Mr. Tonegawa: Middle Management Blues
Chuukan Kanriroku TonegawaSummary
Teiai Group is one of Japan's largest firms. Yukio Tonegawa, a man with a larger-than-life presence and sharp intellect, works as the right-hand man of Chairman Kazutaka Hyodo. One day, the chairman commands Tonegawa to spearhead "Game of Death," an evil project that employs debtors. He rallies his direct reports and scrambles to form Team Tonegawa, only to encounter a barrage of challenges from the erratic chairman and his disloyal employees, ultimately leading to his demotion.
Team Tonegawa is bombarded with an onslaught of wide-ranging problems! "Mr. Tonegawa - Middle Management Blues -" is a spinoff of "Kaiji," the hit manga series that boasts a total circulation of over 20 million printed copies.
(Source: Nippon TV)
Note: Episode 14-15, parts of 18, and parts of 20-23 of this entry adapts the Kaiji spin-off manga Ichinichi Gaishutsuroku Hanchou.
Where to watch
Platforms
Official and social
Availability may vary by country.
Episodes
Loading episodes…
Details
- Format
- TV series
- Number of Episodes
- 24
- Episode length
- 23 min
- Estimated total length
- ≈ 9 h 12 min (24 × 23 min)
- Season
- Summer 2018
- Start date
- July 4, 2018
- End date
- December 26, 2018
- Status
- Finished
- Source
- Manga
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Studios
- MADHOUSE
- Romaji title
- Chuukan Kanriroku Tonegawa
- English title
- Mr. Tonegawa: Middle Management Blues
- Native title
- 中間管理録トネガワ
Characters 25
Main characters
- Yukio Tonegawa利根川幸雄Main
- Tarou Ootsuki大槻太郎Main
Show the other characters (23)
- Kazutaka Hyoudou兵藤和尊Supporting
- Yuuji Endou遠藤勇次Supporting
- Seiya Ichijou一条聖也Supporting
- Tamotsu Murakami村上保Supporting
- Yoshihiro Kurosaki黒崎義裕Supporting
- Ebitani海老谷Supporting
- Nagata長田Supporting
- Gonda権田Supporting
- Masayasu Honda本田正安Supporting
- Jirou Saemonsaburou佐衛門三郎 二朗Supporting
- Hajime Miyamoto宮本一Supporting
- Kouji Doushita堂下浩次Supporting
- Kenji Yamazaki山崎健二Supporting
- Kikuchi菊地Supporting
- Nakata中田Supporting
- Junichi Hagio萩尾純一Supporting
- Toshimasa Kawasaki川崎敏政Supporting
- Keiichi Ogino荻野 圭一Supporting
- Saeko Nishiguchi西口冴子Supporting
- Ataru Yaotome八乙女中Supporting
- Kinezaki木根崎Supporting
- Kaoru Isawa石和薫Supporting
- Takuya Numakawa沼川拓也Supporting
Staff and studios
Studios
Key staff
- Keiichirou KawaguchiDirector
- Nobuyuki FukumotoOriginal creator
- Tensei HagiwaraOriginal Story
- Tomohiro HashimotoOriginal Character Design
- Mitsutaka HirotaSeries composition
- Haruhito TakadaCharacter design
- Takahiro YamadaMusic
- Kisuke KoizumiSound director
Show the full staff (17)
- Pistol TakeharaTheme Song Performance (ED1)
- Shinji SugiyamaArt Design
- NoisyCellTheme Song Performance (ED2)
- Haruhito TakadaIllustration (ep 24)
- Harue OonoColor Design
- Yuuzou SatouStoryboard (eps 4, 7, 14, 24)
- Yuuzou SatouAssistant Director (eps 2, 7, 12, 15, 20, 24)
- Haruhito TakadaAnimation Director (OP, ED1-2)
- Keiichirou KawaguchiScript (eps 8, 11, 16, 19)
- Haruhito TakadaChief Animation Director (eps 1, 24)
- Ryouta AzumaKey Animation (OP)
- Atsushi MaekawaScript (eps 2, 5, 9, 12, 18, 21, 22)
- Harue OonoColor Coordination (OP, ED1-2)
- Kotono WatanabeAssistant Director (OP, eps 6, 9, 13, 17, 21)
- Keiichirou KawaguchiStoryboard (OP, ep 1)
- Reiko NagasawaKey Animation (OP, ED2, ep 24)
- Mitsutaka HirotaScript (eps 1, 4, 7, 14, 15, 20, 24)