Doga Kobo

Doga Kobo, Inc. (株式会社動画工房) 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 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 announced that it had acquired Doga Kobo.

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)