Taka no Tsume

Himitsukessha Taka no Tsume was the brain child of Ryo Ono who goes by the alias FROGMAN. DLE launched a Flash anime division in 2005. This division was headed by Ono who established stocks for the company and created the in-house brand and released its first anime in April 6, 2006 Himitsukessha Taka no Tsume and Cofun Gal no Coffy (TV) as a twin series under the umbrella program called The Frogman Show.* Ono's style is low production and even voicing the majority of the characters himself. Taka no Tsume relies on strong writing, self deprecation, and 4th wall breaking that supersedes its weak art style. This leads to anime being cheaply made which in turn give a bigger ROI. Thus leading to an incredibly successful and profitable venture by DLE. Neon Genesis Evangelion's creator Hideaki Anno and his wife Moyoco Anno, both requested DLE/Ono to do the adaptation of Moyoco's manga Kantoku Fuyuki Todoki which is autobiographical of their life as a married otaku couple. Ono was apprehensive that such an internationally famous anime director and a well known mangaka wanted him to animate a story of their lives in such a "half-assed anime" and Hideaki cheerfully said "I like Yoshida-kun!" Taka no Tsume has grown incredibly since its foundation with many anime entries, cameos, and collaborations so this club was created to keep them bundled together for ease of finding entries. *Cofun Gal no Coffy was released online earlier but was not a part of DLE's company. It was rebooted for the TV release and near identical and was perhaps the biggest stepping stone for Ono to be hired by DLE. The original Coffy has been bought by DLE and is now considered a part of the DLE family and is available on the TV Coffy's DVD release as a bonus.