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Grizzly (studio)

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Grizzly, Inc.

Native name	株式会社 GRIZZLY
Romanized name	Kabushiki-gaisha Grizzly
Company type	Kabushiki gaisha
Industry	Anime
Founded	December 25, 2017; 6 years ago (2017-12-25)
Website	grizzly.co.jp

Grizzly, Inc. (株式会社 GRIZZLY, Kabushiki-gaisha Grizzly, stylized in all caps) is a Japanese animation studio. It is the first studio to produce boys' love or BL (male-male romance) anime exclusively.^[1]

History[edit]

Grizzly was established on December 25, 2017,^[2] and formally unveiled at Anime Japan on March 23, 2018, with the announcement that the studio would adapt Yarichin Bitch Club into a series of original video animations (OVAs).^[3]

An affiliation between Grizzly and MAPPA has been reported,^[4] after the MAPPA Twitter account posted and deleted material that was later posted on the Grizzly account, and after the Grizzly website was found to be registered using a MAPPA email.^[3] As of 2021^[update], neither MAPPA nor Grizzly have commented on a link between their studios.^{[citation needed]}

Works[edit]

Anime films[edit]

Year	Title	Director(s)	Release date	Dur.	Note(s)	Refs.
2020	Twittering Birds Never Fly – The Clouds Gather	Kaori Makita	February 15, 2020	85m	Based on a manga written by Kou Yoneda. Distributed by Blue Lynx.	^[5]^[6]^[7]
TBA	Twittering Birds Never Fly – The Storm Breaks	TBA	TBA	TBA	Sequel to Twittering Birds Never Fly – The Clouds Gather.	^[8]

OVAs and OADs[edit]

Title	Director	Released	Note(s)	Ref(s)
Yarichin Bitch Club	Ai Yoshimura	September 21, 2018 – April 17, 2019	Two episodes; based on a manga by Ogeretsu Tanaka.	^[9]
Don't Stay Gold	Kaori Makita	March 1, 2021	Prequel to Twittering Birds Never Fly – The Clouds Gather; released as an original animation DVD.	^[8]^[10]

References[edit]

^ @GrizzlyInfo (March 27, 2018). "At GRIZZLY we aim to set ourselves apart as the world's first studio specializing solely in BOYS LOVE anime. Beginning with OGERETSU TANAKA'S『YARICHIN☆BITCH-BU』we will focus our energy into sharing the genre of BOYS LOVE with a global audience" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

^ GRIZZLY：『愛』をアニメーションするクリエイティブカンパニー. Grizzly Official Website (in Japanese). Retrieved April 24, 2019.

^ ^a ^b "2018's Exciting New Anime Studios". Sakuga Blog. April 2, 2018. Retrieved April 24, 2019.

^ García, Tania (April 4, 2018). "Grizzly la nueva productora para anime 'BL'". El Dictamen (in Spanish). Archived from the original on June 27, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2019.

^ ヨネダコウ「囀る鳥は羽ばたかない」劇場アニメ化！フジテレビの新BLレーベルより. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). April 25, 2019. Retrieved April 25, 2019.

^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (April 25, 2019). "Kou Yoneda's Twittering Birds Never Fly Boys-Love Manga Gets Anime Film". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 25, 2019.

^ Loo, Egan (October 26, 2019). "Twittering Birds Never Fly Boys-Love Film's Promo Video Unveils Cast, February Release". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 26, 2019.

^ ^a ^b Hodgkins, Crystalyn (February 15, 2020). "Twittering Birds Never Fly Anime Film Gets Sequel Film, OAD". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 15, 2020.

^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (March 23, 2018). "Yarichin Bitch-bu Boys-Love Manga Gets Anime DVD in September". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 5, 2018.

^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (September 27, 2020). "Twittering Birds Never Fly Original Anime Disc Slated for March 21". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 27, 2020.