]
2013	Mangirl!	Nobuaki Nakanishi	Hajime Kamata	Manga	13	[7]
	GJ Club	Yoshiyuki Fujiwara	Hajime Kamata	Light novel	12	[8]
	Majestic Prince (co-animated with Orange)	Keitaro Motonaga	Yousuke Nakamura	Manga	24	[9]
	Love Lab	Masahiko Ohta	Producer: Hajime Kamata	Manga	13	[10]
	Devils and Realist	Chiaki Kon	Yoshiya Asato	Manga	12	[11]
2014	Engaged to the Unidentified	Yoshiyuki Fujiwara	Hajime Kamata	Manga	12	[12]
	Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun	Mitsue Yamazaki	Yousuke Nakamura	Manga	12	[13]
	Laughing Under the Clouds	Hiroshi Haraguchi	Yousuke Nakamura	Manga	12	[14]
2015	Plastic Memories	Yoshiyuki Fujiwara	Producer: Hajime Kamata	Original work	13	[15]
	Mikagura School Suite	Tarō Iwasaki	Yousuke Nakamura	Light novel	12	[16]
	Himouto! Umaru-chan	Masahiko Ohta	Hajime Kamata Yousuke Nakamura	Manga	12	[17]
	Aria the Scarlet Ammo AA	Takashi Kawabata	Yousuke Nakamura	Manga	12	[18]
2016	Luck & Logic	Koichi Chigira	Kenichi Motohashi	Original work	12	[19]
	Three Leaves, Three Colors	Yasuhiro Kimura	Shouta Umehara	Manga	12	[20]
	New Game!	Yoshiyuki Fujiwara	Hajime Kamata	Manga	12	[21]
	Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru	Takashi Naoya	Yousuke Nakamura	Online game	12	[22]
2017	Gabriel DropOut	Masahiko Ohta	Kenichi Motohashi	Manga	12	[23]
	Hina Logi ~from Luck & Logic~	Hiroaki Akagi	Kenichi Motohashi	Original work	12	[24]
	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	[25]
	Uchi no Maid ga Uzasugiru!	Masahiko Ohta	Hajime Kamata Shingo Saitou	Manga	12	[26]
	Anima Yell!	Masako Sato	Hajime Kamata	Manga	12	[27]
2019	Wataten!: An Angel Flew Down to Me	Daisuke Hiramaki	Hajime Kamata	Manga	12	[28]
	The Helpful Fox Senko-san	Tomoaki Koshida	Hajime Kamata Taiki Sekine	Manga	12	[29]
	How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?	Mitsue Yamazaki	Hajime Kamata Shingo Saitou	Manga	12	[30]
2020	Asteroid in Love	Daisuke Hiramaki	Ryou Kobayashi	Manga	12	[31]
	Sing "Yesterday" for Me	Yoshiyuki Fujiwara	Hajime Kamata	Manga	12	[32]
	Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater	Takaharu Okuma	Taiki Sekine	Manga	12	[33]
	Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle	Mitsue Yamazaki	Shingo Saitou	Manga	12	[34]
	Ikebukuro West Gate Park	Tomoaki Koshida	Ryou Kobayashi Shingo Saitou	Novel	12	[35]
2021	Osamake	Takashi Naoya	Taiki Sekine	Light novel	12	[36]
	Selection Project	Daisuke Hiramaki	Ryou Kobayashi	Multi-media project	13	[37]
	My Senpai Is Annoying	Ryota Itoh	Ryou Kobayashi Shingo Saitou	Manga	12	[38]
2022	Chiikawa	Takenori Mihara	Hajime Kamata Saori Wakabayashi	Manga	TBA	[39]
	RPG Real Estate	Tomoaki Koshida	Yousuke Nakamura	Manga	12	[40]
	Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie	Ryota Itoh	Ryou Kobayashi Shingo Saitou	Manga	12	[41]
2023	Technoroid Overmind	Ka Hee Im	Hajime Kamata Shingo Saitou	Multi-media project	12	[42]
	Oshi no Ko	Daisuke Hiramaki	Ryou Kobayashi	Manga	11	[43]
	Saint Cecilia and Pastor Lawrence	Sumie Noro	Ryou Kobayashi	Manga	12	[44]
2024	Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night	Ryohei Takeshita	Shingo Saitou	Original work	12	[45]
	Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian	Ryota Itoh	Ryou Kobayashi	Light novel	12	[46]
	Oshi no Ko (season 2)	Daisuke Hiramaki	Ryou Kobayashi	Manga	13	[47]
2025	The Shiunji Family Children	Ryouki Kamitsubo	Ryou Kobayashi	Manga	12	[48]
	Let's Go Karaoke!	Asami Nakatani	TBA	Manga	5	[49]
	Captivated, by You	Asami Nakatani	TBA	Manga	5	[49]
2026	Oshi no Ko (season 3)	Daisuke Hiramaki	Ryou Kobayashi	Manga	TBA	[50]
	Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian (season 2)	Hiroshi Haraguchi	TBA	Light novel	TBA	[51]
	Though I Am an Inept Villainess	Mitsue Yamazaki	TBA	Light novel	TBA	[52]
TBA	Möbius Dust	TBA	TBA		TBA	[53]

OVA/Short series

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	[54]
2006	Memories Off 5: Togireta Film	Tarou Iwasaki	Hajime Kamata Tazuko Fukuchi	Visual novel	1	[55]
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	[56]
2011	A Bridge to the Starry Skies	Takenori Mihara	Hajime Kamata Ryuu Ishiguro	Eroge visual novel	1	[57]
2013	Lovely Movie: Lovely Muuuuuuuco!	Takenori Mihara		Manga	21
2014	GJ Club@	Yoshiyuki Fujiwara	Hajime Kamata	Light novel	1	[58]
	Lovely Movie: Lovely Muuuuuuuco! Season 2	Takenori Mihara		Manga	22
2014–2015	Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun	Mitsue Yamazaki	Yousuke Nakamura	Manga	6	.[59]
2015–2017	Himouto! Umaru-chan	Masahiko Ohta	Hajime Kamata Yousuke Nakamura (1)	Manga	2	[60][61]
2019	Uchi no Maid ga Uzasugiru!	Masahiko Ohta	Hajime Kamata Shingo Saitou	Manga	1	[62]
	Wataten!: An Angel Flew Down to Me	Daisuke Hiramaki	Hajime Kamata	Manga	1	[63]

Films

Year	Title	Director(s)	Animation producer(s)	Source	Refs.
2017	Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru ~Makuai Kaisōroku~	Takashi Naoya		Video game	[64]
2022	Toku Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru ~Setsugetsuka~ (3 films)	Takashi Naoya (1) Tomoaki Koshida (2) Sumie Noro (3)		Video game	[65]
	Wataten!: An Angel Flew Down to Me: Precious Friends	Daisuke Hiramaki	Ryuu Kobayashi	Manga	[66]

Others

Year	Title	Director(s)	Animation producer(s)	Source	Refs.
2023	"Idol" music video	Naoya Nakayama	Ryō Kobayashi	Song	[67]

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 (ja) (2005~??, production assistant and scriptwriter)

Animators

• Akihiko Nishiyama (ja) (1983~1987)
• Katsuichi Nakayama (ja) (1983~??)
• Masafumi Satou (ja) (1985~??)
• Hiroyuki Kanbe (ja) (1988~??)
• Hisashi Mori (animator) (ja) (1989~??)
• Noboru Koizumi (ja) (1989~??)
• Susumu Mitsunaka (ja) (2001~??)
• Megumi Kagawa (ja) (??)
• Junichirou Taniguchi (ja) (??~present)
• Takenori Mihara (ja) (??~present)

Notes

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