was a Japanese animation studio based in Suginami, Tokyo and formed on February 7, 2002 by Sunrise producers Shinichirō Kobayashi and Takashi Kochiyama. Manglobe filed for bankruptcy in September 2015, having accumulated an estimated debt of ¥350 million.
Studio production Manglobe made its name producing original shows such as Samurai Champloo and Ergo Proxy, rather than adaptations of existing works. Since 2010, the studio had been responsible for multiple seasons of the anime adaptation of The World God Only Knows. Writer of The World God Only Knows manga Tamiki Wakaki became good friends with Manglobe's managing director Takashi Kochiyama during this period, and had stated that working closely with Manglobe's staff resulted in "a truly fortunate work."
Bankruptcy On September 29, 2015, the studio filed for bankruptcy and removed its website. The Anime! Anime! Biz website reported that the studio had been insolvent for some time, and it had considered options such as debt consolidation before deciding to file for bankruptcy. According to a report by Teikoku Databank, Manglobe had an estimated debt of 350 million yen. Manglobe's bankruptcy resulted in a delay of the theatrical release of the film Genocidal Organ, which had been slated to open on November 13, 2015, and a 16-month long delay of the home video release of Gangsta from Volume 3 onwards in Japan.
Works TV series Title Director Episodes Airdate Samurai Champloo Shinichirō Watanabe 26 May 20, 2004 –March 19, 2005 Ergo Proxy Shūkō Murase 23 February 25, 2006 –August 12, 2006 Michiko & Hatchin Sayo Yamamoto 22 October 15, 2008 –March 18, 2009 The Sacred Blacksmith Masamitsu Hidaka 12 October 3, 2009 –December 19, 2009 House of Five Leaves Tomomi Mochizuki 12 April 15, 2010 –July 1, 2010 The World God Only Knows Shigehito Takayanagi 12 October 6, 2010 –December 22, 2010 Deadman Wonderland Kōichirō Hatsumi 12 April 17, 2011 –July 3, 2011 The World God Only Knows II Shigehito Takayanagi 12 April 12, 2011 –June 28, 2011 Mashiroiro Symphony Eiji Suganuma 12 October 5, 2011 –December 21, 2011 Hayate the Combat Butler: Can't Take My Eyes Off You Masashi Kudō 12 October 4, 2012 –December 20, 2012 Unlimited Psychic Squad Shishō Igarashi 12 January 7, 2013 –March 25, 2013 Karneval Eiji Suganuma 13 April 3, 2013 –June 26, 2013 Hayate the Combat Butler: Cuties Masashi Kudō 12 April 8, 2013 –July 1, 2013 The World God Only Knows: Goddesses Satoshi Ōsedo 12 July 8, 2013 –September 23, 2013 Samurai Flamenco Takahiro Omori 22 October 10, 2013 –March 27, 2014 Gangsta Shūkō MuraseKōichi Hatsumi 12 July 1, 2015 –September 27, 2015
Others Trip Trek (ONA, 2003) Sengoku BASARA (Game – Cut scenes, 2005) Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic (Film – Segment "Limbo", 2010) Hayate the Combat Butler: Heaven is a Place on Earth (Film, 2011) Shinken Zemi Kōkō Kōza (OVA, 2012) Genocidal Organ (Film, 2017; production taken over by Geno Studio after bankruptcy)
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