BL Anime Studio Grizzly Dissolves
According to a report in the National Tax Registry of Japan and Commercial Registry of Japan, MAPPA's sister BL animation studio GRIZZLY dissolved on February 25. The studio produced the first film in the planned anime trilogy of Kou Yoneda's boys-love manga Twittering Birds Never Fly (Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai). Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai: The Clouds Gather, the first film in the anime franchise, opened in Japan in February 2020. Sentai Filmworks licensed the trilogy for release in English in August 2020. The company has removed the official press release announcing the licensing. HIDIVE is still streaming the film.The staff of the films also produced an original anime DVD (OAD) for the franchise titled Don't Stay Gold. The anime is based on a short story Yoneda wrote about Kageyama and Kuga's first meeting. The OAD shipped with a special edition of the seventh compiled book volume of the original manga. HIDIVE previously streamed the OAD.GRIZZLY animated the anime adaptation of Tanaka Ogeretsu's boys love Yarichin Bitch-bu (Playboy Bitch Club) manga.The studio was established in December 2017.Source: National Tax Registry of Japan and Commercial Registry of Japan via Anime Atelier
