Directing
Mankyu
Born
1980-05-27 (46)
Place of birth
Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Known for
Directing
Credits
5 titles
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
4.5The story begins with the emergence of the first high-tech molcar in Molcity, with drivers beginning to ride state-of-the-art AI-driven Molcars. Potato and friends get involved in a chase between a mysterious organization and a Molcar AI named Cannon, and are saved by a talented driver. Potato finds out that the driver is in search of his missing Molcar, and gets the idea to use Cannon's AI functionality to help with the search.
Pui Pui Molcar the Movie: MOLMAX
2024
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Tooi-san wa Seishun Shitai! Baka to Smartphone to Romance to
2025
7.1Sumikkogurashi debuted in 2012 as slightly negative characters who like to stay in the corner of a room. The characters include "Shirokuma", a polar bear who is sensitive to cold, "Penguin?" (with a question mark in its name), a penguin who is unsure if it is actually a penguin, "Tonkatsu", a piece of pork cutlet that was left uneaten, "Neko", a shy cat, and "Tokage", who hides his nature as one of the last dinosaurs. The franchise has inspired toys, books, stationery material, video games—and now a feature film.
Sumikko Gurashi: The Pop-up Book and the Secret Child
2019
No synopsis available yet.
アイドルマスター シャイニーカラーズ 2nd season 第１章
2024
No synopsis available yet.
アイドルマスター シャイニーカラーズ 2nd Season 第3章
2024
Behind the camera
4.5The story begins with the emergence of the first high-tech molcar in Molcity, with drivers beginning to ride state-of-the-art AI-driven Molcars. Potato and friends get involved in a chase between a mysterious organization and a Molcar AI named Cannon, and are saved by a talented driver. Potato finds out that the driver is in search of his missing Molcar, and gets the idea to use Cannon's AI functionality to help with the search.
Pui Pui Molcar the Movie: MOLMAX
2024
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Tooi-san wa Seishun Shitai! Baka to Smartphone to Romance to
2025
7.1Sumikkogurashi debuted in 2012 as slightly negative characters who like to stay in the corner of a room. The characters include "Shirokuma", a polar bear who is sensitive to cold, "Penguin?" (with a question mark in its name), a penguin who is unsure if it is actually a penguin, "Tonkatsu", a piece of pork cutlet that was left uneaten, "Neko", a shy cat, and "Tokage", who hides his nature as one of the last dinosaurs. The franchise has inspired toys, books, stationery material, video games—and now a feature film.
Sumikko Gurashi: The Pop-up Book and the Secret Child
2019
No synopsis available yet.
アイドルマスター シャイニーカラーズ 2nd season 第１章
2024
No synopsis available yet.
アイドルマスター シャイニーカラーズ 2nd Season 第3章
2024