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中間管理録トネガワ

Mr. Tonegawa: Middle Management Blues

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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.

Names

Original中間管理録トネガワ (japanese)
RomajiChuukan Kanriroku Tonegawa
EnglishMr. Tonegawa: Middle Management Blues
Chinese中间管理录利根川 (simplified · via bangumi)

Facts

FormatTV series · 24 ep · 23 min · 9h total
Aired2018-07-04 → 2018-12-26 (Summer 2018)
StatusFINISHED
StudioMADHOUSE
SourceManga
OriginJapan (Anime)
DemographicSeinen
GenresComedyDramaPsychological
ThemesWorkPrimarily Adult CastMale ProtagonistPrimarily Male CastParodySeinenOfficeFoodCard Battle
StreamingCrunchyroll · HIDIVE

Reception

Community score7.04 / 10
Bayesian score7.18 / 10
Composite48.5
On lists15,402
Favourited207 (1.3%)
Completion60.0%
Drop rate18.6%
In backlog42.1%
Score spread σ1.87

Score distribution

17825739841835394657471,13581,059968910273

Where it places

CohortValueTierRank
Broadcast seasonSummer 2018C42 of 90
StudioMADHOUSED154 of 229
Year2018D200 of 383
GenrePsychologicalD297 of 416
LengthTwo-courD474 of 699
DemographicSeinenD497 of 775
Season (all years)SummerD849 of 1,662
EraLate 2010sC920 of 1,863
GenreDramaD1,293 of 1,917
GenreComedyD1,832 of 3,488
FormatTV seriesD1,879 of 3,322
Source materialMangaD1,879 of 3,025
OriginJapanD3,760 of 7,157

Key staff

DirectorKeiichirou Kawaguchi
Series compositionMitsutaka Hirota
Character designTomohiro Hashimoto, Tomoki Miyoshi, Haruhito Takada
Original creatorNobuyuki Fukumoto, Tensei Hagiwara, Tomohiro Hashimoto, Tomoki Miyoshi

Franchise — 逆境無頼カイジ Ultimate Survivor

A
逆境無頼カイジ Ultimate Survivor
Kaiji - Ultimate Survivor
2007TV series70.8
A
逆境無頼カイジ 破戒録篇
Kaiji - Against All Rules
2011TV series69.8

Related

RelationYearTitle
parent2007Kaiji - Ultimate Survivor
parent2011Kaiji - Against All Rules

AniList id 101161 · MAL id 37338 · Bangumi 237834 · record updated 2026-08-27