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Mankyu

Directing · Born 1980-05-27 · Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

Biography

Mankyu (まんきゅう, Mankyū, May 27, 1980) is a Japanese filmmaker, anime director and screenwriter from Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture. After graduating from university, he worked as a freelancer before joining the animation company DLE in 2009. He used the name Mick Box until April 2009, when he changed his alias to the current Mankyu. After leaving DLE, he took over as director of Gathering on October 1, 2009. He left Gathering on March 31, 2017 and has since worked as a freelancer.

Known for

Filmography

2026The Ramparts of IceSeries Director
2025Tooi-san wa Seishun Shitai! Baka to Smartphone to Romance toDirector
2024Pui Pui Molcar the Movie: MOLMAXDirector
2024アイドルマスター　シャイニーカラーズ 2nd Season 第3章Director
2024アイドルマスターシャイニーカラーズ 2nd season 第１章Director
2024THE iDOLM@STER SHINY COLORSSeries Director
2023Migi&DaliSeries Director
2023The Ice Guy and His Cool Female ColleagueSeries Director
2020KakushigotoStoryboard Artist
2019Sumikko Gurashi: The Pop-up Book and the Secret ChildDirector
2018THE IDOLM@STER SideM Wakeatte Mini!Director
2018You Don't Know GUNMA Yet.Sound Director
2017Cinderella Girls TheatreDirector
2015磯部磯兵衛物語Writer
2014Mobile Suit Gundam-sanDirector
2013DonyatsuSeries Director
2013Puchimas!: Petit Idolm@sterSeries Director
2013ぷちます!Series Director
2012NARUTO Spin-Off: Rock Lee & His Ninja PalsStoryboard Artist
2011A Thirty-Year Old's Health and Physical EducationSeries Director
2010カッコカワイイ宣言！Series Director
2010My Lord and MeSeries Director
2009Utsurun Desu.Series Director
—Seven Sleeping BeautiesSeries Director

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