To enable a composite laminate with superior breaking characteristics to be easily manufactured at a high productivity by transferring an adhesive layer formed on a release sheet to a hard sheet with rigidity and/or a soft sheet with viscoelastic nature, an bonding the hard sheet to the soft sheet through the adhesive layer.

The composite laminate 10 is formed by bonding a hard sheet 16 to a soft sheet 18 through an adhesive layer 20 between two upper and lower flanges 12, 14 so that these sheets are laminated together. The adhesive layer 20 for bonding the hard sheet 16 to the soft sheet 18 is formed by applying an adhesive to the surface of a release sheet 22 using an application device. The release paper 22 with the adhesive layer 20 can be continuously used for a step to transfer the adhesive layer 29 to an adherend such as the hard sheet 16 or the soft sheet 18.