Mamoru Kanbe

Biography

Mamoru Kanbe (神戸 守, Kanbe Mamoru, born 1962) is a Japanese anime director from Moriguchi City, Osaka Prefecture.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

27

Birth Date

1962-01-01 00:00:00

Birth Place

Osaka, Japan

Known For

• 

  SHOSHIMIN: How to Become Ordinary
• 

  Ninjala the Animation
• 

  The Promised Neverland
• 

  Elfen Lied
• 

  The Perfect Insider
• 

  Saint☆Young Men

Credits

• directing (14 credits)

  • SHOSHIMIN: How to Become Ordinary

    series director

    directing

    - Just Deserts (2025) ... series director directing

    - The End of What Seemed Like a Golden Age (2025) ... series director directing

    - Please Water the Dried Flowers (2025) ... series director directing

    - Kobato-kun and Osanai-san (2025) ... series director directing

    - Should We Really Have Met? (2025) ... series director directing
    2024
  • Ninjala the Animation

    series director

    directing

    - Episode 205 (2026) ... series director directing

    - Episode 204 (2026) ... series director directing

    - Episode 203 (2026) ... series director directing

    - Episode 202 (2026) ... series director directing

    - Episode 201 (2026) ... series director directing
    2022
  • The Promised Neverland

    series director

    directing

    - Episode 11 (2021) ... series director directing

    - Episode 10 (2021) ... series director directing

    - Episode 9 (2021) ... series director directing

    - Episode 8 (2021) ... series director directing

    - Episode 7 (2021) ... series director directing
    2019
  • The Perfect Insider

    series director

    directing

    - Colorless Weekend (2015) ... series director directing

    - Aster-Colored Truth (2015) ... series director directing

    - Yellow Blind Spot (2015) ... series director directing

    - Purple Dawn (2015) ... series director directing

    - Gray Boundary (2015) ... series director directing
    2015
  • Saint☆Young Men

    second unit director

    directing
    2013
  • Electromagnetic Girlfriend

    series director

    directing

    - Electromagnetic Girlfriend: Happiness Game (2009) ... series director directing

    - Electromagnetic Girlfriend (2009) ... series director directing
    2009
  • Baccano!

    - Chane Laforet Remains Silent in the Face of Two Mysterious People (2007) ... director directing

    - The Rail Tracer Covertly, Repeatedly Slaughters Inside the Coaches (2007) ... director directing
    2007
  • Elfen Lied

    series director

    directing

    - No Return (2004) ... series director directing

    - Quagmire (2004) ... series director directing

    - Complication (2004) ... series director directing

    - Infant (2004) ... series director directing

    - Reminiscence (2004) ... series director directing
    2004
  • Cardcaptor Sakura

    director

    directing
    1998
  • Cardcaptor Sakura

    - Sakura's Endless Day (1998) ... director directing

    - Sakura and the Mysterious Broach (1998) ... director directing

    - Sakura and the Panda and the Cute Store (1998) ... director directing
    1998
  • Master Keaton

    - Strange Tales of Lasagna (1998) ... director directing
    1998
  • Psycho Diver: Soul Siren

    director

    directing
    1997
  • Seven Cities Story: Arctic Front

    director

    directing
    1994
  • Ninja Gaiden

    director

    directing
    1991

• art (12 credits)

  • SHOSHIMIN: How to Become Ordinary

    - Just Deserts (2025) ... storyboard artist art

    - Autumn Returns (2025) ... storyboard artist art

    - A Warm Winter (1) (2025) ... storyboard artist art

    - Sweet Memory (2) (2024) ... storyboard artist art

    - Sweet Memory (1) (2024) ... storyboard artist art
    2024
  • Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!

    - An Iron Giant Appears! (2020) ... storyboard artist art
    2020
  • The Promised Neverland

    - Episode 5 (2021) ... storyboard artist art

    - Episode 1 (2021) ... storyboard artist art

    - 150146 (2019) ... storyboard artist art

    - 011145 (2019) ... storyboard artist art

    - 181045 (2019) ... storyboard artist art
    2019
  • A Place Further than the Universe

    - Howling, Maddening, Screaming (2018) ... storyboard artist art

    - The Ship That Sees the Universe (2018) ... storyboard artist art

    - Four Caterpillars (2018) ... storyboard artist art
    2018
  • THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls

    - The magic needed for a flower to bloom (2015) ... storyboard artist art
    2015
  • Your Lie in April

    - Hand in Hand (2015) ... storyboard artist art

    - Twilight (2015) ... storyboard artist art

    - Liar (2015) ... storyboard artist art

    - Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (2015) ... storyboard artist art

    - Resonance (2014) ... storyboard artist art
    2014
  • Saint☆Young Men

    storyboard artist

    art
    2013
  • The Pet Girl of Sakurasou

    - So Close And Yet So Far (2012) ... storyboard artist art
    2012
  • Electromagnetic Girlfriend

    - Electromagnetic Girlfriend: Happiness Game (2009) ... storyboard artist art

    - Electromagnetic Girlfriend (2009) ... storyboard artist art
    2009
  • Baccano!

    - Chane Laforet Remains Silent in the Face of Two Mysterious People (2007) ... storyboard artist art

    - Everything Starts Aboard the Advenna Avis (2007) ... storyboard artist art

    - The Rail Tracer Covertly, Repeatedly Slaughters Inside the Coaches (2007) ... storyboard artist art
    2007
  • Elfen Lied

    - No Return (2004) ... storyboard artist art

    - A Chance Encounter (2004) ... storyboard artist art
    2004
  • Cardcaptor Sakura

    - Sakura's Endless Day (1998) ... storyboard artist art

    - Sakura and the Mysterious Broach (1998) ... storyboard artist art

    - Sakura and the Panda and the Cute Store (1998) ... storyboard artist art
    1998

• production (1 credits)

  • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

    production assistant

    production
    1984