# 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.
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.
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.

## Productions
### Television series

| Year | Title | Director(s) | Animation producer(s) | Source | Eps. |
| 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 |
| 2008 | Koihime†Musō | Nobuaki Nakanishi | Hajime Kamata Ryuu Ishiguro | Eroge visual novel | 12 |
| 2009 | Shin Koihime†Musō | Nobuaki Nakanishi | Hajime Kamata Ryuu Ishiguro | Eroge visual novel | 12 |
| 2009 | 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 |
| 2011 | YuruYuri | Masahiko Ohta | Tazuko Fukudo | Manga | 12 |
| 2012 | YuruYuri♪♪ | Masahiko Ohta | Hajime Kamata | Manga | 12 |
| 2012 | Natsuyuki Rendezvous | Kō Matsuo | Hajime Kamata | Manga | 11 |
| 2013 | Mangirl! | Nobuaki Nakanishi | Hajime Kamata | Manga | 13 |
| 2013 | GJ Club | Yoshiyuki Fujiwara | Hajime Kamata | Light novel | 12 |
| 2013 | Majestic Prince (co-animated with Orange) | Keitaro Motonaga | Yousuke Nakamura | Manga | 24 |
| 2013 | Love Lab | Masahiko Ohta | Producer: Hajime Kamata | Manga | 13 |
| 2013 | Devils and Realist | Chiaki Kon | Yoshiya Asato | Manga | 12 |
| 2014 | Engaged to the Unidentified | Yoshiyuki Fujiwara | Hajime Kamata | Manga | 12 |
| 2014 | Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun | Mitsue Yamazaki | Yousuke Nakamura | Manga | 12 |
| 2014 | Laughing Under the Clouds | Hiroshi Haraguchi | Yousuke Nakamura | Manga | 12 |
| 2015 | Plastic Memories | Yoshiyuki Fujiwara | Producer: Hajime Kamata | Original work | 13 |
| 2015 | Mikagura School Suite | Tarō Iwasaki | Yousuke Nakamura | Light novel | 12 |
| 2015 | Himouto! Umaru-chan | Masahiko Ohta | Hajime Kamata Yousuke Nakamura | Manga | 12 |
| 2015 | Aria the Scarlet Ammo AA | Takashi Kawabata | Yousuke Nakamura | Manga | 12 |
| 2016 | Luck & Logic | Koichi Chigira | Kenichi Motohashi | Original work | 12 |
| 2016 | Three Leaves, Three Colors | Yasuhiro Kimura | Shouta Umehara | Manga | 12 |
| 2016 | New Game! | Yoshiyuki Fujiwara | Hajime Kamata | Manga | 12 |
| 2016 | Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru | Takashi Naoya | Yousuke Nakamura | Online game | 12 |
| 2017 | Gabriel DropOut | Masahiko Ohta | Kenichi Motohashi | Manga | 12 |
| 2017 | Hina Logi ~from Luck & Logic~ | Hiroaki Akagi | Kenichi Motohashi | Original work | 12 |
| 2017 | New Game!! | Yoshiyuki Fujiwara | Hajime Kamata | Manga | 12 |
| 2017 | Himouto! Umaru-chan R | Masahiko Ohta | Hajime Kamata | Manga | 12 |
| 2018 | Zoku Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru | Tomoaki Koshida | Hajime Kamata | Video game | 12 |
| 2018 | Tada Never Falls in Love | Mitsue Yamazaki | Hajime Kamata | Original work | 13 |
| 2018 | Uchi no Maid ga Uzasugiru! | Masahiko Ohta | Hajime Kamata Shingo Saitou | Manga | 12 |
| 2018 | Anima Yell! | Masako Sato | Hajime Kamata | Manga | 12 |
| 2019 | Wataten!: An Angel Flew Down to Me | Daisuke Hiramaki | Hajime Kamata | Manga | 12 |
| 2019 | The Helpful Fox Senko-san | Tomoaki Koshida | Hajime Kamata Taiki Sekine | Manga | 12 |
| 2019 | How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? | Mitsue Yamazaki | Hajime Kamata Shingo Saitou | Manga | 12 |
| 2020 | Asteroid in Love | Daisuke Hiramaki | Ryou Kobayashi | Manga | 12 |
| 2020 | Sing "Yesterday" for Me | Yoshiyuki Fujiwara | Hajime Kamata | Manga | 12 |
| 2020 | Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater | Takaharu Okuma | Taiki Sekine | Manga | 12 |
| 2020 | Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle | Mitsue Yamazaki | Shingo Saitou | Manga | 12 |
| 2020 | Ikebukuro West Gate Park | Tomoaki Koshida | Ryou Kobayashi Shingo Saitou | Novel | 12 |
| 2021 | Osamake | Takashi Naoya | Taiki Sekine | Light novel | 12 |
| 2021 | Selection Project | Daisuke Hiramaki | Ryou Kobayashi | Multi-media project | 13 |
| 2021 | My Senpai Is Annoying | Ryota Itoh | Ryou Kobayashi Shingo Saitou | Manga | 12 |
| 2022 | Chiikawa | Takenori Mihara | Hajime Kamata Saori Wakabayashi | Manga | TBA |
| 2022 | RPG Real Estate | Tomoaki Koshida | Yousuke Nakamura | Manga | 12 |
| 2022 | Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie | Ryota Itoh | Ryou Kobayashi Shingo Saitou | Manga | 12 |
| 2023 | Technoroid Overmind | Ka Hee Im | Hajime Kamata Shingo Saitou | Multi-media project | 12 |
| 2023 | Oshi no Ko | Daisuke Hiramaki | Ryou Kobayashi | Manga | 11 |
| 2023 | Saint Cecilia and Pastor Lawrence | Sumie Noro | Ryou Kobayashi | Manga | 12 |
| 2024 | Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night | Ryohei Takeshita | Shingo Saitou | Original work | 12 |
| 2024 | Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian | Ryota Itoh | Ryou Kobayashi | Light novel | 12 |
| 2024 | Oshi no Ko 2nd Season | Daisuke Hiramaki | Ryou Kobayashi | Manga | 13 |
| 2025 | The Shiunji Family Children | Ryouki Kamitsubo | TBA | Manga | TBA |
| 2025 | Captivated, by You | Asami Nakatani | TBA | Manga | TBA |
| 2025 | Let's Go Karaoke! | Asami Nakatani | TBA | Manga | TBA |
| 2026 | Oshi no Ko 3rd Season | TBA | TBA | Manga | TBA |
| TBA | Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian 2nd Season | Ryota Itoh | Ryou Kobayashi | Light novel | TBA |
| TBA | Möbius Dust | TBA | TBA | | TBA |
| TBA | Though I Am an Inept Villainess | Mitsue Yamazaki | TBA | Light novel | TBA |

### 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 | |
| 2006 | Memories Off 5: Togireta Film | Tarou Iwasaki | Hajime Kamata Tazuko Fukuchi | Visual novel | 1 | |
| 2010 | Shin Koihime†Musō LIVE Revolution | Nobuaki Nakanishi | Hajime Kamata Ryuu Ishiguro | Eroge visual novel | 1 | |
| 2010 | 11eyes | Masami Shimoda | Hajime Kamata Ryuu Ishiguro | Eroge visual novel | 1 | |
| 2011 | A Bridge to the Starry Skies | Takenori Mihara | Hajime Kamata Ryuu Ishiguro | Eroge visual novel | 1 | |
| 2013 | Lovely Movie: Lovely Muuuuuuuco! | Takenori Mihara | | Manga | 21 | |
| 2014 | GJ Club@ | Yoshiyuki Fujiwara | Hajime Kamata | Light novel | 1 | |
| 2014 | Lovely Movie: Lovely Muuuuuuuco! Season 2 | Takenori Mihara | | Manga | 22 | |
| 2014–2015 | Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun | Mitsue Yamazaki | Yousuke Nakamura | Manga | 6 | . |
| 2015–2017 | Himouto! Umaru-chan | Masahiko Ohta | Hajime Kamata Yousuke Nakamura (1) | Manga | 2 | |
| 2019 | Uchi no Maid ga Uzasugiru! | Masahiko Ohta | Hajime Kamata Shingo Saitou | Manga | 1 | |
| 2019 | Wataten!: An Angel Flew Down to Me | Daisuke Hiramaki | Hajime Kamata | Manga | 1 | |

### Films

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

## 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)