Manglobe

Manglobe Inc.
株式会社マングローブ

Former type	Kabushiki gaisha
Industry	Animation studio
Founded	February 7, 2002 (2002-02-07)
Founder	Shinichirō Kobayashi Takashi Kochiyama
Defunct	September 29, 2015
Headquarters	Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Shinichirō Kobayashi (President & CEO)
Products	Anime

Manglobe Inc. (株式会社マングローブ, Kabushiki-gaisha Mangurōbu) was a Japanese animation studio and production enterprise, active from 2002 to 2015.

Manglobe was formed on February 7, 2002 by Sunrise producers Shinichirō Kobayashi and Takashi Kochiyama.

On September 29, 2015, the studio filed for bankruptcy and removed its website. 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 Genocidal Organ film, which was slated to open on November 13, 2015.

Works

• Trip Trek (Original net animation, 2003)
• Samurai Champloo (Television series, 2004)
• Sengoku BASARA (Game, movie part, 2005)
• Ergo Proxy (Television series, 2006)
• Michiko to Hatchin (Television series, 2008)
• The Sacred Blacksmith (Television series, 2009)
• House of Five Leaves (Television series, 2010)
• Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic "Limbo" (Direct-to-DVD, 2010)
• The World God Only Knows (Television series, 2010)
• Deadman Wonderland (Television series, 2011)
• The World God Only Knows II (Television series, 2011)
• Mashiroiro Symphony (Television series, 2011)
• Hayate the Combat Butler! Heaven is a Place on Earth (Theatrical film, 2011)
• Hayate the Combat Butler! Can't Take My Eyes Off You (Television series, 2012)
• Shinken Zemi Kōkō Kōza (Direct-to-DVD, 2012)
• Zettai Karen Children: The Unlimited (Television series, 2013)
• Karneval (Television series, 2013)
• Hayate the Combat Butler! Cuties (Television series, 2013)
• The World God Only Knows - Megami Hen (Television series, 2013)
• Samurai Flamenco (Television series, 2013)
• Gangsta. (Television series, 2015)
• Genocidal Organ (Theatrical film, delayed)

External links

• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived September 5, 2015)